Political punk-steppers THE KARMA PARTY have premiered their forthcoming EP, ‘Illumination’, on Kerrang! this morning, ahead of its August 11th release.   Check it out here: Exclusive Stream Preview   Produced by and featuring James Routh (Sonic Boom Six) on guitar, The ‘Illumination EP’ is a caricature of the world and the …

The ‘Galactic Hunt’ begins!       Along with releasing the first look at their fabulous new artwork for the album, ‘Galactic Hunt’, Evil Scarecrow are now embarking on their Pledge campaign to get their 3rd album released, with CDs, Fan Packs and some fairly mad exclusives available.   Evil …

It’s BLOODSTOCK week and the site build is almost done (check out the photos on Facebook)!  Exciting times at Catton Park!   This year, if you’re coming along, download the BLOODSTOCK app from the iTunes or Play Store, which’ll give you all the band stage times, travel info and other …

Milton Keynes-based tech-metal-grime-rock hybrid HACKTIVIST have today released their brand new single, ‘FALSE IDOLS’, their first new release since 2013’s ‘ELEVATE’ (not counting their highly successful cover release of Jay-Z & Kanye’s ’N****as In Paris’ at end of last year).   Watch ‘False Idols’ here:     Recorded & mixed in the band’s …

London metallers SAVAGE MESSIAH have announced that fellow Brits and labelmates THE MORE I SEE will support them on select dates of their recently-announced UK tour, which kicks off on October 25th in Oxford.   SAVAGE MESSIAH frontman DAVE SILVER comments: “We’re really pleased to be bringing The More I …

London based five piece, FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS have released their first video from their forthcoming album, entitled ‘Neon In The Dance Halls’.   Watch the video here   The song features guest vocals and an appearance in the video from William Control who also recorded and produced the bands forthcoming album.   Click …

Wovenwar is streaming their debut self-titled album now on metalblade.com! The album, which Revolver Magazine heralded as “more multifaceted than anything by As I Lay Dying”, and Decibel Magazine added that “Wovenwar sounds confident, vital, and even liberated on this splendid debut, will released in the UK on Monday, August …

Award winning Australian powercore-metal pioneers, A BREACH OF SILENCE have just premiered a new documentary video through Digital Tour Bus. The video was filmed during the band’s performance headlining Never Silent festival while on tour in Auckland, New Zealand. The documentary contains candid interviews with each band member about tour …

1349, Norway´s masters of blackened sonic evil, are back with a new full-length album and pre-ordering starts today!   Four years after the release of the great “Demonoir” and 1349 return with a deadly vengeance. On the 29th of September “Massive Cauldron of Chaos” is set to be released through Indie …

Montreal’s THE AGONIST will release their new album “Eye of Providence” on November 10th in Europe and November 11th. “Eye of Providence” is the follow up to THE AGONIST’s 2012 album “Prisoners” and will be the debut of new vocalist Vicky Psarakis. The lead vocalist change happened in the early part of this year when previous singer …

Seattle, WA based death/grind newcomers, Theories, has signed with Metal Blade Records! The band, which features former members of Book of Black Earth, Skarp, and Samothrace, has been performing across the US since their inception in late 2010. They’ve earned slots on tours with Goatwhore, Fallujah, Toxic Holocaust, King Parrot, and …

Swedish doom act, Below, have released a new video for “Bid You Farewell” from their critically-lauded Metal Blade Records debut album, “Across the Dark River”. The video was filmed by Emil Björkroth (www.pemil.se) and edited by Vince Edwards from Metal Blade Records. This is the band’s first ever music video and …

Northern cult rockers SERVERS new music video ‘Claustrophobia’ is premiering now on Metal Hammer.   The video was directed by Jagermeister Music’s official photographer Mark Latham and is debuted ahead of their upcoming EP which is due for release via Undergroove Records on September 15th.   Check out the video …

Sweden’s pack of Heavy Metal stalwarts, WOLF, are returning with their seventh studio album entitled “Devil Seed”. The album will be released on August 25th in Europe and on September 2nd in North America via Century Media Records.   The band is premiering their first music video for the track …

Australian five piece Electric Mary are back to spread Rock ‘n’ Roll’s genuine flavour to Europe, releasing a brand new mini album “The Last Great Hope” on 3rd November 2014. The band support the release with European dates including a full UK tour and festival performance through November 2014.   It’d …

No Bragging Rights has premiered a new song titled “Outdated” from their upcoming album The Concrete Flower here. Pre-orders for The Concrete Flower are also now available where fans can hear the new song. The Concrete Flower was engineered and produced by Will Putney (The Amity Affliction, For Today, Stray …

Dear Monster Fans, Thank you so much for your support of the Monsters of Rock Cruise…you guys are very special to us and it is an honor to have you in our Monster family.  We are on the verge of the fastest sellout in history for our 2015 cruise and …

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Virginia hard rock riff worshippers VALKYRIE. Formed in 2002, VALKYRIE consists of brothers Jake and Pete Adams (Baroness, Samhain) on guitar and vocals, Alan Fary (Earthling) on bass and Warren Hawkins on drums. Drawing heavily from the classic eras of hard …

Hammerfest 7 is pleased to announce the return of Swedish Doom metal legends Candlemass,  one of the best bands in our opinion to have ever graced the Hammerfest stage.   Dani Filth’s (Cradle of Filth) new band Devilment are confirmed to play their first Hammerfest as well as the first …

FINCH are back!  Nine years since they released their last album, the band have announced that they’ll be releasing their third studio album “Back to Oblivion” on 29th September via Spinefarm records in the UK.   Finch will be headlining HEVY festival on Friday 15 August and prior to that …