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DEATH DEALER has released a video for the powerful ballad 22 GONE of of their album CONQUERED LANDS which was released November 13 2020 via STEEL CARTEL RECORDS. This song deals with the soldier […]
Guitar shredder and string virtuoso GUS G. has released his exceptional new single “Fierce“. To round this up, Gus teamed up with filmaker Panagiotis Kountouras to produce a videoclip that offers unequalled opportunities – a very special […]
Four years after the release of The Immortal Wars (2017), Juno Award-nominated EX DEO returns with more massive, brutal soundscapes than ever on their highly anticipated upcoming full-length album, The Thirteen Years Of Nero, […]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard share a new video for album opener ‘Yours‘, directed by long time collaborators PHC Films. The video is the first of ten new visuals set to accompany new […]
Dropkick Murphys and Rancid will hit the road together for the first time since 2017, for the co-headlining Boston To Berkeley II Tour with special guests The Bronx on most dates. The U.S. trek–which […]
Two of Australia’s most respected singers, musicians and songwriters – Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley – are taking their guitars and songs on the road across 17 dates on the National ‘Together Alone Tour‘ through October, November and December 2021. […]
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 Hackett has been working hard […]
In support of local live music, Krunch Entertainment is showcasing up and coming bands in the Perth music scene in the form of a new event called “Pandoras Rock Box” which will hope to […]
BMG pays tribute to the patron saints of heavy metal with a collection that includes a newly remastered version of the original album along with a complete live show recorded during the band’s 1975 […]
Today, legendary British rock ‘n’ roll icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard will release Def Leppard – Volume Three, a new limited edition box set UMe/Virgin. In conjunction with […]
PAIN, the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Peter Tägtgren, has revealed the band’s first original song in 5 years: “Party In My Head“! Blending ’80s synth, electro, and metal, PAIN delivers one hell of an anthem […]
Sweden’s most charismatic airline crew shake off the glitter again to deliver a fantastic anthem to welcome sweet summertime feelings. Enjoy some even sweeter cocktails in the sun while shaking your hips to “Burn […]
NIGHTWISH reawaken their most famous album “Once” as remastered version, GO AHEAD AND DIE Release Music Video For Self Titled Single, ENSLAVED release ‘Sacred Horse’ live video/single, THERION release music video for “Eye Of […]
Black Label Society will head back out on the road this fall in North America with Obituary and Prong as support. Kicking off on October 1 in Sacramento, CA, the aptly named “Doom Trooping […]
The inaugural Monsters on the Mountain (MOTM), a three-day hard rock music experience brought to you by the creators of the pioneering Monsters of Rock Cruise, has been announced for this October 15th-17th at […]
Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have released a 3-track digital single titled “Arrows In Words From The Sky” today. The release features 3 new songs, “Rotten,” “Arrows In Words From The Sky” and the single “Become […]
Frontier Touring by arrangement with Premier Artists wish to advise the rescheduling of Richard Clapton’s upcoming Melbourne show, part of his Music Is Love national tour, due to the current Victorian COVID outbreak. The […]
Black Sabbath was embroiled in a protracted legal battle with its former manager in 1975 when the band started recording its sixth studio album, Sabotage. The group felt sabotaged at every turn – hence the album’s […]
THE OBSESSED and THE SKULL will join forces for a US co-headlining tour this Summer. Set to commence July 29th in Cleveland, Ohio, the doom rock caravan will wind its way through nearly two-dozen […]
Life on the road isn’t all glamour and rock’n’roll excess and Motörhead‘s punishing tour schedule in 1981 took them all over the globe as they rode high on the success of Ace Of Spades. […]
DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED Finnish Black/Epic Metal Pioneers Featuring Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish), CRYPTA Releases Third Single “Dark Night Of The Soul”, VAN CANTO Drops Lyric Video for “Dead By The Night”, POWERWOLF Releases New Single […]
Italian symphonic power metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE are celebrating the release of their brand new EP, “I’ll Be Your Hero“, which is out now on AFM Records! The band’s latest album, “The Eighth Mountain” (2019), […]
Polish heretics Behemoth have today unveiled a sumptuous and visceral new video for “Shadows Ov Ea Cast Upon Golgotha“, a track taken from last years 4-track A Forest EP. The video, produced by longtime […]
Cruise to the Edge, the world’s greatest progressive rock experience, has announced the artist line-up for its 7th annual voyage, next May 2nd-7th. Featuring over 35 artists, the five-night exclusive cruise charter is sailing out of Port […]
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late heavy metal icon, will join forces with virtual event producers Rolling Live Studios to celebrate Ronnie’s birthday on […]
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