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San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, will release their highly anticipated new album Catharsis on January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released the brand new track, ‘Bastards’. The song […]
One of the most brutal, relentless and vital forces in extreme music, Cattle Decapitation will return to Australia in February! They will be joined by one of Australia’s most successful heavy acts, Psycroptic, to […]
JOE PERRY–legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–has assembled an all-star band to perform alongside him at the sold-out record release show Tuesday, January 16 at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, […]
Put up or shut up. It’s a mantra many rock bands of today tend to give great lip service to, but often fail to deliver the goods to back up their lofty claims. The […]
Famed vocalist of The Dead Daisies, John Corabi, is set to release his first-ever solo live album Live 94 (One Night In Nashville). Corabi performs the classic self-titled 1994 Mötley Crüe album that he […]
Thin Lizzy drum legend Brian Downey and his new band Alive And Dangerous are delighted to announce that they will be coming back to Nell’s Jazz & Blues to perform as part of the […]
The January 2018 Glassjaw Australian tour dates have today been cancelled, with the hope that the tour dates will be re-scheduled later in 2018. MJR Presents Promoter Scott Mesiti today stated “Unfortunately, we have […]
He hits our shores in March and now due to overwhelming demand Andrew Strong has added a 2nd Melbourne Show! This show will take place on Tuesday 13th March at the Croxton Bandroom. Tickets […]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS are premiering the third crushing song taken from the legendary singer’s sophomore album with his personal band, ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue‘. The full-length will be out on January 26th, 2018. Phil […]
Multi-platinum Canadian pop-punk legends SIMPLE PLAN today reveal they will bring their No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15th Anniversary World Tour to Australia in April for a special run of East Coast dates. […]
How many people do you know that accomplished something that effectively CHANGED LIVES while they were in HIGH SCHOOL? Our friends Morgan and Mercedes Lander didn’t intend to become Heavy Metal Feminist Icons […]
Of course there are bands that have garnered higher chart positions, sold more albums and filled bigger venues than Anvil. Yet there are few metal acts that have earned as much respect from their […]
Black Label Society has debuted a brand new track titled “Trampled Down Below” from their brand new LP, Grimmest Hits, due out this month. The single is the third song the band has made available to […]
Sad news today that world renowned producer Chris Tsangarides has passed away at the age of just 61 after a battle with pneumonia and heart failure. Over the years Tsangarides produced so many rock and […]
Judas Priest could easily rest on their laurels at this stage of their highly successful and influential career. However, the legendary metal band – singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have released a brand new single and video for ‘Welcome To Hell’. The track is the second single taken from the band’s […]
DESTRÖYER 666 will release a crushing new EP on February 23rd, 2018. ‘Call of the Wild’ contains three brand new songs and a fresh take on their classic and live-favourite, “Trialed by Fire”. The metal wolf-pack is now streaming the title-track […]
Only one week left until Dutch epic death/black metallers BLEEDING GODS will release their new concept album »Dodekathlon« via Nuclear Blast! After already having released two singles, ‘From Feast To Beast’ (+music video) and […]
Tuomas Holopainen‘s 3-track demo earned him his first record deal with his freshly founded band NIGHTWISH back in 1996. 20 years later – with over 2,000 shows played and more than 8 million records […]
Tony Klinger, renowned producer of The Who’s “The Kids Are Alright” film, has started a PledgeMusic campaign for “The Who and I” Box Set, Book and Memorabilia. The Box Set contains Tony’s new book […]
In advance of their massive European tour, SEPTICFLESH are now revealing a pro-shot clip for the track “Martyr” taken from their latest masterpiece, ‘Codex Omega‘, which has been directed by long-time collaborator Jon Simvonis. The video […]
IHSAHN is a name that is synonymous with the Worldwide metal scene; a musical visionary who’s creativity is unparalleled and influence is far reaching. IHSAHN will, after all these years, make his live debut […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Tankard, In Flames, Beast In Black and Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons. The German thrash metal legends TANKARD released […]
Brazilian melodic hard rock band Leatherjacks have released their new single ‘I Hate To Fall In Love‘ in time for Christmas, the follow up to their debut album “The Lost Arts Of Rock And […]
American actor, Lee Vervoort, best known for his role as a Savior in Seasons 6 and 7 of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” is set to play the lead character in an upcoming music video […]
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