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Mr. Bungle, who a year ago today announced their first live outings in two decades, have announced the release of The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo – out on Friday 30 October […]
Swedish metal powerhouse IN FLAMES have released a new lyric video for the new re-recorded version of “Bullet Ride,” that’s featured on their upcoming “Clayman (20th Anniversary Edition)” out on August 28th from Nuclear […]
Starting this week Placebo will premiere full festival performances from across their career. In the wake of a whole summer of festival appearances being unfortunately cancelled due to Coronavirus, the Placebo vaults have been […]
Evanescence and front-woman Amy Lee have enlisted some of the top women rockers to join them in recording “Use My Voice,” the band’s new single and unique musical event, out today. Teased last week, […]
Perth rock act The Silent Deeds announce the release of their new EP “Down With Me” which will be out October 23rd. The 4 track EP comes after their successful single and video last […]
Metal veterans Armored Saint will release their eighth full-length, Punching The Sky, on October 23 via Metal Blade Records. Watch the video for new single, “End of the Attention Span“, directed by Robert Graves […]
It’s only been a few months since dark industrial heroes Powerman 5000 concluded the recording of their latest opus, The Noble Rot, which is set to be unleashed on the world August 28 via […]
Swedish doom metallers AVATARIUM have announced their concert movie “An Evening With Avatarium” recorded at their live show in Stockholm this January, it will be released on August 28th. The full show was filmed […]
Anthrax‘s “Persistence of Time” two year album and tour “cycle” (1990-92) was loaded with all kinds of good trouble. The band toured with Iron Maiden on “Monsters of Rock” followed by “No Prayer for the Dying,” […]
ASK4 Entertainment has announced a shift in dates for ShipRocked 2021. The premier rock music cruise vacation originally scheduled for January 2021 will now take place on May 9 – 14, 2021 on the […]
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of DOWN‘s 1995-released, now classic debut, NOLA. Plans for select shows featuring vocalist Philip Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower, and bassist Pat Bruders […]
Outspoken Bay Area metal giants MACHINE HEAD have unveiled a seething new lyric video today for their song “Bulletproof” that’s featured on their recently released 2-song digital single “Civil Unrest.” “Bulletproof” is a clear, defiant statement […]
You’ve all been cooped up for a while now and most of you won’t have been to a live show for a year!! So by Feb 3rd next year, it will definitely be time […]
August 22nd, a hard rock event known as Nox Rocks will take place in support of all the artists and crew responsible for making the event possible. The Swedish hard rock elite will participate […]
Metallica has confirmed its return to the stage for the first time since the September 2019 S&M2 concerts that opened Chase Center in San Francisco. Metallica will be the first rock band to be […]
Michael Schenker is currently in the final stages of recording a brand new MSG album, which is set to be released on Nuclear Blast on January 8th, 2021. The album title will be “Immortal“, a perfect statement […]
BENEDICTION are without a doubt one of the few remaining originals in the death metal scene and have achieved legendary status through various albums over the years. Until today they love what they do […]
Grammy nominated California rock heavyweights, blink-182, have dropped their brand-new track Quarantine – listen HERE. This relevant and timely song features strong drums and killer guitars matched with angsty vocals to stress just how hard […]
Louisville, Kentucky’s David LaDuke returns with new music as he sets out to rock out once again. The ’70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, Millennium underground rocker emerged with two electrical charged reissued and remastered original tracks. […]
Steve Hackett announces the release of Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith on 25th September. This live recording is from his critically acclaimed 2019 UK tour. The concert was […]
The Pretty Things have shared new single “Bright As Blood” from their upcoming album ‘Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood’ out on the 25th September through Madfish Music. Taken from the new, entirely acoustic […]
Bay Area thrash legends HEATHEN recently revealed their fourth studio album entitled, Empire of the Blind, will be released on September 18th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band released the second single, the […]
Finnish troll horde FINNTROLL has released another new single and an animated music video for “Forsen,” the second track from their highly anticipated seventh studio album, Vredesvävd, out on September 18th via Century Media […]
On September 17th, 2020, Six String Salute will premiere a virtual concert to support and celebrate the touring and venue crews who are the backbone of live music and depend on shows to make a living. […]
SPREAD EAGLE have released an official lyric video for the song More Wolf Than Lamb, from the album Subway To The Stars. The band comments: “More Wolf Than Lamb is about the relationship between […]
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