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Junkyard opens the vault and blows the dust off a killer collection of recordings slated as the follow up to 1991’s “Sixes, Sevens and Nines.” Recorded in Los Angeles in 1992, “Old Habits Die […]
Technical death metal Egyptologists NILE are proud to reveal their ninth album, Vile Nilotic Rites, will be released on November 1st via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band offers a lyric video for the second […]
STATIC-X has released a video teaser for their new song, “HOLLOW,” off of their highly anticipated 7th studio album, PROJECT REGENERATION. The album is scheduled to release May 29, 2020 with all pre-ordered merchandise […]
During their performance at Rock in Rio Festival last Friday, Brazil’s metal icons SEPULTURA unveiled the first details of their upcoming studio album, and now want to make it official for their worldwide fanbase; […]
Legends of Punk is a collectable box set featuring the cream of the British Punk Rock underground. Live performances, interviews and fly-on -the-wall footage documenting the very best of some of the most loved, […]
Hypno5e To Release New Album A Distant (Dark) Source, The Shaking Sensations Release How Are We to Fight The Blight?, Wolves Like Us Releases New Video For Oil & Money, Astrosaur Release Video For […]
The world’s biggest heavy metal battle of the bands is coming to Australia with the band selections now announced! The legendary Wacken Metal Battle will be making it’s triumphant debut in the great southern […]
Before there was Black Label Society, there was Pride & Glory. Known at the time as a Zakk Wylde side project, Pride & Glory and their debut S/T record would lead to what Berzerkers […]
Eyehategod announce support acts for their upcoming “From The Elementary To The Penitentiary” Australia tour in November 2019. Eyehategod have become the high water mark when it comes to so called sludge metal, having […]
With less than three weeks until the band’s new album is available worldwide, Alter Bridge is releasing one more track from their upcoming release Walk The Sky (October 18th via Napalm Records). “Dying Light” is the album closer and […]
“It is tough to express without lyrics, but in Cell-0, we found particles of our universe previously unknown to us. Millions of notes combine to create music just as millions of cells combine to create life, and when you […]
The new Wayward Sons album, “The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be” is a full-blooded (and full-throttled) R-O-C-K album. The songs within define the band as writers and players, exploding out of your […]
Few musicians have had a career as artistically diverse and successful as Alice in Chains frontman, William DuVall. From forming legendary Atlanta hardcore band Neon Christ as a teenager in 1983 all the way […]
Hard Rock collective The Dead Daisies, who recently revealed that they’ve been working with legendary Bassist/Vocalist Glenn Hughes, are set to unleash the first offering from this new and exciting collaboration with ‘Righteous Days’ […]
Texas Metalcore mainstays Kublai Khan TX will drop their brand new album Absolute on October 4 via Rise Records. The band will also be in Australia during January 2020 as part of the Unify […]
Babylon A.D. proudly announces Nick Hernandez as the band’s new guitarist, following the swift departure of Marc “SPYDER” Webb. The new line-up includes founding members lead vocalist Derek Davis, guitarist John Matthews, and drummer […]
CULT OF LUNA will return to the US for a North American headlining tour early next year. The journey will run from February 25th through March 13th. Support will be provided by Emma Ruth […]
SLAYER – Tom Araya, Kerry King, Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph – along with Trafalgar Releasing, Nuclear Blast Records and Prime Zero Productions, are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the new short […]
Today, San Diego, California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX have released the music video for ‘Visions Of The End‘ right in time for the Halloween season. The macabre video directed by Muted Widows with Ryan Hogue […]
Rumour has it that upon enrolment into Australian university students receive a copy of the Violent Femmes eponymous debut. Ten tracks and 36 minutes long, the album features the universal themes of alienation, […]
Following on from a huge first announce of acts including Downsyde, Ruby Boots, Dulcie, Riley Pearce, Demon Days, Abbe May, Daybreak and over 100 acts, WAMFest presented by Act-Belong-Commit, today reveals the full line […]
Head Cases, please welcome Vogg Kiełtyka and Matt Alston to the MACHINE HEAD family! MACHINE HEAD are proud to announce the two new full-time members who will be performing the first set of the upcoming 3 hour […]
The irrepressible former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett announces his 2020 North America Tour. Setting off February 26th, 2020, Steve and his band will perform 17 shows in the U.S and Canada. For the first […]
Following his electrifying performance of “James Bond” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and fascinating conversation with Jim Jarmusch, Iggy Pop has now unveiled the video for “Loves Missing” from his new album […]
Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group and Flying Colors have presented an official music video for “The Loss Inside” in front of the band’s upcoming global release of THIRD DEGREE on October 4. […]
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