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Agni Kai are from Macedonia and are representing Former Yugoslav Republic at this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick …

Crying Steel are the Italian winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? To …

Blind Channel are the Finnish winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. Blind …

Convivium are the Swedish winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Hailing from …

Dirty Shirt are the Romanian winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? I …

Trouble Agency are the Belgian winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Trouble …

In the age of social media where people want to share every meal they have with you and offer a running commentary on the weather you can see outside your own window, it is surprising to find that there is next to nothing out there about My Iron Lung online; …

Darkest Hour are set to release their brand new self titled album through Sumerian Records on August 4th in the UK, August 5th in the US.   Set to be their most accomplished and innovative offering of their already storied career, the much-anticipated new album showcases each individual pushing themselves outside of their comfort …

Phil Campbell has been the lead guitarist in Motorhead for 30 years. He has toured the world, sold millions of albums and headlined the biggest festivals. Phil has a passion for music and it is this passion that has led to the formation of Phil Campbell’s All Starr band. The …

The release date of the new OVERDRIVE album “The Final Nightmare” on CD is August 22nd, 2014. The preorder phase will start on August 8th, 2014 in the webshop. The British NWOBHM cult band OVERDRIVE from Grantham (not to be confused with the Swedish Obscure-Metal band) are a misunderstood gem for …

Berlin’s EARTHSHIP are back with their third album, Withered, released via Pelagic Records in September.   With this album, EARTHSHIP have matured even more towards their own idiosyncratic take on contemporary metal, sludge and stoner rock. There is the occasional hint at an old school Swedish death metal vibe, but …

Toronto, ON’s fun loving, beer drinking progressive folk metal band PROTOKULT has posted a new album teaser for their upcoming full length ‘No Beer In Heaven’ set for official release on August 8th, 2014. You can check it out below.   Album Teaser – No Beer In Heaven     PROTOKULT are also streaming the first single ‘Get Me …

Aussie rockers MASSIVE are taking over one of the UK’s largest billboards to promote their debut album, FULL THROTTLE, which is due to be released this coming Monday, July 21st. Starting from Monday, the band will be featured on a 40 foot by 10 foot billboard along the M4 motorway …

With the release of their new record next week on 21st July, Irish extreme metallers Vile Regression are offering an advance listen and are streaming ‘Empires’ in full right here! https://soundcloud.com/futurepublicrel/sets/vile-regression-empires/s-ZsG2B   Formed from the ashes of Irish extreme metal outfit Vistor Q; Vile Regression hit the scene in 2010 and …

Following the release of their self-titled album earlier this year on Metalbox Recordings, Iron Knights will be releasing a new track: ‘Parasite’.   The band will be giving away FREE copies of the CD to everyone who comes to any of their three co-headline shows with Def Con One next week: …

Polish death metal monsters DECAPITATED have just revealed the tracklisting for their forthcoming album ‘Blood Mantra’, which is set to be released on September 29th via Nuclear Blast.   01. Exiled In Flesh 02. The Blasphemous Psalm To The Dummy God Creation 03. Veins 04. Blood Mantra 05. Nest 06. …

2014 is shaping up to be an important year for Brighton based quintet By Definition. Having toured with the likes of Black Label Society and Black Stone Cherry and trodden the boards at Hard Rock Hell Ibiza, the group have already earned plaudits for their notoriously hi-octane live sets.   …

The wait is over. “Back To The Front”, the highly anticipated album of ENTOMBED A.D., is going to be released on August 4thin Europe and August 5th in North America.   Now, you can listen to another track from “Back To The Front” entitled “Vulture And The Traitor”. Click the following …

California rock giants HIGH ON FIRE will kick off their European headlining trek on July 24 in Tilburg, NL and run through August 9 in London, England.   Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, HIGH ON FIRE create modern heavy metal that merges primal …

Swedish Viking black metal-tinged act, KING OF ASGARD are set to release their third album “Karg” July 22nd, 2014 via Metal Blade Records. Visit metalblade.com/kingofasgard to stream the first single “The Runes Of Hel” and pre-order your copy of the album.   Today KING OF ASGARD debuts a new video …