After a 8 year hiatus, anthemic hard rock project, Love and Death have heralded their return via the announcement of a brand new album and the release of the blisteringly heavy and emotionally relatable new song, Down.
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Releasing an album on Friday 13th? In Covid-19 ridden 2020? With 13 songs on it? What could possibly go wrong? The answer is absolutely nothing as Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons give a big middle finger to any doubts with We’re The Bastards released on Nuclear Blast Records! The …
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Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have released a new single, My Hands Are Empty. The song marks the first musical collaboration in 24 years between MH mastermind Robb Flynn and original MH Burn My Eyes-era guitarist Logan Mader.
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RICKY WARWICK – ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ announces new album due for release February 19th 2021 RICKY WARWICK (BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY) announced a new studio album, the first since 2015. The album is titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ and will be released …
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Cadaver – ‘Edder & Bile’ Release date 27th November True legends never die. Only death is real. Hail the return of CADAVER! Exploding back into action for the first time since 2004, founder member and deathly mastermind Anders Odden [SATYRICON] is back to reclaim his throne as one of …
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PIG – Pain Is God: new album out 20.11.20 (Metropolis Records) Raymond Watts, Sacred Saint of All Seven Sins, has delivered a new divine declaration – and so PIG sayeth unto the masses – Pain is God. Fourteen tracks of pure swine and swagger. Pain is God is an Exegesis …
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VANDEN PLAS : ‘The Ghost Xperiment – Illumination’ / second half of epic conceptual work out 04.12.20 (Frontiers) A year ago, the German progressive metal act Vanden Plas delivered ‘The Ghost Xperiment – Awakening’, the first half of a two part concept album. It ended on a cliffhanger whereby, during …
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GENUS ORDINIS DEI present video of the single ‘EXAMINATION’, fourth episode of the first opera metal music series ‘GLARE OF DELIVERANCE’ Genus Ordinis Dei present “Examination“, fourth episode extracted from their metalwork entitled Glare of Deliverance, scheduled for release on December 4th via Eclipse Records. “Examination” continues Eleanor‘s story, resuming where the previous episode “Edict” stopped. …
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It’s a ‘Brave New World’ – Jim Kirkpatrick Shares video for the Most Guitar-Rich Single From His Solo Album Cheshire-based master Blues and Rock guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick is delighted to premiere the video for ‘Brave New World’ — arguably the most guitar-showcasing track on his storming 12-track solo album ‘Ballad of a Prodigal Son’. Check out …
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DIAMOND HEAD – LIGHTNING TO THE NATIONS 2020: HEAVY METAL RE-BORN AND RE-ENERGISED AS DIAMOND HEAD RELEASE 40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF DEBUT ALBUM Re-imagined, re-recorded and re-born, Diamond Head’s forthcoming 40-year celebration of their genre-defining debut album Lightning To The Nations is a scintillating shot of fresh metal energy. Taking …
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HEAVY PETTIN releases their ‘Best Of‘ album on 27th November out via Burnt Out Wreckords/Cherry Red. Featuring 14 tracks, this is a collection of songs chosen from their three albums re-released in November 2019. The songs reflect Heavy Pettin at their best … including the singles that charted: ‘Love Times Love’, …
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The emerging UK rockers HUNTED BY ELEPHANTS are set to rise with the release of their breath-taking new album, Carry On, which arrives on Friday 15th January 2021. The rising riff merchants have also unleashed a new single and video for the track, Let Me Be, https://youtu.be/B3MaULSA3fs . HUNTED …
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I have seen L.A. Guns with most of their various line-ups throughout the years, a handful of times in Hollywood and a dozen or so times in the UK so I was really excited to hear Renegades, the debut album from the Steve Riley / Kelly Nickels / Scotty Griffin …
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Cats in Space are back with their fourth studio album, Atlantis. Their fans are clearly excited about it - when the presale started, the vinyl copies and limited edition bundles sold out in 48 hours.
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Them are a band with German and American members with a strong King Diamond influence. Their new album, “Return to Hemmersmoor” is the third part of a supernatural trilogy which started with “Sweet hollow” and “Manor of the se7en gables”. To that end, the first track is an intro which …
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Back in the late 80s when California and New York were spawning the thrash bands that went on to dominate the genre – Metallica, Exodus, Anthrax etc, one California band, Evildead was formed. Their first gig was alongside Dark Angel, Cryptic slaughter and Possessed in 1987 and they released an …
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Now I’m of a certain age with over forty years of listening to and watching bands so it takes a lot to really impress me but here is my album of 2020 from one of the most exciting debuts I’ve heard for a long time. Channelling the audacity of early …
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I don't know what else I can say but please give this band 16 mins of your life and you won't regret it. The album is now 3 months old and it is criminally underrated. And being unsigned the band don't have the funds to promote themselves the full. Do you like Metal and Headbanging? Well so do they and trust me when I say they made an EP worth Headbanging to.
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Staffordshire based The Midwich Affair in just under four minutes power out a song that straddles the line between indie and hard rock with latest single ‘Hard’. It lives up to its title with a no holds barred delivery that burst through my headphones as lead vocalist Vicky Travis channels …
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Our Sty had a great chat with three quarters of King Creature on the release of their new album ‘Set the World On Fire ‘. Cornwall’s wit and broadband speed didn’t deter Sty. He may have come out battered, bruised, dazed and confused but he’ll brush himself off and go …
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