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Melvins, ‘Thunderball’: Album Review

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Melvins, ‘Thunderball’: Album Review

To rework their tangled history, or maybe it's just a way to organize their prolific release schedule, Melvins have issued a handful of albums over the past dozen years under the name Melvins 1983 - a callback to the year they formed in Washington and, in a more strategic move, to the heavier and less experimental music of their earliest days.The designation also emphasizes the pared-down lineup of founder Buzz Osborne, original drummer Mike Dillard, […]

todayApril 15, 2025 1

Buzz Osborne Discusses New Melvins LP, Celebrates Black Sabbath

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Buzz Osborne Discusses New Melvins LP, Celebrates Black Sabbath

On April 18, Buzz Osborne will celebrate the release of his third album under the name Melvins 1983, Thunderball. The band name references the fact that Melvins' original drummer, Mike Dillard, is on the record with King Buzzo.Osborne joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (April 1) to dive into the record and many, many other things. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article."I've remained friends […]

todayApril 2, 2025 1

Melvins Announce New ‘Thunderball’ and ‘Death March’ Albums

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Melvins Announce New ‘Thunderball’ and ‘Death March’ Albums

The eternally prolific Melvins have announced two new albums in the past five days.The track listings for Thunderball and Savage Imperial Death March and the band's upcoming 2025 tour schedule are below.These albums follow 2024's Tarantula Heart.Savage Imperial Death March, a six-song collaboration with the group's 2025 touring partners Napalm Death, will be available on vinyl on tour and as a "cheapy $5 CD" from AmRep at an unspecified point. A limited-edition […]

todayFebruary 18, 2025 2

Melvins’ King Buzzo Picks His Five Favorite Classic Rock Songs

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Melvins’ King Buzzo Picks His Five Favorite Classic Rock Songs

Underappreciated gems by Led Zeppelin, Montrose and Thin Lizzy are among the five tracks King Buzzo selected as his favorite classic rock songs.The Melvins frontman is currently on tour as one-half of King Dunn alongside Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn, who collaborated with Buzzo on 2020's Gift of Sacrifice album. The duo have since released a four-song EP under two different names, I'm Afraid of Everything and Eat the Spray. The […]

todayAugust 28, 2024 6

Melvins’ Osborne – New Album Felt Like ‘Completely New Thing’

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Melvins’ Osborne – New Album Felt Like ‘Completely New Thing’

"It was like a completely new thing," Melvins singer Buzz Osborne tells Full Metal Jackie on her weekly radio show about the band's Tarantula Heart album, adding "It's very odd."Indeed, Osborne did come up with a very unique approach to recording the band's latest record. revealing that two of the band's members for this album were surprised when they heard the final album. He details how it all went down […]

todayJune 18, 2024 6

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Melvins, ‘Tarantula Heart’: Album Review

Keeping up with the Melvins' catalog is a full-time job. Since their debut LP in 1987, the Washington state band has released more than two dozen studio albums, another 20 or so EPs and a dozen live records. In the past decade alone there have been 20 releases bearing the Melvins name. So which ones are worth hearing?It depends on what you want from the group. There are tossed-off records like 2021's Five Legged Dog, […]

todayApril 17, 2024 1

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Melvins Recruit Ministry’s Drummer for New ‘Tarantula Heart’ LP

Watch out, Taylor Swift. The Melvins will release a new album named Tarantula Heart on April 19.You can hear the first track from the album, "Working the Ditch," below.Tarantula Heart finds the band's current long-running trio of singer / guitarist Buzz Osbourne, drummer Dale Crover and bassist Steven McDonald joined by Ministry drummer Roy Mayorga and We Are the Asteroid guitarist Gary Chester.“The way we approached Tarantula Heart was different […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024 1

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