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With the release of their 21st studio album “Whoosh!” approaching, Deep Purple embark on the next part of their journey by releasing their new single “Nothing At All” on July 10! The lyrics of “Nothing At […]
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), founded in memory of the late rock legend, will commemorate what would have been Dio’s 78th birthday on July 10 with a video […]
The Perth metal scene is back and making some noise! August 14th at Amplifier Bar in Perth is set to go off with some of Perth’s best hard hitting metal acts. With lockdown over […]
It’s a cold day in Kent in 2012 and TYGERS OF PAN TANG have convened at Ecology Studios to record their new album. No one could have realised that this would be the last […]
Wacken Open Air 2020 with its 75,000 festival visitors from over 80 nations cannot take place as originally planned this summer. But no reason to be quiet! Metalheads from all over the world travel […]
UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album release, Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism, to be released on September 18 via Century Media Records / Sony […]
California based extreme metal titans SUICIDE SILENCE are proud to share the official live music video for “Disengage” from the July 6th London show. Watch the video from the band’s “Virtual World Tour” below. […]
Heavy metal legends Sevendust have unveiled a new lyric video for their cover of the Soundgarden classic “The Day I Tried To Live.” The song is the first piece of new music from the band since […]
Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom’s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered […]
FnA Records adds to their classic catalog with the release of “Steeler: Come Hell Or Hollywood,” a collection of remastered rare recordings from 1981-1982. Many of these pre-Yngwie tracks have never been made public, […]
Hardline Media and Napalm Records are very pleased to announce the release of Dee Snider’s FOR THE LOVE OF METAL LIVE! Featuring live footage from Hardline Media’s Dee Snider ‘Spoken and Shouted’ Tour (2019)! […]
Ensiferum are pleased to announce their record release show ‘Studio Live’, to take place on Friday, July 10 at 7:00 PM UK time / 4.00am Australian Eastern Time. The band will be performing a […]
Anthrax – Joey Belladonna/vocals, Frank Bello/bass, Scott Ian/guitars, and Charlie Benante/drums – invite you to get the inside story behind the making and promotion of the band’s fifth album, Persistence of Time, and its 30th […]
Today on Wednesday July 8th Byron Bay Bluesfest releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for this year’s event […]
You better give us all the money in your treasure chest – Or Kristof’s gonna take a shit on your fucking lawn. The notorious Pirate Kings ALESTORM hit the worldwide charts with their long-awaited long-player Curse Of […]
Cult Japanese black metal legends Sigh formed in 1989/90, featuring mainman Mirai Kawashima, Satoshi Fujinami & Kazuki Ozeki. Their masterful debut Scorn Defeat became one of the country’s greatest and most revered metal exports. With a journey through […]
The Under The Southern Stars spectacular rock music festival series featuring +LIVE+, Bush and the Stone Temple Pilots recently announced the postponed April tour would move to February 2021. In a recent plan dubbed the ‘COVID-Safe Road […]
There’s a new home for live music in the far North of Perth; ‘The Baltimore‘. With Covid-19 restrictions finally lifting in WA, ‘The Baltimore’ (located at The Sixty30 in Merriwa) would like to officially […]
HOOKERS & BLOW, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently hit the studio to record a covers album that will be released later this year via Golden Robot Records. Now […]
DRAGONY Signs Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records, RUMAHOY Release New Single Treasure Gun, DARK SARAH Release Third Single “Illuminate”, CREMATORY Releases New Video “When The Children Cry”, SERUM 114 Announces New Album, Im […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2018 album ‘Invincible’, which spent an incredible ten consecutive weeks in the Top 30 Official German Rock and Metal Charts and was voted Sleaze’s Nation’s # 2 album […]
Evanescence has released an iPhone-shot, neon nightmare of a music video for “The Game Is Over“, the second song from its upcoming album, “The Bitter Truth” (BMG). The band’s first collection of new original […]
Early September will see ZAKK SABBATH, the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie) and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens of the […]
Today, British hard rock legends Lionheart reveal a new lyric video for “Thine is the Kingdom.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated new album, The Reality of Miracles, set for international release on July 31st […]
TONY HARNELL (the former voice of Norwegian/American band TNT) is racing ahead with one eye in the rear-view fronting ECHOBATS, a new allstar, quarantine inspired project alongside WHITESNAKE/TSO guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA (guitar), NIGHT RANGER’S […]
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