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Desaster Announces North American Tour Dates German blackened-thrashers Desaster will return to North America this May for four special concerts! Featuring the band’s first Canadian performance, plus an appearance at MDF, these rare shows are not to be missed; see below for all dates! Desaster tour dates May 26 – Club Garibaldi’s …

Red Eye was always going to be a bitter/sweet album for me to review. 1985 saw the release of Vardis’ last studio album Vigilante and the following year saw them split. I’ve been a fan since 1979 so I was ecstatic when they finally got together again about 3yrs ago …

The crowd is quite large for the event venue. You will notice many folks leave to enjoy playing Bingo Buddha indoor. Just when you though Download Festival had finished announcing everything and were preparing for the arrival of 100,000 people…they went and made a bunch of announcements! Firstly, we all …

Heavy Psych Sounds Records is happy to announce the exclusive release of punk metal legends MONDO GENERATOR’s Best Of Album on vinyl and CD this September 23rd. About this new release, MONDO GENERATOR‘s frontman Nick Oliveri stated: “I’m stoked that somebody wants to put out the best of record and the songs on the …

DELAIN have just announced they return to the UK and Ireland in November 2016 to support the upcoming album release scheduled for the summer 2016!!! Make sure to catch the band and their energetic live shows on the following dates! With Special Guest EVERGREY and support KOBRA AND THE LOTUS: …

Successful crossover bands are like holographic, first edition Charizard Pokemon cards – they’re rare but magnificent in every way. When it comes to Hatebreed, we have ourselves such a band. For the past two decades they’ve blended metal and hardcore with effortless aplomb, able to excite both the fiercely loyal …

Although they have been kicking up dust since the turn of the millennium, PlanetMosh did not properly cross paths with psyched out Greek stoners Planet Of Zeus until they turned up on the Belfast team’s doorstep supporting Clutch on one of the few tours to go ahead in the wake …

Stone Free Festival reveals full weekend details, exclusive events & new additions to the bill at The O2, London ADDITIONAL WEEKEND LINE UP REVEALED MORE ACTS ADDED TO THE BILL  SPEAK EASY LOUNGE ANNOUNCED including Alice Cooper in conversation with writer David Quantick The legendary Roger Dean in conversation with …

Between the Buried and Me and Devin Townsend Project Announce “Transcending The Coma Tour” Fall Co-Headlining Tour Two of progressive metal’s most influential bands will join forces for the “Transcending the Coma Tour” this fall:Between the Buried and Me and Devin Townsend Project have plotted a co-headlining run, with Fallujah as support! Tickets will be on …

UK TECH-FEST has announced a series of warm-up all dayers featuring some of the hottest bands climbing the tech-metal ranks and serving as a great taster for the main event which takes place 7 – 10 July at the Newark Showground. Spanning three major cities, the all-dayer line ups are as follows: …

DEEZ NUTS are thrilled to announce further touring in support of their latest album “Word Is Bond”. which entered the German charts at #34 upon its release in April 2015. DEEZ NUTS EUROPEAN SUMMER TOUR 2016 pt. 2 29.07.16 (CZ) Moravská Třebová – Pod Parou 30.07.16 (AT) Innsbruck – Weekender 02.08.16 (DE) München – Free And Easy …

UK metallers DARK FOREST have recently finished the recordings of their upcoming new longplayer “Beyond The Veil” at HellFire Studio and are currently in the process of mixing and mastering. The release date is set for August 26th, 2016 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Beside almost 70 minutes of astonishing heavy metal with …

Rival Karma have released a video for their single ‘Living Dreams‘. The track is taken from the bands upcoming debut EP ‘Dames‘, which will be unleashed on the 3rd of June 2016. Rival Karma are also heading out on a UK tour this month. You can catch them at the …

This autumn Nordvis wants to extend the invitation to a gathering; a feast celebrating the vigor and growth we’ve experienced over the past year. To commemorate this we will bring you the fruits of our harvest, tones from: PANOPTICON (First performance in Europe) Grift Skogen Forndom Waldgeflüster Some of them …

In support of ABORTED’s latest studio album ‘Retrogore’ – which is out now via Century Media Records –  the band will be hitting the road for a run of European dates next February/March alongside Kreator, Sepultura & Soilwork. The band comments: “Retrogore over Europe… After the festival season this will be …

French Power / Speed veterans LONEWOLF to headline Gineta Rock Festival 2016 in Albacete, Spain this coming June. Gineta Rock Festival recently announced LONEWOLF, the Power / Speed Metal band hailing from France, as headliners of the festival’s 2016 edition in Albacete, Spain. Organized by the association of Rock Corazón de Metal, …

Following a successful European run with prog masterminds Leprous and cinematic rockers Earthside, Voyager have have just announced that to round off their ‘V’ album cycle, they’ll be supporting the mighty Deftones and Karnivool across Australia. The tour will kick off at Perth’s Metro City on Tuesday 8th November, before …

Supersonic Blues Machine debut European Live performance with Billy Gibbons, Robben Ford & Walter Trout: 4th June at Holland International Blues Festival      “Modern blues doesn’t get much better than this” – “Superb” 9/10 The Blues “Formidable…a modern day super-session which manages to hang on to the heart and soul” …

The Sensei’s of ‘Samurai Metal’ have teamed up with Metal Hammer UK for a pre-release stream of their third album Metsutan – Songs of the Void, set for release on May 20th through Redhouse FMP / Inverse Records.   Metal Hammer commented, “Metsutan – Songs Of The Void is a bombastic rush of …

Provogue are delighted to announce the signing of The Apocalypse Blues Revue, the incredible new project from Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola. They will join the home of blues alongside Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, Warren Haynes, Leslie West, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart and SIMO. Alongside Larkin (drums) and …