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AVAILABLE ON 2CD, 2CD+DVD COMBO, LP, DVD, BLU-RAY, DIGITAL Michael Schenker – Lead Guitarist (6 years younger brother of Rudolf Schenker) 1970 – At age 15 – Michael records his first album with the Scorpions […]
Boutique Guitar Fest Drops Full Announce Annual boutique festival Mojo Burning has stepped up the proverbial notch big time, announcing ex-Queens of the Stone Age/Kyuss bass player Nick Oliveri as the headline act for the […]
A massive music lineup has been announced for the eleventh year of Rocklahoma, set to take place May 26-28 at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. SOUNDGARDEN, DEF LEPPARD and […]
Following the September 2016 of Sari Schorr & The Engine Room’s critically acclaimed debut album “A Force of Nature” featuring guest performances from Walter Trout and Oli Brown, Sari is pleased to announce her upcoming 2017 UK […]
To understate it in the biggest way possible, 2016 was a big year for Twelve Foot Ninja. Tours across the US at some of the country’s biggest rock festivals and alongside some of the biggest […]
KING KING, Britain’s favourite rock/blues band are back on road – again – they will be touring from mid-Jan till mid-May 2017. Tickets are now on sale from individual venues or The Gig Cartel. Hurry, […]
TICKETS GO ON SALE JANUARY 13 AT LIVENATION.COM FOREIGNER’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE MAY 5th “I Want To Know What Love Is.” “Cold As Ice.” “Hot Blooded.” “Juke Box Hero.” FOREIGNER, the band […]
On January 20, AFI will release their first new album since 2013 titled AFI (The Blood Album), via Caroline Australia. Leading into the release, they’ve shared the video for the album’s “Snow Cats.” The constantly moving visual is […]
German groove trio FALL OF CARTHAGE have announced the release of their sophomore album, “The Longed-For Reckoning”, set to be released on January 27th via MDD Records. Fans can expect a total of 16 songs […]
The wait is finally over, as SUICIDE SILENCE have triumphantly returned with their truly career defining moment in the form of their self-titled new, full-length album set for a Feb 24th release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. […]
New York death metal giants IMMOLATION will release their new album »Atonement« on February 24th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released their second video trailer for »Atonement«, in which Ross Dolan discusses how he became […]
Kepler Ten are a new and powerful melodic and progressive hard rock band featuring three excellent musicians from Southampton, UK. The band recently announced their signing to White Star Records which is co-founded by Chris […]
BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album »Heavy Fire« on the 3rd of February 2017. Today, the band premiere the new video for second single, ‘Testify Or Say Goodbye’. Frontman Ricky Warwick […]
Waiting is finally over! Folk metal superstars ELUVEITIE have taken a lot of time with the search for new musicians to guarantee you the best possible line-up of all time and with the help of […]
Southern Californian hardcore legends Stick To Your Guns are almost here! They are bringing some serious heat down under in just shy of two weeks’ time on the ‘Better Australia Than Dust’ Australian Tour and Kentucky boys Knocked Loose and […]
Influential Gainesville punk band Less Than Jake has announced plans to release a new EP titled Sound The Alarm on February 3rd with their new label Pure Noise Records. Fans can pre-order the record and […]
On January 13th, heavy metal titans ACCEPT will finally deliver their new live package called »Restless And Live«! This set will not only include the entire show that ACCEPT played at Bang Your Head!!! Festival 2015 on […]
Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, have recently announced their upcoming eighteenth album, »The Grinding Wheel«, which will be released on February 10th, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have finally revealed the first track-by-track […]
The time has come. The masters of melodic death symphonies are finally back. In 2017, almost five years after the release of their mindblowing creation »Time I«, WINTERSUN will bring snow and storms all accross […]
Brazilian heavy metal icons, SEPULTURA, will unleash their upcoming studio album, »Machine Messiah«, on January 13th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band unveils their first track-by-track trailer, in which they talk about the first five songs. Watch […]
The 11th annual Rock on the Range festival has sold out in record time compared to previous years. The largest festival in North America will take place at the Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, OH from […]
IGNITOR, the Austin, Texas based true metal titans featuring iconic vocalist Jason McMaster have released the limited edition “Years of War Collection” box set which includes five cds spanning 10 years. The box set consists […]
Melbournian rockers Shadowqueen kick off 2017 with a bang by unveiling a brand new single and video for ‘Unconditional’, a second offering that follows on from first taster ‘Waiting On You‘, taken from their forthcoming sophomore […]
The Swedish metal force PAIN, led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, LINDEMANN), just revealed a new video clip for the titletrack “Coming Home”, out of their current record. The clip includes filmed material from PAIN‘s […]
Young modern metal hopes FOREVER STILL just recently finished their big European tour with LACUNA COIL and barely caught their breath again, but they’re already out to conquer the new year 2017. With this new […]
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