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As featured on Planet Rock and BBC Introducing, Mallavora are a four-piece British rock band bringing heavy rock music back to young people in an inclusive space. Mallavora released Ego, the first single off their […]
It is estimated that, as of April 2020, around 5 billion people are on lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This translated into loss of jobs, loved ones and temporary freedom to attend any […]
To coincide with Friday’s album release date, Danish progressive black metal enigma (0) has just released their newest single, “Sortfugl”, accompanied by a music video inspired by overcoming isolation. The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the music scene and […]
Highly-acclaimed progressive metal act REDEMPTION have signed a deal with AFM Records beginning with the release of its live album “Alive in Color” (as CD/BluRay or CD/DVD), recorded during Redemption’s headlining appearance at the ProgPower USA festival, as […]
Today, rockers JUNKYARD DRIVE release a new song, titled “Mama“. Since they came home from their EU-tour with Eclipse, the Danes have been dying to write some new material. Junkyard Drive are well known for […]
Black metal anti-traditionalists ORANSSI PAZUZU have unleashed their new album “Mestarin kynsi” (“The Master’s Claw”). On their fifth album (and first for Nuclear Blast) the band subverts the idea of world domination to open […]
Swedish high voltage all-female rock’n’rollers, Thundermother, will release their fourth album, Heat Wave on July 31 via AFM Records. Their first step to Rock’n’Roll World Domitation is the new single Driving In Style, accompanied by an highly entertaining […]
Fast-rising Welsh post-rock quartet Holding Abscence have released a music video for new track ‘Birdcage‘. The track and video mark the release of the bands 7” picture disc, which also includes last month’s single […]
Mad Haven release their new video today for upcoming single ‘Find A Way‘, which will be released on 24th April. Formed in September 2011, this hugely talented bunch of rockers set out to really […]
Norwegian death metal conglomerate INSIDIOUS DISEASE, featuring current/former members from DIMMU BORGIR, MORGOTH, NILE, SUSPERIA and NAPALM DEATH, have joined Nuclear Blast and plan to release their awaited second full-length album After Death, in […]
Norwegian death metallers CADAVER, are proud to announce they have signed to Nuclear Blast Records. The band have also released their D.G.A.F. digital EP. In celebration of the EP, the band offer fans a lyric video for the title […]
UK hard rock band, RYDERS CREED, have released their new lyric video for ‘Cut Me Down‘, the second single from the highly anticipated 2nd album ‘Lost Souls‘, which will be released May 8th via […]
Finland’s SINISTHRA featuring Amorphis vocalist Tomi Joutsen are sharing the first single ‘Closely Guarded Distance‘ off their forthcoming album, “The Broad and Beaten Way” due out May 15, 2020 via Rockshots Records. The band comments about the song: “‘Closely Guarded Distance’ is the centrepiece of […]
“Fatal Frame”, the second single off the upcoming album Premonitions, to be released on May 8, 2020 via Napalm Records, is yet another marvelous sample of SOJOURNER’s unsettling sonic storytelling. The maestros of levitating […]
Due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic forcing the closure of warehouses and production facilities, Nordic folk outfit WARDRUNA have made the decision to postpone the release of their fifth full length album, […]
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends TOKYO BLADE announced the release of their 10th studio album, “Dark Revolution“, via Dissonance Productions and Back On Black Records. The album will include 11 new […]
Atmospheric French rockers Klone have premiered their new video for the track “Silver Gate” taken from their 2019 studio album Le Grand Voyage. Klone’s guitarist Guillaume Bernard explains how the track fits within the album “‘Silver […]
Polish death metal legends VADER have returned with their 16th studio album, Solitude In Madness. Never one to rest or relax, VADER have done it all over the course of their 37-year history. From […]
Swedish modern melodic metal band Dynazty released their eagerly awaited new album, The Dark Delight on Friday, April 3! Singer Nils Molin pictures the new album: ”We pulled out all the stops, pulled no punches […]
German hard rock icons, Bonfire, will release their brand new album, Fistful Of Fire on April 3 via AFM Records. The music video for The Devil Made Me Do It has just been released. […]
Along with their epic adventure rock album Conundrum, out since March 20 via Napalm Records, HÄLLAS have released an extraordinary documentary, The Making of Conundrum – A Sonic Adventure Rock Odyssey. The footage details […]
THE CROOKS might just be the band to steal more than your attention they might just steal your soul, a case of grand larceny at its finest. THE CROOKS a 5-Piece Indie rock band […]
New Wave of Classic Rock favorites Bad Touch release their new single “Strut” on Friday 13th March digitally. The single is taken from their upcoming studio album “Kiss The Sky” released by Marshall Records […]
When you’re a brand new, young band trying to swim in today’s music industry tide, you have two ways to succeed. One is having a musical proposition that clearly stands out from the other […]
The forthcoming and fifth album from Wardruna, Kvitravn, will be released on June 5. The tracklisting has now been revealed. Frontman and mastermind behind this incredible music, Einar Selvik has some more thoughts on the poetry […]
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