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Platinum selling International recording artists STATIC-X have revealed the updated art and full tracklisting for their hotly anticipated new album, Project Regeneration Vol. 1. Due out July 10th, Project Regeneration Vol. 1 can now […]
On 12th June 1970 one of Britain’s finest bands, The Kinks, released a groundbreaking song that would further cement their place in history, ‘Lola’. This week The Kinks and BMG launch #LolaDay to celebrate […]
This is it, folks – The Angels 2020. 44 years after their first release, The Angels have released their new EP, Under The Stone. Their first new material in six years, this is a […]
Michael Landau and The Players Club / Mascot Label Group have announced the release of Liquid Quartet Live August 21. The album was recorded live at the world-famous Baked Potato Jazz Club in Los Angeles in November, 2019 with his […]
For the first time since its theatrical and DVD release last November, the motion picture Slayer: The Repentless Killogy will make its VIDEO ON DEMAND debut. The release is in celebration of “International Day […]
Symphonic metal masters KAMELOT return with their newest offering, I Am The Empire – Live From The 013, to be released on August 14, 2020, via Napalm Records! The majestic live album/DVD/BluRay, recorded at […]
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS To Release New Full-Length Album, Abyss, WARKINGS To Release New Album Revenge, RUMAHOY Releases New Single and Official Video “Cowboys of the Sea”. Less than a year after the release […]
On June 12th at 19.00 CEST, PAIN will be holding a free online concert at the legendary Abyss Studio in Sweden, one of the most famous recording locations in today’s metal scene. It is also the personal studio for Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer and mastermind […]
Legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist-bandleader Bob Mould has announced the release of an explosive new album. BLUE HEARTS arrives via Merge Records on Friday, September 25th; pre-orders are available now on LP, CD, and tri-color Peak Vinyl […]
A cinematic Northern light arises! ENSLAVED announce their “Cinematic Summer Tour 2020” today! After a very successful innovative streaming event on April 1st from Verftet Online Music, the Norwegian Avantgarde metal heroes decided to take it one step […]
What are you planning to do once restrictions ease? Silverback Touring will tell you their plan. They are throwing one hell of a loud, loose and rowdy rock ’n’ roll party. The Eighties. When […]
Florida’s Wage War have shared the video for the acoustic version of the song “Grave” from their 2019-released third album Pressure, which arrived last summer via Fearless Records. “This is a wild time for […]
For the last eight years the Heavy Metal Truants have been doing an annual charity cycle ride from London to the UK Download Festival set upon the hallowed heavy metal grounds of Castle Donington. […]
The world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends were due to hit the road together this summer for a co-headlining tour SO MASSIVE that it could only be held in America’s biggest stadiums. THE […]
Following the announcement of the release of the re-recorded version of A Bit Of What You Fancy – to celebrate its 30th Anniversary – The Quireboys will embark on a special UK tour from […]
It is the maybe most demanding project of the Swedish metal icons: “The Feverish Trinity“, a trilogy of songs with accompanying videos that, according to SOILWORK, would ‘celebrate the Babylonian Death Goddesses that once […]
Due to restrictions being eased across WA as of the 6th of June, Perth Grunge Rockers ELECTRIC STATE, have pulled some of the best hard rock bands of Perth to throw a 100 patron […]
San Diego, California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX are proud to release their new single “Cursed (Isolation mix)” which was written during their downtime from the Covid-19 pandemic. CARNIFEX comments, “Despite the chaos in the world CARNIFEX have […]
It wasn’t always multi-platinum sales and stadium gigs for Dokken. There was a first-phase and there were early days, and it is those bold first steps to stardom which are celebrated comprehensively on Dokken’s The […]
Today, blues icon Joe Bonamassa shares perhaps his most monumental rock soundscape to date, with the intricate ballad titled “When One Door Opens” on J&R Adventures. The track was co-written with long-time producer Kevin Shirley […]
UK-based thrashers ONSLAUGHT have unleashed the first single and lyric video, “Religiousuicide,” from the upcoming Generation Antichrist album, due out August 7 via AFM Records. “Me and the guys are so fucking psyched to […]
LAMB OF GOD has released “Routes”, the fourth single from their June 19 self-titled Nuclear Blast release, featuring a guest appearance from TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy. A visualizer for the track is available for […]
In this unusual 2020, BLACK STAR RIDERS are back with a new single ‘Candidate For Heartbreak‘, released today via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The single is accompanied by a lyric video, available to watch below. […]
Heralded as “the most polarizing metal band since Limp Bizkit” by Revolver Magazine, EMMURE has always let the music do the talking, and they don’t plan on stopping. Today the band has announced that […]
The Pretenders have today revealed their brand-new single Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely and its accompanying video. The latest in an increasingly impressive series of videos featuring Hynde and made entirely during lockdown, the video was […]
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