The Second Sons – Announce Debut EP ‘Before & After’ “The Rolling Stones Without Wrinkles” “The second coming of Rock & Roll.” – Chris Kimsey The independent release of The Second Sons’ debut E.P Before & After featuring the late and legendary saxophonist Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly, Joe Cocker) on …

Biters – Interview with Tuk (and Matt) September 2015 I started off interviewing Tuk, vocalist and guitarist from Atlanta based Rock ‘n’ Roll band Biters, but when I asked about the ‘Hard Dick Warrior Award’ like you do, we were joined by Matt. Find out what they had to say …

DELAIN TOURING EUROPE SOON GET YOUR SPECIAL VIP UPGRADE NOW Dutch Symphonic Metal sensation DELAIN are known for extremely catchy refrains, bewitching hooks and melodies, symphonic bombast and of course a good dose of Metal! That’s DELAIN and that’s how Symphonic Metal will sound on this upcoming special tour with …

GRAVE DIGGER RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN’ After three decades of making history, GRAVE DIGGER is still one of the very best German bands enjoying a leading role, when it comes to classic Heavy Metal! Now the band is headed back to the 80s and back to their …

Palace Of The King Premiere New Music Video ‘No Chance In Hell’ AUSTRALIAN RIFF HEAVY QUINTET PREMIÈRE NEW MUSIC VIDEO ‘NO CHANCE IN HELL’ AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR THIS OCTOBER “Palace Of The King is literally like a huge ground shaking Palace of RIFFS, SOUL and Rock’n’Roll. They guarantee to tangle you up, …

Varathron: New EP Coming This October STREAM PREMIERE TRACK HERE ! Greek black metal legends, VARATHRON, are gearing up to release a new seven-track EP, called “The Confessional Of The Black Penitents”, this October 23rd on Agonia Records. “The Confessional Of The Black Penitents” features three brand new tracks and four songs recorded live, …

Mythra Reveal “Warriors Of Time: The Anthology” Album Artwork Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) act MYTHRA will release the “Warriors Of Time: The Anthology” compilation via Skol Records. The limited edition album will include all classic MYTHRA tracks from 1979 through to the early ’80s, plus five …

Iron Bastards – New Album ‘Boogie Woogie Violence’ Available for Full Stream Too fast too furious A few weeks after unveling the artwork and some audio excerpts, French Fast Rock’n’roll power trio Iron Bastards just released their début full-length album “Boogie Woogie Violence“. It consists of 15 songs + 3 live recordings …

Following on from last years storming day long two stage event, we are proud to announce Doom Over London 2016 – The Sixth Edition. Expanded to take in three stages across  two days, with an exclusive single stage preshow on the first day. Hosted in the North London enclave of …

Nitehawks – Debut Album Out On Skol Records 30th September NITEHAWKS, Italian representative of the NWOTHM (New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal), will release debut album titled “Vendetta” on September 30, 2015, on Skol Records. NITEHAWKS deal in a style of Heavy Metal which mix up energy of young acts such …

Stiff Little Fingers Announce UK Tour in 2016 UK Tour Dates Announced – February/March 2016 With Special Guests Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts Pledge Campaign For 25th Anniversary DVD After the success of their 2014 studio album release, the critically acclaimed ‘No Going Back’, Punk rock legends Stiff Little …

IN THIS MOMENT have announced a handful of UK shows for January 2016 Fiery frontwoman, Maria Brink is excited to bring their unique and theatrical live show back to the UK for the ‘Black Widow Tour’, commenting “Here we go again! We are so happy to finally announce our return …

As the nights start drawing in and evenings are getting dark earlier we head into a busy season for gig goers. The thirteenth, unlucky for some and what would otherwise, have been a quiet Sunday night in September, brought Gunzo to Club Academy in Manchester. Gunzo, not to be confused …

I had a quick chat with Matt Black who organised the very first Redemption Festival which took place on the 12th September 2015 at Warehouse 23 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. A charity event held to raise funds for Barnsley Hospice and Wakefield Hospice. As well as taking the time to …

The first Redemption Festival was held on the 12th September 2015 at Warehouse 23 in Wakefield. Redemption Festival is a charity event to raise to raise money for Barnsley Hospice and Wakefield Hospice. With ten bands and a couple of comedians the event started just after 1pm with festival organiser …

DOYLE Announces Upcoming ‘Mad Monster’ West Coast Tour with Guitarist JOHN 5  Catch DOYLE on The Abominator Tour 2015, Touring the U.S. September 25 – Early December (More Dates TBA) Tickets Available Now via www.OfficialDoyle.com      DOYLE (featuring former/original Misfits member DOYLE Wolfgang Von Frankenstein on guitar, Alex Wolfman …

Rival Sons Announced As Support for Black Sabbath’s Final World Tour Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have been announced as main support to BLACK SABBATH for what will be the heavy metal icons’ final world tour. Due to kick off on January 20th in Omaha, Nebraska, the scheduled dates will …

“Hercules” the new video from UK rock n’ roller FEDERAL CHARM, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s new album “Across The Divide“, which will be released, on October 2 via Wire-Sound/Cargo Records. The follow-up to 2013’s debut album is being produced by Jon Green & Federal Charm. Drawing from a deep well, …

British Hard Rock Legends GIRLSCHOOL to Release “Guilty As Sin” on November 13, 2015 via UDR Music  Pre-Orders Begin October 9th | Produced by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy)   They’re loud, they’re hard, they’re tough, they’re uncompromising – and now GIRLSCHOOL, the legendary London-based hard rock quartet, are …

FROST & FIRE FESTIVAL Set To Bring America’s Finest Traditional Heavy Metal Bands To Ventura There is no denying that Europe has been the heavy metal hotbed on this planet for several decades, particularly when it comes to the traditional forms of the musical style: clean vocals, soaring guitar harmonies, …

Deadlock Release Memorial Video for Late Drummer Tobias Graf A full year has gone by since DEADLOCK founder and long-term drummer Tobias Graf passed away in last September. Tobias left the band due to private reasons earlier that year and sadly lost his battle against cancer on September 2nd 2014 …

Silent Jack – Interview with PlanetMosh, September 2015 Louise for PlanetMosh interviews 3/4 of Silent Jack after Highway to Hell 6 at O2 Academy, Sheffield. Silent Jack were our featured band in August 2014 (see here) but this was the first chance I’ve had to interview them in person. They …

CATS in SPACE want you to win the ‘CAT STRAT’ Stratocaster, a beautiful brand new guitar was sent to us by Levinson Guitars. It’s a Player model from the TEXAS PTE-2 Blade Series! All you need to do is go to www.catsinspaceband.com and grab an album package or by ‘sharing‘ any of our videos on your Facebook page, you will be …

Finsterforst Unveil Details of Upcoming Release 2015 has been a pretty intense year for the folks in FINSTERFORST! The release of their latest album“Mach Dich Frei“, many breathtaking club and festival shows and an almost unbearable hot summer certainly kept them busy and sweating! The band has unveiled new details …

Grave Digger Release Online Stream for Track ‘Stand Up And Rock’ After three decades of making heavy metal history, GRAVE DIGGER is still one of the very best German metal bands enjoying a leading role, when it comes to classic Heavy Metal! Now the band is headed back to the …

Diabulus In Musica Touring Europe With Leaves’ Eyes This Autumn DIABULUS IN MUSICA, the Spanish masters of Symphonic Metal have just announced that they will support Leaves’ Eyes on their upcoming tour through Europe! The fantastic female vocalist Zuberoa Aznárez and her band members masterfully combine heavy metal riffs, with …

  Biters a Punk/Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Atlanta, Georgia released their début album ‘Electric Blood’ via Earache Records on 7th August 2015. Already proving that they are the new bad boys of Rock ‘n’ Roll they nearly got arrested filming the video to Restless Hearts, read the story here …

Skindred Announce European Headline Tour & Unveil Brand New Music Video SKINDRED are pleased to announce a European headline tour in November 2015. The tour will support the imminent release of ‘Volume’, their brand new studio album due out through Napalm Records on the 30th October 2015. This Crossover sensation …

Khynn Unleash Brand New Song with ‘Depersonalization’ A few weeks after releasing two first tracks with “Tainted impression” and then “Persona”, French metallers Khynn just unleashed the third excerpt from their upcoming full-length effort expected on October ‘Supersymmetry’ with the song “Depersonalization”. In addition to this new audio excerpt, the band also unveiled the artwork of this album, available …

Devilskin Release Their Début Album ‘We Rise’ on 6th November A phenomena in their native New Zealand, Devilskin release their début album We Rise on November 6th through Rightrack Records/Universal. We Rise débuted at #1 in New Zealand and has just become the first album since 2010 by a domestic …

Artweg Announce New Album ‘Drunk’n High’ To Be Released 23rd October 2015   Three years after ‘Should We Get Violent ?’ and a tour all around the European territory, French “art-core” outfit Artweg just announced the release of its brand new full-length album, called ‘Drunk’n High’, and coming out (CD and digital …

On September 25th All About Eve’s second album ‘Scarlet And Other Stories’ is released as an expanded version by Universal Music Catalogue. Originally released in 1989 ‘Scarlet and Other Stories’ reached No. 9 in the UK Album charts and spawned three Top 40 singles. This collection covers the original album …

ONLY  DAYS  TO  GO  UNTIL UNDERCOVER FESTIVAL III Bisley Pavilion, Nr Woking, Surrey GU24 0NY 18 / 19 /20 September 2015 “QUITE POSSIBLY OUR BEST LINE UP SO FAR” The South East’s truly “alternative” and “independent” festival 3 Alternative Packed Day of Punk / Ska / Dub / Reggae / …

Seattle psych metal trio SNAIL return with fourth album “Feral”, this month on Small Stone Records. Seattle based psych metal forerunners SNAIL are making a great comeback with their heavy, hazy and stirrring fourth record “Feral”, to be released this September on Small Stone Records. Stream SNAIL’s intoxicating new song Building A Haunted House SNAIL formed …

The MacGregors a five piece punk/rock ‘n’ roll band from Essex released their début album ‘In Your Face’ via Eddie Currents Records on 19th June 2015, with an album launch party at The White Horse in Sudbury. Where did they get the name from? No idea as I haven’t asked …

Jailcat To Release Debut Album ‘Men or Mice’ on 23 September Jailcat signed with Steel Gallery Records and the long awaited “Men or Mice” album produced by the legendary producer Chris Tsangarides will be released on the 23rd of September 2015! Product: Jailcat – Men Or Mice Release date: 23.09.2015 …

TRAPT Unleash ‘Human (Like The Rest Of Us)’ Music Video Read an Official Statement from Vocalist Chris Taylor Brown Sixth Studio Album DNA Coming This Fall via Crash Collide Chart-topping hard rock group TRAPT have been at the top of the headlines lately, primarily relating to vocalist Chris Taylor Brown …

Vancouver’s Double Bassist Attack SAINTS OF DEATH Unleash New Lyric Video ‘Revolution’ & Debut Self-Titled EP Out Sept 25th Line Up – L-R – Stony Gingras – 5 String Bass / BU Vocals, Twan Holliday – 8 String Bass/Lead Vocals, Christopher James – Drums, Phil Henri – 6 String Guitar / BU Vocals (Photo Credit …

The Winery Dogs To Release New Album ‘Hot Streak’ in October 2015 THE WINERY DOGS are keen to confirm that their second, self-produced studio album, ‘Hot Streak’, is set for release on October 2 in the UK via earMUSIC. It is preceded by the first single, ‘Oblivion’, which the band …

Fishing With Guns Unleashed Brand New Single ‘It’s Poutring’ 5 years after the release of the amazing ‘The fell’, France-based independent rock/stoner/southern-hardcore/metal quintet, Fishing With Guns is back to business with a brand new single called “It’s Poutring” available for streaming exclusive on Soundcloud (and the courtesy of Score A/V …

MetalAddicts Premiere BLEED ‘Blood Ashes’ Track From Upcoming Album ‘The Hatred Inside’ Out Sept 29th ‘The Hatred Spawn Tour (AB, BC) L-R – Mike Bell – Bass, Ron Kratky – Guitar, Chuck Murphy – Drums – Robert Kreed – Vocals Photo Credit – Penny Vanderheyden Committed – Song Stream – Soundcloud | Bandcamp   …

Swedish Beatle-esque rockers Supralunar released a brand new video today for the eponymously titled track ‘Supralunar’ from their critically acclaimed album ‘A New Hope’ (Dead End Exit Records /Sound Pollution). The video makes fun of rock cliches and the band finds themselves reluctantly messing up a hotel room. The video …

Arrival Of Autumn Posts New Lyric Video ‘The Court of Owls’ Left to right:  Jamison Friesen – Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar,  Brendan Anderson – Lead Guitar, Ty Fox – Drums Album Stream – Shadows – http://arrivalofautumn.bandcamp.com/album/shadows Live Lyric Video – Like Fire – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSnd43sMmCI Video – Drum Playthrough – Labyrinth (filmed …

Nitehawks – European Tour Confirmed, Debut Album Out In September Italian Heavy Metallers NITEHAWKS, who recently inked the deal with Skol Records, announced European Tour during which they will promote their upcoming debut album titled “Vendetta”, and during which they will visit Germany, Holland, Belgium, Ireland, Scotland and Switzerland. “Vendetta”, …

City of Thieves made their live début at Camden Rocks earlier this year. Cutting your rock teeth at a big event is fairly momentous and with their début EP Incinerator being produced by Toby Jepson former Little Angels and Gun front man, mixed by Mike Fraser and mastered by Simon Francis I …

UK’s CATS in SPACE have landed! A brand new six piece band who, armed with their exciting brand of ‘Power Pop Rock‘, will transport you back to the heady days of the 70s when bands like ELO, Queen, 10cc & Cheap Trick, in particular, ruled the airwaves.  CATS in SPACE featuring band members with a wealth if experience in the …

NWoBHM Cult Act Savage To Return With New Double Album NWoBHM cult act SAVAGE, will release their brand new studio album “7”, on October 9, 2015, via Minus 2 Zebra Records (distributed by Plastic Head). The double disc release will include complete live album titled “Live N Lethal” on second …

On September 29th The Mission Release ‘Singles A’s & B’s’ Through Universal Music Catalogue. Singles A’s & B’s features all 15 of the band’s charting singles and includes seven that reached the UK Top 30, including Wasteland (No.11), Tower Of Strength (No.12) and Butterfly On A Wheel (also No.12).  It is …

Retro Hard Rockers Rubikon Unleash ‘Vipers’ Music Video via MySpace  Mixing influences ranging from 70’s blues rock to modern stoner metal, fast-rising quintet RUBIKON recently released three new tracks off of their latest album Delta, which hit stores on Friday, August 21st via Round Hill Records. The tracks, “Live That Lie”, …

Who are Disfago? You may ask because I can’t find much information about the band members. What I have managed to surmise is that they are a three piece thrash/punk band based in London who have all served time, in other bands, not literally! They released a five track double …

VI Premiere New Song ‘Par le jugement causé par ses poisons’ via CVLT Nation French black metal newcomers, VI, featuring current and ex-members of Aosoth, Antaeus and Aborted, are premiering a brand new song, “Par le jugement causé par ses poisons”, exclusively through CVLT Nation. VI has a debut album coming out, entitled “De Praestgiis Angelorum”, on September …

Video Alert: Leave The Living Posts ‘Undone’ Lyric Video L-R = Sean Higgins (Drums) – Steve McGillivray (Bass) – Ben Bushido (Guitar), Josiah Dyck (Guitar) – Justin Shadows (Vocals) – Photo Credit – Michael Grebinsky  Breaking necks with their punishing riffs, incredible breakdowns backed by wrenching screams and a heavy brutal …

 MammothFest 2015 – Final Line Up Confirmed MAMMOTHFEST ANNOUNCEMENT:  FINAL ACTS CONFIRMED FOR THE MAIN EVENT! Mammothfest have revealed the final bands to play the festival in October, taking the number of confirmed acts to over 80! The team have been around the country and secured 29 incredible underground acts following …

Swedish Heavy Metallers Ambush To Release New Album “Desecrator” In October 2015 Swedish Heavy Metallers Ambush will release their new studio album titled “Desecrator” on October 30, 2015, via High Roller Records. “Desecrator” contains nine brand new tracks, and will surely satisfy the band’s growing legions of fans. “We feel …

Deadheads To Release Their Second Album “Loadead” In October 2015 Swedish rockers Deadheads will release their second studio album titled “Loadead” on October 30, 2015, on High Roller Records. You had to look very hard for a bad review of “This Is Deadheads First Album (It Includes Electric Guitars)”, released on …

Savage Master To Release ‘Black Hooves’ Single On September 11, 2015   American female fronted Heavy Metal act SAVAGE MASTER, will release brand new seven inch single “Black Hooves” on High Roller Records, on September 11, 2015. The single will be limited to 1000 copies, from which 300 will be available …

Buckcherry released their seventh studio album ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ today. I chatted to Keith Nelson, guitarist and one of the founding members of Buckcherry about how the songs were crafted and recorded.  A bit about their own record label F-Bomb and other ventures. Hello Hello. How are you? I’m fine …

The Dead Daisies Announce UK Tour Dates for December 2015 “Sunday morning at Donington Park is rarely the most energetic of moments but The Dead Daisies all star cast do a sterling job of banishing hangovers with slick-as-a-Vaselined-otter classic rock. KKKK.” – Kerrang! – Download live review  Off the back …

Voodoo Vegas Premiere New Lyric Video for Hypnotise Following the release of 2013’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Rise Of Jimmy Silver’ and last years UK/European tour with rock legends Y&T; Bournemouth hard rock 5 piece VOODOO VEGAS have confirmed they will release their new EP ‘Hypnotise’ on 12th October …

Formed in 1995 when Josh Todd and Keith Nelson met via their tattooist and a shared love of AC/DC, a few line up changes, a few name changes, a brief hiatus and with six studio albums behind them Los Angeles based Rockers Buckcherry, will release their 7th studio album, Rock ‘n’ Roll, …

MetalNationNews Premiere DISPLAY OF DECAY Track ‘Cellar Goreatory’ Off Upcoming Album ‘Dust of Existence’ Out Sept 22nd L-R – Sean Watson – Lead Guitars, Avery Desmarais – Drums, Jessy Leduc – Vocals , Jacob Maisonneuve – Bass, Jeremy Puffer – Rhythm Guitar (Photo Credit – Dana Zuk Photography) DISPLAY OF DECAY is …

Swedish trio Spelljammer to release ‘Ancient of Days’ on October 2nd 2015 via RidingEasy Records “We like things on a grand scale,” says Spelljammer bassist/vocalist Niklas Olsson. That’s a bit of an understatement considering the Stockholm, Sweden trio’s penchant for massive, slow-burning sludge riffs intercut with dramatic melodic interludes. There’s …

Dragony To Support Gamma Ray On Their Anniversary Tour Austrian power metallers DRAGONY will join the legendary GAMMA RAY on their 25th Anniversary Tour in Europe. DRAGONY recently announced title of their second album, and revealed its front cover artwork. Follow up to their debut album “Legends” from 2011, will …

Dirty Thrills Unveil Salacious New Video ‘Hourglass’ The Dirty Thrills, an ambitious, explosion of anthemic goodness, unveil the video for   ‘HourGlass‘  the single from their new EP ‘Sweetheart Of The Slums’. The ‘Sweetheart of the Slums’ EP features classy and original rock ‘n’ roll that will grip the listener from the …

Psych-Rock Trio The Atomic Bitchwax Premiere New Music Video “No Way Man”  New Jersey stoner-rock trio The Atomic Bitchwax, now featuring drummer Bob Pantella and bassist/vocalist Chris Kosnik of fellow NJ rock legends Monster Magnet, have just unleashed their brand new, psychedelic-style music video for the track “No Way Man”, cut …

Status Quo’s John ‘Rhino Edwards Releases His Second Solo Album on October 23rd In a rare break from his day job as the bass player with Status Quo, John ‘Rhino  Edwards releases his second solo album on October 23. Released by Molano Music, Rhino’s Revenge II is an energetic and diverse album that celebrates music, and comes 15 …

Los Angeles based blues rock band Vintage Trouble have just been out on tour as special guests to AC/DC see our review of the Dublin, Belfast and London shows here. They have also opened for other big names such as The Who and Paloma Faith. Their second album 1 Hopeful Rd. is due to be …

Venom and Behemoth Announced for Bloodstock 2016 As the sun comes down on BLOODSTOCK’s most successful year to date, the independent metal festival is excited to announce the first confirmed bands for 2016, which will take place 11th – 14th August at Catton Park, Derbyshire. In a UK festival exclusive, …

Rich Robinson Announces Intimate Acoustic Tour Sept / Oct 2015 ‘A lyrically spiritual, musically earthy balance of electric-blues bravado, psychedelic-country exploration and almost courtly vocal cool.’ – Rolling Stone Rich Robinson has just announced an intimate and (mostly) acoustic tour around the UK this September & October. Better known as …

‘Electric Blood’, the brand new album from Atlanta rock ‘n’ roll punks BITERS, is out now worldwide on CD, vinyl and digital platforms. Described by Kerrang! magazine as “The best new rock ‘n’ roll band on the planet!”, BITERS bring an edginess back to today’s sterile, sanitised music scene which …

Behemoth Announced to Play Bloodstock 2016 Just announced on Bloodstock Festival’s Facebook page here “BEHEMOTH! Announced as 2016 special guests, playing ‘The Satanist’ in full. 2016 Early Bird tix available online from 9am Mon 10th Aug at www.bloodstock.uk.com” See the video announcement on Metal Hammer’s YouTube Channel below:- Behemoth are …

Revocation Launches “The Blackest Reaches” Lyric Video Revocation launches “The Blackest Reaches” lyric videoHeadline tour begins in one month!Revocation continue their series of lyric videos with fellow guitarist and director/animator Nick Hipa. The latest, “The Blackest Reaches“, is live now at metalblade.com/revocation. The previously released lyric videos, “Scorched Earth Policy,” “Madness Opus” …

‘Urth’, the highly-anticipated debut album from Nottingham alt-rock trio Kagoule, is available now from select independent record stores in the UK. The band have teamed up with Rough Trade, Rise Records and Music Exchange for a special pre-release of their phenomenal debut album, which features two bonus tracks exclusively available …

Act Of Defiance – Debut “Legion of Lies” Official Music Video ACT OF DEFIANCE Partner With Yahoo Music To Exclusively Debut “Legion of Lies” Official Music VideoDebut Album Release On 21st August 2015ACT OF DEFIANCE have partnered with Yahoo! Music to exclusively debut their official new music video for the scathing …

One Machine Unveils “The Final Cull” Cover Art & Track Listing One Machine, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (Testament, Nevermore, Forbidden, Dragonlord, Vicious Rumors), recently announced the impending release of their second full-length album, The Final Cull, out on September 18th worldwide via Scarlet Records. Today, the band …

German Speed Rockers Nitrovolt released their third album Dirty Wings via Mausoleum Records earlier this year. Formed in 2004 by vocalist Tom “Voltage” Krämer and bass player Luciano “Louis” Vanini, they started out as a three piece called ‘Hi Octane Rockers’ with Micha on drums completing the threesome. In 2009 long …

Described as ‘Dirty Speed/Thrash Metal with Rock & Roll and NWOBHM influences’ Demolition Train formed in Athens Greece in 2009, making their first live appearance in 2010. They released their first EP ‘Kill Your Boss’ in 2011. When Vasilis and Michalis had to leave the band for a while, Witchkiller …

Steve ‘N’ Seagulls Confirm UK Tour Dates for October 2015 Steve ‘N’ Seagulls have confirmed ‘The Seagull Has Landed’ UK tour for October following their sold out tour May UK tour.    Steve ’N’ Seagulls exclaimed their “Last UK tour was a blast. We were thrilled by the audience every night. It  over-exceeded our expectations. Next time …

Venom – First Band Announced for Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016 British Heavy Metal band Venom are the first band announced for Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016. The video announcement was aired at Bloodstock Open Air Festival today and can be seen on Bloodstock’s Facebook Page here and also on Metal …

Iron Bastards Unleash Brand New Songs from ‘Boogie Woogie Violence’ Too Fast Too Furious A few days after having unveiled the artwork of their debut full-length album, called ‘Boogie Woogie Violence’ and coming out on 11th September 2015 through BLACK’N’PURPLE Records (Evas Kiss Anger…). French Fast Rock’n’roll power trio Iron Bastards unleashed two audio extracts …

Meltdown Release Début Full-Length Album ‘Boobs are for Heroes’ “Riffs as religion. Boobs as obsession. Cervical destruction. For a world domination !” -Four knights of sound. 4-piece metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, Meltdown has just released its début full-length album called “Boobs are for Heroes”. On CD right now in local stores. In …

Martin Barre Releases New Studio Album – ‘Back To Steel’ Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre has announced the release of his sixth and most important solo album to date. ‘Back To Steel’ celebrates the guitarist’s 50-year career with a return to his roots of steel strings and electric guitars and …

Chris Norman returns with New Album – Crossover 40 years after launching his successful career with his former band Smokie, Chris Norman returns with a brand-new solo album: Covering an incredibly wide range of influences, genres and styles, Crossover will be released on September 18th 2015 through Solo Sound Records …

Saxon Releases Official “Battering Ram” Music Video On October 16, 2015, legendary British heavy metal quintet SAXON will release their 21st studio album, Battering Ram, in North America via UDR Music. The new album boasts a clinically ‘heavy’ echo of SAXON’s glorious NWOBHM sound! Check out the official “Battering Ram” …

The Shackleton Experience Set to Take The World by Storm  The incredible debut album out on August 8th  The Shackleton Experience is the brain child of Minnesota native Karl Schmaltz. Karl, a 19-year old musician is the sole contributor to this project and it is a testament to his musical …

Huntress Premières New Single ‘Flesh’ And Lyric Video Exclusively With Revolver Magazine! U.S. Tour Dates Announced With Avatar, Gemini Syndrome & First Decree! HUNTRESS are on the verge of releasing their third studio album STATIC on September 25th via Napalm Records. The powerful pentad’s first single Flesh premiered today on REVOLVERMAG.COM with a …

Coma7 Unveil New Video ‘No More War’ European Dates To Be Announced Soon  Dedut EP ‘Hunger’ Due September 2015 “​ A band worth highlighting and keeping an eye on ​ ” – TLV TIMES “​ These guys are INSANE ​ ” – The Underground Blog Israeli ​5 ­piece​  ​Coma7​ announce the release of “​No More War”, the first single from their upcoming début EP …

Shihad – New Single ‘Think You’re So Free’ to be Released 7th August & 9th Studio Album ‘FVEY’ to be released on August 28th 2015 Shihad are set to release their 9th studio album ‘FVEY’ on August 28th 2015 through pledge music. Pre Ordering the album via Pledge will allow you …

Bloodred to Release Début Album in Autumn 2015 BLOODRED have recently started recording their longed-for début album. For this Ron Merz has teamed up with Alexander Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES’ EYES) in Mastersound Studio in Germany from 17 July, continuing the successful cooperation from last year. Recording master Krull produces the …

Culture Killer To Tour With Ringworm in August 2015 Culture Killer will be heading north from their home base of Florida, next month, to tour withRingworm! The tour, which also features White Widows Pact, kicks off in Pittsburgh on August 16th. This will be an extra special set of shows: Ringworm will be performing …

Redemption Complete New Album and Sign to Metal Blade Records Progressive metal act Redemption have completed recording a new album and signed with Metal Blade Records! The band is helmed by Nick van Dyk (guitars, keyboards), and includes legendary prog vocalist Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Engine), bassist Sean Andrews and drummer Chris …

The Black Dahlia Murder Partner With Revolvermag.com For Exclusive, New Track Debut THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Partner With Revolvermag.com For Exclusive, New Track DebutTHE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have partnered with Revolvermag.com to exclusively debut the scathing, new track, “Receipt,” from the band’s new full-length album Abysmal, which comes out on September 18th on Metal …

SOTO (Jeff Scott Soto) – More European Tour Dates Added More dates have been added to SOTO‘s upcoming European headlining tour ‘Live In The Vertigo‘, featuring the legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman, Journey) beginning middle of September, in support of the new album ‘Inside The Vertigo‘. SOTO …

Massive Wagons, Adam Thistlethwaite – Interview with PlanetMosh July 2015  Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Adam Thistlethwaite, guitarist with Massive Wagons, after their gig (part way through the ‘Out of our Rockas’ Tour 2015) at The Yorkshire House, Lancaster on 17th July 2015. Find out a bit more about the band, what …

Skam – Interview with PlanetMosh July 2015  Louise Swift for PlanetMosh interviews Skam after their gig (part way through the ‘Out of Our Rockas’ Tour 2015) at The Yorkshire House, Lancaster on 17th July 2015. Find out a bit more about the band, what they have lined up, and more! Skam are: Steve …

Scout Killers Announce August 2015 UK Tour Britain’s fast rising epic alternative rock outfit ‘Scout Killers’ reveal dates of their headlining August UK tour. The Bath (UK) based 5 piece shall be bringing their emotive brand of guitar driven rock to stages across the UK with support from emerging acts – Filthy …

Blood Reign ‘Trommelfeuer’ (CD Coming Soon) Founded in Mulhouse, France, in 2010, BLOOD REIGN is a brutal Thrash Metal band in which the four members combine their skills to write fast and ear-splitting songs. As their main influences, band members list such legendary acts as (early) SEPULTURA, SLAYER and DEMOLITION HAMMER. …

Monster Magnet To Release Cobras and Fire (The Mastermind Redux) October 9th on Napalm Records   First Song Streaming Now On Brooklyn Vegan Dave Wyndorf and his henchmen seemingly had the time of their lives when they completely rearranged and boosted Last Patrol 2014 and christened it Milking the Stars: A …

Savage Messiah Confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air Festival London metallers SAVAGE MESSIAH have been confirmed for the Ronnie James Dio main stage at this year’s Bloodstock Open Air festival, which takes place August 6th – August 9th at Catton Park in the UK. Having already rocked the Bloodstock masses a …

Idobi Radio Exclusive Track Premiere: ‘Love And Art’ By Calgary Hardcore Noisemakers Fall City Fall Jordon Storey – Guitar, Nathan Pope – Drums, Andre Urquidi – Bass, Keenan Pylychaty – Vocals (Photo Credit – Carmin Edwards) Music Video – Victus (Trilogy Pt. 3) Coming off their cross Canada ‘No Parents, No Rules’ tour this past June …

Goatsnake, Dozer, Moon Duo and more added to the Desertfest Belgium lineup We are happy to announce that Californian sludge-blues royalty GOATSNAKE have been added to the DESERTFEST ANTWERP 2015 line-up! Additionally, we have confirmations for the touring beast that isDOZER, the face-melting psych of MOON DUO, those fine purveyors of stoner …

Ten To Release ‘The Dragon And Saint George’ EP On the back of such well received albums ‘Albion’ and ‘Isla De Muerta’, released a mere 6 months apart like their debut and follow up back in 1996, the UK’s highly-rated melodic hard rock band Ten release their first EP ‘The …

Alunah on Big Centre TV Later Today! ALUNAH appear on Amp’d on Big Centre TV with Johnny Doom this evening, Wednesday July 22, 2015 at 10pm UK.Catch it on Freeview channel 8 and Virgin 159 and online at http://www.bigcentre.tv/watch-liveThe show will be repeated on Friday July 24, 2015 at 11:30pm …

Massive Wagons/Skam – The Yorkshire House, Lancaster: 17th July 2015 The Seventh night of the Out of Our Rocka’s tour (usually two of ‘Off Yer Rocka’ bands Massive Wagons, Skam, Texas Flood and Pig Iron with local support) saw Massive Wagons and Skam playing The Yorkshire House in Lancaster, conveniently …

NLC & Orange Amplifiers Presents ‘Rocking For The Children’ Supporting RAPCA UK & Awareness For Autism  NLC & Orange Amplifiers present “Rocking For The Children” Festival 2016, to be held at The Maze, Nottingham on 30th April 2016 – 1st May 2016. See poster below for the awesome line-up so …

Honeymoon Disease Announce Tour Dates with Avatarium & The Vintage Caravan Swedish groove Rock’n’Rollers HONEYMOON DISEASE recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. Their debut album is scheduled for fall 2015 and will be one of the finest groovy and speed rock masterpieces to date. In advance of the new …

  Unleash The Archers Premiere New Video & Announce North American Tour Canadian shooting stars UNLEASH THE ARCHERS have been on the road since their inception in 2007.  Since then they have created an immensely loyal North American fan base. With a fresh sound, precise songwriting and the incredible feeling …

  Grave Digger Unveil Details of Upcoming Album After three decades of making heavy metal history, GRAVE DIGGER is still one of the very best German metal bands enjoying a leading role, when it comes to classic Heavy Metal! The band has unveiled heavy details of their upcoming studio album: …

  Kamelot Announce European Tour Dates After a hugely successful run of North American shows earlier this year in support of their new blockbuster release Haven, KAMELOT have announced another leg in support of the Haven album that kicks off September 17th in Paris, France. The European trek will span …

Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed Available as Full Album Stream The wait is over, the highly anticipated album Blessed & Possessed was released worldwide on 17th July 2015! The wolves have already unveiled many tasty appetizers and will definitely enthrall with this masterpiece again! You can stream the full album for free …

Silent Jack Invite Fans To Help Launch New Album ‘Play The Game’ Britsh hard rockers Silent Jack have today launched a crowdfunding campaign on Pledgemusic for the release of their debut album, ‘Play the Game’, recorded under the expert guidance of producer Alex Cooper at Arkham Studios. The band are …

Between the Buried and Me Release New Album ‘Coma Ecliptic’ Progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me released their new album, Coma Ecliptic, on 10th July 2015 via Metal Blade Records. Fans can purchase the album, which Rolling Stone calls “a 68-minute cosmic opera” on iTunes here: http://apple.co/1KU1C66, or purchase a physical copy here: metalblade.com/btbam Coma Ecliptic is …

Rivers of Nihil Release Play Through Video For ‘Perpetual Growth Machine’ via Guitar World Sophomore Album Monarchy Available August 21st via Metal Blade Records RIVERS OF NIHIL recently band filmed an exclusive play through video for their song “Perpetual Growth Machine“. The video was shot and directed by Paul Chrismer. Check out the …

Act of Defiance team up with Loudwire.com to Exclusively Debut New Track In a time of endless sub-genre classifications, ACT OF DEFIANCE‘s highly anticipated debut offering simply delivers 100% in-your-face, uncompromising heavy metal. The scathing debut, Birth and The Burial, is set for an Aug. 21st release via Metal Blade Records and pre-order …

Nubian Rose – Stream ‘You Will Never Walk Alone’ Video ‘You Will Never Walk Alone’ is the second single to be released from Nubian Rose’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, ‘Mental Revolution’. The first single was the heavy metal tasting ‘Break out’, but with ‘You Will Never Walk Alone’ Nubian Rose …

 W.A.S.P. To Release Golgotha on October 2nd on Napalm Records Almost six years have passed since the world saw a new studio album from Metal Icons W.A.S.P. This October 2nd, the wait ends, as Blackie Lawless and the legendary rockers W.A.S.P. will release their long awaited new album and Napalm Records …

Dirty Thrills Announce New EP ‘Sweetheart Of The Slums’ Release date – 18th August 2015   The Dirty Thrills, an ambitious, explosion of anthemic goodness, release their new EP ‘Sweetheart Of The Slums’ on August 18th. The ‘Sweetheart of the Slums’ EP features classy and original rock ‘n’ roll that will grip the …

The Damned Looking Forward To Undercover Festival Festival Organiser Mick Moriarty made the following announcement: “Here at Undercover we are so pleased to be able to finally welcome THE DAMNED to Undercover as the headline act for SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER making this one we are sure many will remember.  The Damned …

MetalInjection Video Premiere: FUCK THE FACTS ‘Solitude’ New Album ‘Desire Will Rot’ Due Out August 25th + Tour Dates (USA/Canada) L-R – Topon Das – Guitar, Marc Bourgon – Bass/Vocals, Mélanie Mongeon – Vocals, Mathieu Vilandré – Drums, Johnny Ibay – Guitar – Photo Credit: Dave Levitt      Canadian grindcore legends FUCK THE FACTS …