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Swedish doom act, Below, have released a new video for “Bid You Farewell” from their critically-lauded Metal Blade Records debut album, “Across the Dark River”. The video was filmed by Emil Björkroth (www.pemil.se) and edited by Vince Edwards from Metal Blade Records. This is the band’s first ever music video and …

Northern cult rockers SERVERS new music video ‘Claustrophobia’ is premiering now on Metal Hammer.   The video was directed by Jagermeister Music’s official photographer Mark Latham and is debuted ahead of their upcoming EP which is due for release via Undergroove Records on September 15th.   Check out the video …

Sweden’s pack of Heavy Metal stalwarts, WOLF, are returning with their seventh studio album entitled “Devil Seed”. The album will be released on August 25th in Europe and on September 2nd in North America via Century Media Records.   The band is premiering their first music video for the track …

Australian five piece Electric Mary are back to spread Rock ‘n’ Roll’s genuine flavour to Europe, releasing a brand new mini album “The Last Great Hope” on 3rd November 2014. The band support the release with European dates including a full UK tour and festival performance through November 2014.   It’d …

No Bragging Rights has premiered a new song titled “Outdated” from their upcoming album The Concrete Flower here. Pre-orders for The Concrete Flower are also now available where fans can hear the new song. The Concrete Flower was engineered and produced by Will Putney (The Amity Affliction, For Today, Stray …

Dear Monster Fans, Thank you so much for your support of the Monsters of Rock Cruise…you guys are very special to us and it is an honor to have you in our Monster family.  We are on the verge of the fastest sellout in history for our 2015 cruise and …

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Virginia hard rock riff worshippers VALKYRIE. Formed in 2002, VALKYRIE consists of brothers Jake and Pete Adams (Baroness, Samhain) on guitar and vocals, Alan Fary (Earthling) on bass and Warren Hawkins on drums. Drawing heavily from the classic eras of hard …

FINCH are back!  Nine years since they released their last album, the band have announced that they’ll be releasing their third studio album “Back to Oblivion” on 29th September via Spinefarm records in the UK.   Finch will be headlining HEVY festival on Friday 15 August and prior to that …

Fresh from support to Reef’s 20th Anniversary Tour as well as a host of headline dates (including a sold out Islington Academy in Dec 2013) and 2014 dates with Status Quo, Toseland have announced the release of their debut album “Renegade”.   “Renegade” is an album packed with powerful rock …

UK progressive rock stalwarts Threshold have announced two live dates for November this year. The band will be performing at O2 Islington Academy in London on Thursday 20th November and The Live Rooms in Chester on Friday 21st November. Tickets for the London show go on sale Monday at 9am whilst tickets for …

Commemorating the 25-year anniversary since the recording of their first EP, Sweden’s extreme musical deviants MESHUGGAH have announced the artwork and the track listing to their upcoming live DVD / 2-CD release The Ophidian Trek, released 29th September on DVD and also available in Blu-ray.   With visual footage shot …

Electric Wizard have announced a UK headline show for October 23rd at The Ritz in Manchester.   Tickets are available here: http://po.st/KSpIv5   A full supporting bill will be announced in due course.   The Manchester show will be preceded by the release of ‘TIME TO DIE’ on September 29th via …

Devin Townsend is proud to present to you the 2nd official promo video for Casualties of Cool’s ‘Flight’. This beautifully haunting video was shot, directed and edited, at his own initiative, by Konrad Palkeiwicz who is one of Devin’s dearest friends.   Devin comments: ‘Casualties Of Cool is one of my favourite things, if …

Long Beach, CA hard rockers SUNFLOWER DEAD recently announced their tour with headliners Powerman 5000 and (Hed) PE, which kicks off tomorrow in Sauget, IL! The tour visits 27 U.S. cities throughout the month of August, coming to a close in Grand Rapids, MI on August 30th. The tour also …

Cleveland’s legendary kings of metallic hardcore RINGWORM are heading to Europe this weekend, but before they do they have announced another North American Tour.  This time they are playing with Macabre and Panzerfaust.  The tour kicks off October 3rd in St. Louis, MO will make a stop at the Housecore …

Modern thrashers INCITE, fronted by Richie Cavalera (son of Max Cavalera), are pleased to announce the release of their forceful new track ‘Up In Hell’, premiering today exclusively via Loudwire! Take a listen here: http://loudwire.com/incite-up-in-hell-exclusive-song-premiere/   “‘Up In Hell’ is brutal, aggressive – and in my opinion – exactly what …

Legendary thrash metal band EXODUS have revealed the never-before-seen album art for their upcoming album, Blood In, Blood Out, hitting retail and digital stores on October 14, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The album art was illustrated by Swedish artist Par Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced …

THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL have come up with the perfect mix: Doom from the early seventies with progressive cross-references and cleverly interspersed folk elements in the whole range of first-class Heavy Metal and Rock. That’s how the Swedish band from Metal headquarters Goethenborg present themselves on their upcoming debut Wisdom …

Today, SoCal experimental metal group CHRYSALIS are unleashing their brand new music video for the track ‘My Forsaken’, cut from their new album Focus On The Center. The music video is being simultaneously premiered via Revolver Magazine and Metal Hammer Magazine today. Take a look at the video here via …

The NIGHTWISH crew recently assembled to make a start on the band’s forthcoming album. The yet-untitled record will be the first NIGHTWISH studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for release in Spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The band recently revealed a trailer showing the crew preparing for the recording and today sees the release of the second trailer. In …