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Australian black metal cult Pestilential Shadows stream the entirety of their new album, Ephemeral – out now on Seance Records – at Zero Tolerance magazine’s website. One of Australian black metal’s longest-running and most revered forces in the underground, Ephemeral retains Pestilential Shadows’ signature poetic heaviness and melody but twists the dagger deeper into the soul. …

THE INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL has become a true black Easter tradition for metal fans, bands and music industry from all over the world with nearly 50 concerts every year since the start back in 2001. The festival offers exclusive concerts in unique surroundings with some of the best extreme metal …

Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection who recently released a brand new music video for ‘Death, Desolation and Despair’ (watch below) have released another single from their latest album ‘The Demon King’.   Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/demonicresurrection/the-promise-of-never   The album was released worldwide on July 15th on Candlelight Records and Universal …

Contemporary Extreme Metal trio Forsaken World presents now the first single extracted from their new LP “Fragments”.The elected track is entitled “Our Own Society” and has been chosen by the band to represent the album.   Listen to “Our Own Society” below: https://soundcloud.com/artgatesrecords/forsaken-world-our-own-society    In words of Forsaken World: “It’s a powerful song, single sized, …

From their musical birth as metalcore teenagers in Sheffield to gaining a global fanbase, Bring Me The Horizon have never been a predictable entity. Their recent collaboration with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe on the re-score of Drive and their upcoming sell out headline show at Wembley Arena on December …

The primary intention of this Italian black metal crew is to resurrect the darkened spirit of the Nineties Norwegian scene, and particularly the energy brought at that time by the likes of Ulver, Darkthrone, Borknagar and Burzum. To a degree they succeed, as this self-titled debut is a very raw, …

Milton Keynes-based tech-metal-grime-rock hybrid HACKTIVIST have released their brand new single and video, ‘DECEIVE & DEFY’. Check out the video here:   Released as a download on their own Wake To Reality label, ‘Deceive & Defy’ follows the ‘False Idols’ single released this summer to coincide with their main stage …

UK rockers Heaven’s Basement have revealed a brand new video for ‘The Long Goodbye’.  Check out the video here:   This video drops shortly before the band hit the road as main support with The Pretty Reckless.  Full dates are below. “We can’t wait to get out there and tear …

Hot on the heels of his first album release in over ten years. Billy Idol, King of the Punk Rock sneer graced three UK venues with his ‘King Rocker’ presence. I was lucky enough to catch him at Manchester, O2 Apollo on his last night in the UK before he …

NIGHTWISH’s yet-untitled record will be the band’s first studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for release in Spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The band has been rolling out a series of trailers covering the new recording and today sees the release of the 7th trailer, titled ‘Almost There!’. Watch as the band recaps their summer …

At first glance this latest offering from Foreigner does seem to be a compilation album released just in time for Christmas, however it is not, it is a live album featuring the best of their defining album and many more hits. The band recorded these live at the Borgata Hotel’s …

The psychedelic progressive rock group Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, which sprouted the first shoots of YES, have reunited and announced a new album entitled New Way Of Life, which will be released on 9th March through RSK Entertainment. The opening track Electric Funeral premieres on YouTube today.  New Way Of Life …

Worldwide horrorcore phenoms TWIZTID recently announced that their new album, The Darkness, will hit stores on January 27, 2015 via their new label, Majik Ninja Entertainment. Starting this Black Friday (November 28th), The Darkness will be available for pre-order at www.Twiztid-Shop.com along with brand new merchandise. In addition, fans who …

Three years after the release of their first album “Any fear calms down”, French metallers Khynn will be back very soon with a brand new full-length effort called “Supersymmetry”. The album is expected for early 2015 with two music videos and bonus stuff.   KHYNN was created in 2004. The band, based …

Seminal rock band Project 86 has released their long-awaited 9th studio album, Knives To The Future, today. The record is currently available for purchase at iTunes and from the band at http://project86.gobigwin.com/.   Additionally, fans can stream the new album in its entirety now at AltPress.com: http://bit.ly/1tWEWco   Project 86’s …

Alternative rock band Magnets and Ghosts has released their new EP titled be born, today. The record is currently available for purchase at iTunes and is streaming now at Spotify.   Hailing from Los Angeles, by way of Atlanta, Magnets and Ghosts is a duo consisting of writing and production …

OPETH are set to celebrate their landmark 25th Anniversary as a band next year with a very special event at the legendary London Palladium on 18th October 2015.  After being the heaviest band to play the Royal Albert Hall (in 2010), they will no doubt be the heaviest band to …

St Albans’ quartet Enter Shikari have release the highly anticipated video for their current single ‘The Last Garrison’. Watch the new video here: ‘The Last Garrison’ is an uplifting call for simply pausing and taking a breath to appreciate life. Vocalist / lyricist Rou Reynolds had this to say on …

The latest in a new generation of blackened metal acts to emerge from the previously very un-metal (apart from the likes of Aborted and Enthroned) domain of Belgium, Saille (pronounced sahl-yeh) plough the sort of dark gothicism meets extreme brutality route previously explored by acts such as Akercocke. A concept …

This gig was part of Orphaned Land’s “Mabool 10th Anniversary Show” series and had support from Benighted Soul and Mylidian. Benighted Soul and Mylidian were tight and fun bands but didn’t do anything for me. So, I don’t really have an opinion on them either way. I was there to see …