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British Heavy Metal legends Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that […]
Michael Schenker will release his new MSG album, “Immortal“, on January 29th, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The album title is a perfect statement describing Michael Schenker’s legacy and to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a musician. Today, […]
BLIND GUARDIAN reveal “Another Holy War” video, PRIMAL FEAR announce new single ‘I Will Be Gone’ featuring Tarja Turunen, THERION release new single & music video ‘Die Wellen der Zeit’ Today, BLIND […]
BMG are thrilled to announce that two of rock’s most admired musicians have joined forces for an exciting new side-project. Smith/Kotzen is the electrifying collaboration between guitarists & vocalists Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen. […]
AVATAR premiered the official music video for the track “A Secret Door”, taken from their celebrated new album Hunter Gatherer, out now via eOne. Now accompanied by the band’s signature always outside-the-box and powerful […]
British rock legends Lionheart have released the 7″ single “Mary Did You Know” as a strictly limited edition on white vinyl. A video for the track has also been released, seen below. The single […]
Latin metal kings ILL NIÑO are back with a brand new song, “Máscara,” featuring a guest performance from AJ Channer of Fire From The Gods along with vocalist Marcos Leal. “I’m very stoked to introduce ‘Máscara’ […]
LEE ROCKER of The Stray Cats fame today (12/10) announced the January 22 release of his new solo album GATHER ROUND on Upright Records (his label distributed through Orchard). Get ready to “Gather Round,” […]
With dance floors back on the cards, the green light has been given for decent size headline shows to return, and today, 12 months of ideas and brainstorming have manifested into an event! Nobody […]
Cold Chisel have released a killer live recording recently discovered from deep in their archives. Captured on two multitrack tapes on a Friday night at the arse end of February 1980 – after a blinding […]
Greta Van Fleet, the GRAMMY-winning, GOLD-certified rock’n’roll band, shared their visionary new video for the song “Age of Machine” today. The video can be viewed below. The video creates a new universe filled with […]
Glenn Hughes sang lead vocals on 17 tracks for the Phenomena Project and all these tracks have been collected together on one Phenomena compilation named after the Hughes co-penned track “Still The Night”. Phenomena […]
As the year 2020 comes to a close, it seems that all anyone wants to talk about is what will happen next week, next month or next year, anything but the present. But, as […]
Following the circuit-breaking release of their 18x worldwide #1 album PWR/UP last month, AC/DC have unleashed hell with their brand new music video for ‘Demon Fire’. For their seventeenth full-length album, the band reunited […]
On December 30, Danny Wimmer Presents is pleased to present a global streaming event featuring beloved alternative rock group The Dandy Warhols, with a special show from their hometown of Portland, Oregon. Called “The […]
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ace of Spades, MOTÖRHEAD are releasing a limited batch of cask strength bourbon in collaboration with Global Brews and the award winning Hillrock distillery. The release is limited to […]
Legendary guitar icon MARTY FRIEDMAN will host a special livestream experience on New Year’s Day (1/1/21) at 9:00 P.M. (local time) from Tokyo, Japan where he has resided for the past 17 years. The […]
DESTRUCTION tickets on sale for live show stream on New Year’s Day, ENSLAVED honoured with 12-part documentary series on Norwegian TV, WHITE VOID sign to Nuclear Blast, announce debut album. Teutonic thrash […]
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal […]
In early 2021 Midnight Oil will perform a handful of special outdoor concerts called Makarrata Live. At each show, the band will be joined on stage by an incredible line up of First Nations […]
Steel Panther‘s Heavy Metal Rules Australian and New Zealand tour dates (with special guests Sevendust on the Australian dates) are now officially re-scheduled until October 2021! MJR Presents are bringing the Metal Mayhem down […]
Evanescence’s first album of original music in a decade, The Bitter Truth, will be released on March 26, 2021 via Sony Music Australia. Starting now, fans in Australia can pre-order a digital version, CD or 2LP vinyl […]
Allegaeon have released a new digital single, Concerto in Dm – featuring the title track and B-side “In Flanders Fields“. Greg Burgess (guitars) comments: “What can we say about J.S. Bach that hasn’t already […]
Canadian prog-rock-band Saga have released the first single of their upcoming album “Symmetry”, out on March 12 via earMUSIC. “Tired World”, the first single from Saga’s new album “Symmetry”, made its first appearance on the band’s debut […]
Tarja has added to the festive season with a very special version of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, recorded for her live album “Christmas Together: Live at Olomouc and Hradec Králové 2019”. Probably […]
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