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Next week, Plague Vendor will be bringing their exhilarating, unpredictable and confrontational live show to the UK for the first time, with a three date soiree taking in a pair of East London sweatboxes and an in-store at Kingston’s Punk mecca Banquet Records. The Voodoo Punk quartet, fronted by livewire …

Recorded at the prestigious Melkweg in Amsterdam and mixed & mastered by the legendary Finnish team of Mikko Karmila & Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, etc.), ‘Natten Med De Levande…’ is Finntroll’s first live album, showing this hugely influential outfit where they function best – onstage and in the …

Only two weeks left until the release of SABATON’s new full-length album Heroes, out on May 27, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Now, you will be able to stream Heroes exclusively via Spotify, if you follow the playlist, here.   Also, watch the first part of the band’s “Track-By-Track” commentary; talking …

VICIOUS RUMORS have released a new live video for the classic song “Worlds And Machines” with new singer Nick Holleman.  The Video can be viewed HERE.     The new live album “Live You To Death 2 – American Punishment” will be released on SPV / Steamhammer on June 11th …

Los Angeles rockers SINNER SINNERS are pleased to reveal a third new music video for their XI album cycle, this time for the track ‘Darkness Forever’. You can watch the music video now, exclusively via Revolver Magazine here. The video was designed to pay tribute to the band Turbonegro (see: …

Northern Irish eight-legged groove monsters Triggerman are to release a new three-track EP at the beginning of June. The rather enigmatically named ‘Origins, Lost Travellers & Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven’ was once again recorded at Einstein Studios, and will be released on June 2. The release – the follow up …

SWORN ENEMY will release their new album Living on Borrowed Time tomorrow via Rock Ridge Music/ADA. SWORN ENEMY continues their legacy with the addition of new guitarist Matt Garzilli, and bassist Mike Puccciarelli.   An album trailer can be viewed HERE.     The album is available for pre-order HERE.   …

DUST BOLT, the German shooting stars of Thrash Metal, will release their new album Awake the Riot on June 2nd in the UK and June 10th in USA/CAN via Napalm Records.   The album is available for pre-order on Amazon.   The band has released a new video for their song …

Anglo-Swedish modern metal powerhouse SONIC SYNDICATE have posted the second in-studio video trailer for the band’s upcoming fifth studio album:     Part #1 can be viewed here:       The album will be self-titled and is set to be released July 8, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Pre-order the album here! …

Exit State made the following announcement on their official Facebook page today: – *****EXIT STATE CALL IT A DAY***** It is with the deepest amount of sadness and regret that we announce that we have unfortunately come to the end of our journey as Exit State. The band feels that …

Veteran thrashers Indestructible Noise Command (I.N.C.) have signed to Ferocious Records, who will release the Connecticut band’s new album, ‘Black Hearse Serenade’, in the autumn. Despite having formed back in 1985, this is only the band’s fourth full-length album, the last having been ‘Heaven Sent…Hellbound’, released via Rising Records in Europe, and Candlelight …

ELECTRIC RIVER just released a new music video for ‘Calling Out’ – after collaborating with director/animator – Robin Fuller (The Defiled, Feed The Rhino) on a bold and thought provoking project. You can see the video here: The Kent rockers have just been confirmed as support to platinum selling US …

Laguna Sunrise are a 6 piece Post Metalcore band from Derby, UK taking inspiration from a wide range of modern music. From crushing technical breakdowns layered with dual singing and screaming to full orchestral symphonic sections with guitars to hardcore two step riffage to anthemic sing-a-longs. Video for the single …

The newest members of the Roadrunner Records roster, KING 810 are set to release their ‘proem‘ EP in the UK on 9th June, just prior to their appearance at Download Festival.  ‘proem’ is currently streaming in its entirety on RoadrunnerRecords.com and you can download the track ‘Fat Around The Heart’ …

‘Underground‘, the brand new song from HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS, featuring Vinnie Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath), Don Airey (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Michael Schenker),Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus), can be streamed below. The new album, ‘Big Trouble‘, to be released on 23th May via Mausoleum Records. Your favourite Classic Hard Rock artists together! …

Formed from the ashes of Irish extreme metal outfit Vistor Q; Vile Regression hit the scene in 2010 and released debut record ‘The Pattern Evolves’ in 2011 via Casket Music. Much to critics praise Vile Regression went on from the release to share stages with prolific heavyweights such as Dyscarnate, …

Minnesota’s Astral Blood are excited to announce that they will unleash their highly anticipated self-titled debut EP with Tridroid Records. Projected to be released in the summer of 2014 “Astral Blood” will feature 3 tracks of haunting atmospheric black metal.   Initially formed in early 2013 by Andrew Rasmussen (Also …

STP Records today announced: – It is not with a heavy heart, but with a sense of achievement, friendship, respect that we are announcing that STP Records will from 2015 be changing from a Label to a Distro only. All the bands we release for or have plans to release …

The Heavy Metal legends GRAVE DIGGER are set to release their long awaited brand new album ‘Return Of The Reaper’ on July 14th 2014 in the UK via Napalm Records. To get a first taste of the upcoming album, the band has now unveiled a snippet of the track Season …

Battlecross have launched three new live bootlegs! POV Recordings recently shot and edited live videos of “Flesh & Bone“, “Never Coming Back” and “Kaleb” from the band’s show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC. The videos can be seen on the Metal Blade Records, Battlecross, and POV Recordings youtube …