THE BATTERY ELECTRIC is a rock and roll band based in Asbury Park, NJ.  Formed in the summer of 2012 by three friends wanting to re-create back to basics rock and roll with strong influences of punk, soul, garage, and American classic rock, they have a crafted a sound that’s both …

It’s the first week back to the grind, but here comes BLOODSTOCK HQ with some news to brighten your week!   If you’ve not picked up your ticket yet, the very popular deposit scheme is now available to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2015 ticket.  Now you …

Concept albums are not new territory in metal by any means. But Northern Virginia’s YESTERDAY’S SAINTS elevate the notion of conceptual metal to a whole other level, thanks to the rich, extensive storytelling and the pummeling metal in Generation of Vipers. The music is as smart and thought provoking as …

Kent (UK) based melodic metal-core outfit ‘A Higher Demise’ announce the launch of their latest video single for ‘All These Reasons’. Taken from their 2014 EP release ‘The Doctor Will See You Now’ the track delivers an almighty punch of all the ingredients expected from one of Britain’s most promising …

San Diego and Pittsburgh based melodic metal band, THE NEOLOGIST, released their latest full length album entitled Coming Full Circle, which features a guest vocal appearance by THREAT SIGNAL’s JON HOWARD on the opening track, “Same Psychotic Wavelength”. The album is the band’s third original full length album as it …

Tickets are flying out the door for BLOODSTOCK 2015, the biggest metal party weekend of the year, and now the VIP ‘Serpents Lair’ tickets are available!  Do you like a bit of luxury as part of your festival experience, or just want to hang in the VIP bar with some …

UK TECH-FEST returns in 2015 for its fourth year and kicks things off with a huge band announcement, promising to once again deliver the most forward thinking metal line up the UK has seen.   Technical death metal legends DECAPITATED (UK Exclusive) will be one of the headliners who are …

The wheels are on the road, the sunroof is open, the power chords are blasting and the journey to Download 2015 is well under way. Among the latest fleet of iconic names added to Europe’s biggest rock and metal festival this year is punk icon and Generation X frontman Billy …

Spinefarm Records is pleased to announce the signing of AT THE HOLLOW to the label’s already formidable roster of bands. The Finnish trio has spent recent months working on its label debut, which was recorded at Sound Supreme Studio in its native Finland with producer Janne Saksa (Mokoma, Turisas, Stamina …

Phoenix-based Sludge/Stoner metal band TWINGIANT have made their upcoming album Devil Down available for preorder on Bandcamp. You can reserve your copy of Devil Down here: https://twingiant.bandcamp.com/album/devil-down The album’s bewitching single “Daisy Cutter” is currently available to stream on the TWINGIANT Bandcamp. This track showcases why the band has been generating …

Norwegian hardcore band Barren Womb has debuted a new video for their song “Only Rain Man doesn’t change” from their recent album, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken.  The record is available now on limited edition vinyl via Spartan Records and digitally at iTunes.   Watch Barren Womb’s new video …

Ascension Lost is set to be the third album from Munich’s THULCANDRA, whose reputation as independent and especially melancholic-melodic Black metallers is excellent as ever. The brand new, masterpiece will be released on February 2nd in the UK & February, 10th US/CAN on Napalm Records. It will enthrall with darkly …

Eighteen years. Twelve albums. Two Gold Records. Thirty-plus transatlantic treks. Fifteen Top 40 singles. Arena tours across 11 countries with Guns N Roses. A video trilogy starring Elijah Wood and Ralph Macchio. A feature- length documentary. An oral-history biography. Personal invites from Lemmy to join Motörhead on the road (and …

SYLOSIS are set to release their fourth studio album Dormant Heart on the 12th of January 2015 and in anticipation of the release, frontman Josh Middleton decided to give fans an insight into the band’s new offering by recording a teaser clip. The clip includes music, lyrics, studio footage and more info about the recording of the new …

Toronto, ON alternative metal band BLIND RACE have posted a new lyric video for ‘Truth or Dare’. The track, which was also a Revolver Mag song of the day last week, is off their upcoming EP ‘Come And Get It’ due out on November 18, 2014. The EP was produced by Mike Langford whom has worked with upcoming and established artists …

Australian black metal cult Pestilential Shadows stream the entirety of their new album, Ephemeral – out now on Seance Records – at Zero Tolerance magazine’s website. One of Australian black metal’s longest-running and most revered forces in the underground, Ephemeral retains Pestilential Shadows’ signature poetic heaviness and melody but twists the dagger deeper into the soul. …

Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection who recently released a brand new music video for ‘Death, Desolation and Despair’ (watch below) have released another single from their latest album ‘The Demon King’.   Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/demonicresurrection/the-promise-of-never   The album was released worldwide on July 15th on Candlelight Records and Universal …

Contemporary Extreme Metal trio Forsaken World presents now the first single extracted from their new LP “Fragments”.The elected track is entitled “Our Own Society” and has been chosen by the band to represent the album.   Listen to “Our Own Society” below: https://soundcloud.com/artgatesrecords/forsaken-world-our-own-society    In words of Forsaken World: “It’s a powerful song, single sized, …

From their musical birth as metalcore teenagers in Sheffield to gaining a global fanbase, Bring Me The Horizon have never been a predictable entity. Their recent collaboration with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe on the re-score of Drive and their upcoming sell out headline show at Wembley Arena on December …

Milton Keynes-based tech-metal-grime-rock hybrid HACKTIVIST have released their brand new single and video, ‘DECEIVE & DEFY’. Check out the video here:   Released as a download on their own Wake To Reality label, ‘Deceive & Defy’ follows the ‘False Idols’ single released this summer to coincide with their main stage …