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Due to last minute engagements of a few of the artists in the line-up, Metal All Stars will be rescheduling all European dates from November 28th – December 23rd, including the Brixton Academy concert on December 16th, to Spring 2015. New tour dates in these cities will be announced shortly. …

The unstoppable PAPA ROACH are delighted to announce that they will be playing a full UK tour next year.  Front man Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance and drummer Tony Palermo return for a headline tour for the first time in 2 years in March 2015.  Shaddix says …

HOUNDS release their new single ‘Monster’ on December 1st, accompanied by a ferocious new video 2014 has been a busy year for  HOUNDS slaying the audience at Sonisphere and touring  with Rob Zombie and Turbowolf. HOUNDS state ‘Monster is probably the best example of how we like to fuse genres and clash sounds. …

Fiery LA rockers IN THIS MOMENT are excited to announce their first ever UK headline run, the ‘Black Widow’ tour, in support of the recently released album of the same name.  The jaunt will hit these shores in February 2015. Guitarist Chris Howorth enthuses; “Hello UK!  We can’t believe it’s actually …

SICK OF IT ALL will embark on 9 UK show headline tour throughout UK and Ireland right after headlining the 2015 edition of the EMP Persistence Tour in mainland Europe: SICK OF IT ALL * w/ Broken Teeth 29.01.2015 (UK) Nottingham – Rescue Rooms * 30.01.2015 (UK) Newcastle – Think …

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will be heading to London in April 2015 to play an exceptionally special and important show on 10th April 2015 at The SSE Arena, Wembley as part of their ‘Wake Up The Souls’ World Tour. This show will be their first indoor show in the UK …

Northern Ireland’s hardest working hard rockers, The Answer (pictured right), have confirmed that they are to release their new album, Raise A Little Hell’, via Napalm Records on March 9 in UK and Europe. Writing on their Facebook page at the weekend, the band said: “If you folks thought we …

REVOLUTION SAINTS is the new hard rock / melodic rock eponymous debut album from Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake), Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and Deen Castronovo (Journey). The new album will be released on CD, Deluxe Edition, Digital Download and 180 gram vinyl by Frontiers Records in Europe on February 20, in …

Swedish rock band H.E.A.T are set to release their first-ever live album “Live In London” – released by earMusic in Europe on February 20, 2015 (UK release is February 23). H.E.A.T is one of those bands which you need to see live. Armed with a reputation of a brilliant live …

London, UK – Prog Metal is alive and well in the UK with HeKz’s exciting new second release titled CAERUS! Drawing influences in equal parts from heavy metal legends and prog rock luminaries, HeKz seek to take the original progressive metal blueprint and rewrite it for themselves. As ever, the …

Supreme British melodic hard rock group Magnum are set to release a poignant new single, ‘On Christmas Day’, commemorating 100 years since Xmas Day 1914, when both the Germans and English called temporary truces so that they could mingle and play football matches in ‘no man’s land’ during World War …

ANGRA to release new studio album “SECRET GARDEN” on February 1st, 2015 via earMUSIC, featuring guest appearance by DORO PESCH and SIMONE SIMONS (Epica) After four years without releasing any new music, the moment fans have eagerly been waiting for is very close. Angra’s new album “Secret Garden” shows the …

Italian female-fronted symphonic power metal band, Reasons Behind have released a teaser video for their debut full-length album ‘The Alpha Memory’.  The album will be released worldwide on Dec. 1st, and a video for the song “With Your Light” from the new album will coincide with the album’s release. View …

Brutai have released a brand new live video for ‘Never Change‘ filmed by Peter Junge and Chaos Theory at The Facemelter.   The new single is available for FREE download via Bandcamp. Brutai: http://brutai.bandcamp.com/ Chaos Theory – New Music for Open Minds: http://www.chaostheorymusic.co.uk Recording, mix & video: http://www.peterjunge.com Copyright: Chaos …

Perfect Beings have released a video for ‘The Making Of …’ which can be seen below: http://youtu.be/PJ7BMarTCbM This is a rather charming, interesting and personal tour through the making of the album from the individuals that make up this band and features some great insight into how these guys worked …

Extreme melodic metal band Karkaos are offering fans a FREE download of their re-recorded track ‘Leap of Faith’ with new vocalist Viki Boyer – click here Boyer joins Karkaos after the band parted ways with former vocalist Veronica O. Rodriquez whom they recorded with 2014’s ‘Empire’ and 2011’s ‘In Burning Skies’. Their first show with …

Checking in from Duper Studios in Bergen, members of Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED offer the fifth installment in the seven-part “Diary of Mad Men” series shedding insight into the band’s upcoming as-yet-untitled thirteenth studio album, set for an early 2015 release. “Sunday in Bergen means slight hangovers and double-parked …

German black metal tyrants Ascension premiere the new track “The Dark Tomb Shines” at Metal Hammer Norway’s website. The track hails from Ascension‘s highly anticipated second album, The Dead of the World, set for European release on December 24th via W.T.C. Productions (Season of Mist will handle the North American release). Previewed by the Deathless Light EP, Ascension‘s The Dead of the …

Ammunition – the new band featuring former Wig Wam frontman Age Stig Nilson, will release their new album, ‘Shanghaied’ via AOR Heaven on January 23. In advance of the release, the band has released a video for the track ‘Tie Me Down’: Meanwhile, labelmates Care Of Night – featuring former …

London 5 piece ZOAX, the new project of Joe Copcutt, bassist for Axewound and original bassist for Rise To Remain, have revealed the title, track listing and artwork of their eagerly awaited forthcoming new EP, entitled ‘Is Everybody Listening?‘, set to be released on February 9th  via Century Media Records in …