Press Release

Today, Finnish black metal legends SARGEIST premiere the new track “Feeding the Crawling Shadows” on heavily trafficked tastemakers InvisibleOranges.com. The song is the title track to SARGEIST’s massively anticipated fourth album,  Feeding the Crawling Shadows, set for international release on March 31st via W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS for the CD version, with …

VAMPS(JPN), the Japanese rock band formed by and featuring HYDE (L’Arc~en~Ciel) and K.A.Z (Oblivion Dust), have confirmed that London-based rockers, The Howling, will open proceedings at their one-off UK headline show at Koko, London on Friday, March 28th. Ticket link:  http://po.st/vampsjpnKOKO‘   ‘SEX BLOOD ROCK N’ ROLL’, the international debut album from VAMPS(JPN), is out now on …

UK TECH-FEST, Europe’s first ever progressive and technical metal outdoor festival, returns 10-14 July 2014 with a crushing next-generation metal line-up.   Back for its third year, the festival has upgraded venue to the prestigious Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire. Set to be the biggest ever gathering of bands pushing metallic creativity and …

COMBICHRIST will release their forthcoming album, ‘We Love You’, on March 21 in Europe and March 24 in the UK via Out Of Line Music and on March 25 via Metropolis Records in the US.   The album can be streamed in its entirety here   For COMBICHRIST to name …

Oklahoma natives and saviors of southern-infused hard rock ANTI-MORTEM, have released an exclusive acoustic performance video for the song ‘Hate Automatic’ The song comes off the band’s highly anticipated debut album, New Southern. New Southern will be released in physical and digital formats on April 29, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The album was produced, …

Modern metal frontrunners MISS MAY I will release their ground-breaking new full-length album, Rise Of The Lion, in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records (April 28 in the UK, April 25 in Australia). In advance of its release, the band have just released an exclusive track by track guide to …

GHOST SHIP OCTAVIUS is a new progressive metal band formed in 2012 by lead guitarist Matt Wicklund (God Forbid, HIMSA, Warrel Dane), drummer Van Williams (Nevermore, Ashes of Ares, Pure Sweet Hell) and vocalist Adōn Fanion. The band’s sound features technical and groove metal elements, highlighted by Adōn’s powerful clean …

What do you get when you take 60 Metal Bands and have them play 120 Shows for only 3000 Fans from over 60 countries on one 154,000ton Cruise Ship sailing to Jamaica? 70000TONS OF METAL 2015! The Original! The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise!   Round 5, Still The Original! …

San Antonio, TX melodic metalcore up-and-comers KINGDOM COLLAPSE and Revolver Magazine have teamed up to bring you their brand new music video for the track “Bottom Feeder”, cut from their recent EP Common Ground. The video can be viewed here via Revolvermag.com, featuring blistering studio performance footage displaying the band’s …

Today, THE GOLDEN GRASS premiere the new track “Sugar & Spice” at heavily trafficked tastemakers Noisey – Music By Vice. Bringing back the glory of American hard rock, the track hails from THE GOLDEN GRASS’ self-titled debut album, set for international release on May 9th via SVART RECORDS. This Brooklyn-based power-trio …

NIGHTWISH keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album, The Life And Times Of Scrooge. The album is based on the Don Rosa illustrated book The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck and will be released on April, 14th via Nuclear Blast.   …

As announced earlier this month, the upcoming official ALICE COOPER documentary, Super Duper Alice Cooper, will premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and will hit theaters nationwide beginning April 30, 2014. Super Duper Alice Cooper will officially premiere on April 17, 2014 and is presented by Banger Films, in …

Melodic technical metal band SUBVERSION comes back swinging from a short hiatus with a new sound, new label and a taste for blood.   Rogue Records America is proud to announce yet another amazing band to the family. SUBVERSION has signed a two album deal with Rogue for publishing and …

Spanish heavy metallers KILMARA signed a publishing/distribution deal with Sony Music, the new 12 track album “Love Songs And Other Nightmares“, due out April 8th worldwide via Sony Music. The new single “The Break Up” out now,  can be streamed here: https://soundcloud.com/sonymusicspain/the-break-up-kilmara/s-ZVE7Z   “If our preceding record was something like a tribute to bands like Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Scorpions or Helloween themselves, in this …

HOUNDS release their new EP ‘Begin Transmission Part 2’ and confirm both live performances at Sonisphere on July 4th and Camden Rocks on May 31st. “Begin Transmission Part 2’ EP features 3 original HOUNDS songs and a cover of Whiteout by Killing Joke. The decision to cover this song was …

John Browne from the progressive metal band Monuments has released the following statement to promote a project he is working on. “I, The Creator of Monuments will be releasing a brand new solo song on the 17th March at 7pm GMT. This song is a solo piece of writing that …

Metal supergroup Down has unveiled their new track “We Knew Him Well” from their upcoming EP Down IV – Part Two, out May 13th via Down Records/ADA Music. Stereogum premiered “We Knew Him Well,” calling it “a titanic, bludgeoning deep-head-nod groove…it’s gloriously messy but locked-in in the way that only …

It has been three years since BELPHEGOR released their highly acclaimed album ‘Blood Magick Necromance’. During this period, the band had also been forced to take a break while frontman Helmuth recovered from a severe illness. Now the time has come for BELPHEGOR to return bigger and stronger than ever! …

On May 12th in Europe and on May 13th in North America, VALLENFYRE’s second full-length, Splinters, will be released via Century Media Records. The simple, yet striking cover artwork was created by Brian D’Agosta, who previously drew a logo for VALLENFYRE bassist Scoot’s other band, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND, as well as artwork for …

Aborym, the legendary extreme electro/industrial metal band, featuring Italians Fabban and Paolo Pieri (Hour Of Penance) together with Norway’s Bard “Faust” Eithun (Emperor, Blood Tsunami, Mongo Ninja), has inked a new record deal with Agonia Records. Details on band’s seventh full-length album, the follow-up to 2013’s Dirty, are yet to …