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It is not about avoiding fear of the pitch-black darkness, but to go into the darkness itself… Norway’s premier progressive black metallers ENSLAVED have released the second single ‘Jettegryta‘ from their upcoming studio album […]
MICHAEL DES BARRES needs no introduction. From Movies such as ‘To Sir With Love’ and playing Murdocon Macgyer to fronting THE POWER STATION at Live Aid and bands such as SILVERHEAD, CHEQUERED PAST and […]
As AVATAR steps closer to the highly-anticipated release of their eighth full-length, Hunter Gatherer, the band has delighted fans once again with the debut of their third single from the record, “Colossus”. Unsettling electronic […]
Disturbed, the two-time Grammy nominated and multi-platinum band, have released The Sickness (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) in both vinyl and digital editions. The digital deluxe edition includes seven additional live tracks, including “Down With […]
SiriusXM’s Hair Nation (Ch. 39) is boosting your metal health with a hair metal festival set in the most socially distanced venue imaginable: your mind. All weekend long, feel the glam rock noise as Slaughter’s Mark Slaughter guest […]
ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS is the ”soul without the machine”… A creative, and innovative journey of pioneering vocalist Burton C. Bell. Their latest recording Apocrypha is a vision untold. Born of life, love, and […]
John Lodge is bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the iconic Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2018 inductees, The Moody Blues. Songwriter of such mega Moody Blues hits from “Ride My SeeSaw,” to […]
Back in mid-May, as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading throughout the world and as many of us were deep in lockdown, Kentucky arena rockers Black Stone Cherry and Canadian hard-rocking juggernauts Monster Truck decided that distance wasn’t going […]
With the release of their 21st studio album “Whoosh!” approaching, Deep Purple embark on the next part of their journey by releasing their new single “Nothing At All” on July 10! The lyrics of “Nothing At […]
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), founded in memory of the late rock legend, will commemorate what would have been Dio’s 78th birthday on July 10 with a video […]
The Perth metal scene is back and making some noise! August 14th at Amplifier Bar in Perth is set to go off with some of Perth’s best hard hitting metal acts. With lockdown over […]
It’s a cold day in Kent in 2012 and TYGERS OF PAN TANG have convened at Ecology Studios to record their new album. No one could have realised that this would be the last […]
Wacken Open Air 2020 with its 75,000 festival visitors from over 80 nations cannot take place as originally planned this summer. But no reason to be quiet! Metalheads from all over the world travel […]
UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album release, Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism, to be released on September 18 via Century Media Records / Sony […]
California based extreme metal titans SUICIDE SILENCE are proud to share the official live music video for “Disengage” from the July 6th London show. Watch the video from the band’s “Virtual World Tour” below. […]
Heavy metal legends Sevendust have unveiled a new lyric video for their cover of the Soundgarden classic “The Day I Tried To Live.” The song is the first piece of new music from the band since […]
Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom’s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered […]
FnA Records adds to their classic catalog with the release of “Steeler: Come Hell Or Hollywood,” a collection of remastered rare recordings from 1981-1982. Many of these pre-Yngwie tracks have never been made public, […]
Hardline Media and Napalm Records are very pleased to announce the release of Dee Snider’s FOR THE LOVE OF METAL LIVE! Featuring live footage from Hardline Media’s Dee Snider ‘Spoken and Shouted’ Tour (2019)! […]
Ensiferum are pleased to announce their record release show ‘Studio Live’, to take place on Friday, July 10 at 7:00 PM UK time / 4.00am Australian Eastern Time. The band will be performing a […]
Anthrax – Joey Belladonna/vocals, Frank Bello/bass, Scott Ian/guitars, and Charlie Benante/drums – invite you to get the inside story behind the making and promotion of the band’s fifth album, Persistence of Time, and its 30th […]
Today on Wednesday July 8th Byron Bay Bluesfest releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for this year’s event […]
You better give us all the money in your treasure chest – Or Kristof’s gonna take a shit on your fucking lawn. The notorious Pirate Kings ALESTORM hit the worldwide charts with their long-awaited long-player Curse Of […]
Cult Japanese black metal legends Sigh formed in 1989/90, featuring mainman Mirai Kawashima, Satoshi Fujinami & Kazuki Ozeki. Their masterful debut Scorn Defeat became one of the country’s greatest and most revered metal exports. With a journey through […]
The Under The Southern Stars spectacular rock music festival series featuring +LIVE+, Bush and the Stone Temple Pilots recently announced the postponed April tour would move to February 2021. In a recent plan dubbed the ‘COVID-Safe Road […]
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