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The September 24, 1991 release of Nirvana’s Nevermind touched off a seismic shift in global youth culture. Rising to #1 worldwide over the next few months, its impact would elevate Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic […]
VANILLA FUDGE throws out another re-worked Led Zep classic, this time it’s ‘Ramble On’ to go with the recently released ‘Immigrant Song’ and ‘Rock and Roll’. All 3 tracks come from the soon to be released […]
Today marks the release of ELECTRIC GUITARS fourth studio album, “Freewheeler”. The band, who have a cult following in Denmark for their lively guitar riff-centric rock and energy-filled live shows will soon be on the […]
Swedish dark sleaze metallers, ToxicRose, have released their latest album In For The Kill. It was preceded by the smash singles ‘Domination’ and ‘Outta Time’ which hit prominent Spotify and Apple Music hard rock playlists. Today they release their sophomore album In For The Kill on vinyl […]
“In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a woman.” – Good Times Bad Times, Beth Hart The Grammy-nominated powerhouse vocalist Beth Hart takes on one of her most profound undertakings to […]
Local Band Smokeout, established in 2014 is the brainchild of BG Goodrich, what started as a random thought has grown to become its own global entity. In a technological age where listeners are bombarded […]
Metal United Down Under releases Volume V of their annual compilation album, featuring a vast variety of the greatest heavy music to come out of Australia & New Zealand. Bringing you 19 face-melting tracks […]
Click here to Order Vicennial – 2 Decades of Seether Since Seether aren’t able to tour outside of the US right now, they wanted to find another way to bring this special […]
Nick Barker has been a familiar painting hanging on the walls of the Australian music scene since the late 1980s. He further rose to prominence with his band The Reptiles, releasing the hit cover version of Steve […]
Angry Anderson has rocked and entertained us all for decades as the unequivocal front man of Rose Tattoo. He has torn up world stages with the voice of a working man’s Rod Stewart and […]
Raised during the 80’s debauchery on the Sunset Strip and still going strong in 2021 – JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE presents his 3rd single for Golden Robot Records titled ‘Gonna Take You Higher’ which will be released digitally on […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE are The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band. Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet—Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitars), Nikki Sixx (bass), and Tommy Lee (drums)— have commandeered the rock pantheon for 40 years. 40 […]
SABATON “The 20th Anniversary Show” To Be Released On November 19th Multi-Platinum Swedish metal band SABATON today announces the limited-edition, live-in-concert, double-DVD/Blu-Ray, “The Great Show,” and “The 20th Anniversary Show,” both set for release on November […]
EARTHLESS returns with their new album Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons on January 28 via Nuclear Blast, along with a winter tour kicking off January 27th at Los Angeles’ The Echo. The latest […]
NEW SINGLE “WILL WE EVER” RELEASED 5 NOVEMBER 2021 PRE-ORDER ALBUM / STREAM SINGLE MARCH/APRIL 2022 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST TROY REDFERN TICKETS – www.willeandthebandits.com “Wille and the Bandits are a blues rock powerhouse.” – […]
Slovenia based Aggressive Metal Visionaries WITHIN DESTRUCTION Announce their debut Australian Tour. Blistering the opaque realms between extreme metal and electronic tunes with their unique concoction of pure relentless metal, WITHIN DESTRUCTION will be serving up […]
North Carolina hard rockers THE FIFTH, who have just released their new self-titled Ep are releasing the first video from the record today. The band decided to team up with well respected outlet, Brutal Planet […]
– New Album Coming 2022! – Following a decade of wreaking havoc together, Virginian metal maniacs MUNICIPAL WASTE and Nuclear Blast have officially re-signed a worldwide deal that will extend the NUCLEAR-WASTE union for years to come. To date, co-conspirators’ partnership has […]
‘Weep When You Die’ is the alcohol soaked, anthemic new single and video from Gothenburg’s leading exponents of street metal, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. It has been unleashed today on all digital platforms (streaming and download) via Golden Robot Records (for […]
Sweden’s boogie rock legends Diamond Dogs are back with the new single and music video “Alright Brutus I’m On! The track is taken from the swedes upcoming double album ‘Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous’ , […]
After releasing their digital EP We Are Nøt Okay in early 2021, rising German-Austrian nu-metal stars OCEANS unveil their brand-new digital single ‘Sulfur’ today via Nuclear Blast. Following the fashion of their previous releases, […]
New Official Music Video, New Album, Not The End Of The Road, out January 21 [Photo Credit: Holger Fichtner & Patrick Schneiderwind] German chart-toppers KISSIN’ DYNAMITE (#7 on the German Album Charts) are gearing up for […]
Upcoming Album “Gods Of Tomorrow”! Out Nov 26 Ten long years after their last studio album “Don’t Talk Science” legendary hard rock band VICTORY has announced their return to the scene with a brand new album “Gods […]
“”‘Advent‘ is a testimony of all the raw energy accumulated within this band since the release of our latest album”, DYNAZTY vocalist Nils Molin describes the band’s highly anticipated new single. “When the pandemic stopped us from touring in 2020 we decided to put […]
Originally released on Halloween 1981, CIRITH UNGOL are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark album, Frost and Fire, with special, multi-format re-issue packages set for release on December 17th, 2021. Pre-Orders are available today at Metal Blade Records […]
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