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Once again, DESERTFEST LONDON fired a crushing salvo of heaviness by adding eight more kickass bands to their 2015 lineup. FLOOR, KARMA TO BURN, BLACK PYRAMID, LO-PAN, THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, AMULET, DESERT STORM and THE WOUNDED KINGS are consequently joining the party, which will take place on April 24-26th in …

Spinefarm Records is pleased to announce the signing of AT THE HOLLOW to the label’s already formidable roster of bands. The Finnish trio has spent recent months working on its label debut, which was recorded at Sound Supreme Studio in its native Finland with producer Janne Saksa (Mokoma, Turisas, Stamina …

Phoenix-based Sludge/Stoner metal band TWINGIANT have made their upcoming album Devil Down available for preorder on Bandcamp. You can reserve your copy of Devil Down here: https://twingiant.bandcamp.com/album/devil-down The album’s bewitching single “Daisy Cutter” is currently available to stream on the TWINGIANT Bandcamp. This track showcases why the band has been generating …

Ragnarok Juletide is a Christmas album – but please read on before running off as this is actually a good album.  It’s a project that has been a success for many years in Finland under the ‘Raskasta Joulua’ (‘Heavy Christmas’) banner, and is a symphonic metal project featuring an impressive …

Swedish rock group Europe have signed with German-based UDR Records for the release of their as-yet-untitled forthcoming album in early 2015. The recording commences this month in Stockholm. Europe’s front man Joey Tempest “We’re really excited to be working with the people at UDR.  A very credible label and I …

Following the announcement earlier this year, the entire vinyl collection of Iron Maiden’s 1980s albums – which are being issued in brand new heavyweight 180g black vinyl pressings – will be completed on the 24th November, with the final two albums, ‘Somewhere In Time‘ and ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh …

Hellfest have released the following announcement regarding the 2015 tickets sales. “A little bit earlier than last year, the festival is glad to announce the reopening of the official ticketing system ! The sale (only for 3-day tickets) will begin on November the 17th at 6 PM, and ONLY on …

Norwegian hardcore band Barren Womb has debuted a new video for their song “Only Rain Man doesn’t change” from their recent album, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken.  The record is available now on limited edition vinyl via Spartan Records and digitally at iTunes.   Watch Barren Womb’s new video …

Ascension Lost is set to be the third album from Munich’s THULCANDRA, whose reputation as independent and especially melancholic-melodic Black metallers is excellent as ever. The brand new, masterpiece will be released on February 2nd in the UK & February, 10th US/CAN on Napalm Records. It will enthrall with darkly …

Eighteen years. Twelve albums. Two Gold Records. Thirty-plus transatlantic treks. Fifteen Top 40 singles. Arena tours across 11 countries with Guns N Roses. A video trilogy starring Elijah Wood and Ralph Macchio. A feature- length documentary. An oral-history biography. Personal invites from Lemmy to join Motörhead on the road (and …

“A band from Manchester stole my heart over the last weekend. You may well have seen them, outside the “Grote Markt” between Vindicat and the Grand Theatre? This band grabbed my attention when I was unable to enter the festival due to the crowds. The band is called Shoshin and …

London based Neonfly, are Willy Norton on vocals, Frederick Thunder on guitars, Patrick Harrington on guitars, Paul Miller on bass and Boris Le Gal on drums. They have managed to get onto some pretty cool and important supports slots lately, including Power Quest, Magnum, Sonata Arctica and Dragonforce. They lit …

SYLOSIS are set to release their fourth studio album Dormant Heart on the 12th of January 2015 and in anticipation of the release, frontman Josh Middleton decided to give fans an insight into the band’s new offering by recording a teaser clip. The clip includes music, lyrics, studio footage and more info about the recording of the new …

Toronto, ON alternative metal band BLIND RACE have posted a new lyric video for ‘Truth or Dare’. The track, which was also a Revolver Mag song of the day last week, is off their upcoming EP ‘Come And Get It’ due out on November 18, 2014. The EP was produced by Mike Langford whom has worked with upcoming and established artists …

Australian black metal cult Pestilential Shadows stream the entirety of their new album, Ephemeral – out now on Seance Records – at Zero Tolerance magazine’s website. One of Australian black metal’s longest-running and most revered forces in the underground, Ephemeral retains Pestilential Shadows’ signature poetic heaviness and melody but twists the dagger deeper into the soul. …

THE INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL has become a true black Easter tradition for metal fans, bands and music industry from all over the world with nearly 50 concerts every year since the start back in 2001. The festival offers exclusive concerts in unique surroundings with some of the best extreme metal …

Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection who recently released a brand new music video for ‘Death, Desolation and Despair’ (watch below) have released another single from their latest album ‘The Demon King’.   Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/demonicresurrection/the-promise-of-never   The album was released worldwide on July 15th on Candlelight Records and Universal …

Contemporary Extreme Metal trio Forsaken World presents now the first single extracted from their new LP “Fragments”.The elected track is entitled “Our Own Society” and has been chosen by the band to represent the album.   Listen to “Our Own Society” below: https://soundcloud.com/artgatesrecords/forsaken-world-our-own-society    In words of Forsaken World: “It’s a powerful song, single sized, …

From their musical birth as metalcore teenagers in Sheffield to gaining a global fanbase, Bring Me The Horizon have never been a predictable entity. Their recent collaboration with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe on the re-score of Drive and their upcoming sell out headline show at Wembley Arena on December …

The primary intention of this Italian black metal crew is to resurrect the darkened spirit of the Nineties Norwegian scene, and particularly the energy brought at that time by the likes of Ulver, Darkthrone, Borknagar and Burzum. To a degree they succeed, as this self-titled debut is a very raw, …