All the latest in the local music scene across the U.S. and Canada
On May 24th, NYC’s Tanith will release their debut full-length, In Another Time, via Metal Blade Records. Taking their name from a character in the classic Hammer Horror The Devil Rides Out, Tanith play […]
2018 was the breakthrough year for American Heavy Metallers Visigoth, and 2019 is looking just as bright for the Salt Lake City powerforce! On May 24th, Visigoth will release a 7″ entitled ‘Bells of […]
Is it Halloween yet? Silly question, it’s Halloween all year round for BLOODY HAMMERS! As special gift and horrific surprise they deliver their fifth studio album entitled The Summoning on June 26th 2019 via […]
Acclaimed guitarist Marzi Montazeri and vocalist Kyle Thomas – otherwise recognized as members of Louisiana-based metal pioneers Exhorder – recently announced their brand new, aggressive metal project, HEAVY AS TEXAS. Their new self-titled album […]
California metal band BLACK PASSAGE (Featuring members of Fallujah, Wolf King, Behold the Desecration and Anisoptera) have just released a video for their song Left to Waste. The song is taken from their upcoming […]
Forming 24 years ago as the backup band for rock n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley, blues journeymen The Kelly Bell Band have spent their career proving that their music knows no bounds. Transcending time, trends and […]
Emergence is the impending new full-length from Denver-based progressive doom unit DREADNOUGHT. Set for release on May 10th via Profound Lore, the band’s fourth long player takes their signature multiplex and pictorial sound […]
Miami, FL hard rock band GEARS has released the official music video for their single, “Tango Yankee” featuring Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust. Originally premiered on Tattoo.com, “Tango Yankee” was produced by Corey Lowery. “With […]
Long Beach, CA Rock band OF LIMBO has released the official music video for their single, “Nicotine.” Directed by Brandon Troy Vancour at NuVisions Studio* in Santa Ana, CA, “Nicotine” is the title track […]
In anticipation of their second EP “La Foi, La Loi, La Croix” ready for the world on May 31, 2019, Montreal’s THRASH LA REINE is releasing their single “Du Sang Sur Les Plaines“. […]
Progressive sludge unit LORD DYING has confirmed a North American headlining tour. Scheduled to commence May 8th in Seattle, Washington, the journey will wind its way through more than two dozen cities and come […]
Port Orchard, Washington’s MOS GENERATOR spent most of 2016 and 2017 on tour supporting their ‘Abyssinia’ album. During a special night on the tail end of the tour, an entire set was recorded at Rebellion, in […]
ELECTRIC FUNERAL FEST IV — set to take place in Denver, Colorado this June — has confirmed its final lineup, with headlining sets from Miami riff merchants Torche and Louisiana sludge metal unit Thou, […]
The third installment of MASS DESTRUCTION METAL FEST will take place November 1st and 2nd at The Loft at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia and include performances from Nile, Sigh, Demolition Hammer, Terrorizer, […]
Loud As Hell, the incomparable Badlands metal fest has just released their lineup for the 2019 rendition and it’s an absolute banger! The headliner for this year is New Orleans’ GOATWHORE who will be […]
Mysterium Tremendum is the long-awaited new full-length from Portland progressive sludge metal merchants LORD DYING. Captured at Los Angeles’ West Valley Recording Studios in August of 2018 with producer Mike Plotnikoff (Fear Factory, In […]
Having released their debut studio EP, I’ve Got Something To Say…, on September 22, 2018, One In The Chamber has been compared to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Mötley Crüe, Soundgarden, The Red Hot Chili […]
Southern California based Rock band JOYOUS WOLF has released the first two singles off of their upcoming EP, Place in Time, “Quiet Heart” and “Place In Time,” which is due out 4/19 via Roadrunner […]
Brazilian-born, NYC-based heavy metal guitar guru and vocalist Gus Sinaro is back with his eponymous project SINARO! This Friday, March 29, Gus Sinaro will release his latest album, The Living Dead, which can be […]
Grimoire Records confirms the May release of Downfall, the third album from Maryland-based THONIAN HORDE, founded by members of Admiral Browning, Pale Divine, Faith In Jane, Weed Is Weed, and Bailjack. The Downfall cover […]
Iconic vocalist LANCE KING – the original voice behind Pyramaze, Avian, Balance of Power and Gemini – is set to release his second solo album, ReProgram, on March 29, 2019 via his own Nightmare […]
Des Moines, Iowa-based psychedelic/stoner metal trio DRUIDS recently announced that their new album, Monument, is scheduled for release on April 19, 2019 via The Company KC! The album is available to pre-order now […]
Legendary brutalizers CRYPTOPSY have proven themselves to be one of the hardest working bands in extreme metal in recent years. The guys have confirmed one helluva a tour schedule over the coming months, which […]
For release: Wednesday, 20 March 2019: Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair announced the official line-up of its three-day 50th anniversary celebration today including our very own Brian Cadd, one of only two Australian artists […]
US hard rock band, BULLETS AND OCTANE, have announced the vinyl release of their latest album “Waking Up Dead”, with two exclusive unreleased bonus tracks – as a limited edition of 300 pieces in red […]
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