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It’s not every day that metalheads get the opportunity to witness three of metal’s finest vocalists on the same concert stage – Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, DIO DISCIPLES), Harry “The Tyrant” […]
Chainsaw have sharpened their blades and are ready to slaughter Australia. Let the bloodbath begin! Chainsaw are a 4 horse powered thrash act based in Stockholm, Sweden. The band was founded in 2003 with […]
Gary Clark Jr. returns with a brand new and powerful single This Land from the album of the same name. The song is taken from his forthcoming third full-length album, This Land to be […]
Cancer Bats are charging into the new year with a brand-new track titled Inside Out. Recorded during the same sessions that made their critically-acclaimed sixth studio album The Spark That Moves, the band opted […]
Melodicrock.it, in collaboration with Burning Minds Music Group & Rock Temple, is proud to announce the third, official edition of “A Melodic Rock Night“! After the success of the first two events, “A […]
Flotsam And Jetsam release their blistering new album ‘The End Of Chaos‘ on 18th January on AFM Records. They’ve just released their last teaser before the album comes out, and you can check out […]
The mighty Behemoth will soon be in Australia as part of the Download Festival! In anticipation of the trek, the band have launched a new video for Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica (directed by Grupa 13), […]
For the very first time, German progressive and technical death metal virtuosos OBSCURA bring their jaw-dropping musical prowess to Australia and New Zealand! From their very beginnings in 2002, the band have demonstrated an […]
Masked Intruder, the ski-mask clad, punk rock felons from Madison, Wisconsin have announced details surrounding their escape from prison and upcoming album III, their third full-length and debut release on Pure Noise Records / […]
Millencolin have released a new song Nothing, from their upcoming album SOS, out February 15 on Epitaph. SOS, is Millencolin’s ninth studio album and their first in four years, it was recorded at the […]
UK’s legendary extreme metal icons CRADLE OF FILTH recently announced their return to North America in support of their latest album Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay! For the second leg of their North […]
Metro Detroit’s newest pop culture convention, Astronomicon 2, will once again take place at the Wyndham Garden hotel in Sterling Heights, MI from February 8-10, 2019 – promising to fulfill the pop culture cravings […]
Of the iconic images of the 80’s decade in Rock n Roll, one that certainly stood the test of time is Alice Cooper’s then “Rambo-looking” guitar player shooting fires on the crowds from his […]
Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has released the second single from his debut solo album, Anesthetic, out March 1, 2019. “Cross Off” featuring Chester Bennington premiered today as Zane Lowe’s World Record […]
After the loss of saxophone player and longtime band member Magic Gunnarsson (who died in a drowning accident 2014) Sulo and the rest of DIAMOND DOGS called it a day. They released the album […]
“It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that our tour in Singapore, Australia and Japan will be postponed, due to circumstances beyond our control. We were very excited about performing […]
The official music video for the song “Bull’s Eye” from Danish hard rock veterans Pretty Maids has been released. The track comes off the latest album ‘Kingmaker’ which is Pretty Maids’ highly anticipated follow […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys, for one night only, I give you….cue massive drum roll….THE DRUMMERS. The power(houses) behind the throne, these are the men who keep the beat, move the pace, weld […]
From the distant seafaring land of Argentina, the legendary pirate metal band RUMAHOY has come aboard to drink your rum, fire your guns, steal your wenches, and party all night long! Led by the […]
Target Records are proud to present the new studio album from Mike Tramp, the legendary voice of White Lion and Freak Of Nature. The release will be out on March 1st, 2019. Staying true […]
The Rockpit is celebrating 10 years as an online rock and metal music media publication in 2019 and to help celebrate the anniversary, a brand new podcast show has been launched titled “The Heaven […]
2018 will go down in the history as an important year for KORPIKLAANI. The band celebrated its 15th anniversary, released their 10th album »Kulkija« and finally wrapped up the year with a successful North […]
2018 was an exciting year for DORO, releasing two successful albums at the same time. “Forever Warriors, Forever United” went straight to #1 in the German vinyl charts as well as to #4 of […]
Multi-platinum selling Bring Me The Horizon are on course for world domination in 2019, with a fresh Grammy Nomination now under their belt and news of their curated headline show at All Points East […]
Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will unleash their 19th studio record, The Wings Of War, on February 22nd, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band launches their multi-part documentary series entitled “Welcome To The […]
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