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This year has seen Backyard Babies “returning after a five year hiatus … doing what they do best – kick ass, straight-up rock ’n’ roll songs, flecked with punk attitude and sleaze rock swagger” (Vive Le Rock). The critically acclaimed new album “Four By Four” has been released in August …

LONDON, O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE SATURDAY 19th DECEMBER WITH SUPPORT FROM PURSON Box office 0844 477 2000 or ticketweb.co.uk Gothic-rock legends Fields Of The Nephilim have announced romantic-folk-prog adventurers Purson as support to their highly anticipated return to the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London on December 19th. The Nephilim celebrated their 30th …

One year on from their performance on a floating Iceberg in the Greenland Sea, UK metallers THE DEFILED have been rewarded by having their risky stunt immortalised in the 2016 edition of the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. “Breaking Records certainly makes an interesting change from making them”says Keyboard player …

Rock multi-instrumentalist Edgar Winter is getting ready to release a new album and conquer the UK. Would you be able to post a preview up on your site about the news please? Edgar is the younger brother of the late Johnny Winter, and wrote and performed with Johnny on many …

Swiss noise mongers Herod have premiered their latest video, Northern Lights, through Noisey on October 13th ahead of their upcoming slot as part of the stunning Deathcrusher tour; opening for legendary death metallersCarcass, grindcore overlords Napalm Death, Floridian extremists Obituary and Canadian thrash gods Voivod! The dates for the tour …

Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have released a 2-Disc Tour Edition of their latest album, ‘Great Western Valkyrie’, in celebration of the band’s upcoming tours with rock legends DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH. Originally released in 2014, ‘Great Western Valkyrie’ stormed into charts around the world and was rated the …

Iron Bastards Unveil New Music Video for “Pancho Villa” A few days after the official release of their debut full-length effort “Boogie Woogie Violence”, French Fast Rock’n’Roll power trio Iron Bastards just unveiled a new official music video for the single “Pancho Villa”. This song features on the album consisting of 15 songs …

Atlanta southern rockers BLACKBERRY SMOKE are due to kick off a headlining European tour tomorrow – Saturday, 17th October in Spain. The tour, which includes a string of UK shows, follows the release of a Deluxe Edition of the band’s latest album, ‘Holding All the Roses’, which includes six unmissable …

Bloodbath’s one off ‘Winter Bloodbash’ London show on 18th December at the Electric Ballroom is set to become even more gruesome with the addition of Belgium’s death metal stalwarts Aborted who state: ‘We are extremely honoured and humbled to be playing with Bloodbath in London this December. Bloodbath have been one of our absolute favourite bands …

Resistance Release New EP ‘Volume 1 – Battle Scars’ via Metal Machine Records Formed in 2000, RESISTANCE are a Los Angeles based Power/Heavy Metal band delivering a full on Metal assault from a broad range of influences. The new EP “Volume 1 – Battle Scars” is now available worldwide via …

Nashvillians Stacey Blood and Laurie Anne Layne are the town’s crucial rock n’ roll killers, The Bloody Nerve. The two voices that collide in reckless harmony construct a meridian of American blues and rock n’ roll, resulting in a back-beat religion that testifies rhythm, motion and soul. In true Texas …

No Sin Evades His Gaze have released new single Preacher, another supremely executed and meticulously produced track from the Northern 5-piece powerhouse. Since forming in 2013 No Sin Evades His Gaze have carved a strong name in the tech-metal world with their trademark precision, big grooves and flair; however Preacher takes …

‘Kiss The Misfits’, is a glittery howl of amazement, blending hard rock, dance, country and pop into a giant sparkling musical monster that brings to mind the varied likes of Scissor Sisters, Queen and My Life Story.  It is a battle-cry to the bored masses to wrench themselves from the …

VARATHRON Premiere Live Version of Classic Song via Noisey Long-running Greek black metal legends, VARATHRON, have teamed up with Noisey to premiere a live version of the band’s classic song, “Unholy Funeral”, taken from their upcoming EP, “The Confessional Of The Black Penitents”, set to be released on October 23rd through Agonia Records. Stream …

Inglorious release eponymous debut album in February 2016 Frontiers Music Srl is delighted to present one of the most talented new hard rock bands to emerge from the British underground scene – INGLORIOUS! INGLORIOUS are five young men with a mutual love and respect of the classics of Hard Rock …

Relapse Records is excited to announce that INCANTATION‘s acclaimed 2000 full-length The Infernal Storm will be receiving the deluxe vinyl reissue treatment this November! Though first released at the turn of the century, The Infernal Storm has more than weathered the test of time and still stands as a punishing, …

Modern metal act Atropas have just announced their Swiss tour “Tour of Solitude”, with the first date on October the 23rd @Sedel (Lucerne,Ch). The bands Ghost Lights (Ch) and Kill The Unicorn (Ch) will support them on every show (except for the solo acoustic show on the 3rd of December). …

The Old Courts venue in Wigan is holding a special 5 band Halloween psychedelic Festival, headlined by the one and only Here And Now, tickets are £12 available from Seetickets.  

USA based progressive outfit, Earthside, has teamed up with European partner METAL HAMMER GERMANY to premiere a new track, “Crater,” from its upcoming debut album, A Dream in Static. Featuring guest vocals from Björn Strid(Soilwork), “Crater” can be watched below. Drummer Ben Shanbrom commented: “There is a side to the pursuit of dreams …

Human Improvement Process Made A Propaganda-Style Video For ‘Project Monarch’ Italian death metallers Human Improvement Process have released a new video for their current single “Project Monarch”.  Available now exclusively on Metal Injection, the track is found on the band’s recently released “Enemies Of The Sun” available now from Memorial Records. “With ‘Project Monarch’ we …