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Heavens Gate To Release ‘Best For Sale!’ Compilation From their first days in 1987 until their break in 1999, HEAVENS GATE were among the top representatives of German Heavy Metal. They had a large fan base, especially in Japan, and their albums such as ‘In Control’, ‘Livin’ In Hysteria’ or …

Critically acclaimed seven-piece symphonic/progressive metal band, Aonia is embarking on a short tour of England from the 27th to 31st of May, along with the French Gothic metal band Alwaid and York-based melodic metal band Lost Effect. Tour dates are: 27-5-15 – O’Riley’s, Hull 28-5-15 – The Shed, Leicester 29-5-15 …

Right before extreme metal titans ARCH ENEMY kick off their next European tour in France tonight, they are releasing a digital single for the track ‘Stolen Life (2015 Version)’. This brand-new version of the song that was originally released on the 2014 album, War Eternal, features additional lead/solo parts of …

Citizen have announced that they will release their highly anticipated sophomore albumEverybody Is Going To Heaven on June 23, 2015 via Run For Cover Records.  The band revealed the first single of the album, “Cement” today on Noisey.  Marrying gloom and beauty with the confrontational lyrics of singer Mat Kerekes, …

Here is a short preview of a brand new song entitled “Oddities From The Ravishing Chasm” taken from the forthcomingDisarmonia Mundi album “Cold Inferno” will be released on 9 June 2015 via Coroner Records. You can pre-order Disarmonia Mundi “Cold Inferno” (CD Digipak or T-Shirt or CD Digipak + T-Shirt) here.   Track …

Cave Of Swimmers Release New Music Video ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’ With the release of Reflection just yesterday, Cave Of Swimmers have released a brand new music video for lead single ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’. ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The …

A few weeks after its official release on CD and digital on the main legal platforms (iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon..), “Dark & rusty”, the brand new record by French folk/rock outfit Undobar is now also available on vinyl format through its own webstore. To celebrate this release, the band just put the album for …

RavenEye are set to release their debut EP “Breaking Out” via Rook Recordings on 11th May 2015.  The band has just finished touring with  Blues Pills and will head out to Europe next month for dates as main support to Slash. Even though he’s still only 25 year sold, Oli …

New York City stoner/doom rock collective, KINGS DESTROY have today released their self titled, third album.  The follow-up to last year’s critically-lauded A Time Of Hunting full-length was produced and mixed by Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.) at Studio G in Brooklyn, mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in …

‘The Taken’ appears on OCEANO’s new studio album, ‘Ascendants’, which is out now worldwide and features nine crushing new tracks which propel the band’s trademark hybrid of bone-splintering brutality into devastating new realms.   Chicago deathcore titans OCEANO have launched a video for the track ‘The Taken’ – OCEANO frontman …

48Hours had a huge 2014, which saw them release their full length debut ‘Recovery’, receiving airplay from the Xfm rock show and Kerrang! radio. 2015 has seen Gary, Adam and Matt continue their momentum with several tours and additional live shows with the band sharing the stage with the likes of Ashestoangels, William …

Swedish singer Mats Levén, former singer of legendary gothic band Therion, collaborates with alternative metal band Tristana from Slovakia. The act calls Tristana feat. Mats Levén and confirm summer festivals. Mats Levén began his carrer on 1986 in bands Swedish Erotica and Treat. In 1997 came his first worldwide succes …

The Art Gates Records staff is pleased to announce Stormhold as the new artist to enter in our growing rooster of artists. This Metal act from Sweden was born in 2008 and their sound is based in Power Metal, with a touch of Swedish Folk music and influences from Classic Hard Rock from the …

Swedish melodic metal group SOILWORK and Texas breakout band SHATTERED SUN are pleased to announce that they will join Brazilian/Arizona-local metal iconsSOULFLY on an internationally-inspired North American headlining tour starting September 30th in Los Angeles, CA! The tour will also feature support from Polish technical death metal band DECAPITATED. Tickets for …

Static Tensions Recordings is pleased to announce its latest signing, California thrashers TORMENTER. The label will be releasing the band’s previously self-released album Prophetic Deceiver, which received rave reviews upon release. The album is set to be released on July 24 2015. The band is recommended if you like Exodus, …

Miami-based Progressive Metal Duo CAVE OF SWIMMERS have released new EP Reflection.  Purchase and/or stream it at this location.   Coinciding with the EP release, the band has also released an official video for single “The Prince of the Power of the Air.” The one and only JASON NEWSTED had …

Coal Chamber on Tour in May & June 2015! 13 years after the band split up, US nu-metal legends in Coal Chamber are finally back with their sensational new album ‘Rivals‘, to be released on  May 19th in US/CAN and May 25th in the UK via Napalm Records! To celebrate the …

New album Motorcade Amnesiacs to be released through Kscope on May 25th PLAYING LIVE @HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN – MAY 28th  Mercury Music-Prize-nominated Sweet Billy Pilgrim have revealed the video for their brand new single ‘Just Above Midtown’. Filmed in Vienna, London and the Home Counties, the video gives us a …

  Barbarous hellhounds Cradle Of Filth only recently announced the completion, release and cover artwork for their opus nocturne and 11th studio album entitled ‘Hammer Of The Witches’. Having been three years since the release of their previous album – this has been the longest gap in the band’s murky history. And the wait …

  Norwegian post-black metallers BORKNAGAR are currently working on the recording for a new studio album, to follow up 2012’s ‘Urd’ release. The original BORKNAGAR vocalist Kristoffer Rygg (aka Garm / Fiery G. Maelstrom / Trixter G. – see photo above!) has already recorded vocals for two songs on the …