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Deepshade Release ‘Time’ Video Single

UK ROCKER’S DEEPSHADE RELEASE ‘TIME’ VIDEO SINGLE North-West (UK) power house trio ‘Deepshade’ return with their raucous fusion of psyched up alternative/grunge rock with the announcement of their ‘Time’ video single release. Forming in late 2013 with a strong musical appreciation for acts such as Deep Purple, QOTSA, Nirvana, Beck and Alice In Chains, …

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Dark Quarterer’s ‘Symbols’ to be Reissued on Limited Edition Deluxe 2LP Vinyl by Cruz Del Sur Music

DARK QUARTERER’s vaunted 2008 album Symbols is getting the deluxe reissue treatment from Cruz Del Sur Music. Remastered and specially packaged in Limited Edition (350 copies) double-LP vinyl format, Symbols will be reissued on July 8 in North America. Re-recorded bonus track “Devil Stroke” makes this 80-minute package an essential reissue for fans and …

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WITHERSCAPE – Announce new album “The Northern Sanctuary”

WITHERSCAPE, the progressive Death Metal outfit consisting of Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Dan Swanö (ex Edge Of Sanity/Bloodbath, Nightingale, etc.) as well as fellow Swedish multi-instrumentalist Ragnar Widerberg, have announced the worldwide release of their sophomore full-length album “The Northern Sanctuary” for July 22nd, 2016 via Century Media Records. …

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VIMIC Unveil ‘She Sees Everything’ Video

VIMIC Unveil New Video ‘She Sees Everything’ Joey Jordison’s new band, VIMIC have unveiled a brand new video for new song, ‘She Sees Everything’, taken from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Open Your Omen’ set for release via Roadrunner Records later this year. Check it out: – VIMIC, who are rounded out …

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OBSCURA Premiere New Fretless Bass Playthrough For “Ten Sepiroth,” Announce Festival Tour 2016

German technical/progressive death metal luminaries OBSCURA have just shared a new playthrough video, which features fretless bass virtuoso Linus Klausenitzer shredding his way through the track “Ten Sepiroth,” taken from the band’s latest release Akroasis! Watch it now via YouTube here or via Dailymotion at this location (in Germany). Additionally, OBSCURA have announced a series of festival …

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Volbeat welcomes new Bass player

Danish Bass Player Kaspar Boye To Join The Wildly Successful Rock Band VOLBEAT. VOLBEAT who recently returned from their first tour this year announces a new band member. ”We are happy to announce that Kaspar Boye Larsen is officially now the new bass player in VOLBEAT. We just got back …

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SHVPES reveal lyric video for ‘GOD WARRIOR’

   SHVPES, who have just completed work on their debut album with producers Carl Bown & Jim Pinder (While She Sleeps, Trivium, Machine Head), can now proudly reveal ‘God Warrior’ as the first new track to be made available. The band – based in Birmingham & London – started life …

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Fire Red Empress Album and Single Announcements

FIRE RED EMPRESS Announce debut album  will feature Diamond Head’s Brian Tatler &  Unleash crushing new single ‘HAIL THE FACE’ on Red Vixen Records  On May 27th  Fire Red Empress release their crushing new single ‘Hail The Face’ on Red Vixen Records. The ferocious ‘Hail The Face’ with thickly amplified sheet metal riffs, jackhammer percussion, thundering …

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Messiah’s Kiss release new music video

Messiah’s Kiss was formed in 2001 and released its debut “Prayer For The Dying” in August 2002, shortly after playing on Wacken Open Air’s famous True Metal Stage. Soon after, the band joined DORO on her European tour as special guest. The second album “Metal” was released in 2004 and …

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Dutch thrashers DISQUIET have released a second videoclip for their latest album “The Condemnation”

Dutch thrashers DISQUIET have released a second videoclip for their latest album “The Condemnation”, which was released earlier this year via Soulseller Records. It features the original line-up during its early stages performing “Las’ Pasi”: a collaboration and special edition focussing on the Surinamese connection of the band. “Las’ Pasi” is the first international …

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AVATAR debut ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ music video

AVATAR have debuted yet another visually sunning music video for their track ‘The Eagle Has Landed’. Directed by longtime collaborator Johan Carlén, this is the first official music video we’ve seen from the band off their forthcoming LP. Vocalist Johannes Eckerström explains: “During the past few months I’ve ended up …

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