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Summer festivals are ramping up, New Year’s Eve planning is underway, and today Secret Sounds are excited to announce a string of Falls Festival Sideshows in Melbourne & Sydney to soothe your NYE hangover and […]
“Before The Lights Go Out” is long time Alice Cooper/Lou Reed Guitarist Steve Hunter’s latest solo album. The cover art and title make a statement about his failing eyesight, but don’t make the mistake […]
Bay Area thrash giants TESTAMENT have announced to re-release 5 of their classic albums on November 17, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. The re-issues will contain: »Live At The Fillmore« (1995) »Demonic« (1997) »The Gathering« (1999) (remastered by […]
It was September 1992. Millions of snot faced skate – surfers worldwide were cracking a few brews in their bedrooms, on beaches and in their garages listening to one album…’Americas Least Wanted’ by UGLY KID […]
DESERTFEST LONDON is ecstatic to reveal the first batch of bands confirmed for the 7th edition of the UK premiere stoner rock, doom, sludge and psych festival, taking place May 4th-6th, 2018 in Camden Town. After […]
Legendary AOR singer/songwriter (Emmy Award winning recording artist) STAN BUSH has released a brand new animated video for ‘Never Surrender‘, the song is taken from ‘Change Of World‘ the 13th album, and out today September 22th, 2017. […]
Perth prog metallers Nucleust are coming to the end of their epic Terra Australis Australian tour in support of their recently released full length album Terra Cerebral, with two more shows in their hometown in […]
With three albums released so far the wait is over. Coldspell are ready to strike again with the brand new album titled “A New World Arise”. This is stunning recording that features 12 new songs […]
International metal superstars Dragonforce have unveiled a new video for Midnight Madness. Taken from latest album, Reaching Into Infinity, the video drops just ahead of the UK & European legs of their massive “Reaching Into […]
Art comes from within. When you raise the curtain, peel back the skin, and face the darkness, the truth becomes unearthed. Destroy All Lines & Chugg Entertainment are touring innovative metal juggernaut The Acacia […]
For one night only on September 28 2017, over 1,500 cinemas worldwide will be showing a specially edited version of Black Sabbath: The End Of The End. The End of The End chronicles the final tour from […]
Only one duo is able to evoke sinister settings like the world of bleak woods lurking behind Norwegian wafts of mist. And that duo is legendary SATYRICON. Formed in Oslo in 1991, SATYRICON made an […]
EUROPE is pleased to announce the release of their title track and first single “Walk The Earth” from their up and coming new studio album WALK THE EARTH out October 20th. WALK THE EARTH […]
If you thought Atlanta-based rock duo ‘68 would be taking a break for the holidays, think again. Due to high demand, ‘68 will be touring across the US for the remainder of 2017. With only a […]
Marilyn Manson releases “KILL4ME”, the second single from his forthcoming album Heaven Upside Down out October 6 via Loma Vista Recordings / Caroline Australia. Manson asks his fans to brutally pledge their devotion on the industrial rock […]
Styx guitarist Chuck Panazzo has posted a special message in relation to The World AIDS Museum in which he recently visited. Watch the video plus more below: A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO MY FAMILY, […]
Featuring the instantly recognizable vocals of former TROUBLE (and current The Skull) front man Eric Wagner, the doom group BLACKFINGER – which also features guitarist Terry Weston (Dream Death, Penance) – has unveiled a music video […]
British Thrash giants ONSLAUGHT are all set to embark on another European Tour- THRASH ‘TILL DEATH EUROPEAN TOUR– 2017 alongside Artillery and others. The band states, “Ladies and Gentlemen, this tour is going to […]
THE NEW ALBUM “INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN” IS RELEASED ON FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Celebrated Swedish rock band H.E.A.T premiere the music video for their new single “Eye Of The Storm” to dovetail the release of their […]
On November 3rd, Cannibal Corpse will release their 14th full-length, Red Before Black, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of Red Before Black, the band has launched a video for the single, […]
The Ocean have just released their first new song since 2015, Turritopsis Dohrnii, which will appear on the Pelagic Records label compilation, In The Twilight, These Rocks Have Teeth, to be released on September […]
On October 6th, The Black Dahlia Murder will release their eighth full-length, Nightbringers, via Metal Blade Records – which has already become the best-selling direct-to-consumer pre-order in the label’s storied history! For a preview […]
G3 U.S. TOUR SET TO LAUNCH ON JANUARY 11TH – Tour features Satriani, John Petrucci (Dream Theater) & Phil Collen (Def Leppard). In other news: “Beyond the Supernova” Documentary by ZZ Satriani to Premiere at […]
Lancaster, PA’s August Burns Red has released the second single from their forthcoming album Phantom Anthem, the follow-up to 2015’s Found In Far Away Places that earned the band a GRAMMY nomination for Best […]
REVOLUTION SAINTS – Deen Castronovo (ex-Journey, Bad English), Doug Aldrich (The Dead Daisies, ex-Whitesnake, DIO), Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees)—released the third video, “I Wouldn’t Change A Thing,” from their highly anticipated second album, which premiered on UltimateClassicRock.com […]
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