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Heavy Metal pioneers ACCEPT released the first in a series of online trailers promoting their new album BLIND RAGE recently and the second instalment is now online. Watch guitarist Wolf Hoffmann discuss his pride for this new release and working with his band mates here:     The first trailer features Wolf …

Zoo Harmonics are a four-piece punk-rock powerhouse exploding out of Tel Aviv, Israel. ‘Business in the Front… Party in the Back’ is the band’s first UK release, in which the band brandish their own flavour of melodic punk that combines fast paced punk rhythms and emotive lyrics to create an …

Milton Keynes-based tech-metal-grime-rock hybrid HACKTIVIST release brand new track ‘FALSE IDOLS’ on MONDAY 4th AUGUST, their first new release since 2013’s ‘ELEVATE’ (not counting their highly successful cover release of Jay-Z & Kanye’s ’N****as In Paris’ at end of last year).   Recorded & mixed in the band’s own studio …

Sweden’s blues rockers Blues Pills have just announced a UK-wide Tour for this November – following the UK release of their debut album ‘Blues Pills’ which is out today and available to buy here.   The young quartet made up of American-Swedish-French members will be gracing The Dome at Tufnell park in London on Tuesday 18th November, as …

Australian metalcore band Capture the Crown will release their new album, ‘Reign of Terror’ on August 5th via Artery Recordings.   In anticipation the band have launched another new track. ‘Make War, Not Love’ is now online, check it out here:     And on Monday the BBC Radio 1 Rock …

New Jersey natives Dads are embarking on their first full North America headline tour this fall in support of their upcoming sophomore full-length, I’ll Be The Tornado out October 14, 2014 on 6131 Records. The band will be bringing fellow riff masters Tiny Moving Parts, Nai Harvest, and Choir Vandals …

If Rock’n’Roll is personified by the Stones and Pop music by the Beatles, then Stoner was born with Kyuss. From the heavy, suffocating, arid Coachella Valley and the mystic Californian Desert around, came this legendary band 25 years ago – reaching definitive cult status they do deserve worldwide ever since …

Californian three piece Nico Vega are set to release a new album, “Lead To Light”, in September 2014. The band support the release by playing Reading and Leeds festival and supporting Imagine Dragons in Germany in August 2014.   The band released their debut album independently in 2009. Linda Perry …

After a period of 6 years in the wilderness, Norway’s exponents of groove-laden black metal are back with a new album, ‘Til Endes‘ set for release on Peaceville Records on the following dates:   29th September – UK & RoW 30th September – USA & Canada 3rd October – Germany, …

Rising progressive superstars and instrumental wunderkinds Polyphia are excited to announce their debut album, Muse, scheduled for worldwide release on September 2.   Get teased by the album trailer here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTcIiQtLyVs   All aged between 20-21, the devastatingly talented band’s new album marks a new stage in progressive fusion. …

SATURN will release their debut album Ascending (Live in Space) on this Tuesday August 5th in North America via Rise Above Records.  The album can be pre-ordered from Amazon on Vinyl and CD.   Today The A.V. Club is hosting an exclusive full album stream of Ascending (Live in Space). …

IRON REAGAN’s Relapse debut The Tyranny Of Will is a 24 song wrecking ball of hardcore- punk/thrash fury.  The album was recorded with guitarist Phil Hall at Blaze of Torment Studios in Richmond, VA and self-produced plus it was mixed by Converge’s Kurt Ballou.  The album will be released September 16th …

Swedish hard rockers NUBIAN ROSE have inked a deal with UK label Livewire/Cargo Records. Their sophomore album, ‘Mental Revolution‘, is scheduled for a November release. The new album is armed with even heavier riffs, deeper melodies and a more mature production. Sweden’s master producer and studio wizard, Tobias Lindell, who has produced albums such as ‘Tear The …

Nashville may never be the same! Last week, progressive heavy metal band MINDCAGE delivered a powerful performance at Nashville’s famed and iconic music venue, The Rutledge LMV, as part of 2014 Summer NAMM. The show also featured rising star rocker triplets “More Like Me” and fierce female-fronted rockers “Rearview Ghost”. …

Rich Robinson has just released his third full-length studio album The Ceaseless Sight via The End Records/Circle Sound and is now set to return to the UK this November for a full regional tour presented by Planet Rock.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5BVxK9GwC8   As co-founder of the seminal rock act – The …

Down ‘n’ Outz are pleased to announce UK tour dates in December 2014. The dates support the recent release of the album The Further Adventures Of…, which is the third instalment of the project fronted by Def Leppard’s lead singer Joe Elliott, and features tracks connected to Mott the Hoople. The …

The Hold Steady will return to the UK this autumn to play a headline nine-date tour with gigs in Portsmouth, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Sheffield. The tour will start with a run of 4 other European cities opening in Amsterdam on October 7. The announcement comes …

After their farewell performance on board 70000TONS OF METAL in January 2012 we are proud to announce the band’s return!   Exactly 3 years later, they are scheduled to return to the stage more aggressive then ever! It will all begin with 70000TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal …

15 years-career (or almost), several singles, albums, a huge amount of gigs all around the world, The Lords of Altamont have taken… Altamont with a brand new album unleashed a few weeks ago through Gearhead Records (Electric Eel Shock, The Hellacopters, The Riverboat Gamblers, The Wildhearts…). Fifth full length record from the L.A Based …

PHILM – featuring former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo – are to release their second album, ‘Fire From The Evening Sun’, on new label UDR Music, in September. It will be released on September 12 in Europe, September 15 in the UK and September 16 in the US. “UDR is honored …