The city of Mumbai, India is set to witness it’s first proper open air metal festival in years with the announcement of the new BIG69 Festival hosted by Bajaao.com. The first edition of the festival will see bands such as Flesgod Apocalypse from Italy, Hacktivist from the UK as well …

In the midst of their extensive “Prisoner” tour Dutch psychedelic rockers, BIRTH OF JOY, recently completed their new music video for their single “Mad Men”.   The video can be viewed here:   The band has announced additional European tour dates including shows with Belgian hit makers TRIGGERFINGER.   BIRTH …

November 4th was a big day for New Jersey noisemakers TOOTHGRINDER.   The New Jersey band, freshly signed to Spinefarm Records, premiered their brand new video for “The Hour Angle” on Metal Sucks and they released their label debut – Schizophrenic Jubilee EP.   So celebrate TOOTHGRINDER’s EP release day …

Modern horrorpunk front-runners NIM VIND released their new album Saturday Night Séance Songs on October 14th via House of Vind, and are currently wrapping up a US/ Canadian run with Gary Numan! Today, OnlineDrummer.com has the exclusive on a brand new “In The Studio” video, featuring a playthrough and some gear …

Portuguese death metal powerhouse Annihilation have now unleashed their highly anticipated EP, The Undivided. Containing six tracks of punishing death metal, The Undivided will please even the most picky death metal fans. To celebrate the  release, the band have made the EP available as a “pay what you want” download on their …

Bristolian alt-rockers Turbowolf, have revealed the incredible video for their brand new single ‘Rabbits Foot’. In typical Turbowolf fashion, the video is dark and tumultuous, set in an abandoned underground factory, featuring an array of mythical half-human beasts dancing in a ritualistic fashion to the band’s righteous, raucous rock’n’roll.   …

REQUIEM’s brand new album, The Unexplainable Truth, is out now via Cleopatra Records (E1)! Today, Alternative Press Magazine is hosting the exclusive premiere of the brand new music video for the lead single from the record, ‘Sticks & Stones And Her Lovely Bones’. Make sure to watch the video, directed …

Rising Seattle based rock band My Goodness has released a stellar new cover of Rod Stewart’s classic hit “Young Turks” today at CultureCollide.com. The release comes in advance of a string of shows the band will be performing over the next few months in support of their new record, Shiver …

Portuguese post-metal/doom/sludge trio WELLS VALLEY has premiered their first videoclip Star Over A Wheel last Saturday (November 1st). The track comes off the band’s debut album, Matter As Regent, set to be released in the following months. Star Over A Wheel video was directed by WELLS VALLEY along with friends André Godinho and StopWorking&GoOutside and it ranks …

In the lead up to completing fresh material for release in 2015, Southampton (UK) based alternative rock outfit Circle Of Reason are generously issuing a free download single each month from their catalogue of EP releases.   Circle Of Reason have selected their track ‘Silver Scene’ as November’s offering. Taken …

Ferocious riffs, relentless harmonies and tight rhythms are the backbone of the heavy metal powerhouse known as SYMPHONY OF MALICE. Hailing from Stamford, Connecticut, this four-piece metal band delivers the best that metal has to offer. Drawing influences from traditional thrash and heavy metal bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Iron …

Like a bear native to the Alaskan tundra, 36 CRAZYFISTS have emerged from a four-year recording hibernation and have signed a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records. The label welcomes the Alaska-originated band, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, to its formidable and expanding roster, which boasts the best …

After nearly 1,000 written reviews, Maximum Metal senior editor Eric Compton has launched a new alphabetical book series, “DENIM & LETTERS”. This first installment, PIECES OF A, is a mammoth collection featuring all of Compton’s thorough online reviews plus additional reviews written exclusively for the book. PIECES OF A is …

Two years and a half after the reunion of the band and then, the Deluxe reissue of the acclaimed “X-rated”, Belgian speed-metal legends Drakkar are back this fall with a brand new full-length album called “Once upon a time… in Hell”. A new effort recorded with a line-up including Jonas Sanders as drummer (KomaH, Pro-Pain, Zuul FX) to come this …

Veteran rockers Project 86 has premiered a new song called “Genosha” at RevolverMag.com. The track is featured on the bands upcoming, ninth studio album, Knives To The Future, which is due out on November 11th via Team Black Recordings. The record is currently available for pre-order at http://project86.gobigwin.com/.   Stream …

As they wrapped up their North American tour with Deicide, ABYSMAL DAWN released their new album this past Monday via Relapse Records.  Met with critical acclaim and some of the band’s best reviews yet, Obsolescence is a veritable beast of a record and the perfect example of what 21st century …

Unstoppable Metal Monsters Killus have recently been confirmed as special guest for the upcoming European tour of Avatar and The Defiled! The band continues presenting their successful and latest album “Feel The Monster” throughout the European territory, visiting countries such as Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, France and the UK. Until November 23 the band will rotate with Avatar and The …

Lyon, France’s THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT (aka TARLD) will release their brand new record, Gone For A While, on November 26th via Red-Light Records. DRUM! Magazine has the exclusive on a brand new drum playthrough video of the band’s new track ‘Time Flies’. Check out the POV GoPro video …

Neo Thrashers HAMMERCULT from Israel are currently on tour in Europe and release a new animated video for the song “Metal Rules Tonight” taken from their current album “Steelcrusher”:   “Steelcrusher”is out now as CD, colored vinyl and download.   HAMMERCULT live 2014 29.10. Annaberg Buchholz – Alte Brauerei (Germany) 31.10. …

Can you feel the Icelandic coolness coming from the north? Winter is coming and SKÀLMÖLD are set to release their new album Með vættum (Napalm Records) on November 24th US/CAN & December 1st in the UK.   This album brings the thickest ice floes to melt.   Check out their brand …