Album Announcements

   Danko Jones, the band, stand and deliver crisp, catchy and crunchy hard rock with such exciting consistency that they have cultivated an equally loyal and consistently fervent fan base worldwide. Danko Jones, the frontman and guitarist, writes such irrepressible, hook-laden-yet-crunchy electric tunes that it’s impossible not to get sucked in …

FALLUJAH ‘Dreamless’ album release date and details revealed Progressive death metal masters Fallajuah will release their third full-length album, entitled ‘Dreamless’, on April 29th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. ‘Dreamless’ was recorded at Sharkbite Studios with producer Zack Ohren (Animosity, Suffocation, All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth), and was mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis(Devildriver, Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, Black Dahlia Murder, Carnifex) in Orlando, …

“I wore out two copies of the “Into the Halls of Extermination” tape, that’s how much it got played in my bedroom. Sindrome, alongside bands like Death, Massacre and Morbid Angel were certainly an influence on my early forays into the world of extreme metal.” Michael Amott (Arch Enemy, ex-Carcass, Spiritual …

“‘Crazy Eyes’ is hardly bereft of guitars, but there’s a substantial amount of electronics and effects in use. The result features heavy industrial crunch and solemn, ambient songs that reach back to Patrick’s time in Nine Inch Nails and the first Filteralbum, 1995’s ‘Short Bus’” – Billboard  Reconstruction requires deconstruction. …

Monomyth: the hero’s journey. An epic journey with unknown conclusion. Monomyth stands for thrilling instrumental soundscapes, a rollercoaster ride in which the listener can lose him- or herself. It is the sound of five people searching for their musical boundaries and moving beyond them. Monomyth transports you to another world, …

The dawn of a new era of Progressive Tech-Metal from UK shores is about to explode worldwide.ALIASES return with their highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Derangeable‘, 11 tracks of colossal tech riffery and soaring vocals that paint the listener a ferociously beautiful and rewardingly complex soundscape over the course of 47 minutes. …

Wizz Wizzard, classic metal band from Belgium, are to release a 2nd full album via Rocksector Records. ‘Where The River Runs Cold’ will be released officially on 14th March 2016 and is available to pre-order now at www.rocksector.com Since inception in January 2007, the band has celebrated its’ key influences …

For all his accomplishments as an actor, a best-selling author and the subject of multiple documentaries, Rick Springfield’s first love has been music ever since the first time he picked up a guitar at the age of 12 in his native Australia. That passion for writing and performing songs, as …

Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will release Book Of Shadows II on April 8th 2016 via Spinefarm Records, his first solo release in 20 years. This release is the highly anticipated follow up to 1996’s Book of Shadows LP, a classic album Wylde released between his work with Ozzy Osbourne that …

In 2006, VAN CANTO surprised the world of metal with a revolutionary idea: to perform metal music with vocals and drums only. Nine years later, after five top 20 releases in Germany, sold out headlining tours throughout Europe and festival performances taking the band from Wacken to Australia, Van Canto …

Finnish thrashers Lost Society have released the third and final track-by-track trailer for their forthcoming new album, ‘Braindead’, being released on Nuclear Blast next Friday (12 February). In this episode, frontman Samy Eblanna discusses the tracks ‘Only (My) Death Is Certain’, ‘P.S.T.88’ and the bonus ‘Terror Hungry (Californian Easy Listening Version)’: …

BURY THE MACHINES TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD February 27th , 2016    “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” – Friedrich Nietzsche  Bury The Machines releases its self-titled full length album at www.burythemachines.com as a digital download. Bury The Machines, brainchild of …

Almost precisely 20 years after the Swedish masters of black metal released their debut and landmark album, „The Secrets of The Black Arts“, and six years after the release of their last full-length studio album, DARK FUNERAL are finally entering the studio again to create another blasphemous masterpiece!“ Lord Ahriman …

London based metallers KARYBDIS yesterday premiered the new video for their jaw-shattering melo-death track Avarice exclusively on Metal Hammer. The track is the second to be taken from their forthcoming sophomore album ‘Samsara‘ which is set for release on February 19th 2016.  Watch the official video for Avarice here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQxQHWKLTrM Modern metal needs new heroes. As …

GHOST RIDING NEW ALBUM Released March 4th via Dine Alone Records Lead Track: ‘STRAY’ WATCH THE VIDEO HERE RNDM (the side-project of Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur and The Fastbacks/War Babies drummer Richard Stuverud) have announced their second album Ghost Riding, due for release on March 4th through …

For the 30th Anniversary / 30years live on stage they present the long desired double-album „PEARLS“ (UDR-Music / Home of the Legends www.udr-music.com ) on 03/18/2016- it’s the first CD of that kind since the foundation of the band in 1986. All “classics” are recorded right now in Milano (Italy) and arranged in a completely new way, as a …

Hardcore mob Lock & Key are ready to tear 2016 a new one with their debut full-length release, Peaceless, to be released on April 08 via Crooked Noise. The band have also dropped the first video for the album, ‘Unclear State of Mind’. First premiered by Metal Hammer, you can …

Northern Germany’s infernal extreme metal duo Mantar have revealed the cover artwork and tracklist for the band’s forthcoming album, ‘Ode To The Flame’. You can view the artwork below.   The tracklist for ‘Ode To The Flame’ reads as follows:    Carnal Rising  Praise The Plague  Era Borealis  The Hint  Born Reversed  Oz  I, Omen …

A phenomenon like no other, one of the world’s biggest rock acts-Over 10 Million albums sold, performing for over 12 Million fans, includes the single “FORGET ABOUT THE BLAME (MOON VERSION)” withHALESTORM front woman LZZY HALE Unthinkable in the beginning Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) has become one of the most unlikely success …

 THE ENID ANNOUNCE FINAL TRILOGY ALBUM ‘DUST’ Prog pioneers The Enid have announced the release of new album ‘Dust’, the third and final chapter of their trilogy started in 2010 with ‘Journey’s End’ and followed by ‘Invicta’ in 2012. ‘Dust’, The Enid’s 14th studio record, is out on 1st April on …