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SATURN will release their debut album Ascending (Live in Space) on this Tuesday August 5th in North America via Rise Above Records.  The album can be pre-ordered from Amazon on Vinyl and CD.   Today The A.V. Club is hosting an exclusive full album stream of Ascending (Live in Space). …

IRON REAGAN’s Relapse debut The Tyranny Of Will is a 24 song wrecking ball of hardcore- punk/thrash fury.  The album was recorded with guitarist Phil Hall at Blaze of Torment Studios in Richmond, VA and self-produced plus it was mixed by Converge’s Kurt Ballou.  The album will be released September 16th …

Swedish hard rockers NUBIAN ROSE have inked a deal with UK label Livewire/Cargo Records. Their sophomore album, ‘Mental Revolution‘, is scheduled for a November release. The new album is armed with even heavier riffs, deeper melodies and a more mature production. Sweden’s master producer and studio wizard, Tobias Lindell, who has produced albums such as ‘Tear The …

Sometimes it’s amazing how far a studio project can take you. Eluveitie is a great example of this. Initially formed in 2002 by leading man Chrigel Glanzmann as just that, the band have gone on to release five studio albums (four of which have been via Nuclear Blast), have more band …

For those that haven’t heard of Swiss band Bölzer they are without a doubt the band-du-jour of the extreme metal scene, but with one difference. Bölzer are the band most people have been wanting but just didn’t realise it. They are better produced than black metal bands, more interesting than …

Nashville may never be the same! Last week, progressive heavy metal band MINDCAGE delivered a powerful performance at Nashville’s famed and iconic music venue, The Rutledge LMV, as part of 2014 Summer NAMM. The show also featured rising star rocker triplets “More Like Me” and fierce female-fronted rockers “Rearview Ghost”. …

Rich Robinson has just released his third full-length studio album The Ceaseless Sight via The End Records/Circle Sound and is now set to return to the UK this November for a full regional tour presented by Planet Rock.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5BVxK9GwC8   As co-founder of the seminal rock act – The …

Down ‘n’ Outz are pleased to announce UK tour dates in December 2014. The dates support the recent release of the album The Further Adventures Of…, which is the third instalment of the project fronted by Def Leppard’s lead singer Joe Elliott, and features tracks connected to Mott the Hoople. The …

The Hold Steady will return to the UK this autumn to play a headline nine-date tour with gigs in Portsmouth, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Sheffield. The tour will start with a run of 4 other European cities opening in Amsterdam on October 7. The announcement comes …

After their farewell performance on board 70000TONS OF METAL in January 2012 we are proud to announce the band’s return!   Exactly 3 years later, they are scheduled to return to the stage more aggressive then ever! It will all begin with 70000TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal …

Rising from the ashes of As I Lay Dying, the four remaining members got together with Oh Sleeper vocalist Shane Blay, to form Wovenwar and record their self titled debut album which is out on august 5th on Metal Blade Records. With guitarist Nick Hipa growing up with Shane Blay, …

15 years-career (or almost), several singles, albums, a huge amount of gigs all around the world, The Lords of Altamont have taken… Altamont with a brand new album unleashed a few weeks ago through Gearhead Records (Electric Eel Shock, The Hellacopters, The Riverboat Gamblers, The Wildhearts…). Fifth full length record from the L.A Based …

The weather forecast for the first day of this fourth round of Steelhouse had predicted thunderstorms and torrential rain… but  neither materialized and the only protection needed from the elements was another layer of sunblock.  Like its predecessor, the second day dawned gloriously, but the question on everyone’s lips was …

PHILM – featuring former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo – are to release their second album, ‘Fire From The Evening Sun’, on new label UDR Music, in September. It will be released on September 12 in Europe, September 15 in the UK and September 16 in the US. “UDR is honored …

Rogue Records America is pleased to announce the release of the new music video for the track ‘Revelation’ by SUBVERSION.  The track is cut from the band’s FREE Transcend EP (get it here). Check out the music video here:   http://youtu.be/MGsBSz6xqQE   ‘Revelation’ was shot in a remote studio shoot …

Hardcore punk/rap metal veterans DOWNSET released their new album One Blood last Monday, July 21st after a 10-year hiatus. Today, DOWNSET have exclusively revealed the brand new music video for ‘One Blood’ via MySpace in their Featured Videos area here: https://myspace.com/discover/featured. Check out the video now via the landing page …

From The Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 via Maniac Spider Thrash, to the Murderdolls, Gunfire 76, Bourbon Crow and on to his solo career, Wednesday 13’s power to write catchy horror themed anthems has never been in doubt. In fact, his punk rock sleaze tinted frolics have always been …

Barcelona’s Kilmara have released their third full-length disc, Love Songs And Other Nightmares, an 11-song sojourn into melodic metal. Very nicely recorded, mixed and mastered, the album doesn’t have a raw “demo” sound that many acts seem to foster lately. Pleasant and paced well, the disc’s tunes don’t seem to …

Cleveland’s legendary kings of metallic hardcore RINGWORM released their latest album, and debut for Relapse Records, Hammer of the Witch this past March on Relapse Records.  The album can be ordered at http://bit.ly/RingwormHammer and the deluxe iTunes edition is available for purchase HERE.   After touring North America relentlessly this Spring …

I have put this off for as long as I possibly could. I am a huge Chris Jericho fan; he is one of my favourite wrestlers and I think that Fozzy have done an impressive amount of work as a band. There is nobody that I would like to talk …