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PRIMAL FEAR will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, “Metal Commando” on July 24th. The title of the album is self-explainatory – “Metal Commando” contains 110% PRIMAL FEAR and is full to the […]
Continuing the 50th anniversary of America’s all-time greatest rock ‘n’ roll band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Craft Recordings is honored to unveil a special fan-generated video for the beloved Cosmo’s Factory closer, “Long as I […]
DORO rockin’ the drive-in shows, THE 69 EYES reveal new video ‘Change’ and worldwide live stream, KORPIKLAANI premier their “Masters Of Rock 2014 performance” video. DORO rocked Worms, Germany last weekend with […]
Fire From The Gods’ AJ Channer could not sit on the sidelines for one more day. When the world erupted in protest of the killing of George Floyd, he set out right away for […]
The Pretty Reckless recently released their new single Death By Rock And Roll, which has been tearing up the Billboard and Mediabase Rock radio charts and entered the German Rock Radio Charts on #1, garnering […]
AVATAR has shared their latest single, God of Sick Dreams, with an accompanying visualizer from their highly anticipated full-length, Hunter Gatherer , due out August 7 via Century Media Records. The track finds the band with no shortage […]
Bay Area metal icons MACHINE HEAD have released ‘Civil Unrest’, a 2-song digital single, featuring A-side, ‘Stop The Bleeding’ and B-side, ‘Bulletproof’, with the former featuring additional guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman, Jesse […]
The new ‘Depression Core’ project of Philip Anselmo EN MINOR is now releasing a brand new track, taken from their debut full-length ‘When The Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out‘. The album […]
Craft Recordings announces a 25th anniversary reissue of Collective Soul’s acclaimed self-titled sophomore album. Affectionately referred to as “The Blue Album,” Collective Soul followed the band’s hit 1993 debut, Hints, Allegations and Things Left […]
Albert and Joe Bouchard are best known as founding members of Blue Öyster Cult. The original line-up sold millions of albums for Columbia Records, with such classic songs as “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and […]
Dan Reed Network are pleased to announce they will be undertaking a nine-date co-headline UK tour with Reckless Love from Monday 1st March. All dates will feature special guest Mason Hill. Planet Rock will […]
Fleetwood Mac’s third studio album, ‘Then Play On’, will be reissued on CD and vinyl on September 18 via BMG. This deluxe, expanded bookpack edition of the album will feature the original UK tracklisting, […]
Quarto Valley Records (QVR) announces the release of the new single from recording artists The Immediate Family titled “Cruel Twist,” available for purchase and streaming beginning June 12. The “Cruel Twist” music video premiered June […]
Devilskin are excited to announce a New Zealand wide tour to support their chart-topping new album RED! With the lifting of crowd and venue restrictions, and due to massive demand, Devilskin will hit the […]
Walter Trout and Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group have announced the global release of a new studio album titled Ordinary Madness on August 28. The lyric video for a lead track titled “Wanna Dance” […]
Gypsy Pistoleros, the Flamenco Glam Sleaze Rock n Roll pioneers, having signed a Worldwide record deal with Golden Robot Global Entertainment / RIOT Records, home to Rose Tattoo, L.A Guns, Kings X, Gilby Clarke, […]
Third Man Records is excited to announce The Stooges’ Live At Goose Lake: August 8, 1970. This previously-unheard, high-quality soundboard recording of the original Stooges lineup’s final performance — recorded just before the release […]
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts was due to be opening act for Mötley Crüe stadium tour starting this month before it was postponed to 2021, however, despite this, Tuk is thrilled to announce […]
ALCATRAZZ release new single “LONDON 1666” ahead of their brand new full-length album, Born Innocent, set to be released via Silver Lining Music on July 31st; pre-orders now available HERE. Guitarist JOE STUMP comments, “HELL ON EARTH IS […]
One and a half years after the release of her extremely successful double album “Forever Warriors, Forever United” (#1 in the German vinyl charts, # 4 in the album charts), metal queen DORO Pesch […]
BLUES PILLS start pre-order for new album “Holy Moly!”, KORPIKLAANI unleash new digital single ‘Shai Shai’, AVERSIONS CROWN Release music video for ‘Paradigm’. BLUES PILLS are happy to confirm August, 21st as […]
Misha Mansoor, founding member of Periphery and one of rock’s most esteemed guitar players, is slated to release a ten-album collection, documenting his pre-Periphery solo project BULB. BULB came about when Mansoor started sharing […]
British rock band VEGA release their new album “Grit Your Teeth” on Friday 12th June 2020 via Frontier Records. The album will be available to order from https://orcd.co/grityourteeth and www.vegaofficial.co.uk. To celebrate the release […]
The last two months have been a time for many to learn new skills or revisit hobbies left behind in a busy world. Metallica frontman James Hetfield has done a little of both. A […]
Embracing both fresh sonics and the visceral power of their roots, Biffy Clyro’s recent tracks “Instant History” and “End Of” have delivered a tantalising taster of what to expect from their ambitiously eclectic new […]
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