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THE OATH is a band forged around the fizzing, feral chemistry between Swedish guitarist Linnea Olsson and German vocalist Johanna Sadonis, THE OATH represent the wild magic that erupts when two blazing souls collide and fate is sent veering off course by sheer strength of the human will. This is …

The Canadian Wacken Battle Champions CRIMSON SHADOWS have signed a deal with the Austrian record label Napalm Records. In the frozen reaches of Canada the band have assembled to live with heroic power and death metal and are now ready to take the world by the throat.   While the …

Post-metallers ECHOES and melodic hardcore five-piece ACRES join forces for a UK co-headline tour this May.    Presented by Bring The Noise, ECHOES are touring in support of their debut album, ‘The Pursuit’, a 10-track opus of emotionally charged soundscapes. Newcomers ACRES will be showcasing tracks of their powerful debut EP, ‘Solace’.   Bring The Noise …

@Planetmosh  @FormanDave @ZZTop @NeilDanielsBks   As author Neil Daniels say’s in the book “Beer drinkers and Hell raisers , is not a biography per-se, rather as the subtitle suggests, a fans’ handbook; a guide to their history and music“. I found it to be very historically ( musically ) informative, telling of the early …

EDGUY are set to release their new album Space Police – Defenders Of The Crown on 21st April 2014 via Nuclear Blast and in anticipation of the release, the band have revealed a hilarious animated video for the track ‘Love Tyger’ over on YouTube. The band commented on the video saying it’s …

Slough Feg have been around since the early 90’s and have released 8 critically acclaimed studio records as well as numerous splits and played worldwide to a loyal fanbase. Whilst they may not be familiar to most, once heard they will never be forgotten. Mike Scalzi of Slough Feg took some time …

With 4 full-length albums under their belt and shows throughout North America, Europe and Asia with the likes of DEVIN TOWNSEND, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SOILWORK, NIGHTWISH, EPICA and ORPHANED LAND, the five-piece from Oceania is now firmly entrenched in its international repute as “the band who doesn’t sound like anyone …

Goodbye Enough Z’Nuff is the new album from former Enuff Z’Nuff singer/songwriter Donnie Vie.  The band was formed in Blue Island, Illinois in 1984 and Vie was a key member until he went part time in 2002, stopping touring with the band but continuing to write and record with them. …

LOST SOCIETY unleashed their new album ‘Terror Hungry’ upon the UK this Monday, the 7th of April and in celebration of the release, we sat the cheeky chaps in front of a camera and asked them how the album came about. Check out that interview, here:      LOST SOCIETY’s …

“The Quantum Enigma” marks Epica’s sixth studio album release and follows on from last years live “Retrospect” offering. Where as that was by the very nature of the title, a look back at the bands past material, this career defining latest album, is entirely forward thinking, both in its construction …

Dutch heavy rock quartet ¡PENDEJO! today premiered a brand new music video for “Amor y Pereza” on PureGrainAudio.com.   Directed by Antonio Villar and vocalist El Pastuso, “Amor y Pereza” is taken from the band’s forthcoming second full-length album “Atacames”, which is set for release on April 25th via Graviton …

Hopeless Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Nagoya, Japan rock band, coldrain. Fans can now watch the music video for their song ‘The Revelation’ on the official Hopeless Records YouTube channel here:   The song can also be purchased now on iTUNES here: http://smarturl.it/therevelationsingle   Formed in 2007 …

Vardis originate from the North of England and became fully professional in 1978 forming a prominent part of the British Heavy Metal scene. They consist of front man Steve Zodiac on guitar and lead vocals, Terry Horbury on bass guitar and Gary Pearson on drums. Vardis quickly gained notoriety for …

Israeli metallers FERIUM release their debut album “Reflections’ this week via Transcend Music and are streaming it on metalmouth.net! Check it out here: http://metalmouth.net/2014/04/exclusive-album-premiere-stream-progressive-death-metallers-ferium-reflections   The band have also released a narrated video telling the album’s story:     The band explain: “We felt like this lyric video story would be the perfect alternative interpretation …

RECKLESS LOVE, the flamboyant Finnish rockers who burst spectacularly onto the UK scene in 2010, have joined forces with hard-charging home-grown rock ‘n’ rollers, The Treatment, to release a limited 4-track split EP, pressed onto 12” orange vinyl, via Spinefarm Records. This one-off run of 500 copies – produced specifically …

After the success of 2012’s ‘Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow,’ which saw We Are The Ocean storming the BBC Radio 1 playlist, with an addition to the A list for their track ‘Young Heart’, the Essex quartet now prepare to release new music and announce their first full UK headline tour …

The release date of the MEDUSA’S CHILD album “Empty Sky” on CD is May 16th, 2014. The preorder phase will start on May 2nd, 2014. Since 1999 the Swiss band MEDUSA’S CHILD created Melodic Power/Heavy Metal with clean, but still powerful vocals. After the re-release of the 2010 album “Damnatio …

THE OCEAN have announced a run of UK and Irish dates in the lead up to their UK Tech-Fest 2014 appearance. A handful of shows have been confirmed for July. Those dates can be seen below.   ROBIN STAPS is eager to get back: “We only hit London and Damnation Fest …

“The Crowded Room”, the new videoclip of modern thrash metal act Sawthis is finally available in worldwide premiere on BlankTV! Check the clip here:   “The human mind is a huge universe where anything can be created and everything can be destroyed. There are cases where in one mind, one …

In anticipation of their forthcoming EP “The Undivided”, Portugal’s Annihilation have teamed up with Terrorizer for an exclusive stream of their new song “The Great Cycle”.   Band founder Fabio Da Silva had the following to say about the song: “The song describes the way that human beings are connected/linked with the …