25-year old British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Laurence Jones, will release his new studio album ‘The Truth’ on Friday 9th March 2018. To dovetail the release of the album, Laurence will start his nationwide […]
METALLICA has announced the details of the 2018-2019 North American leg of of its “WorldWired” tour in support of the band’s latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”. The 34-date trek kicks off September 2 in […]
It’s the new Machine Head album “Catharsis” and boy has it caused quite a stir in the metal community worldwide. Reviews and fan feedback coming through were bitingly harsh and negative with only a […]
Metal comes from far and wide and even in Aussie towns like Bunbury where the metal community is small, it’s also passionate and occassionally breeds some quality music. Medusa’s Gaze are one such act […]
Melbourne progressive death metal heavyweights, Ne Obliviscaris, return to Perth in support of their new album ‘Urn’. Touring Australia and New Zealand with Melbourne progressive powerhouse, Circles, and other local supporting acts along the […]
US rockers The Sword surprised a few fans when they dropped “High Country” back in 2015, a slight departure from their back catalogue which showed the band progressing and moving forward in order to […]
Palace of the King have dropped the second single from their forthcoming album, Get Right With Your Maker, available to pre-order now and out on 23 March through Golden Robot Records, as they gear […]
Finnish, Helsinki-based metal band Dead Shape Figure will release their anticipated fourth album ‘Cacoëthes’ on June 8th 2018 via Inverse Records. It’s been five years since their latest studio album ‘Opus Victoria’ was released. The […]
Following on from the release of their 2017 EP which featured exalted single ‘Love Your Man’ Donnarumma have well and truly departed from their previous roots sound. The Adelaide trio come out swinging with […]
Get a double dose of Shock Rock as WEDNESDAY 13 and DAVEY SUICIDE join forces to bring their devilish goodness and a very early Halloween to Australia. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered […]
Spylights is a progressive style alternative rock project from New Orleans musician Vincent Ebeier, described as having different feels, emotions and dynamic musical coloring. The first EP release titled “The Empath EP” is set […]
The sixth studio album from The Sword titled “Used Future” has come upon us in 2018 and given the huge departure in sound on their last release “High Country” in 2015, it should come […]
As Paradise Falls are hitting the road once again, this time on the Friends Far From Home tour with Aussie friends We May Fall, and Caution: Thieves. The Australian mini-tour begins March 3rd in […]
April 2018 sees the official worldwide release of the new Stormzone opus, Lucifer’s Factory. This is the sixth album from the Belfast-based Heavy Metal merchants, whose previous releases have prompted gushing praise from major […]
Two men entered a wooden shack in the backwoods with nothing but their instruments, a plan to pursue the perverse, and enough hard liquor and drugs to kill a yak at 50 yards. Rain […]
Vancouver progressive alternative metal KOSM have looked to the stars for inspiration, creating their own sound and story-telling mythos; a welcome break from the media-saturated negativity that threatens to overwhelm us; and like all […]
Portuguese speed metal act Toxikull will release their new record, “The Nightraiser”, on march 23rd via Mosher/Firecum. Clocking in at 26 minutes and six songs, the sucessor of 2016’s “Black Sheep” features a cover of Hollywood Rose’s […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates from Primordial, Whitechapel and Rivers Of Nihil. Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile Amongst The […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Dimmu Borgir, Kataklysm, Earthless, Light The Torch and Riot V. The time has finally come! After more than seven years […]
Polish black/death overlords BEHEMOTH have announced to release a brand new live DVD/Blu-ray entitled Messe Noire on April 13, 2018. Pre orders are available now! evp-recordings.lnk.to/messenoire Watch the official teaser video over at the […]
STONE BROKEN with JARED JAMES NICHOLS and THE BAD FLOWERS Live at THE HAUNT – Brighton, England -Feb 22nd 2018 Hard Rock and Heavy Blues is alive and kicking in the UK and supporting live […]
After just one year’s time, German Heavy Rockers SPITEFUEL are about to release the successor to the highly acclaimed album Second To None. And what a successor! Now they are about to release Dreamworld […]
You’ve seen the bill, but for those of you who want to plan ahead or are just looking at a single-day pass, Rocklahoma has broken down the roster of bands playing this year’s festival […]
Death metal legends, Morbid Angel released their 9th studio album, Kingdoms Disdained worldwide on December 1 via Silver Lining Music. Kingdoms Disdained reunites guitarist and founder Trey Azagthoth with bassist and vocalist Steve Tucker […]
A roundup of the latest news from earMusic including updates on Loudness, Al Di Meola and We Sell The Dead featuring members of Him, In Flames, Spiritual Beggars. Japanese Heavy Metal legends […]
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