There are a number of significant features, which help to distinguish a good metal act from an outstanding one. Musical skills, strong songwriting qualities and a professional performance are some of the prerequisites which every band should have, but much more important is an individual style, an independent artistic signature, …
Read More »Hybrid Sheep – ‘Free From The Clutches Of Gods’
Hailing from the eastern French region of Haute Savoie, Hybrid Sheep play traditional deathcore heavy enough to induce devastating avalanches on nearby Mont Blanc and send it crumbling into Lake Geneva. For where these five young guys score heavily is in their emphasis on old-school death metal sensibilities – such …
Read More »A LIGHT WITHIN Release “Between Shores” For Download
Post-metallers A Light Within from Kansas City, MO, have released “Between Shores” on a Name Your Price basis on their Bandcamp page. The track comes as the next step in the band’s evolving sound from their début EP Preface. In an interview with Dutch Metal Maniac (read here), guitarist Jeff …
Read More »UFO – New Studio album ‘A Conspiracy Of Stars’ Released 23rd February on SPV
Multi-million selling veteran classic British hard rock / metal band UFO are set to release their awesome 22nd studio album, ‘A Conspiracy Of Stars’, recorded, produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides, (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy , Gary Moore etc), as a Digipak (including poster and bonus track), jewel case CD, …
Read More »FemME – Female Metal Event (DVD)
Late September 2014 saw the first FemME (Female Metal Event) held at Effenaar in Eindhoven. It was a one-day festival featuring bands with female members (primarily on vocals). It was a great day, and this year’s event promised to be bigger and better having been expanded to a two day …
Read More »Secret Rule release new music video
Secret Rule release second video from the upcoming “TRANSPOSED EMOTIONS” album We’re excited to present “Secret Place” which is the second music video by Secret Rule from their “Transposed Emotions” album set for release on Rocksector Records on 16th February 2015.Directed by Marco Gallo, the video is a fast-paced follow-up …
Read More »U.D.O – Decadent
German heavy metal legend Udo Dirkschneider is back with another album with his band U.D.O. It’s their fifteenth studio album – this is a man who doesn’t take things easy, as he’s released an album pretty much every two years for the last couple of decades, as well as several …
Read More »UPON A BURNING BODY Posts Official Tour Trailer
UPON A BURNING BODY is set to head out on their co-headline “Slow Your Troll and Know Your Role” tour with labelmates Veil of Maya this week, beginning on Thursday, January 8th in Atlanta, GA! To commemorate the kick-off, the band has released the official tour trailer here: Presented …
Read More »Ian Siegal to release new live album “One Night In Amsterdam”
Award-winning British songwriter, Ian Siegal, is set to release “One Night In Amsterdam”, his first full-band live album on CD and vinyl on March 9th. Released by Nugene Records, the new album dovetails Siegal’s nationwide March UK tour which kicks off at the Chester Live Rooms on March 17th. Fans …
Read More »Bigfoot – Bigfoot EP
Bigfoot are a five piece hard rock band that were only formed in Spring 2014 .They are from Wigan and combine powerful vocals, dual lead guitars and a heavy driving rhythm section. They state their influences are from The Eagles to Pantera. The band members are:-Antony Ellis -Lead Vocals, Sam …
Read More »Kataklysm start recording new album
Canadian death metallers Kataklysm have revealed that their new album – tentatively scheduled for a summer release via Nuclear Blast – will be called ‘Of Ghosts And Gods’. The band are currently in the studio recording the album – the follow up to 2013’s ‘Waiting For The End To Come’ …
Read More »Amon Amarth, Huntress & Savage Messiah tour kicks off this month
Swedish heavy metal icons AMON AMARTH will be returning to Europe in January/February for a month long tour in regional UK, regional France and Spain/Portugal. The band comments: “UK, Portugal, Spain, France and UK…get ready this January for a Viking invasion! We’ll be making an extensive UK expedition where we’ll be pillaging …
Read More »Relapse Records announce first batch of anniversary re-issues
Relapse Records have announced details of the first deluxe final re-issues, being released to mark the label’s 25th anniversary. Throughout 2015, the label will be commemorating the milestone with an extensive reissue campaign, featuring many of their classic and underground titles on deluxe vinyl. The first batch of four albums …
Read More »BOMBUS Supporting Monster Magnet In Europe
Swedish powerhouse BOMBUS is joining forces with Amercian heavyweights MONSTER MAGNET to spread some massive riffs over Europe in February 2015. Check out BOMBUS‘ latest music video “Let Her Die” from the current album “The Poet And The Parrot” at the link below. The video was produced by their former …
Read More »DIABLO BLVD Release Second Official ‘Follow The Deadlights’ Video Trailer
Belgium’s finest, anthemic grooving rock/metal machine DIABLO BLVD have released the second official video trailer for the band’s upcoming album, Follow The Deadlights: The band will release their Nuclear Blast debut on January 26, 2015. Pre-order the album: http://smarturl.it/DIABLO-BLVD-NB Recently an extensive digital EP has been released – the Rise Like Lions digital EP includes: 01. Rise Like Lions …
Read More »ENTER SHIKARI Unveil New Single & Video ‘Anaesthetist’
Straight out of the blocks for 2015, Enter Shikari unveil ‘Anaesthetist’, the latest track to be released from their forthcoming album ‘The Mindsweep’ (out January 19th 2015), and one of the most fan-anticipated new pieces of music from the St Alban’s quartet since it’s UK live debut at Reading / …
Read More »THE BATTERY ELECTRIC to Release ‘The Heart and The Thrill’ 10th March
THE BATTERY ELECTRIC is a rock and roll band based in Asbury Park, NJ. Formed in the summer of 2012 by three friends wanting to re-create back to basics rock and roll with strong influences of punk, soul, garage, and American classic rock, they have a crafted a sound that’s both …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK Launches 2015 Deposit Scheme
It’s the first week back to the grind, but here comes BLOODSTOCK HQ with some news to brighten your week! If you’ve not picked up your ticket yet, the very popular deposit scheme is now available to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2015 ticket. Now you …
Read More »YESTERDAY’S SAINTS to Release Full Length Debut Album 3rd February
Concept albums are not new territory in metal by any means. But Northern Virginia’s YESTERDAY’S SAINTS elevate the notion of conceptual metal to a whole other level, thanks to the rich, extensive storytelling and the pummeling metal in Generation of Vipers. The music is as smart and thought provoking as …
Read More »Win Tickets to HALESTORM in Dublin with PlanetMosh & MCD
HALESTORM will play their debut Irish show at The Academy, Dublin on February 27th, 2015 Planetmosh is proud to have once again teamed up with MCD Productions to offer a pair of tickets to the show. If you are undecided on whether to go see Halestorm live, check out this …
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