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Bloodstock’s 2015 ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ tour kicks off on the Emerald Isle this weekend, with the first finals in this year’s competition to earn coveted places on the festival’s ‘New Blood’ stage. The festival has a long standing reputation for supporting grass roots metal and the annual M2TM programme …

Right before extreme metal titans ARCH ENEMY kick off their next European tour in France tonight, they are releasing a digital single for the track ‘Stolen Life (2015 Version)’. This brand-new version of the song that was originally released on the 2014 album, War Eternal, features additional lead/solo parts of …

Citizen have announced that they will release their highly anticipated sophomore albumEverybody Is Going To Heaven on June 23, 2015 via Run For Cover Records.  The band revealed the first single of the album, “Cement” today on Noisey.  Marrying gloom and beauty with the confrontational lyrics of singer Mat Kerekes, …

Here is a short preview of a brand new song entitled “Oddities From The Ravishing Chasm” taken from the forthcomingDisarmonia Mundi album “Cold Inferno” will be released on 9 June 2015 via Coroner Records. You can pre-order Disarmonia Mundi “Cold Inferno” (CD Digipak or T-Shirt or CD Digipak + T-Shirt) here.   Track …

Cave Of Swimmers Release New Music Video ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’ With the release of Reflection just yesterday, Cave Of Swimmers have released a brand new music video for lead single ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’. ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The …

A few weeks after its official release on CD and digital on the main legal platforms (iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon..), “Dark & rusty”, the brand new record by French folk/rock outfit Undobar is now also available on vinyl format through its own webstore. To celebrate this release, the band just put the album for …

RavenEye are set to release their debut EP “Breaking Out” via Rook Recordings on 11th May 2015.  The band has just finished touring with  Blues Pills and will head out to Europe next month for dates as main support to Slash. Even though he’s still only 25 year sold, Oli …

New York City stoner/doom rock collective, KINGS DESTROY have today released their self titled, third album.  The follow-up to last year’s critically-lauded A Time Of Hunting full-length was produced and mixed by Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.) at Studio G in Brooklyn, mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in …

‘The Taken’ appears on OCEANO’s new studio album, ‘Ascendants’, which is out now worldwide and features nine crushing new tracks which propel the band’s trademark hybrid of bone-splintering brutality into devastating new realms.   Chicago deathcore titans OCEANO have launched a video for the track ‘The Taken’ – OCEANO frontman …

IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SELL OUT – GET YOUR EARLY BIRD TICKET BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Wake up Brighton, Breakout Festival is back! First release early bird tickets sold out after a record breaking day but don’t worry, even more have been released though they haven’t slowed down! There’s just over …

48Hours had a huge 2014, which saw them release their full length debut ‘Recovery’, receiving airplay from the Xfm rock show and Kerrang! radio. 2015 has seen Gary, Adam and Matt continue their momentum with several tours and additional live shows with the band sharing the stage with the likes of Ashestoangels, William …

Swedish singer Mats Levén, former singer of legendary gothic band Therion, collaborates with alternative metal band Tristana from Slovakia. The act calls Tristana feat. Mats Levén and confirm summer festivals. Mats Levén began his carrer on 1986 in bands Swedish Erotica and Treat. In 1997 came his first worldwide succes …

The Art Gates Records staff is pleased to announce Stormhold as the new artist to enter in our growing rooster of artists. This Metal act from Sweden was born in 2008 and their sound is based in Power Metal, with a touch of Swedish Folk music and influences from Classic Hard Rock from the …

Celebrating its 10th year, GHOSTFEST is back and bigger than ever! Now introducing a GHOSTFEST SOUTH date, the festival takes place at Leeds University Union on 6 September before travelling to Bristol to do it all again at Motion on the 7th. Joining the bill for this year’s bash is …

Swedish melodic metal group SOILWORK and Texas breakout band SHATTERED SUN are pleased to announce that they will join Brazilian/Arizona-local metal iconsSOULFLY on an internationally-inspired North American headlining tour starting September 30th in Los Angeles, CA! The tour will also feature support from Polish technical death metal band DECAPITATED. Tickets for …

Static Tensions Recordings is pleased to announce its latest signing, California thrashers TORMENTER. The label will be releasing the band’s previously self-released album Prophetic Deceiver, which received rave reviews upon release. The album is set to be released on July 24 2015. The band is recommended if you like Exodus, …

Miami-based Progressive Metal Duo CAVE OF SWIMMERS have released new EP Reflection.  Purchase and/or stream it at this location.   Coinciding with the EP release, the band has also released an official video for single “The Prince of the Power of the Air.” The one and only JASON NEWSTED had …

I have known Bobby for many years and was lucky enough to have photographed the last UK Blackfoot tour for the band. Recently Bobby took time out to have a quick trans-Atlantic chat. For those new to Bobby he is best known as the voice of the Southern Rock Legends Blackfoot and of …

This is a new band to me therefore I had no idea what to expect, which is actually refreshing. So I stick it on and press play and here is what I heard. No Bros were a Austian hard rock band who formed in 1974, they played rock music in …

Coal Chamber on Tour in May & June 2015! 13 years after the band split up, US nu-metal legends in Coal Chamber are finally back with their sensational new album ‘Rivals‘, to be released on  May 19th in US/CAN and May 25th in the UK via Napalm Records! To celebrate the …