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Finnish pagan metal act MOONSORROW have launched an epic video for their brand-new track ‘Suden Tunti’ (The Hour Of The Wolf), which is taken off their upcoming new album ‘Jumalten Aika’. “This is the shortest song we’ve done in more than ten years!” comments Ville Sorvali. “It has all the elements that …

Sick of the dismal March weather? Well London based alt rockers This Year’s Ghostare here to brighten up your day. The band have announced a series of shows in support of their 2015 debut EP ‘Yesterday Becomes Tomorrow Today‘. Chocked full of pounding riffs and catchy as hell choruses, as well …

MOTHER FEATHER were in London last week for press, a showcase at The Crobar and to record a session for the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. The four track session which features “Living, Breathing”, “I.C.U.”, “Mother Feather” and “Trampoline” is available to listen to for a …

PAINTED WIVES launched a new lyric video for the track ‘Hollow Bones’ taken from their debut album ‘Obsessed With The End’, which will be released on April 29th, 2016 via Century Media Records! PAINTED WIVES are a perfect enigma of a band. Their Century Media debut, ‘Obsessed With The End’ …

Glasgow alternative rockers Servant Sun have released the first video from their new EP ‘Hundred Waves’ which is released in the UK on the 15th of April. Blasting out of the gate, ‘Taste of Silver’ tempers a galloping guitar assault and double bass charge with an unshakable refrain as a searing lead explodes. Enough …

The third heat of this year’s Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition in Belfast brought with it one of those thankfully all too frequent, and horrible clashes, which sometimes can plague any scene, the local metallians – and, by default, your PM team, having to split themselves in two, at …

Joe Bonamassa pays homage to the music of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, with Special Guest JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR OPENS FOR JOE BONAMASSA AT HOGTON TOWER, LONDON GREENWICH MUSIC TIME FESTIVAL AND NEWARK CASTLE Joe Bonamassa’s love of the British Blues is at the heart of his musical inspiration; …

Italian horror metallers CADAVERIA have released the music video for the song Carnival of Doom. The song is taken from the album Silence, released in late 2014 via Scarlet Records. 2016 marks 15 years of the band activity. CADAVERIA are now working on new material and they are preparing more …

Saturday morning at Camp Hard Rock Hell dawned crisp and bright, with the day going on to prove to be warmest of the weekend.  And so, as the sun made its first appearance, and after a morning of hanging around the press area waiting on bands not turning up for …

We’ve reached the Semi Final stages of Metal 2 The Masses Ireland and tonight at Fibber Magees in the post Paddy’s Day turmoil, five bands are making their case to play at this year’s final in May. The first two slots in the auspicious final will be filled tonight, one …

Joe Bonamassa is back with a new studio album “Blues of Desperation” which features all-new material, and once again is produced by Kevin Shirley. Recorded in just five days in Nashville, Joe delivers eleven stunningly good original tracks, backed by the dual drummers, Anton Fig and Greg Morrow, bassist Michael Rhodes, …

This was recorded at Danko Jones third appearance at Wacken last year and captures the enigmatic front man at his best.  So far Danko’s quirky, alternative, electric personality has seen him become an independent commentator, spoken word artist and columnist for The Huffington Post. On this though, he is the …

After an early night due to travelling and working the day before, I woke up on the Friday of Hammerfest feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. Determined to catch everyone, the first band of the day were Stone Broken. The room was still only half full, perhaps …

MOONSPELL Hit The UK and Ireland Next Week! MOONSPELL play three shows in the UK and one in Ireland starting at Doom Over London at The Dome, Tufnell Park on March 26, 2016. Frontman Fernando Ribero comments: “We are thrilled to get back on the road to extinction, our destiny …

Hailing from Warsaw, Poland, Sunnata have been carving a niche for themselves in the noise/post metal scene since 2008. Blending several different textural ideas, they most certainly bring something new to the table, but does it all work? Sunnata begin Zorya with the multi-layered post metal dirge of “Beasts of …

Slabdragger return with a truly monolithic new release in the form of Rise of the Dawncrusher. With songs upwards of fifteen minutes, this release takes you through a journey of not just the concept, but heavy music itself. Strap yourselves in and hold on tight, this is a long album. First up is …

Irish death-groove trio Dead Label return with their second album, Throne Of Bones. Recorded at East West Studios on Sunset Boulevard towards the end of last year, it sees the band maturing into a well-oiled machine. Dead Label toured sections of the States between their visits to the studio and …

The night was opened by support band Damn Dice, a 5-piece outfit based in London, to a woefully small crowd. After a short intro they went into their first song – I didn’t catch the title but it was quite fast with good harmony vocals and reminded me a bit …

  Anti-Clone Mushroomhead UK shows + New song ‘Astaroth’ now streaming PHD 29 April 2016 Anti-Clone announced for Mushroomhead UK shows – New song ‘Astaroth’ now streaming online – Debut album produced by Matt Hyde (Slipknot) Art by Mister Sam (Rob Zombie) – Out 29.4.2016 via Phd “Likely to be …

Progressive Death/Thrash Outfit HEMOTOXIN have partnered with Metal Underground for the premiere of new song “Forgotten Faces” from upcoming Unspeakable Axe Records album Biological Enslavement. Stream the song at the link below. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=121951 HEMOTOXIN will release sophomore full-length Biological Enslavement April 15 on Unspeakable Axe Records.  Pre-order it here. Another new track, Transparent Eyes,” …