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2013 saw the release of MONSTER MAGNET’s latest album Last Patrol.  Now comes Milking the Stars a reimagining of Last Patrol.Met with critical acclaim and supported by a world tour, Last Patrol has become a staple in the MONSTER MAGNET discography.   Today the artwork, track listing and first song …

Award Winning Atlanta, Georgia Progressive Metallers released their latest album Conquer last month.  This is their 4th album and it hit the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #41 the week of release.  Conquer will be released on September 19 in Europe and the Rest Of World via Massacre Records.   Recently …

AMARANTHE have debuted the song “Drop Dead Cynical” from their new album MASSIVE ADDICTIVE, out October 21 on Spinefarm Records. The track premiered via Loudwire today, September 9. It is the first worldwide taste of the Gothenburg band’s upcoming opus.   Have a listen to the song in all its …

Jess and the Ancient Ones, while preparing to join King Diamond on his October/November North American tour as special guests, present a new recording of two exclusive songs to be released on 10″ vinyl only. The title track “Castaneda” is available for streaming here: The band’s comments: “”A path is …

“Adversum is tremendously excited to present Manimalism’s self-titled debut album: a gem of Norwegian ’90s avant-garde metal!” Manimalism was founded by Kim Sølve and three others back in 1992. An anomaly in their own time, Manimalism was a silent contributor to the first wave of Norwegian post-black metal weirdness when …

HATEBREED are set to play a special 20th Anniversary show in London on Tuesday the 18th November at the Underworld. Frontman Jamey Jasta is looking forward to getting back to the UK, enthusing “London was one of the first places outside of the USA to really welcome Hatebreed with open …

This latest offering from State Of Salazar is full of pleasant enough easy-listening tracks, some a little reminiscent of things gone before, but this is an AOR band after all. Pretty much a safe album for fans of this band and has been released by Frontiers Records ( www.frontiers.it ). S.O.S. have been …

South Yorkshire progressive folk metallers Northern Oak  have announced a string of tour dates across England to support their forthcoming album ‘Of Roots And Flesh’ which drops on the 4th October 2014. Guitarist Chris Mole comments, “We’re looking forward to hitting the road in support of the new album – …

Metal Merge hosted the crushing line up of Sinocence and Collapse with support from Dry Socket and Snowblind in Fibber Magees on Friday 05th September. It was a cracking night where all bands played their hearts out. PlanetMosh sent Ana along to photograph the event. Check out her gallery of …

IN THIS MOMENT are set to unleash their brand new studio album, ‘Black Widow‘ through new label home, Atlantic Records on 17th November 2014. “‘Black Widow’ is definitely the darker part of me,” says fiery frontwoman, Maria Brink. “This album is about finding the weakness inside and turning it into …

Hot on the heels of their triumphant appearance at this year’s Download Festival, SKID ROW will return to the UK in October. This will be the band’s 4th trip to the UK in the last 18 months, so the band have chosen to visit markets they have missed on the …

Philm release their second album ‘Fire From The Evening Sun’ with the Godfather of double bass and Slayer legend; Dave Lombardo since the release of ‘Harmonic’ in 2012. Starting with the first track ‘Train’ we are submitted to what feels like the start of an angry journey, rhythmic and energetic; what I …

Canadian metalcore group Obey The Brave are streaming their new album Salvation now. Click below to listen in its entirety. Salvation will be released on September 15 via Epitaph Records in the US.     Obey The Brave catapulted to the top of the metalcore pack in less than two years, thanks largely to the experience the five men in the …

The brand new album “Black Eyed Sons” kicked off 30th anniversary celebrations. Top value package will include live CD and live DVD and will be released on Monday 16th June, via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. Following three sold out intimate shows to mark the start of their 30th anniversary, The …

Norway’s Blastfest has just unveiled another seven great reasons why you need to book the 19th – 21st of February 2015 off work. Today the festival organisers announce the addition of seven more bands to the billing including Finnish folk metal upstarts Finntroll, melodic black metal sextet Moonsorrow and Ireland’s men …

“Storm” the highly anticipated debut full-length album from Swedish-based doom/sludge trio SNAILKING will see its official release next Monday, but starting today you can listen to the full release exclusively via Metal Injection.   Check it out right here.   The five-song album features the artwork of Swedish artist Johan …

Sometimes it is those things that are relatively unplanned – such as that impromptu meet up after work for “a couple of pints” – which turn out to be the most enjoyable.  And so it proved with this evening, which originally was scheduled to headlined by a “tribute” band, only …

A Tower Of Crows are a Coventry based Rock/Doom/Stoner band who started in 2013. Initially with just three members, Jay Hughes, Wayne Turner and Lea Cross before they were joined by Sam Clay and Steve Hands later the same year. Three months after their very first gig they were signed …

Long-running black metal veterans VARATHRON will release a brand new album entitled “Untrodden Corridors of Hades” on the 21st of November in Europe and 9th of December in rest of the world. The cover of their first full-length since 2009’s “Stygian Forces of Scorn” has been created by Mark Riddick (Arsis, …

Tonight’s gig at the Union Chapel was the second ever show for Devin Townsend’s Casualties of Cool project, and one of only two UK dates.  They couldn’t have chosen a better venue – as the name suggests, it’s a church, and it’s an all seated gig – perfect for relaxing …