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Sons Of Apollo – former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, […]
Seminal rock band +LIVE+ today (July 19) release the super deluxe 25th anniversary edition of their landmark 8x multi-platinum sophomore album THROWING COPPER on Radioactive/MCA/UMe. The band today also shared the lyric video for […]
TWILIGHT FORCE unveil digital single & music video ‘Dawn Of The Dragonstar’, SONATA ARCTICA reveal details for upcoming album “Talviyö”, BURNING WITCHES digital single ‘Wings Of Steel’ out now, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY release […]
The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Beth Hart will be releasing her brand new studio album War In My Mind on 27th September via Provogue and, following the stunning sold out performance at the Royal […]
Iggy Pop has confirmed the title and release date of his new album: Free, the first new Iggy Pop album since 2016’s Post Pop Depression, will be released September 6 via Caroline Australia. While […]
CATTLE DECAPITATION will begin their Summer Slaughter takeover this Friday. Boasting its first-ever triple co-headlining bill, this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter tour finds CATTLE DECAPITATION, Carnifex, and The Faceless all sharing the spotlight […]
Quiet Riot To Release ‘Hollywood Cowboys’ Album In November, Pretty Maids announce new album “Undress Your Madness”, Liv Sin to release new album “Burning Sermons” Veteran rockers Quiet Riot will release their new […]
Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON release their new album “The Great War“, on Friday July 19th, 2019 on Nuclear Blast. It promises to be one of the biggest Metal albums of 2019. The release […]
It is hard to believe that is has been almost two decades since Killing Heidi released their debut offering Reflector. The album spawned the smash hit singles Weir and Mascara and embedded the album […]
Fresh of the back of a huge run of international shows, Hardline Media are absolutely stoked to announce that SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE will be heading down under in late FEBRUARY 2020 for an […]
Dutch Metal titans EPICA are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their milestone album “Design Your Universe”. To mark this special occasion, EPICA will be re-releasing this fan-favorite album as a Gold Edition on October […]
In the early morning of June 13, 2019, the silence of the northern Swedish wasteland near the small town of Kiruna was torn by a bellowing hiss. At 04:23 the German Aerospace Center (DLR) […]
Previously unseen, candid images of Catfish and the Bottlemen in the studio, on the road and enjoying down time feature in the video for ‘Conversation‘, the latest single to emerge from the band’s third […]
Grammy-nominated, Gold-selling metal heavyweights Killswitch Engage have just shared new song, I Am Broken Too. Listen and watch the lyric video which features singer Jesse Leach’s handwritten lyrics below. The song appears on the […]
Today is the release of the new music video for multi-platinum rock band Skillet’s quickly climbing, Top 20 rock single “Legendary” in advance of their tenth studio album Victorious (August 2/Atlantic Records). Skillet currently […]
Tickets for SLAYER‘s November 30 show at the Los Angeles Forum went on sale last Friday and by the end of the day, had sold out. Due to the quick sell out, today SLAYER […]
Seminal rock band +LIVE+ has joined forces with the Southern California-based brewing company Alosta Brewing for the creation of the band’s first craft beer “Throwing Copper Ale.” It’s named in honor of the band’s […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft, an accomplished singer, songwriter, harpist, and pianist in her own right, is preparing to release her debut solo album later this year. Martyr, co-written by […]
Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers will release their sixth studio record Hello Exile on October 4 via Epitaph. The album arrives as the follow-up to the band’s 2017 critically acclaimed release After The Party, […]
THE NEW ROSES bring back that 80s – Rock & Roll feeling with their newest single – ‘cause it’s never too loud. You can’t stop Rock & Roll – a simple yet effective message, […]
ALIEN WEAPONRY release new official video for “Blinded”, AD INFINITUM Sign worldwide contract with Napalm Records, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Release Lyric Video ‘Heroes of the Dawn’, WIND ROSE Release new album Wintersaga on September […]
Scott Stapp has revealed “Gone Too Soon,” the final advance track from his first album in six years, The Space Between The Shadows (Napalm Records). Thus far, radio single, “Purpose For Pain”; “Name” about the cycle of […]
When the finest modern-day musical genre unites with the world’s most refined and revered stylistic approach to music, it is inevitable that the outcome will be nothing short of stunning. Ladies and gentlemen, if […]
The swamplords are coming to Australia for the first time ever! Legendary finnish metal icons Kalmah will be making their long-awaited debut in Australia as they prepare to assault the east coast of the […]
As civilisation continues to eat itself, heavy music’s dark spiritual quest has never seemed more vital. Emerging from the shadows of eastern Poland back in 2015, BATUSHKA have already established themselves as one of […]
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