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Metallica has confirmed that its record-breaking M72 World Tour will be extended into a third year, with the announcement of 21 North American shows spanning April, May and June 2025. Two-night tickets for the newly […]
AVRALIZE, fronted by vocalist Severin Sailer, guitarist Philipp Tenberken, drummer Bastian Gölz, and bassistValentin Noack, are back with their first brand new single following the success of their debut album »FREAKS«. The band, known for their fusion of […]
Los Angeles-based The Dark has officially signed with Arising Empire and dropped their debut single, ‘Chemicals’, out now worldwide – welcome to the family! The band, fronted by Craig Johns Jr. with guitarist Alan Ashby (Of Mice & Men), alongside Derek Vautrinot on drums […]
Vicious Rain, led by vocalist David Häusermann, guitarist and vocalist Mauro Gugerli, guitarist Tristan Meier, bassist Loris De Notaristefano, and drummer Michael Teufelberger, has just released their brand new single, ‘Hysteria’ featuring Half Me. This fresh track from the Swiss rock band […]
From Fall to Spring have quickly become one of the hottest rising bands, amassing over eleven million streams on Spotify even before signing a record deal. Their debut album, released last year, reached #73 on the German charts. Now, just in time […]
Shortly after their successful debut album, the award-winning metalcore band Fixation is ready to release new music with Speak in Tongues – a conceptual mini-album exploring themes of belonging, identity, and power. Across eight tracks, the band from Norway […]
CRIMSON VEIL release debut album HEX & launch title track music video WATCH THE VIDEO PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE HEX NOW “Brightonian prog metal brilliance…” METAL HAMMER (UK) / BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Dom Lawson “The world hasn’t heard an album like this before, […]
Today, Hellenic melodic metal heroes INNERWISH unveil their exciting new single featuring BLIND GUARDIAN front-man Hansi Kürsch. ‘Sea Of Lies’ is the first taste from the band’s upcoming album “Ash Of Eternal Flame,” which is set to hit stores worldwide on November 8, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix […]
As the Creed Summer of ’99 tour continues to play to sold out audiences across North America and anticipation grows towards the release of The End Will Show Us How, world-renowned guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mark Tremonti is back with another song […]
Global superstar Luke Combs is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2025 and is set to break records as the first country artist to headline a full stadium tour down under. Playing eight huge shows across Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the multi-platinum, award-winning singer-songwriter […]
Kylie today announces her highly anticipated ‘Tension Tour’ for 2025, which will see the global icon perform in cities across the globe and is set to be Kylie’s biggest tour since 2011. Opening in Kylie’s home country, Australia, on Saturday […]
Swedish hardcore punk veterans WOLFBRIGADE have unleashed a video for “Ways To Die.” The punishing new track comes by way of the band’s long-awaited Life Knife Death full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records! Comments […]
“Gone To Hell” is the latest single from Swedish death metal legends THE CROWN. The thundering new track comes off the band’s anticipated twelfth studio album, Crown Of Thorns, set for release on October 11th […]
KINGS OF MERCIA shares the second single from their new album, out October 25th via Metal Blade Records. The track is entitled “Aftermath” and it has a new music video > watch below “Aftermath” is “very dark,” vocalist Steve Overland comments. “It’s about […]
Penny Drop and Frontier Touring present The Dare – the breakout New York vocalist, songwriter and producer makes his highly-anticipated Australian debut this December. The Dare will perform shows at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday 3 December and Max Watt’s in Melbourne on Wednesday 4 December, as well […]
Perth death metal purveyors, Crypt Crawler have released their monstrous new album The Immortal Realm. The album features four huge singles including the title track The Immortal Realm, Shrine Of Sacrifice, Higher Society (feat James Murphy) and they have […]
Today, Dutch singer-songwriter CHARLOTTE WESSELS embarks on a dark and heavy journey as she unveils the latest single from her upcoming solo album, The Obsession, out this Friday, September 20, 2024 via Napalm Records! The […]
Arizona death-crusters GO AHEAD AND DIE’s newest offering Better Dead Than Mainstream: Live At The Marquee Theater is now available digitally via Nuclear Blast Records. The audio from the album was taken from their September 25, 2021 show with SOULFLY as well […]
Today, battle-hardened heavy metal warriors GRAND MAGUS have released ‘The Wheel Of Pain‘, which is the second single from their upcoming 10th studio album, Sunraven. Sunraven will be released on October 18th through Nuclear Blast Records, and conceptually deals with the legendary poem […]
‘The Gallows’ Drops via Spinefarm listen here: https://blacklabelsociety.lnk.to/TheGallows Watch the music video for ‘The Gallows’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppABpQLi6qg Black Label Society, the hard rock powerhouse founded by guitar icon Zakk Wylde, has unleashed a brand-new single titled ‘The Gallows.’ The track showcases the […]
Friday, September 13th, 2024 is the US and Canadian release date for digital, pre save here Friday, November 22nd, 2024 is US and Canadian release date for CD and Vinyl “It’s great to look back and see our […]
KREATOR has dropped a powerful live video of their iconic song ‘Enemy Of God,’ taken from their monumental performance in Chile, now available on Nuclear Blast’s YouTube channel. Fans can relive the mayhem and massive circle pits […]
We’ll see ya for the grand finale of the Can’t Find The Brakes Tour in Los Angeles on November 9 + 10 at Whisky a Go Go and The Troubadour with special guest The Band […]
Sweden’s Power Metal gods, ️HAMMERFALL️ are on their way! The legendary band Metal Hammer dubbed the saviours of Traditional Metal will be joined by Folk Metal heroes, VALHALORE (Bris/Syd/Mel) & Power Metal legends, SILENT NIGHT (all shows). EPIC! Tickets On sale now & […]
Frontier Touring is excited to announce Empire of the Sun’s ‘Ask That God’ Australian Tour will be an all-Aussie affair – with alt-dance group Crooked Colours and Tasmanian alt-electro duo Sumner joining the electro pop wizards as special guests on their tour this […]
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