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It is hard to believe that is has been almost two decades since Killing Heidi released their debut offering Reflector. The album spawned the smash hit singles Weir and Mascara and embedded the album […]
Fresh of the back of a huge run of international shows, Hardline Media are absolutely stoked to announce that SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE will be heading down under in late FEBRUARY 2020 for an […]
Dutch Metal titans EPICA are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their milestone album “Design Your Universe”. To mark this special occasion, EPICA will be re-releasing this fan-favorite album as a Gold Edition on October […]
In the early morning of June 13, 2019, the silence of the northern Swedish wasteland near the small town of Kiruna was torn by a bellowing hiss. At 04:23 the German Aerospace Center (DLR) […]
Previously unseen, candid images of Catfish and the Bottlemen in the studio, on the road and enjoying down time feature in the video for ‘Conversation‘, the latest single to emerge from the band’s third […]
Grammy-nominated, Gold-selling metal heavyweights Killswitch Engage have just shared new song, I Am Broken Too. Listen and watch the lyric video which features singer Jesse Leach’s handwritten lyrics below. The song appears on the […]
Today is the release of the new music video for multi-platinum rock band Skillet’s quickly climbing, Top 20 rock single “Legendary” in advance of their tenth studio album Victorious (August 2/Atlantic Records). Skillet currently […]
Tickets for SLAYER‘s November 30 show at the Los Angeles Forum went on sale last Friday and by the end of the day, had sold out. Due to the quick sell out, today SLAYER […]
Seminal rock band +LIVE+ has joined forces with the Southern California-based brewing company Alosta Brewing for the creation of the band’s first craft beer “Throwing Copper Ale.” It’s named in honor of the band’s […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft, an accomplished singer, songwriter, harpist, and pianist in her own right, is preparing to release her debut solo album later this year. Martyr, co-written by […]
Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers will release their sixth studio record Hello Exile on October 4 via Epitaph. The album arrives as the follow-up to the band’s 2017 critically acclaimed release After The Party, […]
THE NEW ROSES bring back that 80s – Rock & Roll feeling with their newest single – ‘cause it’s never too loud. You can’t stop Rock & Roll – a simple yet effective message, […]
ALIEN WEAPONRY release new official video for “Blinded”, AD INFINITUM Sign worldwide contract with Napalm Records, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Release Lyric Video ‘Heroes of the Dawn’, WIND ROSE Release new album Wintersaga on September […]
Scott Stapp has revealed “Gone Too Soon,” the final advance track from his first album in six years, The Space Between The Shadows (Napalm Records). Thus far, radio single, “Purpose For Pain”; “Name” about the cycle of […]
When the finest modern-day musical genre unites with the world’s most refined and revered stylistic approach to music, it is inevitable that the outcome will be nothing short of stunning. Ladies and gentlemen, if […]
The swamplords are coming to Australia for the first time ever! Legendary finnish metal icons Kalmah will be making their long-awaited debut in Australia as they prepare to assault the east coast of the […]
As civilisation continues to eat itself, heavy music’s dark spiritual quest has never seemed more vital. Emerging from the shadows of eastern Poland back in 2015, BATUSHKA have already established themselves as one of […]
Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI are currently hopping from festival stage to festival stage (next stop: MetalDays, Tolmin, SLO) in support of their current studio album »Kulkija« (“Wanderer”; released on September 7, 2018 through […]
After yesterday’s exclusive premiere on the Ken Bruce Show (BBC Radio 2), BLACK STAR RIDERS are thrilled to share their brand new single ‘Ain’t The End Of The World‘, out today. The second single […]
One of 2019’s most anticipated heavy rock/metal albums, In Cauda Venenum, will be released by Swedish prog-masters OPETH on September 27th via Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has unveiled a bi-lingual […]
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is “Rocking All The Way” across the globe to sit down with some of the most influential artists in music, as AXS TV presents the popular rock-and-talk series Brian Johnson: A Life On The Road—making […]
SONS OF APOLLO–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s […]
American indie psych-pop legends, The Dandy Warhols whose worldwide hits include Bohemian Like You and We Used to be Friends, have just sold out their one night only 25th Anniversary show in Melbourne on Sunday November 3 […]
International extreme power metal superstars DRAGONFORCE have announced live dates in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe starting this fall and running through early 2020. Following a summer festival run, DRAGONFORCE will kick off […]
The right amount of self-applied pressure causes growth. This growth has brought American metalcore outfit Wage War to this moment – announcing their new album ‘Pressure‘ – out Friday August 30 in Australia through […]
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