UK rockers FURYON will release their second album, “Lost Salvation“, on February 23 via Dream Records in UK/EUROPE.  What’s to be expected is more explosive guitar riffs and solos in well-crafted song form. Expressive vocal delivery and melodies to scream along to. A possibly darker album still with progressive elements and a grungy edge. US/CANADA/JAPAN release date to follow. “Lost Salvation” …

Dødheimsgard, Norway’s premier experimental extremists have completed work on their fifth album, titled ‘A Umbra Omega’, set for release on March 16th on Peaceville Records. One of the top bands and boundary-pushing visionaries of the mid-90’s Norwegian Black Metal evolution, having released 4 full-length albums since their inception, DHG are widely …

French progressive metal group KLONE have officially launched a crowdfunding campaign on ulule.com to help fund the recordings and release of their much anticipated fifth studio album “Here Comes The Sun”. The Poitiers quintet are currently completing the recordings of the follow-up to their 2012’s critically acclaimed fourth full-length album “The …

Salt Lake City Utah’s VISIGOTH will release their debut album The Revenant King January 27th via Metal Blade Records.  Until today the only song from Revenant King available to stream was “Dungeon Master”, but that changes today.  NPR is hosting an exclusive world premiere of the title track”The Revenant King”.  …

One of the most venerated guitarists ever to grace hard rock music, the late, great Randy Rhoads (heralded as the legendary lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot) will be celebrated in the truest of fashions with the release of Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute on March …

Controversial cult-phenoms TWIZTID are pleased to release a second new track, “A Little Fucked Up”, with REVOLVER Magazine. Listen to the track here: http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=69242   “A Little Fucked Up” is cut from their upcoming full length record and independent label debut, The Darkness, out January 27, 2015 (Majik Ninja Entertainment). …

Irish progressive metallers Shattered Skies today release their debut album ‘The World We Used to Know’ and have made it available to stream.   Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/shattered-skies/sets/the-world-we-used-to-know   Shattered Skies have announced their debut album release tour in February 2015 via City Music Agency. The band will be taking in …

Atlantic recording group Halestorm has announced details of their massively anticipated new album. ‘INTO THE WILD LIFE’ will be released in the UK on April 6, with pre-orders launching from midnight tonight.   ‘INTO THE WILD LIFE’ marks the GRAMMY® Award-winning hard rock band’s third studio album and follow-up to …

Finnish trio AT THE HOLLOW will release their Spinefarm Records debut What I Hold Most Dear on February 17th. The band has shared the 11-song track listing and the album cover art, along with debuting the video for the first single “Was It Worth It.” In order to enjoy the full AT …

Here’s one of life’s most critical questions. Who’s ready to shred?   The answer is quite simple.   It’s those Finnish rockers in SANTA CRUZ, a quartet of long-haired, leather-clad, Motorhead-shirt wearing young turks who aspire to one thing in life and that’s to R-O-C-K.   The band will release …

Brit metallers Rise To Remain, have announced their split, and from the ashes, have given birth to the brand new As Lions. The 5-piece have unveiled their debut track ‘The Fall’, a ferocious, no-holds-barred blast of melodic metal. Available to download for free, ‘The Fall’ showcases the band’s heavy, crushing riffs, …

Poland’s death/ black metallers HATE are known for their highly dramatic soundscapes, which see menacing blastbeats, melt into pure elegance! Their upcoming album Crusade:Zero will definitely prove what they are made of!   Today the band has released the first video from Crusade:Zero for the song “Valley of Darkness”.  The …

36 CRAZYFISTS will release their new album Time and Trauma via Spinefarm Records on February 17. The band has premiered the video for “Also Am I” on Metal Injection today.  Watch it HERE.   The clip is largely performance-driven, so it’s 36 CRAZYFISTS in their most natural state. The clip …

UDR, The Home Of Legends, is set to release guitar legend ULI JON ROTH’s brand new double album of 19 re-invented Scorpions tracks, entitled Scorpions Revisited, on March 10, 2015. Pre-orders for the album will be available soon.   For over four decades, ULI JON ROTH has forged new frontiers …

There are a number of significant features, which help to distinguish a good metal act from an outstanding one. Musical skills, strong songwriting qualities and a professional performance are some of the prerequisites which every band should have, but much more important is an individual style, an independent artistic signature, …

Post-metallers A Light Within from Kansas City, MO, have released “Between Shores” on a Name Your Price basis on their Bandcamp page. The track comes as the next step in the band’s evolving sound from their début EP Preface. In an interview with Dutch Metal Maniac (read here), guitarist Jeff …

UPON A BURNING BODY is set to head out on their co-headline “Slow Your Troll and Know Your Role” tour with labelmates Veil of Maya this week, beginning on Thursday, January 8th in Atlanta, GA! To commemorate the kick-off, the band has released the official tour trailer here:   Presented …

Swedish powerhouse BOMBUS is joining forces with Amercian heavyweights MONSTER MAGNET to spread some massive riffs over Europe in February 2015. Check out BOMBUS‘ latest music video “Let Her Die” from the current album “The Poet And The Parrot” at the link below. The video was produced by their former …

Belgium’s finest, anthemic grooving rock/metal machine DIABLO BLVD have released the second official video trailer for the band’s upcoming album, Follow The Deadlights: The band will release their Nuclear Blast debut on January 26, 2015. Pre-order the album: http://smarturl.it/DIABLO-BLVD-NB   Recently an extensive digital EP has been released – the Rise Like Lions digital EP includes: 01. Rise Like Lions …

Straight out of the blocks for 2015, Enter Shikari unveil ‘Anaesthetist’, the latest track to be released from their forthcoming album ‘The Mindsweep’ (out January 19th 2015), and one of the most fan-anticipated new pieces of music from the St Alban’s quartet since it’s UK live debut at Reading / …