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The prog rock supergroup The Prog Collective, spearheaded by much heralded producer/musician and member of prog royalty Yes, Billy Sherwood, returns with a timely and magnificent new studio album, Worlds On Hold! This is […]
Joel Hoekstra, best known to legions of rock fans as the current guitarist for Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra (and also known for his work with Night Ranger and the Broadway show Rock of Ages), […]
ESCAPE THE FATE have released the new song “Not My Problem,” featuring Travis Barker on drums, from the upcoming album, Chemical Warfare, out April 16. The collaboration with the producer, songwriter, and renowned drummer came about through the band’s producer John Feldmann. Feldmann […]
Michael Schenker will release his new MSG album, “Immortal“, on January 29th, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The album title is a perfect statement describing Michael Schenker’s legacy and to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a musician. Today, […]
With only 4 weeks remaining until the release of their 11th studio album Jylhä, Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI are happy to present another new song to their fans. Niemi is a fast paced and […]
IOTUNN Reveal Details For New Album, ‘Access All Worlds’, SACRED REICH reissue ‘Ignorance’, ‘Surf Nicaragua’ and ‘The American Way’, ALLEGAEON Launches Acoustic Video For “In Flanders Fields”, DREAD SOVEREIGN Launches video for new single, […]
Unfortunately, with a heavy heart we have to postpone the release of the new ACCEPT album “Too Mean To Die” from January 15 to January 29, 2021. Due to a COVID-19 related pressing plant […]
One of the most renowned guitarists in the world, Alexi Laiho, has passed away. The musician, most notably known as the front man of CHILDREN OF BODOM, died in his home in Helsinki, Finland, […]
Leslie West, born Leslie Weinstein, has passed away. The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and storyteller has left a legacy that to this day is celebrated by peers and fans across The World. Weinstein was […]
Guitar legend Vinnie Moore, best known for his solo albums and work with rock icons UFO, has released a new video titled “Same Sun Shines” from his latest critically acclaimed album “Soul Shifter”! Says […]
BraveWords’ new live streaming experience, Streaming For Vengeance, continues with LITTLE CAESAR streaming their entire debut album live on Saturday, December 26th at 3 PM, Eastern. You can watch these live streams on the […]
Heavy Metal heroes SABATON have just reached the amazing amount of 1 million subscribers on their YouTube channel. To celebrate this, as part of their Advent Calendar, they surprise-released an animated video-clip for their […]
Italian orchestral death metal masters FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have released a new single titled “No,” produced by Jacob Hansen (EPICA, VOLBEAT), and an accompanying music video directed by Marina L. McLean (Sanda Movies). The standalone single’s cover was created […]
Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA recently announced the release of their new album “Omega“, out on February 26th 2021 via Nuclear Blast. “Omega” is the band’s first studio album in five years. Last month, […]
BLIND GUARDIAN – release ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ single and video, KORPIKLAANI release Single & Music Video “Sanaton maa”, WHITE VOID release single “Do. Not. Sleep.” & start album pre-order. After celebrating the […]
The biggest music news of the year comes at the very end of 2020 as LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT announce their return with a new label and new album. The legendary supergroup comprised of Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Sons of […]
Niji Entertainment and BMG have announced the first two albums in the DIO live album reissue series with “Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City” and “Holy Diver Live” on February 12, 2021. […]
The Under The Southern Stars spectacular rock music concert series announces a further rescheduling of their February – March 2021 tour dates. Unfortunately, 2020 has been anything but stable and while the organisers have done everything possible to […]
Much to the delight of melodic rock fans around the globe, W.E.T. has announced the release of their fourth album, “Retransmission”. Core members Jeff Scott Soto, Erik Mårtensson, and Robert Såll deliver another astounding […]
Frontier Touring and Faith No More wish to advise that the band’s highly anticipated arena tour of Australia and New Zealand has been rescheduled to February 2022, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation and […]
Legendary songwriter, and founding member of INXS, Andrew Farriss will be performing a number of intimate shows in April and May 2021 to celebrate the release of his first solo album. Andrew’s self-titled LP […]
AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — have been playing System of a Down‘s “Chop Suey!” before […]
Greek stoner/psychedelic rock outfit 1000mods have spent the past decade as “torchbearers of the Greek underground” performing sold-out arena shows across their home country as well as appearing abroad at several of Europe’s most […]
Bonnie Tyler has announced the release of her brand-new studio album “The Best Is Yet To Come”, due out on February 26 on earMUSIC. Fans will get a full first taste of the forthcoming album this Friday, December 18, when […]
Bay Area thrash legends DEATH ANGEL have released a new animated video produced by Ben Clarkson for the song “Aggressor,” from their critically lauded album “Humanicide.” The video arrives just ahead of the band’s highly anticipated 7th […]
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