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METALLICA and San Francisco Symphony‘s September 6 & 8, 2019 “S&M²” concerts were historic on multiple levels: They served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center, reunited the band and Symphony for […]
Aussie rock legends AC/DC have launched a new video series in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their iconic album “Back In Black“. The series takes a look at the album making, stories and […]
Sometimes things just fit – SPV and The Dead Daisies do exactly that! With 2020 being nothing short of unplannable, resulting in an unavoidably postponed Tour and Album release, the Daisies have returned to […]
While the world is wondering what unexpected event will befall us next, Better Noise Music is launching a virtual music festival that will feature some of the biggest names in rock music today! The […]
Legendary rock band Jefferson Starship (featuring David Freiberg, Donny Baldwin, Cathy Richardson, Chris Smith, and Jude Gold) has announced the release of their new EP, Mother of the Sun, their first collection of new songs in 12 years. Mother of the Sun will […]
Co-headlining the ProgPower USA festival, Redemption‘s “Alive In Color” captures the perfect musicianship of all members in the band, making this concert a real treat for fans of Progressive Metal! The L.A. based progressive metal heroes […]
Byzantine’s Chris “OJ” Ojeda Launches “quarantine jam” video of Metallica’s “The Shortest Straw, CULT OF LILLITH Reveals details for new album, ‘Mara’, FATES WARNING ‘The Spectre Within’, ‘No Exit’, ‘Inside Out’ re-issues now available […]
Canadian melodic death metal heavyweights KATAKLYSM are proud to reveal their 14th full length studio album, »Unconquered« which will be unleashed on September 25th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band release the first single entitled, […]
ALCATRAZZ release new single ‘Dirty Like The City’ ahead of their brand new full-length album, Born Innocent, which is set to be released via Silver Lining Music on July 31st. Frontman GRAHAM BONNET comments: […]
PALLBEARER‘s highly-anticipated fourth album, »Forgotten Days«, arrives October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The band has simultaneously released the eight-song album’s first single, leading with a video for the title track. “I’m extremely stoked to […]
BLUES PILLS will release their new album “Holy Moly!” on August, 21st via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band reveals a video for their third and new single ‘Kiss My Past Goodbye‘. Guitarist Zack Anderson […]
It is not about avoiding fear of the pitch-black darkness, but to go into the darkness itself… Norway’s premier progressive black metallers ENSLAVED have released the second single ‘Jettegryta‘ from their upcoming studio album […]
MICHAEL DES BARRES needs no introduction. From Movies such as ‘To Sir With Love’ and playing Murdocon Macgyer to fronting THE POWER STATION at Live Aid and bands such as SILVERHEAD, CHEQUERED PAST and […]
As AVATAR steps closer to the highly-anticipated release of their eighth full-length, Hunter Gatherer, the band has delighted fans once again with the debut of their third single from the record, “Colossus”. Unsettling electronic […]
Disturbed, the two-time Grammy nominated and multi-platinum band, have released The Sickness (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) in both vinyl and digital editions. The digital deluxe edition includes seven additional live tracks, including “Down With […]
SiriusXM’s Hair Nation (Ch. 39) is boosting your metal health with a hair metal festival set in the most socially distanced venue imaginable: your mind. All weekend long, feel the glam rock noise as Slaughter’s Mark Slaughter guest […]
ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS is the ”soul without the machine”… A creative, and innovative journey of pioneering vocalist Burton C. Bell. Their latest recording Apocrypha is a vision untold. Born of life, love, and […]
John Lodge is bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the iconic Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2018 inductees, The Moody Blues. Songwriter of such mega Moody Blues hits from “Ride My SeeSaw,” to […]
Back in mid-May, as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading throughout the world and as many of us were deep in lockdown, Kentucky arena rockers Black Stone Cherry and Canadian hard-rocking juggernauts Monster Truck decided that distance wasn’t going […]
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 […]
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