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New York based multi-instrumentalist Kellindo releases his new single ‘Summertime’ on Friday 29 May. ‘Summertime’ is Kellindo’s third single this year and hot on the heels of his other 2020 releases ‘Games’ & ‘Stars’. […]
One of the rock world’s biggest stars is set to appear on a brand new 2020 update of the timeless classic “Baby Blue.” Matthew Sweet, best known for his 1991 smash hit album and […]
American rock band, TRAPT, has released their patriotic lyric video for single “Make It Out Alive“. The band announced that they will release their new record titled SHADOW WORK on July 3rd via The […]
A true collector’s gem, Spread Eagle‘s 1990 self titled debut album turns 30 this Saturday, May 30. Songs like “Switchblade Serenade” and “Scratch Like A Cat” were frequently aired on MTVs “Headbanger’s Ball”, while […]
“Yes, this is an American classic rock anthem,” says Ron Keel. “But the message is global and timeless.” “Red White & Blue” is the first single from the new Ron Keel Band album “South […]
SEPULTURA welcome FAITH NO MORE’s Billy Gould to their SepulQuarta sessions, BURNING WITCHES announce livestream this Friday, PRISTINE release lyric video for “Lucid Dream”. This week, Brazilian heavyweight SEPULTURA welcome a […]
The Hoodoo Gurus will release their latest single – “Answered Prayers” – as a VERY limited edition 7″ on June 12. At the same time they will digitally release an expanded Deluxe Edition of their 2004 album Mach […]
Excellent news from AMARANTHE: The band just finished the studio recordings for their new masterpiece! The sixth studio album from the Swedish modern metal heroes will be out on August, 28th, as the band […]
HOOKERS & BLOW, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, hit the studio to record a covers album that will be released later this year via Golden Robot Records. The first […]
HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents, a deadly double, crossover thrash bill… DRI & HIRAX in Australia!!! Hardline are pleased to announce the return of DRI, and welcome, for their first time in Australia – HIRAX!!! […]
Parkway Drive have rescheduled their upcoming Australian Tour. The Viva The Underdogs Australian Revolution Tour, originally scheduled for June 2020, will now take place in July 2021 with special guests Hatebreed and Every Time […]
Metal icons SOULFLY are proud to announce and release their Live Ritual NYC MMXIX digital EP. In celebration, the band has offered the fans a live video for the track “The Summoning” which can […]
Dion releases his fifth single ‘Can’t Start Over Again’ with Jeff Beck today. The single is taken from his upcoming album ‘Blues With Friends’ released on Friday 5th June via Keeping The Blues Alive […]
Today, Norway’s avantgarde metal heroes ENSLAVED release their new single “Homebound” from the upcoming record “Utgard“, that will be released in fall 2020. ENSLAVED will be releasing the new single on a Limited Edition […]
The 69 Eyes released their apocalyptically titled new album “West End” last fall and started their all year lasting 30th anniversary world tour. Now they are celebrating their three decades by streaming a live […]
Respected standard bearers for 21st century metal, DEVILDRIVER have spent almost the last two decades pursuing a course of uncompromising artistry and nonsense-free dedication to the road. Led by the prolific Dez Fafara, the Californian crew have […]
Hot on the heels of the first single release, “Old Time Used To Be,” from Joe Louis Walker’s forthcoming new album, Blues Comin’ On, comes the second single release, the superb title track. And […]
Dark Sarah continue the storyline of Orbs, Mörk and mystical, rabbit-headed people with their second single, “All Ears!”, of off their upcoming album, Grim, to be released on July 17, 2020 via Napalm Records. […]
“While live entertainment has been curtailed for now, we cannot let the spirit of live entertainment die within us. Any music I’ve ever loved and listened to, I always imagine what it would be […]
German metal act DUST BOLT have just released a beautiful, aesthetically pleasing new video for their emotional single “Exit”, off the 2016 album Mass Confusion. DUST BOLT addresses a rather important topic with “Exit”: one’s own mental health. Everyone suffers […]
BPMD – the new juggernaut featuring heavy metal icons Bobby Blitz (Overkill) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Vio-lence, ex-Machine Head) […]
Due to ongoing restrictions regarding social gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministry will be rescheduling the July and August dates of the upcoming Industrial Strength Tour, originally scheduled to begin July 1. The new […]
Amorphis is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Due to the current situation, the band’s official anniversary tour has had to be postponed, but no worries – to cheer their fans up, Amorphis will […]
Einar Selvik is a Norwegian composer and musician. He is also the creative head behind Wardruna, a project focusing on musical interpretations of different Old Norse and Nordic traditions. Thanks to extensive research and […]
Northlane’s fifth studio album Alien marked their boldest and most personal release yet, as well as their most successful. The record had fans and critics raving, racking up over 30 million streams, prompting sold-out shows worldwide and winning the […]
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