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LONDON GIG ON MARCH 3RD HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO THE UNDERWORLD   THE ORIGINAL DATE AT THE BARFLY SOLD-OUT IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS   New EP ‘The Stranger’, out February 19th on Roadrunner Records UK   Lead track ‘Black Mass’ named as Radio 1’s ‘Rockest Record’   “The cult …

Doom Odyssey in 3, 2, 1. . . SLABDRAGGER come back with a new album on Holy Roar Records this February. As much as “space odyssey” could be an accurate term to describe London doom/sludge unit SLABDRAGGER’s forthcoming second album “Rise Of The Dawncrusher” on Holy Roar Records, you’d better be warned that a …

Rivers of Nihil Announce New Drummer; Launch Drum Play-Through for “Perpetual Growth Machine” Online photo credit: Simon Girard Progressive death metal outfit Rivers of Nihil have amicably parted ways with drummer Alan Balamut. Regarding the split, Alan comments: “Hey everyone. I’m sure many of you already know and some may not but …

Before the luxury of the internet, the only way I could listen to new hard rock/metal music in my mid teens would be from Chris Tetley on Piccadilly Radio and Tommy Vance on the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1, so from the latter in 1980 I heard a single …

Swedish street metallers GEHENNAH releases 2nd single ‘Life Metal Must Die’ via website of Rock Hard Germany! GEHENNAH is back to stink up the scene once again, with their fourth full length album “Too Loud To Live, Too Drunk To Die“, set for release February 12th 2016. This marks the bands …

Ketzer Premieres New Track ‘When Milk Runs Dry’ via Zero Tolerance Set to release their new full-length, ‘Starless‘, on January 29th via Metal Blade Records, Germany’s KETZER has just launched a new track, ‘When Milk Runs Dry‘, via Zero Tolerance. To hear the latest from the five-piece, head over here: http://www.ztmag.com/blog/news/zt-premiere-new-ketzer-track-now-streaming/ For another preview of …

Act of Defiance Announces North American Headlining Tour, Plus Select Dates with Hatebreed After recently completing a North American tour with label-mates Allegaeon, plus some shows with Killswitch Engage right before the new year, Act of Defiance is ready to get back on the road again, for another headlining trek! Shawn Drover (drums) comments: “After just …

 German Thrash Metallers EXUMER launch new single ‘Sinster Souls‘ via website of Rock Hard Germany and announce “The Raging Tides” as their fourth album to be released 29th January 2016 via Metal Blade Records! You can now listen to the 2nd single ‘Sinister Souls‘ via Rock Hard Germany at THIS location! Comments singer Mem von Stein: “As …

Northern Ireland-born Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick certainly believes in keeping busy.  In 2015 he released no less than three PledgeMusic-funded solo albums, and toured virtually non-stop in support of BSR’s own second album, ‘The Killer Instinct’.  In between this, he also undertook a UK tour with band mate, …

Russia’s Answer to Metallica? Mechanical Man Set to Release Their Powerful Debut Album Quoted by webzine Prog Sphere as an album that “is comprised of everything an album must include, and that is energy, powerful performance, melody, [and] well-thought songwriting” Mechanical Man’s eight track release moves between the spheres of …

Hammerhead To Release Special “Brofest Exclusive” 7″ single in February 2016 HAMMERHEAD originally formed in the late ’70s and played throughout the ’80s, becoming known as part of the NWOBHM scene, after releasing the single “Time Will Tell c/w Lonely Man” in 1981, which reached No 5 in the British …

Pop rock quartet Set It Off have premiered their latest music video for their recent album title track ‘Duality’. ‘Duality’ was released late 2014, the band are currently in the studio working towards the new album which is expected this year. Singer Cody comments: “The music video for ‘Duality’ is more than just a music …

Capacitor Records’ new release “You Can’t Kill Rock ‘N Roll” is a fund-raising compilation for Supersuckers’ frontman Eddie Spaghetti’s fight against stage three oropharynx cancer. It features unreleased tracks from Mudhoney, ZEKE, Jack Endino, John McBain, the first track that The Derelicts have recorded in 25 years and many more! …

Metal Church Announce Track Listing and Cover Artwork for New Album ‘XI’ Hard rock titans Metal Church have announced the track listing and unveiled the cover artwork for their latest album ‘XI’, due for release on March 25th via Nuclear Blast. The band’s 11th studio release also marks the return …

Progressive/technical death metal masterminds OBSCURA have revealed a third new track from their highly anticipated forthcoming full-length Akroasis! “The Monist” has premiered via MetalSucks.net, and can be streamed HERE.   Another new single from Akróasis, “Sermon Of The Seven Suns”, recently premiered via Loudwire – stream it now AT THIS …

NWOBHM Legends Saxon To Release 9 Album Vinyl Box Set via Demon Records on 18th March 2016 Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary Saxon Box Set containing vinyl LPs of the band’s nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. “Eagles and Dragons” will be released on …

UK Battle Doomsters CONAN will return to North American this March in support of their new album Revengeance due out January 29th via Napalm Records.  Today the band announces a new North American tour alongside Serial Hawk.  The tour is set to kick off March 3rd in Chicago, IL and …

BRAND NEW HEADLINE SHOW LONDON ELECTRIC BALLROOM – JUNE 1ST New single ‘We Could Be’ passes 1.5 million video views #15 on Spotify UK Viral Top 50 #22 on iTunes Alt Chart **THREE SOLD OUT LONDON SHOWS**  BOSTON MUSIC ROOMS – 2nd, 3rd & 4th March “Where is the next band …

California’s power shred act Exmortus would have fit right in on Mike Varney‘s Shrapnel Records in the late 1980s, if not for the band’s double bass drum and extreme metal vocal styling. On 2016’s Ride Forth, the band proves there is beauty in all sorts of precision: the hyper-realist creates …

  Seminal prog pioneers YES has announced an extensive UK and European tour for April 2016. The band will be performing 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’ in their entirety, the latter for the very first time, plus other seminal tracks including ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Starship Trooper’.   …