All the latest in the local music scene across the U.S. and Canada
The Sacramento-based quintet GRAVESHADOW – who deftly mixes symphonic/gothic metal with elements of doom, thrash and epic progressive power metal – unveil the first taste of their new album via the lyric video for […]
In October, international collaboration Stagma invaded the airwaves with the release of their first single, ‘Pokerface’. Today, the band unveiled a new chapter in their career with confirmation of the release date for their […]
Texas based hard rock band Blacktop Mojo has released a video for their track, “Underneath,” from their 2017 LP, Burn the Ships. Filmed live at Audioworx Studios in Palestine, TX, the Drew McCuistion filmed […]
BELTFED WEAPON‘s Frank Hetzel and RONNY MUNROE (Munroe’s Thunder, Metal Church, TSO) are not just friends with mutual desire to complete a quest to work together on a song. They have united and joined in […]
Having surpassed their goal following a successful PledgeMusic Campaign, the Billy Walton Band have just unleashed their newest LP “Soul of a Man” Friday, 1/12! As they wrap up the remaining U.S. Tour dates […]
Hot off their west coast tour supporting Dayshell and Eyes Set to Kill, Los Angeles, CA’s modern prog rock/metal outfit SIFTING have just been tapped as direct support for SONS OF APOLLO, on this […]
“Energetic rock n’ roll with a modern twist” is how singer/guitarist/band leader Jacob Cade likes to describe his music. And soon, lucky fans will be able to catch this fast-rising rocker in concert – […]
Southwest Michigan based, Alternative Rock trio 45 To Argos has released the Official Music Video for their single, “Dementia.” The video was directed by front-man Brandon Garrett and filmed by Chase Krueger‘. “We wrote […]
New York City-based heavy metal band SINARO has shared a streaming video for their new single “The Living Dead.” Led by Brazilian born guitarist Gus Sinaro, the band has recently been making a significant […]
DEEP DARK RIVER, the acoustic doom, folk, blues, ambient and soul side project from Vesperia‘s Morgan Rider has posted a new video covering DIO‘s “Holy Diver”. Rider comments: “I had a lot of fun working on […]
Imagine if Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and Alice Cooper had a grandmother that fronted a rock band…enter Granny 4 Barrel! A Neo-Victorian steampunk shock rock nightmare – she is the Matriarch of Metal! And […]
Baltimore pop-punks At Face Value (formerly Face Value) is back with the follow up to 2016’s “Thick as Thieves”. Upcoming EP “Ivy & Echo” marks the band’s first under the new moniker, and their […]
Calgary, AB’s 420 Music & Arts Festival presented by METALHEADS UNITED announces their 2018 line-up for April 19th, 20th, and 21st featuring headliners Dopethrone, Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Vista Chino) (special guest DJ set on 420), Sasquatch and La Chinga along with over 20 other […]
Rock band From Ashes To New have released their single and lyric video for “Crazy,” premiering the song on SiriusXM Octane today. “Crazy” is the first single off of their upcoming LP, The Future, […]
Recently signing to Vancouver, BC’s TEST YOUR METAL RECORDS this past December, North Carolina sci-fi metallers XAEL have their next video offering “Last Arbiter” as part of their forthcoming sci-fi adventure album of the same title set […]
Australia’s own, The Lazys, have signed a record deal with Golden Robot Records, for the release of their new album, Tropical Hazards, outside of Canada, where the band now resides, and is one of the […]
F.W. Murnau’s silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is the nightmarish backdrop for this gothic-tinged, progressive rock track. “Thought and Memory” is from the 2017 EP “Dragonfly“. “Dragonfly” is the follow-up EP to […]
A name is a name is a name is a name. In the case of Canada’s MORPHCORED, this is entirely the case. The band was birthed into existence as the result of ‘morph’-ing early […]
Christian Metal Band TOARN has released the official music video for the single, “Jonah,” off of their upcoming debut LP, The Dying Flame, due out February 23 via Luxor Records. Filmed and Directed by […]
Following the huge success of their second album ‘Burn The Ships’, which saw the single ‘Where the Wind Blows’ hit number 27 on the Billboard Rock Charts; Texan rockers Blacktop Mojo are releasing their […]
Combining the melodicism of Dokken with the hard-hitting approach of Pantera, SiLK9 is certainly one of the more promising hard rock/heavy metal bands to hit the scene in modern times. And this is certainly […]
Houston-based progressive metal outfit, OCEANS OF SLUMBER, have debuted the music video for the title track, “The Banished Heart”, off of their upcoming March 2 release via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. The band commented, “As […]
Deliverance are pleased to announce they are working with Roxx Records and 3 Frogz Records, to officially release their brand new album, ‘The Subversive Kind,’ on February 23rd, 2018. Hailing from Los Angeles, the […]
From the American South, Kentucky, comes southern blues rock champions, OTIS, who released their critically acclaimed second album “Eyes Of The Sun” on Purple Pyramid Records in September 2017. The album was Executive Produced […]
With just over a dozen years under their ornate-buckled celtic belts, Canada’s Battlesoul have forged an enduring anthology of epic-ness crafted from the blazing furnace of molten metal. What is most telling is their […]
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