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Are set to release a special Christmas song!   Even the Helsinki Vampires celebrate Christmas! To inject some black magic and gothic vibes into the most beautiful season of the year, THE 69 EYES will launch their special music video for ‘Christmas In New York City’ on November 24th. The video is filmed and directed …

With over 200 million streams on Spotify, more than half a billion YouTube views and multi-million album sales as the lead singer of the rock band Within Temptation, Sharon den Adel aka My Indigo announces her debut solo album.  The first single, also titled ‘My Indigo’, is released today (November …

SIXX:AM have just launched a lyric video for their reimagined version of ‘Accidents Can Happen’ from The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack. The band have just released a 10th edition version of the album on Eleven7 music – which features 3 new tracks, re-imagined versions of “Life Is Beautiful 2017”, “Accidents Can Happen …

Download Festival has today announced its final headliner as the legendary Guns N’ Roses, alongside the previously announced Ozzy Osbourne, and Avenged Sevenfold. The three day festival takes place 8 – 10 June 2018 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are on sale now at …

First up were Die kur. When I’ve seen The Birthday Massacre before I’ve thought that some of their support bands were chosen for being weird rather than great musically and that’s the impression I get from Die Kur straight away. As their set goes on they get worse. Part of …

Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, has today announced the second of its three headliners as one of the world’s biggest rock bands Avenged Sevenfold. The three-day festival takes place 8 – 10 June 2018 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets available now at …

Black Aces a young hard rocking four piece from sunny Australia release their second album Anywhere But Here via Off Yer Rocka Recordings today followed by an appearance on the main stage at Hard Rock Hell XI tomorrow. Anywhere But Here is the follow up to their debut album Shot In The …

SAXON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘THUNDERBOLT’SET FOR RELEASE 2nd FEBRUARY 2018 VIA MILITIA GUARD (SILVER LINING MUSIC) THUNDERBOLT TOUR PART 1 UK & EUROPEAN DATES ANNOUNCED SAXON isn’t wasting any time in 2018. Following the critically acclaimed release of ‘Battering Ram’ in 2015, the heavy metal giants are set to release …

This Friday, SALTLAKE release their stunning new EP, Medicate Me. We had the boys down for a chat:   What is the full band line-up, who plays what? The line-up consists of Henry Gottelier (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Liam Quinn (Bass Guitar) and John Godly (Drums) .   How and when did the band form? …

Exclusive video clip revealed from Dimebag Darrell’s ‘Dimevision Vol. 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over’ DVD/CD Metal Blade Records recently announced the follow up to 2006’s poignant Dimebag Darrell video memorial set, ‘Dimevision Vol 1: That’s The Fun I Have‘, dubbed ‘Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled …

RAM releases third and final single ‘Incinerating Storms’!   New album ‘Rod’ out this Friday! Swedish Heavy Metal spearhead RAM released their striking new album ‘Rod‘ on Friday, November 3rd, via Metal Blade Records! Prior to release RAM revealed the third and final single ‘Incinerating Storms’. Check it out at: A full production …

Ian Gillan has long been the voice of Deep Purple. While the band has had other singers over the years, Ian Gillan has been the vocalist for 34 years in total – the vast majority of the band’s life. Deep Purple are currently on their long goodbye tour so assuming …

#DL2018 8-10 JUNE 2018   Download Festival, the world’s premier rock and metal event, has announced musical icon Ozzy Osbourne as the first of its three heavyweight headliners. The three-day festival takes place 8 – 10 June 2018 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets available …

In the world of rock the name Appice is well known as brothers Carmine and Vinny have between them played drums for bands including Vanilla fudge, Beck, Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, Rod Stewart, Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, and Last in line. They played together for the 2014 album …

At the end of November, BMG will be releasing “Blues and beyond”, a new collection of songs from Gary Moore. It’s being released following a Pledgemusic campaign and comes in several versions. The most basic is a 2 CD package which contains a selection of songs from his career and …

When you think of all the rock and metal bands you listen to, a large amount will be from the US or UK, but when you look away from the English speaking countries then Finland, Sweden and Germany probably make up a large proportion. One country that is strangely under-represented …

Jared James Nichols releases his new album, Black magic, on 27th October. The follow up to his 2015 album, “Old glory & the wild revival”, it’s an album that’s eagerly awaited by the fans. In the last few years Jared James Nichols has toured relentlessly, sharing stages with the likes …

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1976 album “Leftoverture”, Kansas planned a 10 date tour that eventually extended to an 80 date tour. For the tour the band changed up their usual setlist and did a set that consisted of a hits type portion followed by playing Leftoverture in …

The Eden House November UK tour & new album ‘Songs For The Broken Ones’ In celebration of their latest album Songs For The Broken Ones , The Eden House play their first UK shows in four years this November: The Eden House Tour dates are  16th – Glasgow – Audio 17th – Manchester – Academy 3 18th …

GWAR lands on international charts with new album, ‘The Blood of Gods’ GWAR recently released their new album, The Blood of Gods, via Metal Blade Records; for their efforts, the band has now entered the international charts! See below for all positions: #6 Current Hard Music Albums (USA) #11 Independent Current Albums …