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DISPARAGER vocalist / guitarist Chris AhKao has posted a video comment on facebook where he addresses his recent injury of fracturing his L2 vertebrae and cancelling their upcoming show on July 27th at The Acheron in NYC. To view the video, please visit the following link: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10104049501792829   In additional news, the …

Riotous Aussie lads MASSIVE have announced dates for an extensive 15-date UK tour supporting Cambridge rockers THE TREATMENT. The tour kicks off on October 6th in Newcastle and also includes support from Lords Of The Riff alumni BUFFALO SUMMER.  The tour marks the first ever European shows for MASSIVE – …

SVART RECORDS announces the signing of LOTUS THIEF. A San Francisco-based duo, LOTUS THIEF will release their debut album, Rervm, this coming autumn on CD, double-vinyl, and digital formats through SVART. Comprising the immense talents of Bezaelith (Botanist, Mina Loy, The Night Falls) and Otrebor (Botanist, Ordo Obsidium), LOTUS THIEF weave …

It’s summer time and there’s nothing better to do than join Toronto, ON’s badass street punks The Rough Boys and their ‘Blood, Booze and Gasoline’ EP, out today on July 22nd and available for $6.66 dollars at the following bandcamp link: https://theroughboys1.bandcamp.com/album/blood-booze-and-gasoline-ep plus EP stream at https://soundcloud.com/the-rough-boys/sets/blood-booze-and-gasoline “Alright fuckers here it is…after months of brutal …

A few weeks after the release of their debut full-length album “The Wedding”, recorded last year at Puls Production (Aix-en-Provence, France) and then having unleashed an official music video for the song “Devil dance”, The Coyotes Dessert put the album for full streaming right now on Bandcamp.       For the record…   …

English/Norwegian melodic rockers SKYSCRAPER will release their long awaited debut album, ‘Elevation‘, on September 8th worldwide via Ghost Dancer Music/Cargo Records. This dynamic band has been taking critics by storm with their inimitable brand of melodic hard rock. SKYSCRAPER‘s powerful and heavy demeanour is a fresh take on a breed of music that’s been the foundations …

Jersey Thrash legends OVERKILL released their seventeenth album White Devil Armory this Monday and in celebration of the release, the band has revealed the official video for new track ‘Bitter Pill’. Check it out here:     Vocalist Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth commented: “Hello world, metal world, thrash world! WDA has landed and you my friends …

IKTPQ have revealed the new video for ‘Bright Enough’. You can watch the video here:     ‘Bright Enough’ is taken from band’s 6th album, and their Epitaph debut Beloved, which was released earlier this year.   The album got rave reviews from renowned rock press. Kerrang called it a “glorious record”, stating that with Beloved, the …

Hot off the heels of a summer of touring European festivals, the loudest band in Rock’n’Roll, Motörhead have announced that they will be returning to the UK for their usual run of November shows, this time hitting O2 Apollo Manchester on 4th November, Birmingham NIA on 6th November and culminating …

Nonpoint are set to release their eighth studio album, “The Return,” on September 26/29 via Metal Blade Records (excluding North America). After 17 years in the game, the Florida quintet sustains the same energy that sparked its foundation back in 1997. The riffs crack with intensity, the bass and drums forge …

EAST ASIA’s premier Metallers, CHTHONIC, return to the Wacken Open Air festival on Friday, August 1st, and this time they’re not coming alone… For their third appearance at Germany’s premier metal event, CHTHONIC – based in Taiwan – will celebrate their first-ever main-stage appearance (the ‘Black Stage’) by combining their …

Hitting the road for three weeks this coming August for their ‘The Blood, Guts, and Sprinkles Tour’ w/ One Eyed Doll and Wild Throne, Psychostick are proud to announce prior to the tour, they will performing once again at this year’s Dirt Fest in Birch Run, MI on August 9th alongside …

Were you to choose a banner song for the Esben and the Witch that we’ve come to know in 2014, it’d surely be ‘Dig Your Fingers In’. It oozes grit, determination and belly fire: qualities present with abundance in the Brighton trio, who find themselves a fully functioning micro-industry as …

Award Winning Atlanta, Georgia Progressive Metallers HALCYON WAY will release their new album Conquer, on August 19th in North America via Nightmare Records, and on August 23rd in Europe/Rest Of World via Massacre Records.   Today RevolverMag.com the online home of Revolver Magazine is hosting an exclusive premiere of the …

Nuclear Blast are pleased to announce the signing of Pennsylvanian based band Crobot for the territory of Europe.   Frontman Brandon Yeagley has stated his excitement to sign with the prestigious rock label: “We’re honoured to have Nuclear Blast as the international wind beneath our beards.  With bands like Graveyard, Scorpion Child, Orchid, & Kadavar on …

Chicagoland’s melodic death metallers, STARKILL, have announced the release for their sophomore album “Virus of the Mind” on the following dates: USA, Canada: October 14th, 2914 Europe, Australia/NZ: October 20th, 2014   Once again enlisting the services of engineer and producer Chuck Macak (Oceano, letlive.), “Virus of the Mind” will …

JOHN GARCIA is set to release his solo album John Garcia on August 4th in the UK on Napalm Records!   Today the track “Her Bullets Energy” is receiving its exclusive premiere courtesy of Classic Rock.   Check it out here: http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-07-21/john-garcia-featuring-robbie-krieger   With VISTA CHINO, GARCIA makes music very …

After the successful release of  The Human Contradiction in April and a grand tour with Within Temptation throughout Europe, DELAIN were able to convince completely fans and critics with their great live show, Charlotte’s power voice and bombastic symphonic metal anthems. Now the sympathetic Dutch are confirmed as special guest …

Revered punk-rock four-piece Four Year Strong has debuted a video for their new song and title track “Go Down In History”.  The video which premiered at AltPres.com can be viewed HERE.     The track is featured on the band’s new EP, Go Down In History, which is out today …

AMBUSH REALITY has existed as a record label since 2006 solely as an outlet for the recorded works of ENTER SHIKARI. “Solely” more by accident than design, though, with time constraints and ‘nothing really jumping out and grabbing anyone’ being the main factors in the label’s singular approach to releasing …