All the latest in the local music scene across the U.S. and Canada
BLACK ABSINTHE‘s powerful heavy riffs and bass lines are reminiscent of classic thrash and new wave British heavy metal with a range of progressive to classic rock influence. Surfacing from the basement last year, the Toronto, ON […]
So many bands make listeners choke from their sheer delusional pretentions of grandeur. Not Quebec City’s NORDHEIM, their philosophy is simply to make fun folk metal, as can be evidenced in their latest offering […]
South Florida based musician and songwriter Barry Weinberg is set to launch his Prog Rock influenced album Samsarana in January 2018, but the musician is today announcing the imminent release of the first single. […]
Being the youngest of death metal sub-genres, technical death metal is eager to impress. It has become increasingly apparent that tech-death wants desperately to be accepted by its older brother, death metal. In recent […]
Grammy winning guitar legend & Johnny Winter protege Paul Nelson will be touring the US in support of his critically acclaimed latest album “Badass Generation.” For Paul Nelson, a new musical chapter beckons… Nelson […]
Oregon Melodic Metal Band Vintersea has released the Official Music Video for the single “Skies Set Ablaze,” off of their debut album The Gravity of Fall. “Skies Set Ablaze” was produced, directed, and edited by […]
The kings of comedy rock PSYCHOSTICK are kicking off their “The Veloci-Turkey-Saurus Rex Tour” presented by Zildjian in St. Louis, MO on November 2nd and wrapping it up in Pittsburgh, PA on December 9th with support from Arsonists Get All […]
If Nirvana and The Doors had a love child, who was then raised in the desert taking hits of acid with Frank Zappa, you’d likely end up with a band that sounds as oddly […]
They’re back! From the streets of New York City and the gutters of Los Angeles, the kings of 80s and 90s biker rock, Circus of Power, make their hugely anticipated return with their first […]
HEAVEN & EARTH have just released the latest video for “Hard To Kill” from their fourth studio album, HARD TO KILL, which was released October 6 on Quarto Valley Records. HEAVEN & EARTH features […]
Seattle’s 8-piece progressive outfit The Complex Dialect are thrilled to announce the official details for their debut album, Change, which has been set for December 1, 2017. Produced at Seattle’s infamous London Bridge Studios […]
The musical mind of native Chicagoan Scott Fischer has been described as a colorfully symphonic amusement park. Whether it’s a song-length concept piece, a full album, a rock opera or something else entirely, big […]
Vancouver, BC based Rock / Metal band The Veer Union has started a PRE-RELEASE worldwide through ROCKSHOP ENTERTAINMENT (RSE) for their first ever box set, Decade: History of Our Evolution, which will include 6 […]
Our Last Night’s new song “Ivory Tower” is a genre-bender. “Tower” serves as a great example of a band that continues to grow and continues to incorporate new sounds and influences from across the […]
New Jersey metalcore quintet ASHES, formerly known as Ashes Of My Regrets has released their debut music video and single under the new guise with a fitting title, “Newborn Soul“. We spoke to vocalist, Chris […]
Idaho Rock Band Silent Theory has released the Official Music Video for the single “Watch Me Burn,” the second single off of their 2016, full length release, Delusions. Originally revealed on Loudwire’s Wire-to-Wire, “Watch Me […]
US Metal powerhouse WildeStarr will release their new album ‘Beyond The Rain‘ on Friday, December 8th on Scarlet Records. The first single from the forthcoming album release is the title track “Beyond The Rain”, […]
There is a new name about to burst on the rock scene, that mixes the styles of Led Zeppelin and Guns N’ Roses – and that name is Jacob Cade. “Energetic rock n’ roll with […]
Guitarist Chris Schiermann has announced the launch of his solo project SCHIERMANN and self-titled debut album, set for release on 8 December. Gear Gods have premiered ‘Technical Disabilities’ from the album, check it out here: https://youtu.be/UzmgGdZmCdw Over […]
New England Industrial Metal Duo INVERTIA return with The Crimson Screen Vol. 1, the band’s first in a series of EPs that are thematically-based on the early days of horror films. The EP will, most appropriately, be released […]
Alt-rock hometown heroes Twelve Noon are back with a new music video for their latest single, Hope In Tragedy. This time, the band has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to […]
Some bands can channel their anger and aggression into a devastating onslaught of metallic power. Some bands can entwine the scars that life has given them in melancholy melody and speak to the shared […]
Today you can experience the Death Of October just a bit early with a brand new track from Halloween-inspired Gothic metal band Autumns Eyes. At the crossroad between a hallowed holiday and the cusp […]
Hailing from Oakland, Ca, the 6 piece crushing tribe of doom Catapult the Dead, are teaming up with San Francisco’s Doom Stew Records for their latest full length release “A Universal Emptiness“, due on […]
Following the overwhelming success of the band’s latest studio release – “Together” – which charted at #8 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart earlier this year and led to providing the group with high-profile opportunities for […]
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