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AIRBOURNE – unswerving champions of the hard rock cause whose spectacular global success, live and on record, has consistently clenched a fist for the genre as a whole – have signed a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records.   Driven by a formidable “Work hard, play hard” ethic, and keen to …

Tuska Open Air have just announced 8 new bands including Exodus, Loudness and Krokodil for their line up for 2015. Tuska Open Air takes place 26th – 28th June in Helsinki, Finland. EXODUS, a cornerstone of Bay Area thrash metal, arrives to Tuska with the acclaimed ”Blood In, Blood Out” -album …

Metal 2 the Masses Ireland had its second heat on Saturday night and it turned out to be another belter of a showcase for Irish Metal. Six bands went head to head on a night that was filled with excitement, aggression, technicality, camaraderie (yes, camaraderie) and damn good fun. Black …

Memorial Records in collaboration with K2Music Management is pleased to announce the addition of death / thrash metallers Krysantemia to its roster. The band will release their new album “Finis Dierum” on February 24th, available in all digital store and physical version through Memorial Records Store. Pre-order on iTunes available starting from February 17th. Recorded …

Vardis have announced a personnel change. Gary Pearson has resigned due to his work commitments outside music.   Vardis are very proud to welcome Joe Clancy as the new driving force behind the Vardis sound. It’s a privilege to play alongside such a talented and powerful musician on drums.   http://www.vardisrocks.com/ …

Chicago deathcore heavyweights OCEANO have released a lyric video for a brand new track taken from their eagerly-anticipated new studio album, ASCENDANTS. OCEANO’s fourth full-length release sees the band’s trademark vicious hybrid of bone-splintering brutality ascend into a new realm and reach previously undiscovered depths.  Their signature sound is revitalised …

Atlanta southern rockers BLACKBERRY SMOKE have released a third new track from their upcoming new album, HOLDING ALL THE ROSES. Listen to “Rock and Roll Again” now on YouTube Fans who have pre-ordered HOLDING ALL THE ROSES on iTunes in Europe will now have instant access to “Rock and Roll …

MUTINY WITHIN singer Chris Clancy has recently released the song “The Divide” in which he is donating 100% of the proceeds to a fellow metalhead in need. Sean Smith is a 25 year old from Lansing Michigan who suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a brittle bone disorder.  Sean has been a …

Groove/Thrash Metal combo from Albacete (Spain) Toxovibora are now immersed in the recording process of their new and second LP (no title yet). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp0-8UCUHvo   In the words of the band: “This second album is for us an advance in technique and a very important creative leap which translates into more powerful …

Wildfire, Scotland’s premier three day rock and metal festival announces main stage line-up and the return of the CackBlabbath.com stage for a second year.  The country may be in the grip of winter, but what better time for some warming information from Wildfire H.Q. Topping the main stage bill we …

Speed metal merchants Ranger will release their Spinefarm debut Where Evil Dwells on March 17. True to old school form, the album is an analogue recording, featuring the glorious sound of melting Marshall amps. Where Evil Dwells will be out in CD, LP, cassette and digital formats.   Get a taste of RANGER …

Atlanta southern rockers BLACKBERRY SMOKE have released another new track from their highly-anticipated new album, HOLDING ALL THE ROSES. The new track, “Living in the Song”, is the second to be released from HOLDING ALL THE ROSES and is available now on YouTube For those who missed the first track, …

UK rockers FURYON have confirmed dates for a UK headlining tour in March 2015, in support of their second album release ‘Lost Salvation‘, due out on February 23, 2015 via Dream Records in UK/Europe. US/CANADA/JAPAN release dates to follow.   The dates are as follows: March 20 – The Square, Harlow, UK March 22 – The Concorde 2, Brighton, UK March 24 – The Audio, …

StOp, sToP a Hard Rock/Glam Metal band, founded by front-man Jacob in Barcelona in 2009 and, now based here in the U.K. party hard and tour relentlessly. I saw them when they played at Rebellion Bar in Manchester last year and was pretty much blown away, so it was with …

The Early November are pleased to announce You Blew It and A Great Big Pile Of Leaves as support on their spring tour.  The dates, which include appearances at the UKs Hit The Deck Festival and Groezrock in Belgium mark the bands first ever headlining UK & EU club tour. …

Evil Scarecrow’s irreverent, ingenious and always hugely entertaining live show of blistering metal & catchy anthems has been, in the main, the driving force of the band’s success, endearing them to an ever increasing and totally devoted group of fans.   If you haven’t already been privy to the crazy …

All That Remains will release their much-anticipated new studio album, The Order Of Things, on February 23rd 2015 via Razor & Tie.  The new album is the band’s seventh studio album to date and their follow up to 2012’s A War You Cannot Win. To promote the release of the …

Rocklahoma 2015 to feature performances from Linkin Park, Tesla, Godsmack, Slayer, Volbeat, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Halestorm, Queensryche, and many more for America’s biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party in Pryor, Oklahoma After a record-breaking 2014 with over 60,000 fans in attendance, Rocklahoma–presented by Bud Light–returns to “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds …

Chris Appleton is perhaps best known to PM readers as the lead vocalist with his band Absolva, as well as the lead guitarist with former Wolfsbane/Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley’s touring band.  To others, he might just be familiar as the brother of Iced Earth’s Luke Appleton.  He’s also part …

Enter Shikari released their 4th studio album ‘The Mindsweep’ at the start of this week. The album is currently sat at #3 in the UK Official Album Chart, battling it out with the likes of Mark Ronson, Ed Sheeran and co and on-track for the highest first-week album sales of …