Press Release

On Wednesday (26th Aug), in near 100-degree heat and high humidity, a riot broke out in the exercise yard of the Sybil Brand Institute, the women’s prison in East Los Angeles, where Slayer shot the music video for the new track ‘Repentless.’  In fact, while SLAYER performed the track under that punishing sun over …

Fishing With Guns Unleashed Brand New Single ‘It’s Poutring’ 5 years after the release of the amazing ‘The fell’, France-based independent rock/stoner/southern-hardcore/metal quintet, Fishing With Guns is back to business with a brand new single called “It’s Poutring” available for streaming exclusive on Soundcloud (and the courtesy of Score A/V …

Hamilton, ON based PYRAMIDS ON MARS (the solo creation of guitarist Kevin Estrella) has teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com to offer fans a FREE download of the track ‘Battle For Rome’ from the upcoming ten track thriller ‘Echo Cosmic’, which is due out on September 8th to follow 2013’s full length self-titled debut. The album is inspired by Estrella’s fascination …

MetalAddicts Premiere BLEED ‘Blood Ashes’ Track From Upcoming Album ‘The Hatred Inside’ Out Sept 29th ‘The Hatred Spawn Tour (AB, BC) L-R – Mike Bell – Bass, Ron Kratky – Guitar, Chuck Murphy – Drums – Robert Kreed – Vocals Photo Credit – Penny Vanderheyden Committed – Song Stream – Soundcloud | Bandcamp   …

Unleashing their new album ‘Dust In Existence’ on September 22nd, one of Edmonton, AB’s most savage bands in the land DISPLAY OF DECAY has teamed up with Decibel Magazine to discharge their latest track ‘High Voltage Castration’ along with an interview with guitarist Sean Watson at the following link: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/24/throwing-frickin-bones-on-the-deciblog-display-of-decay Widely noted for …

Swedish Beatle-esque rockers Supralunar released a brand new video today for the eponymously titled track ‘Supralunar’ from their critically acclaimed album ‘A New Hope’ (Dead End Exit Records /Sound Pollution). The video makes fun of rock cliches and the band finds themselves reluctantly messing up a hotel room. The video …

Iron Maiden have just released a video game on ironmaiden.com   You can control Eddie through this retro Donkey Kong inspired platformer here – http://speedoflight.ironmaiden.com/ – what a way to spend the last few hours of a Friday!!   The game is based on the ‘Speed Of Light’ video Iron Maiden revealed last …

ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (Testament, Nevermore, Forbidden, Dragonlord, Vicious Rumors), recently announced the impending release of their second full-length album, The Final Cull, out September 18th worldwide via Scarlet Records.   Today, the band is revealing a second blistering track from The Final Cull, entitled …

Scott Weiland, “one of rock’s most dynamic front men” (Spin Mag), and his band the Wildabouts, released their first album ever on March 30th, 2015 on earMUSIC. Titled “Blaster”, the album was produced by Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), and recorded throughout 2014 at Lavish Studios in Burbank and at The Sandbox in …

Expert shred fusion guitarist RAMON ORTIZ, who was originally discovered on an international scale during his successful stints with revered Latin American metal groups Puya and Ankla, will release his second solo album Portal on September 15, 2015. The album is available for pre-order via iTunes now with instant-grat tracks. …

Oklahoma City-native quintet BROKEN FLESH recently announced the release of their upcoming self-titled brutal death metal album, set to release via Luxor Records on September 4, 2015. The new album features ten brand new tracks and two rerecorded tracks from the band’s 2009 debut, Forever In Flames. You can pre-order …

Arrival Of Autumn Posts New Lyric Video ‘The Court of Owls’ Left to right:  Jamison Friesen – Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar,  Brendan Anderson – Lead Guitar, Ty Fox – Drums Album Stream – Shadows – http://arrivalofautumn.bandcamp.com/album/shadows Live Lyric Video – Like Fire – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSnd43sMmCI Video – Drum Playthrough – Labyrinth (filmed …

Canadian cult metal act ANVIL is back! Striving to bypass the labels that have stood between the band and fans for years, ANVIL is creating their new record Anvil Is Anvil with a direct-to-fan approach in mind. Recently, the band teamed up with PledgeMusic to assure that fan connection, but …

Today Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have posted the first in a series of track-by-track videos offering insight and information on their ninth studio record, I Worship Chaos.  The first video covers the first three tracks on the album   01. I Hurt 02. My Bodom (I Am The …

Nitehawks – European Tour Confirmed, Debut Album Out In September Italian Heavy Metallers NITEHAWKS, who recently inked the deal with Skol Records, announced European Tour during which they will promote their upcoming debut album titled “Vendetta”, and during which they will visit Germany, Holland, Belgium, Ireland, Scotland and Switzerland. “Vendetta”, …

Forged in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, Harlott are one of the finest examples of modern thrash. Taking their influence from the 80’s bay area thrash scene, and blending it with the Teutonic melody and grit, they focus on high energy, up tempo music with lyrical influence from war, religion, chaos, …

MOTOR SISTER who feature Mother Superior founder, guitarist, and vocalist Jim Wilson fronting the band, with Anthrax’s Scott Ian on guitar, Pearl Aday on backing vocals, Joey Vera on bass, and John Tempesta on drums have announced they will hit the UK for the first time ever in January 2016 …

Legendary avant-garde pioneers and resurgent force Dog Fashion Disco are happy to announce their return to UK shores, following the release of the first song taken from upcoming album Ad Nauseam, out October 02. Have a listen to the eponymous track:   Formed in the mid-90’s, Dog Fashion Disco have …

BABYMETAL have announced their return to the UK next year. The worldwide phenomenon will headline London SSE Arena Wembley on April 2nd 2016. Tickets go on sale 10am Wednesday 2nd September. The news comes ahead of their main stage performance at Reading & Leeds Festivals this weekend, marking the end …

DEFECT DESIGNER has teamed up with NefariousRealm.com for the exclusive free track download of ‘Berenice’, one of  ten brutal assaulting tracks from their latest album ‘Ageing Accelerator’ released this past July via Sleaszy Rider Records. The album features a ferocious recording line up that includes drummer Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), guitarist Stelios Mavromitis (SepticFlesh live guitarist), …