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Last week, platinum-selling Texas rockers DROWNING POOL announced the second leg of their successful Sinner “Unlucky 13th Anniversary” Tour, with Adrenaline Mob and Full Devil Jacket. The band will perform their platinum-selling album Sinner in its entirety at each tour stop, followed by other hits. See below for all confirmed …

NATIVE CONSTRUCT is the product of collaboration between several students that began in 2011 at the storied Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Guitarist and composer Myles Yang’s passion for innovation, coupled with his extensive academic study of arranging and compositional techniques, makes NATIVE CONSTRUCT a truly distinctive up-and-coming …

Pioneers of the classic American metal scene, TESTAMENT, are announcing what will undoubtedly be the most crushing heavy metal tour to hit North America this spring – the Dark Roots of Thrash II tour! The Dark Roots of Thrash II tour will conquer North America for five weeks, beginning April …

The Quireboys Realise Swede Dream With Album Number Nine St Cecilia And The Gypsy Soul 4CD Deluxe Edition Available March 30 2015 Gracie B EP Released March 16 2015 Unplugged & Personal UK Headline Tour Kicks Off Feb 27 2015   Locked away for a week in the Swedish outpost …

UK sympho-prog metallers Nocturna have released their début EP Lucidity. The 30-minute release sees a culmination of the band’s Euro-American influences, blending together Symphony X and Firewind, along with touches of Dream Theater and Periphery. Lucidity EP is released digitally today on Bandcamp. Plans for physical copies are in place, …

Hot on the heels of announcing that they will be taking part in the upcoming North American COAL CHAMBER tour, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE has inked a new deal with Austrian metal label Napalm Records.   The band commented about signing with Napalm Records: “AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE are extremely …

A few months after unveiled its new album, “Raise the veil”, for CD/Digital as a limited first shoot and then a worldwide release through Brennus Music, Zöé (70’s hardrock vs modern stoner) unleashed a few days ago for full streaming on Bandcamp in addition to the long-awaited vinyl release. Third full length effort by Zöé …

KING KING, the multi-award winning British Blues band have confirmed a nationwide UK tour during February and March 2015 with special guest Laurence Jones. A special 48-hour pre-sale kick offs on www.ents24.com on Wednesday 17th September. Tickets will then go one sale to the general public from Friday 19th September …

Bristolian alt-rockers Turbowolf, have unleashed their brand new single ‘Nine Lives‘, which premiered last night on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, and follows last year’s radio smash ‘Rabbits Foot’, and the recent trippy visuals for seven-minute epic album track ‘Rich Gift’. ‘Nine Lives‘ is yet another step up for …

‘Words’ is the new music video by UK stoner rock band PROFANE AND THE SACRED  – A 7 minute + monster of a song and 2nd single to be released from their forthcoming debut album. Watch ‘Words’ (lyric video)   ‘Chapter 1: A Long Time Coming’ is the debut studio album …

36 CRAZYFISTS will release their new album Time and Trauma via Spinefarm Records on Tuesday, February 17th. There is a swell of activity surrounding the Alaskan band around release date. The band will be participating in a Reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session today, Monday, February 16, from 1PM to …

In a rare break from his day job as the bass player with rock legends Status Quo, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards will tour the UK and Europe in 2015 with his side band Rhino’s Revenge. Featuring his sons Max on drums and Freddie on guitar, the band’s line-up is completed by …

 Steve Hackett – Wolflight Trailer  Released  Music pioneer Steve Hackett recently announced the release of his new solo album Wolflight.   According to the man himself, this “wild pack of tracks – starting with a wolf cry – will be unleashed on the unsuspecting on 30th March 2015.”  A teaser trailer …

Mabel Greer’s Toyshop So it’s Friday 13th – unlucky for some…. Here’s Friday’s Mabel Greer’s Toyshop album teaser…. Robert Hagger discusses playing with Clive for the first time in 45 years…. Mabel Greer’s Toyshop had a residency at the Marquee Club and supported the likes of Jimi Hendrix (who came to see them …

Guitar legend ULI JON ROTH will release Scorpions Revisited, a highly-anticipated brand new double album of 19 re-invented Scorpions tracks, in physical format on March 10 via UDR Music. Order the album now via iTunes. As we announced last week, Guitar World Magazine is hosting a dual web premiere of …

German metalcore act ANNISOKAY will release their album, Enigmatic Smile, on April 14 via Long Branch Records/SPV. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver Magazine to premiere their new song and video for “Carry Me Away”.  View the video HERE.   ANNISOKAY said about the song and video, …

Norwegian Black Metal legends Satyricon have signed a worldwide deal with Austrian metal label Napalm Records for release of their upcoming DVD, ‘Live At The Opera’. Frontman and band mastermind Satyr explained the story behind the project: “The whole thing started with us doing one song, ‘To The Mountains’ a year and a half …

Seventeen years after their last album, Baby Chaos return with a new barrage of blistering riffs, melodic muscle and thoughts on the human condition. The elaborately-titled Skulls, Skulls, Skulls, Show Me The Glory will fizz out of your speakers, triggering an avalanche of scuzzed-up guitars and rich harmonies. This is …

TYSONDOG: New Album “Cry Havoc” Coming Soon On Rocksector Records NWOBHM heroes TYSONDOG will release new studio album titled “Cry Havoc”, on April 20, 2015, on Rocksector Records. “Cry Havoc” will include 12 brand new songs, one of them titled “Shadow Of The Beast” is available as a free single …

On March 3rd, UDR Music will release Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute, a tribute album of brilliant cover tracks recorded to memorialize Randy Rhoads, lead guitarist for legendary hard rock and metal bands Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. The digipack version of the album will also include an …