Fresh from support to Reef’s 20th Anniversary Tour as well as a host of headline dates (including a sold out Islington Academy in Dec 2013) and 2014 dates with Status Quo, Toseland have announced the release of their debut album “Renegade”.   “Renegade” is an album packed with powerful rock …

UK progressive rock stalwarts Threshold have announced two live dates for November this year. The band will be performing at O2 Islington Academy in London on Thursday 20th November and The Live Rooms in Chester on Friday 21st November. Tickets for the London show go on sale Monday at 9am whilst tickets for …

Commemorating the 25-year anniversary since the recording of their first EP, Sweden’s extreme musical deviants MESHUGGAH have announced the artwork and the track listing to their upcoming live DVD / 2-CD release The Ophidian Trek, released 29th September on DVD and also available in Blu-ray.   With visual footage shot …

Electric Wizard have announced a UK headline show for October 23rd at The Ritz in Manchester.   Tickets are available here: http://po.st/KSpIv5   A full supporting bill will be announced in due course.   The Manchester show will be preceded by the release of ‘TIME TO DIE’ on September 29th via …

Devin Townsend is proud to present to you the 2nd official promo video for Casualties of Cool’s ‘Flight’. This beautifully haunting video was shot, directed and edited, at his own initiative, by Konrad Palkeiwicz who is one of Devin’s dearest friends.   Devin comments: ‘Casualties Of Cool is one of my favourite things, if …

Long Beach, CA hard rockers SUNFLOWER DEAD recently announced their tour with headliners Powerman 5000 and (Hed) PE, which kicks off tomorrow in Sauget, IL! The tour visits 27 U.S. cities throughout the month of August, coming to a close in Grand Rapids, MI on August 30th. The tour also …

Cleveland’s legendary kings of metallic hardcore RINGWORM are heading to Europe this weekend, but before they do they have announced another North American Tour.  This time they are playing with Macabre and Panzerfaust.  The tour kicks off October 3rd in St. Louis, MO will make a stop at the Housecore …

Modern thrashers INCITE, fronted by Richie Cavalera (son of Max Cavalera), are pleased to announce the release of their forceful new track ‘Up In Hell’, premiering today exclusively via Loudwire! Take a listen here: http://loudwire.com/incite-up-in-hell-exclusive-song-premiere/   “‘Up In Hell’ is brutal, aggressive – and in my opinion – exactly what …

Legendary thrash metal band EXODUS have revealed the never-before-seen album art for their upcoming album, Blood In, Blood Out, hitting retail and digital stores on October 14, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The album art was illustrated by Swedish artist Par Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced …

THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL have come up with the perfect mix: Doom from the early seventies with progressive cross-references and cleverly interspersed folk elements in the whole range of first-class Heavy Metal and Rock. That’s how the Swedish band from Metal headquarters Goethenborg present themselves on their upcoming debut Wisdom …

The temperature is rising, and the Les-Fest 4 anticipation is spreading like Wildfire. Already established with a formidable reputation, Scotland’s premier rock and metal festival is back for 2015 with a new name, and a promise that it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. Returning to the picturesque …

Today, SoCal experimental metal group CHRYSALIS are unleashing their brand new music video for the track ‘My Forsaken’, cut from their new album Focus On The Center. The music video is being simultaneously premiered via Revolver Magazine and Metal Hammer Magazine today. Take a look at the video here via …

The NIGHTWISH crew recently assembled to make a start on the band’s forthcoming album. The yet-untitled record will be the first NIGHTWISH studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for release in Spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The band recently revealed a trailer showing the crew preparing for the recording and today sees the release of the second trailer. In …

Heavy Metal pioneers ACCEPT released the first in a series of online trailers promoting their new album BLIND RAGE recently and the second instalment is now online. Watch guitarist Wolf Hoffmann discuss his pride for this new release and working with his band mates here:     The first trailer features Wolf …

Zoo Harmonics are a four-piece punk-rock powerhouse exploding out of Tel Aviv, Israel. ‘Business in the Front… Party in the Back’ is the band’s first UK release, in which the band brandish their own flavour of melodic punk that combines fast paced punk rhythms and emotive lyrics to create an …

Milton Keynes-based tech-metal-grime-rock hybrid HACKTIVIST release brand new track ‘FALSE IDOLS’ on MONDAY 4th AUGUST, 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).   Recorded & mixed in the band’s own studio …

Sweden’s blues rockers Blues Pills have just announced a UK-wide Tour for this November – following the UK release of their debut album ‘Blues Pills’ which is out today and available to buy here.   The young quartet made up of American-Swedish-French members will be gracing The Dome at Tufnell park in London on Tuesday 18th November, as …

Australian metalcore band Capture the Crown will release their new album, ‘Reign of Terror’ on August 5th via Artery Recordings.   In anticipation the band have launched another new track. ‘Make War, Not Love’ is now online, check it out here:     And on Monday the BBC Radio 1 Rock …

New Jersey natives Dads are embarking on their first full North America headline tour this fall in support of their upcoming sophomore full-length, I’ll Be The Tornado out October 14, 2014 on 6131 Records. The band will be bringing fellow riff masters Tiny Moving Parts, Nai Harvest, and Choir Vandals …

If Rock’n’Roll is personified by the Stones and Pop music by the Beatles, then Stoner was born with Kyuss. From the heavy, suffocating, arid Coachella Valley and the mystic Californian Desert around, came this legendary band 25 years ago – reaching definitive cult status they do deserve worldwide ever since …