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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 […]
JOHN 5 and The Creatures – comprised of world-renowned guitarist JOHN 5, bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix – released a brand new music video for the new track “Zoinks!” yesterday, January […]
Southern California based Rock band JOYOUS WOLF has announced that they will be joining BUCKCHERRY on their upcoming WARPAINT TOUR. Launching March 6th in Sacramento, CA, the tour winds throughout the United States, finishing […]
German melodic death/doom metallers NAILED TO OBSCURITY are set to unleash their Nuclear Blast debut »Black Frost« in only two weeks, on January 11, 2019. After recently launching the first part of an accompanying […]
Perth’s latest and greatest monthly metal club HORNOGRAPHY is back in January and lands directly on Australia Day! That gives us the perfect excuse to celebrate Aussie heavy music amongst likeminded local comrades! Due […]
Once again, Santa Ana’s Observatory OC (3503 S. Harbor Blvd) will host a massive DIMEBASH, fueled by Monster Energy, on Thursday, January 24, 2019! The event will be hosted by Sirius XM’s Jose […]
After many months of editing, re-editing, Michael considering throwing his laptop out the window, giving up, giving in and giving it our all, it looks like Tyketto’s much anticipated “We’ve Got Tomorrow, We’ve Got Tonight” […]
Collateral are thrilled to announce their first show at Camden’s Black Heart in London on Thursday 7th February 2019. The concert will see the band showcase their incredible talent. Tickets are on sale 10am from […]
‘Last of the Words’ the new video from Prophets of Addiction and HighVolMusic is out now! ‘Last of the Words’ is the 3rd video from the band’s latest release ‘Nothing But The Truth’ featuring Lesli […]
RELEASED FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2019 – FEATURING THE SINGLE ‘WOMAN’ Listen to the ‘Woman’ on Spotify http://hyperurl.co/w72tvr Australian rock band Electric Mary are thrilled to announce the release their new studio album ‘Mother’ on […]
“When you see him playing you think ‘Oh my god, he’s doing that all by himself’.” – Eric Idle, Monty Python “Imagine Chet Atkins with the testosterone of Eddie Van Halen …” – Steve […]
Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released the official animated music video for the brand new song, ‘Stålfågel’. Check out the video below. The song is taken from their impatiently awaited 11th album, Verkligheten, which marks their […]
German thrash metal legends TANKARD have released an official video clip for their song ‘Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee’, taken from the identically named EP, which was re-released in 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Impressively, the track […]
About two months ago, Finnish heavy metallers BATTLE BEAST announced a 6-week European headline run for spring 2019, with support coming from newcomers ARION. Today, the six-piece can finally drop their bombshell and reveal […]
THE NEAL MORSE BAND—Neal Morse (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Randy George (bass), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), Eric Gillette (guitars, vocals)—will take fans on THE GREAT ADVENTURE with their latest double […]
Just when you thought we had forgotten you – and Christmas was going to be bleak and lean – BLUESFEST brings you a World Premiere Announcement. Bluesfest is the first date in the world […]
When you think of Hollywood’s infamous ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll scene, it won’t take long before you turn your mind to Faster Pussycat. Led by the incomparable Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat was formed in […]
Heart have revealed the second song from their upcoming live album “Live In Atlantic City”. The powerful live rendition of “Bébé Le Strange” with special guest Dave Navarro on guitar show why it is […]
On March 29th, Whitechapel will release their 7th full-length, The Valley, via Metal Blade Records. Mixed by David Castillo, mastered by Ted Jensen, and produced once again by Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, The Black […]
LEGION OF THE DAMNED New Video For Slaves Of The Southern Cross, DUST BOLT Release New Video For Bloody Rain plus Sojourner and Montanka sign to Napalm Records NECKBREAKER SUPREMACY: LEGION OF […]
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