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Today, celebrated British rock band Asking Alexandria unveiled the official music video for their new raw, emotional rock anthem “Alone Again.” The introspective single, co-written by all five members, received praise from critics upon […]
On October 22nd, 5 time nominated, two-time Grammy winners Slayer – will release CD, cassette, and vinyl re-issues of their classic records Show No Mercy (1983), Haunting the Chapel (1984), Live Undead (1984), and […]
Now into it’s fourth year of monthly metal nights, HORNOGRAPHY presents a classic style show with 3 top class local acts, metal DJ between sets, giveaways galore and a whole shit ton of good […]
TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage, released their long-awaited second album Songs of Loss and Separation earlier this summer. The band shared the video for Far From Heavenless at American Songwriter. The video was shot by Nick Hipa at […]
Drummer extraordinaire, composer and producer Carmine Appice has joined forces with multi-instrumentalist and rising studio star Fernando Perdomo to form The Appice Perdomo Project, whose debut album ENERGY OVERLOAD will be released September 24, […]
Band performance times have been announced Rocklahoma, taking place on Friday, September 3, Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5 at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. Previously […]
YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, today (September 1) have unveiled the video for “Dare To Know.” It marks the second single and video from their […]
Danny Bowes and Luke Morley from British Rock giants Thunder will be heading out on tour throughout November of this year with their Spoken Word and Acoustic Music tour ‘The First 50 Years’. The […]
GUS G Releases “Enigma Of Life” From His New Album “Quantum Leap”, DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG To Release New EP “Arising”, KRYPTOS Shares New Song & Video “Hot Wired”, STAHLMANN release single/video “Krähen […]
With the excitement for the new album increasing and as the band gets ready to hit the road in support of the new album Marching In Time, TREMONTI has released a live music video […]
British power metal heroes DRAGONFORCE have presented a new video for the song “TROOPER OF THE STARS“. The song about the movie “Starship Troopers” is taken from the band’s latest release “EXTREME POWER METAL“. […]
On October 29th, Whitechapel will release their new album, Kin, via Metal Blade Records. Pre orders available now at: metalblade.com/whitechapel. Watch the video for “Lost Boy” (directed by Miles Skarin) below now! At this […]
All-Star Tribute Band BOHEMIAN QUEEN (BQ), who recently earned global recognition with Frontman Paulie Z’s stirring rendition of “Barcelona” for the 4th Annual David Z Foundation Fundraiser, has revealed a series of new Fall and […]
KILLER BE KILLED released their critically-acclaimed sophomore album, Reluctant Hero last November via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band releases the lyric video for ‘Filthy Vagabond‘. The band also announces that they are releasing […]
Just two weeks after re-scheduling their dates to the Easter Long Weekend Friday 15th April – Monday 18th April 2022 with most of the scheduled artists announced from the October Event … plus new ones, Bluesfest has added […]
John Corabi, the Nashville, TN -based iconic front-man, has released his new single “Cosi Bella (So Beautiful)” today. The song is available now on all digital platforms and a video for the song can […]
Swedish dark sleaze metallers ToxicRose recently released their latest singles ‘Domination’ and ‘Outta Time’, hitting prominent Spotify and Apple Music Hard Rock playlists. They are set to release their sophomore album IN FOR THE KILL via Crusader Records (digitally and CD) on September 24th. […]
Heavy metal squad BUTCHER BABIES are ready to liven up the joint with their brand-new track “It’s Killin’ Time, Baby” featuring guest vocalist Craig Mabbitt (Escape The Fate). “From beginning to end, ‘killin’ time’ is […]
Los Angeles-born, guitar-driven heavy metal icons ALCATRAZZ today release their new single “Guardian Angel,” taken from their upcoming fifth studio album, V. The record will see release October 15th via Silver Lining Music. As […]
Iconic rock band Sixx:A.M. just announced the October 22, 2021, release of their new SIXX:A.M. HITS album via Better Noise Music. The project is a retrospective celebration of the band’s biggest hits and fan-favorite […]
The Bronx have released their highly-anticipated new album, Bronx VI, out now via Cooking Vinyl Australia. Alongside the album release, the band have also debuted a Craig R. Stecyk-directed video for the song “Peace Pipe“. “Working […]
Award-winning San Diego alt rock quintet Switchfoot have released their anticipated new album interrobang via Fantasy Records. The Tony Berg-produced (Phoebe Bridgers, Paul McCartney, Andrew Bird) and Tchad Blake-mixed (Fiona Apple, Arctic Monkeys, Sheryl […]
Despite being arguably Brazil’s biggest ever music export, when extreme metal legends Sepultura lost their original frontman and founder (alongside brother and drummer Iggor Cavalera) Max Cavalera in 1996 after their hugely influential ‘Roots’ […]
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett, releases his new studio rock album Surrender of Silence on 10th September 2021, via Inside Out Music. The album features 11 new songs as Steve has been working hard through […]
SABATON Presents New Music Video ‘Steel Commanders’, BEAST IN BLACK Reveal Artwork For Their New Album ‘Dark Connection’, GHOST BATH Release Music Video For ‘Convince Me To Bleed’. The future has begun: […]
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