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Unfortunately, the upcoming BLUES PILLS album, „Holy Moly!“, will not be released as planned on June 19th, 2020. Together, the band, its management and label have decided to postpone the album indefinitely. The band […]
Lamb Of God has issued a statement regarding the release of their upcoming self-titled album and the album’s third single: “Regrettably, we have to announce that the release date for our upcoming self-titled album […]
Ahead of this week’s release of their eighth studio album, rock icons The Used are delivering an energetic, catchy and captivating new song for fans today with “Cathedral Bell.” The new song dropped exclusively […]
Music Publicity and Promotions company Maric Media, owned and run by industry veteran Chris Maric celebrates its 7th birthday this month! To celebrate the milestone, Maric Media has expanded its services and now offers a […]
The Dead Daisies have unleashed their first track and video “UNSPOKEN” off the forthcoming new studio album, Holy Ground. With tours and releases around the world being postponed due to current global issues, the […]
The Australian and New Zealand tour dates for L7 have officially been rescheduled for May 2021. All existing tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows without the need for exchange – no need to […]
One of the most iconic names in modern blues music, Joe Bonamassa, is back with highly anticipated new music from his studio recordings at the legendary Abbey Road Studio in London. The surprise single […]
Joey Tempest & Mic Michaelihave from legendary rock act Europe have released a video of an acoustic performance of “Walk The Earth“, filmed and recorded at home with all proceeds from streaming going to […]
Last year, DESTRUCTION played a breathtakingly good show at the German PARTYSAN festival. Fortunately, for everyone who wasn’t able to attend, the thrash heroes recorded this metal party – and now, that the Covid-19 […]
Norma Jean, the iconic metalcore act out of Douglasvill, USA, are coming to Australian shores in October 2020 alongside brutal hardcore Australian crew Cursed Earth, presented by Destroy All Lines. Tickets are available online […]
Italian orchestral-death metal giants Fleshgod Apocalypse reveal a very special gem for their fans today: The band recorded a stunning video with their interpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Lacrimosa‘, taken from his masterpiece “Requiem […]
Voyager have announced that their headline tour in May has been rescheduled for February 2021 in light of the Coronavirus crisis. Since their formation, whatever genre norms, boundaries, and regulations thrust upon Perth Australia’s Voyager have […]
This year’s Wacken Open Air has been cancelled According to yesterday’s decision by the federal German government all major events in Germany are banned until 31 August 2020 to prevent further spreading of the corona pandemic. […]
Ocala, FL rock band A Day To Remember have released their brand new single “Mindreader”. The song is available now HERE. The platinum-certified band has also unveiled an official music video for the song, […]
Surprise Boy & Bear fans! Today, the 5-piece have announced the release of what most of their fans have been requesting for. Available on Friday July 24th, Boy & Bear will be releasing At […]
Asking Alexandria, one of the most successful rock bands of their generation, have released another new track ‘Down To Hell‘ with an accompanying visualizer video. The track is the 4th single to be released from […]
The wildest, wettest, dirtiest, hardest, heaviest most rocking heavy metal tour to hit Australia and New Zealand shores ever in the history of anything ever is coming….a little later than originally planned. For obvious […]
Vocalist and co-founder of legendary ‘80s hard rock group Great White, Jack Russell, is proud to announce the release of a very special acoustic album revisiting the band’s 1987 multi-platinum masterpiece Once Bitten featuring […]
After their “The Aeromantic Experience” tour was cancelled due to travel restrictions because of Covid-19, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA announce a live stream concert on forthcoming Saturday, April 18th, straight from The Tivoli. The […]
Scottish craft brewer BrewDog and American heavy metal band LAMB OF GOD announce the release of the world’s first non-alcoholic collaboration beer, Ghost Walker. The announcement was originally planned for the start of the […]
Finnish sextet NIGHTWISH have released their long-awaited ninth record HUMAN. :II: NATURE., a double album containing 9 tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters on CD 2. To […]
The official lyric video for the song “Glorious End” from the thrash metal force Warbringer can be seen below. The track is taken from Warbringer ‘s new album, “Weapons Of Tomorrow“, which will be […]
Mongolian rock sensation THE HU is releasing a brand-new music video for “Wolf Totem” featuring Papa Roach front man Jacoby Shaddix. The video is the first from the soundtrack of The Retaliators, a new horror-thriller from Better Noise Films, […]
Recently, BLUES PILLS announced their thrid studio album, “Holy Moly!” to be released on June 19th, 2020 via Nuclear Blast and today, they release a new video for the second single, ‘Low Road‘ from […]
Faroese Viking lords Tyr will bring the bite of winter’s frost to our shores in October 2020, and they will be accompanied their Russian compatriots Arkona for this massive Folk Metal double bill! All […]
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