Back in July, Norwegian rockers, TNT, announced the cancelation of their scheduled concerts as frontman Tony Harnell was scheduled to undergo a “time-sensitive medical procedure.”
At the time, Tony revealed, “Just want to let you all know that unfortunately I have to undergo a time-sensitive medical procedure next week that requires a 6 week recovery period. But don’t worry! My voice is in great shape and I will also be totally fine! I’d rather not get into more detail at this time, but rest assured I’ll be back onstage soon!”
Last night (November 27), Harnell shared the following update:
“Extra gratitude on this Thanksgiving.
“On August 1st I had successful laparoscopic surgery for aggressive prostate cancer. 5 days later I was rushed to the ER with sepsis and spent another 3 days in the hospital till they stabilized me. What a ride! Not sure how close I got to the exit door, but I’m deeply grateful to all of those who took fast action that day to save my life. I’m feeling better each day. Long recovery from this one. I couldn’t have gotten through it without close friends, amazing doctors and my sweet Kristi. This is why I had to cancel some shows in August and decided to take the rest of 2024 to heal my body, mind and spirit. It took a lot out of me and still building myself back up. Thanks so much to all of you who’ve reached out and checked on me. This Thanksgiving is truly about giving thanks!
“Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving filled with love, peace and light. See you on the road in ‘25! ❤️T
“P.S. GUYS, stay on top of your PSA tests every year!!”
Alissa White-Gluz, the powerhouse vocalist of internationally acclaimed metal band Arch Enemy, is using her voice for more than just music this Fur-Free Friday, November 29, 2024. The artist has joined a global campaign calling for an end to fur farming, lending her talents and platform to amplify the movement.
White-Gluz stars in Ending Real Fur, the award-winning documentary exposing the brutal realities of the fur industry. The music video for her song, “A Song to Save Us All”, serves as a stirring call to action, weaving haunting melodies with a message of compassion. Both the documentary and the music video have garnered critical acclaim, earning accolades at international film festivals for their unflinching portrayal of the fur industry’s impact on animals.
“Through ‘A Song to Save Us All,’ I aim to amplify the voices of those silenced by the fur industry’s cruelty. Music has the power to transcend boundaries and evoke empathy, and I hope this song serves as a catalyst for meaningful change.”
Supporters are invited to visit MakeFurFarmsHistory.com to learn more. The site also provides resources for individuals to take meaningful action, including signing petitions and contacting policymakers to advocate for a ban on fur farming.
Taimoor Choudhry, director of Ending Real Fur, expressed his gratitude for White-Gluz’s commitment: “Her artistry and activism are a powerful combination. Together, we hope to inspire change and show that compassion has no boundaries.”
This Fur-Free Friday, White-Gluz joins activists, artists, and animal welfare advocates worldwide to urge the fashion industry and policymakers to end the unnecessary suffering caused by fur farming.
Watch the “A Song to Save Us All” music video, as well as the award-winning documentary, Ending Real Fur, below:
Arise Productions is a Canadian film company that has produced the documentary film Ending Real Fur, which explores the true cost of fur on animals in the fashion industry.
Ending Real Fur is an investigative documentary that uncovers the true cost of fur in the fashion industry. The documentary follows the personal journey of director, Taimoor Choudhry, from an uninformed individual wearing a fur-trimmed jacket to becoming a mindful consumer through his conversation with animal rights organizations, a former fur farm worker, an Indigenous Grand Chief, lawyers, politicians, fashion experts including Tim Gunn, and singer Alissa White-Gluz.
Three different Black Sabbath albums all debut on UK-based charts this week, reports Forbes Senior Contributor, Hugh McIntyre. Not return to—debut, which means they’re new to the tallies they appear on. Some of them hit just one ranking, while others land on three of them at once in what has turned out to be a huge show of support for the hard rock legends.
Headless Cross performs the best of all of Black Sabbath’s albums this time around. The title even makes it into the Top 10 on one list, the “Official Rock & Metal Albums” chart. On that genre-specific list, the decades-old project enters at #10.
The “Official Rock & Metal Albums” chart is the only ranking where all three Black Sabbath studio efforts – Headless Cross, Tyr, and Cross Purposes – debut. It’s the list that the band knows best, and it makes sense that they’d reach that tally over all others in any special circumstances.
Headless Cross also reaches two other UK rankings at the same time as the rock and metal-only roster. Black Sabbath launches the set at #47 on the Official Physical Albums chart and #53 on the Official Albums Sales list.
Legendary Black Sabbath guitarist, Tony Iommi, is featured in a massive career-spanning interview with Guitar World, where he discusses everything from his formative years and his time with Jethro Tull, to breaking down some of Black Sabbath’s iconic songs. An excerpt is available below.
Guitar World: The “Iron Man” riff uses power chords built off the natural minor scale. But perhaps the real magic lies in the drag of the tempo you chose to play it in. Maybe it wouldn’t have had the same effect sped up.
Iommi: “Funnily enough, when we used to play live, we’d slow it down even more. When we went into the studio to do that album, we were so hyped up we were actually playing it a little faster. Then you end up sticking to that tempo because that’s what everyone hears on the album.”
“But as we carried on playing it live over the years, it got slower and slower, just to give it more depth and power. That’s what you do as a live band. And other songs would end up being faster when we played live. Bill (Ward / drums) would get carried away with the tempo – or I would.”
Guitar World: How’s the next solo album shaping up?
Iommi: “There’s definitely something coming. When it will be here, I do not know (laughs). The tracks I’m working on right now are a mixture of styles from acoustic to heavy stuff. There’s a variety. I haven’t picked out exactly what I’m going to do with the songs or who I’m going to use or whatever yet, but I’ve recorded quite a few ideas. A lot of them have been done at home. The next thing we’re going to do is put some drums on, so it’s coming along.”
“I’m just taking my time with it. I can only work on the new music on certain days because I’ve got other stuff on. I tend to work on a Monday and Tuesday with Mike Exeter. We’ll go in and focus on a particular track while also fiddling around with sounds and whatnot for other stuff.”
“It’s been an interesting process, juggling lots of different ideas. My studio is at the house in (West Midlands village) Broadway. Here in Poole, I don’t have a studio. We’re not down here enough to use one, really. We just come down for a few days and go back. Then I will pick things up at the beginning of the next week with Mike.”
The Sun is reporting that the ashes of Motörhead legend, Lemmy Kilmister, are getting a new home at Stringfellows nightclub in London, England. Lemmy passed away in 2015 aged 70 and some of his remains were sent to friends and his favourite locations.
Lemmy was well known at the London strip club after Peter Stringfellow opened it in 1980. Now a replica of Stoke-born Lemmy’s urn containing some of his ashes will be set up in their final resting place at the Covent Garden venue on December 18.
Motörhead manager Todd Singerman said the club “always held a special place in Lemmy’s heart”.
He added: “He loved the relaxed environment — and he certainly loved the view. I know he’s relieved he can get back to enjoying one of his favourite places.”
Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell will be at the ceremony and the urn will be permanently installed for fans to see.
In other Lemmy news, a new Ace Of Spades-era ReAction Figure of the late Motörhead frontman is available from Super7.
Description: Regarded as one of the most iconic and influential rock and roll records of all time, Ace Of Spades was Motörhead’s most commercially successful album and the title track, for many, the definitive Motörhead anthem.
The latest articulated, 3.75” scale Lemmy Motörhead ReAction Figure is inspired by the band’s Ace Of Spades album era and features the iconic frontman in an all-black outfit adorned with the Ace Of Spades graphic, includes a black bass guitar accessory, and comes packed on a blistered cardback.
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UK newspaper The Mirror has collected a number of incensed reactions to Tuesday’s (November 26) musical performance, which saw the hardcore stars smash their way through Suffocate with genre-smashing solo act Poppy.
The fury is, as you’d expect, hilarious and hyperbolic. “You know I was trying to enjoy the program,” one Facebook user starts to seethe, before insisting the show was so brutal it made their teenage son burst into tears.
“I was sitting on the couch with my son who is an ADOLESCENT waiting to see the musical guest because we like the nice music the show usually books. By the third or fourth ‘JUNT’ from the guitars my son was in tears. He doesn’t like scary things and quite frankly I think the Kimmel show and its staff should make a formal apology.”
Other outraged viewers repeated the age-old criticism thrown at metal with extreme vocals: that they can’t understand the lyrics and that the music is worthless as a result.
“If I have to read the lyrics I’ll just read them and not listen to someone yell them,” says one. “That wasn’t singing, anyone can yell lyrics and get paid.”
Another Facebook complainer adds, in a string of typos: “This what not enjoyable. And you can’t understand more than 5% of the lyrics. Moshing doesn’t not equal dancing.”
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“How do I sing along with this???” someone else asks. “Lol sounds just like a screaming frenzy to me!! Actually starting to hurt my ears!! People who listen to this have no room to complain about crying babies or screaming two year olds taking a tantrum!! Ha ha unreal!!! They call this music Jimmy??”
It’s not all bad, though. The Mirror turned to X (formerly Twitter) and found several people thrilled to see Knocked Loose on the airwaves. One points out that seeing music so different from the norm on national TV could be inspiring to many people.
They write: “Some kid is gonna be up late tonight casually watching Jimmy Kimmel and hear Knocked Loose for the first time and they’re gonna say, ‘I wanna start a fucking band like that’ and change their whole life That’s how important this is”
Despite the red-faced parents taking aim at them, Knocked Loose are doing quite well at the minute. Two weeks before the Kimmel concert, Suffocate was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance, pitting Knocked Loose against Metallica, Judas Priest, Gojira and Spiritbox in competition for the prize. The winner will be named at the Los Angeles ceremony on February 2.
Mar 17: London O2 Academy Brixton, UK Mar 18: Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, UK
Mar 20: Tilburg 013 Poppodium, Netherlands Mar 21: Paris Le Bataclan, France Mar 22: Lille L’Aéronef, France Mar 24: Brussels Ancienne Belgique, Belgium Mar 25: Cologne Palladium, Germany Mar 27: Berlin Columbiahalle, Germany Mar 28: Leipzig Hause Auensee, Germany Mar 29: Munich TonHalle, Germany
Former Nightwish bassist and singer Marko Hietala has announced that he will release his new album, Roses From The Deep, through Nuclear Blast Records on February 7.
Hietala has also shared a video for another track from the upcoming album, Impatient Zero, whch follows the previous release of Left On Mars, his duet with former bandmate Tarja Turunen, and dark gothic rocker Frankenstein’s Wife.
“It’s about a battle for being under a continuous assault of inner monsters,” says Hietala of the new single. “And the awful truth, that in this reality, people get to see those monsters, too, instead of the real face.”
Recorded by Hietala and his band mates (Tuomas Wäinölä – guitars, Vili Ollila – keyboards, Anssi Nykänen – drums), Roses From The Deep follows a similar musical path to 2020’s Pyre Of The Black Heart, mixing elements of elements of progressive rock, folk and symphonic metal, whilst drawing inspiration from myth, nature, and the human experience.
Roses From The Deep will be available as a double vinyl gatefold in oxblood red and as a CD jewelcase. You can see the new album artwork and tracklisting below.
Marki Hietala: Roses From The Deep 01. Frankenstein’s Wife 02. Left On Mars 03. Proud Whore 04. Two Soldiers 05. The Dragon Must Die 06. The Devil You Know 07. Rebel Of The North 08. Impatient Zero 09. Tammikuu 10. Roses From The Deep
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Marillion singer Steve Hogarth has announced a short run of his traditional solo Christmas shows in England and Germany for December and a later solo show in the Netherlands in January.
The dates include a three-night run at the popular Trading Boundaries venue in Fletching in East Sussex, and as usual Hogarth will be taking a laid-back, improvisational approach to what he performs on the night.
“One “man”, a larynx, a piano, a Christmas tree, and a room full of good people,” he says. “No set list, just whatever happens. Bring a bauble and hang it on my tree and I’ll ply you with drink. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh (and then you’ll get to the gig).”
Hogarth will play: Dec 5/6: UK Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral The Crypt Dec 8: GER Bochum Kristuskirche Dec 12/13/14: UK East Sussex Fletching Trading Boundaries Dec 20/21: UK Oxford St John The Evangelist Church Jan 4: NED Dordrecht, (near Rotterdam) Bibelot Club
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed what he deems “brilliant” about the 80s thrash metal revolution.
In a new conversation with Guitar World, the 76-year-old was asked what he thought of his band’s influence on the thrash movement, which was populated by such stars as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax.
“It was nice to hear those thrash bands paying tribute to us,” he answers. “It’s great how they were able to push it forward into something new and turn it into their own thing. I was just coming up with things I liked.”
The guitarist continues, saying it was “brilliant” how younger musicians took Iommi’s foundational approach to metal and made it their own. He then singles out Metallica, who become international superstars following the release of their self-titled album (“The Black Album”) in 1991.
“What they did with the metal sound, turning it into thrash, was fantastic!” Iommi says. “They’ve always been respectful toward us and they’re lovely guys. I love their attitude toward things, the way they write and everything. It reminds us a lot of how we were – everyone in one room rehearsing together and taking it seriously.”
Iommi later casts his eye to the present day, where guitar playing in metal is arguably more technical than it’s ever been. He expresses mixed thoughts on modern virtuosos, also deeming current shredders to be “brilliant” even if their approach to the instrument doesn’t quite align with his.
“Even really young kids in their bedrooms are doing incredible things,” he says. “But I always go back to the roots of the blues, looking deep inside myself and telling the truth. I don’t think about what can impress people or break speed limits. The only thing that matters in my mind is how it sounds to me.”
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Iommi elaborates elsewhere in the interview: “Some of the guitar playing I hear these days is too technical. You have to be precise on this note or that note. I can’t do that – if I do a solo on a record, it’s never the same live. I can’t reproduce what I did in the studio. I’ll do something similar but not exact.”
If you love music and you care about your street cred, then Beats should be high up your list of go-to brands. Co-founded by Dr Dre and now owned by Apple, it’s renowned for making tech that not only sounds the business but looks pretty damn cool, too.
All of the items had already been reduced in price at Argos, but Black Friday has inspired the retailer to slash even more money off – either 10% or 20% depending on the item. In order to take advantage of this additional saving, you’ll need to input the promo code BEATS10 or BEATS20 when you get to the checkout.
Co-founded in 2006 by music maestro Dr Dre, Beats has gone from strength to strength. Now a subsidiary of Apple, the brand is renowned for manufacturing headphones and speakers that offer great sound quality and features, while rocking the kind of aesthetic that guarantees street kudos.
All of this combined with these two brilliant sales on both sides of the Atlantic means you can grab a superb pair of headphones for less this Black Friday.
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Electric Callboy have announced their biggest-ever UK show for 2025.
The gig will take place at London’s 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace on November 11, 2025. It will be part of the German synth-metal band’s blockbuster world tour, the Europe dates on which have been announced as spanning from November ’25 to January ’26. See all confirmed dates and details below.
Electric Callboy comment: “We can’t wait to hit the road and bring this show to our fans all over the world! Every concert on this tour will be a massive celebration, and we’re excited to make each night unforgettable. We’ve been working hard on new material and special surprises, and we’re ready to make this our biggest, most electrifying tour yet.”
Electric Callboy released their latest album, Tekkno, in 2022. The band promoted it on a UK tour last year, every date on which sold out. Metal Hammer’s Rich Hobson attended the Birmingham show and awarded it a near-perfect 4.5-star review.
“Sugary, fizzy and daft in the very best way, Electric Callboy have effectively rebooted themselves with Tekkno and shot for the stratosphere in the process,” Hobson wrote.
“Alongside the likes of Ghost, Lord Of The Lost, Ice Nine Kills and Sleep Token, they’re a breed of modern band eager to cast the net further than traditional metal whilst bringing new fans in by their thousands. And when it’s this fun, who are we to argue?”
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In January, during a Youtube video showing their new rehearsal and recording spaces, the band teased that they are currently working on new music. Whether or not the next Electric Callboy album will materialise in time for the 2025 tour dates remains to be seen.
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Electric Callboy 2025 and 2026 tour dates:
Nov 01: Copenhagen Royal Arena, Denmark Nov 05: Stockholm Hovet, Sweden Nov 11: London Alexandra Palace, UK Nov 12: Antwerp Lotto Arena, Belgium Nov 14: Prague Forum Karlin, Czech Republic Nov 15: Leipzig Quarterback Immobilien Arena, Germany Nov 16: Dusseldrof PSD Bank Dome, Germany Nov 17: Esch-sur-Alzette Rockhal, Luxembourg Nov 19: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland Nov 20: Stuttgart Schleyer-Halle, Germany Nov 23: Krakow Tauron Arena, Poland Nov 24: Budapest MVM Dome, Hungary Nov 26: Munich Olympiahalle, Germany Nov 27: Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany Nov 28: Berlin Uber Arena, Germany Nov 29: Hamburg Barclays Arena, Germany
Jan 17: Rotterdam Ahoy RTM, Netherlands Jan 18: Paris Zenith, France Jan 20: Lyon Radiant, France Jan 22: Barcelona Sant Jordi Club, Spain Jan 23: Madrid Wizink Center, Spain Jan 25: Lisbon Sala Tejo/MEO Arena, Portugal
