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Today, Entertainment Weekly is hosting an exclusive stream of Tenacious D’s(featuring esteemed actor and vocalist Jack Black and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Gass) previously unreleased rendition of ‘The Last In Line’! Take a listen now via EW.com and reserve your digital copy of Ronnie James Dio’s This Is Your Life tribute compilation …

Ohio’s Arterial Mist will be bringing their death metal carnage to audiences in two separate live appearances in April.   The first assault will take place on Friday April 4th at the Shrunken Head in Columbus Ohio, while the second will take place at the Dude Locker on Saturday April 26th. …

Thrash-power-speed metal quartet Ironstorm are proud to announce they will be performing two CD launch shows for their forthcoming EP ‘Wrathwind’ set for release on April 22nd. They will be showcasing in Calgary, AB on Friday, April 25 at Lord Nelson’s with support from Bloodreich, Shrapnal, Samandriel and in their …

UK heavyweights HEART OF A COWARD make their return to the European mainland for some shows and festivals in the summer. Jamie Graham (vocals): “We’re really looking forward to heading out to the mainland again… our last trip out there with Thy Art Is Murder was total chaos, we saw some …

METAL IS COMING HOME PART 3!!! Are you still listening to your NWOBHM singles, EPs ,demotapes and LPs,you will be sorry to miss out on these bands, that have announced rare reunion shows!! And more bands to be announced soon!! This year you already missed stunning live shows of Warrior, …

LOST SOCIETY are set to unleash their new album ‘Terror Hungry’ upon the UK on the 7th of April and in anticipation of the release, the guys have filmed a run down of each track from the album. They decided to do this whilst on tour so each track is …

Progressive technical mavericks The Room Colored Charlatan are delighted to announce the details of their new record, Primitives, to be released on May 6th via North American prog gurus Subliminal Groove Records. To celebrate this most auspicious day, the band are releasing a teaser single and lyric video for the …

Prog pioneer Steve Hackett proudly announces the DVD release of his critically acclaimed live spectacular Genesis Revisited, filmed at the sold out show at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall in October 2013. The DVD of this landmark performance will hit the stores on 30th June 2014. Genesis Revisited: Live at …

Hellion guitarist Maxxxwell Carlisle releases the first single from his upcoming solo album, “Visions of Speed and Thunder”. The new track, which is the title track of the album, features a guest appearance by Lords of the Trident vocalist, Fang VonWrathenstein. “The full length album, which is the follow-up to …

The world’s biggest heavy music touring festival, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL in its seventh annual sojourn, is pleased to announce the official 2014 artist line-up with the boldest, largest, loudest and most diverse lineup to date! Not only will this year’s festival include the massive ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK …

In honour of her incredible 30 year career, the queen of metal DORO is releasing a special collection of songs titled Raise Your Fist – 30 Years Anniversary Edition on the 5th of May via Nuclear Blast. The celebratory album contains the re-release of her latest album Raise Your Fist, as well as a bonus CD titled Powerful Passionate Favourites containing unreleased tracks and cover …

Scottish metal titans, Achren have released their new E.P The White Death. Now, I know what you’re thinking – ‘that’s what we should call Christopher Walken from now on’. Well, while that is fitting it’s not what The White Death is about. As a matter of fact, the idea behind …

On May 12th in Europe and on May 13th in North America, VALLENFYRE’s second full-length, Splinters, will be released via Century Media Records. For a preview of Splinters, the album’s first single, “Scabs”, can now be heard online in full here Best known as a founding member of UK gothic metal pioneers …

Finnish Damnation Plan just released a lyrics video of the title track “The Wakening” to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the album out on 12 March 2013 via Coroner Records.   Jarkko Lunnas (drums) commented: “There was a lot of effort put to the lyrics of the …

More details are being made available on EYEHATEGOD’s new, self-titled album. The European version (available on Century Media Records) will come in a CD digipack while the LP will be a single slab of vinyl in a gatefold jacket. The first pressing will be limited to 2,000 copies and made …

Italian metal band KLOGR reveals their brand new single ‘Zero Tolerance’, which takes inspiration from the dolphin slaughter taking place every year in the bay of Taiji, Japan. The track creates awareness about the killing and captivity of these animals caused by men for unnecessary reasons. The track is available …

American death metal titans CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline the Terrorizer Stage at Damnation Festival’s 10th anniversary. The US legends will travel to Leeds to join Bolt Thrower, Saint Vitus and Raging Speedhorn for the event, which will take place on Saturday, November 1. And it’s a debut Damnation performance the …

Past Black Stone Cherry concerts in the Midlands have been some of my favourite, so the odds were looking good for Wolverhampton.

This three track E.P. marks the bands first release since the mini album ‘Wilderness’, which saw the light of day last summer.   I remember remarking then, how technically tight and adept this band were, a trait that has been happily brought forward with this new material. Japan, at the …

“The Crowded Room”, the new videoclip of modern thrash metal act Sawthis will be available in April 8th in worldwide premiere on Blank TV!   The videoclip was directed by Underroom Studios (www.facebook.com/underroomstudios).   “The human mind is a huge universe where anything can be created and everything can be …