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Switzerland’s legendary hard rock act KROKUS are back with a brand new studio album – ‘BIG ROCKS’ is penned for a January 27th 2017 release via Century Media Records. On ‘BIG ROCKS’ KROKUS are paying tribute to bands and artists like Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Steppenwolf, Neil Young, Bob …

TRIVIUM have shared ‘Lake of Fire’, the third and final instant grat track from their forthcoming reissue of Ember To Inferno, out December 2 via Cooking Vinyl. Listen to “Lake of Fire” here. “‘The Red Album’ is the best recorded version of the absolute earliest Trivium there is,” said singer and guitarist Matt Heafy. “‘Thrust’ was the very first Trivium …

Award-winning blues-rock guitarist Aynsley Lister is back on tour in the UK again after playing 20 shows in Europe. Aynsley kicks off the second part of his UK Tour on Thursday 1st December 2016 at the Putney Half Moon. Aynsley Lister’s 41-date UK and European tour dovetails the release of …

Silence was reigning the camp of Finnish heavy metallers, BATTLE BEAST, during the last weeks. But now this tranquillity has come to an end – the band with frontwoman Noora Louhimo has returned and are set to release their fourth studio record titled ‘Bringer Of Pain’, on February 17th, 2017 …

STONE SOUR celebrate the 10th anniversary of their classic second album, ‘Come What(ever) May’ with a deluxe edition released on 16th December via digital download, streaming and 2 x LP black & gold mixed vinyl – the album’s first ever vinyl release. The edition is heralded by a previously unreleased acoustic version …

KISS, America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category, are pleased to announce further Arena shows across Europe in May 2017. Having already announced Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland, KISS now add Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic and the UK. Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer …

From tragedy comes triumph! It has been almost a year since the sad loss of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. The day after his death, drummer Mikkey Dee announced that the band was over. Guitarist Phil Campbell, who had been in the band since 1984 has now put together the Phil …

Finland has always been a breeding ground for outstanding doom bands and Spiritus Mortis are no exception. The band formed in 1987 and has an impressive array of demos and split releases along the way – this is actually only their 4th full length release. It has been 7 years …

Reinvigorated US death metal maestros Morta Skuld have completed work on their new studio album, & first full-length release since the ‘Surface’ album in 1997. Titled Wounds Deeper Than Time, the band has reunited with original label Peaceville Records for this latest opus, set for release on 17th February 2017. Wounds Deeper …

US alt rock four-piece DOMMIN have announced their third album will be titled ‘Beautiful Crutch’. Produced and mixed by the band’s namesake, Kristofer Dommin, ‘Beautiful Crutch’ will be released via DNRecords on December 22, for the winter solstice. Fans keen to be involved in the process for the remarkable new album and …

Finland’s apocalyptic post punks GRAVE PLEASURES (spawned from the internationally acclaimed, BEASTMILK) release a new 7” EP ‘Funeral Party’ this Friday 18th November, via frontman Mat McNerney’s own Secret Trees record label.  The 7” was self produced and recorded in Finland, but mastered by John Davis (Savages, Bat For Lashes, Lana …

WEDNESDAY 13 is set to make a return to UK shores with his ‘Undead, Unplugged’ set in February 2017.  The popular evening features an extended set of acoustic takes on his catalogue of songs, plus a wealth of tales regaled from his career and years on the road.  Support comes …

There are some nights that might fall a bit flat due to the anticipation they are afforded. Not a chance of that though when either King King or Broken Witt Rebels are in town. Get both on the same bill and what results is musical dynamite. Both bands quite simply …

A mixture of  Rik Emmett’s touring band in the new guise of RESolution9, plus the additions of  legendary guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush and Dream Theater front man James LaBrie, makes the album RES 9 something of a force of nature on tornado proportions.  Bundles of slick, powerhouse guitar, a thumping bass …

Andy Bennett is best known as a member of Ocean Colour Scheme, in which he played guitar for over a decade before leaving the band last year to focus on his own solo projects.  He’s just released his solo album, Thinkin’ Drinkin’ Singin’ via Swan Music. In terms of the …

Demonstealer Releases New Lyric Video for ‘Frail Fallible’  Featuring George Kollias on Drums Indian metal artist Demonstealer, who also fronts Demonic Resurrection has released a new lyric video for the song ‘Frail Fallible’. The song comes of his latest album ‘This Burden Is Mine‘ and features George Kollias on drums. Watch the lyric video here: The lyric …

        Obzidian return with their third full length album ‘Obliteration Process’, marking a triumphant follow up to 2014’s acclaimed ‘Concrete Psychosis’, and what a hefty slab of Metal it proves to be       ‘Obliteration Process’ is one of those albums that just does not mess …

Tonight’s lineup looked pretty damn good – Airbourne with support from Crobot.  It then got better with the addition of The Franklys, a band I hadn’t seen live before, but I’ve heard the EP and really like it, so I was looking forward to all three bands on the bill.  …

Jon Lord is best remembered by rock fans as the keyboard player from Deep Purple.  His Hammond Organ sound was a key part of Deep Purple’s music, but he was far more than just an ordinary keyboard player – he was a composer too.  By composer I don”t mean he …

BLACK STAR RIDERS BAND RELEASE FIRST TRAILER FOR THIRD ALBUM ‘HEAVY FIRE‘ A week ago, Black Star Riders announced their third studio album, “Heavy Fire“, set for release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment in February 2017. Today, the band have revealed the first video trailer in which frontman Ricky Warwick explains the writing process behind …