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Surrey four-piece Canterbury today reveal the video for latest single ‘Expensive Imitation’. Taken from their third full length ‘Dark Days’.

Industrial metal act Killus have been confirmed as special guests to support Avatar on their new European tour!!! Hail The Apocalypse – European Tour consists in eight dates and Killus will present their successful “Feel The Monster” through countries such as Belgium, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and France!   “Hail The Apocalypse – European Tour” Dates 12/04/14 – Jan Hertog / …

It’s almost four years since one of the true legends of rock and metal died from cancer.  Ronnie James Dio had a career that spanned several decades and included singing for Rainbow, Black Sabbath, his own band Dio, and Heaven and Hell. Now a tribute album is being released with …

“Rock the Evil“,  is the new video from the Italy-based stoner / heavy metal act CIRCLE OF WITCHES, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band’s full-length album, “Rock the Evil“, which was released on the 15th February  via Metal Tank Records. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yY0VhpmTr8 The CD was recorded …

Doomy heavy metallers EXORCISM will play a first show in Belgium, which will take place on June 22 at Rockcafé Sodom in Tongeren. The event is presented by Belgium’s Hydra Productions & Booking Agency. Other bands include: VICIOUS RUMORS, LORD VOLTURE, more to be announced soon. EXORCISM recently confirmed for …

Brofest 2 will be etched in my memory for a long time for sure. 26 bands over 3 days with a weekend ticket being a ridiculously cheap £25 and day tickets £10 for Friday and £15 each for Saturday and Sunday. I travelled up from Crewe to  Newcastle on the …

“WAKE THE FUCK UP!” Be afraid.  Be very afraid.  Especially if you are heading to Hammerfest this coming weekend:  Belfast metallians Sinocence have emerged from a hibernation that has lasted nigh on four months just in time to cause Richter Scale-registering devastation to northern Wales. “WAKE THE FUCK UP!” Opening …

*** NY Rockers’ Massive Steel Panther March UK Tour Support Slot Confirmed Prior To Release Of Hugely Accomplished ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ Album on April 14th Via Sony/RED*** “Accomplished alt rock … Watch. Listen. Love” – The Huffington Post “the perfect mix of blistering energy and thoughtful contemplation for these …

Burgeoning Hermosa Beach independent record label Hardline Entertainment has announced the release of their semi-annual music sampler called Hardline Entertainment Music Comp 3, which is available for FREE download now! Hardline has teamed up with Girl Skateboards and Chocolate Skateboards to share the comp with the masses.   Download Hardline …

The release date of the new ZENO MORF album “Kingdom Of Ice” is March 28th, 2014. The first two studio albums of the Norwegian Band ZENO MORF were already released in 2009 and 2010 by Pure Steel Records  sublabel Karthago Records. Now, three years later, they release “Kingdom Of Ice”, …

In two weeks, London’s hottest stoner outfit Steak will hit the California desert to record their first full-length, due out this fall on Napalm Records. Turn on the generators…! STEAK’s riffmaker in chief Reece: “With the help from some  desert rock legends, this album is going to be bigger and …

German Heavy Metal Band BLACK HAWK have released a new video for the song “Beast In Black“. The song is from the album ‘A Mighty Metal Axe‘, which was released on October 25th 2013 on CD by Pure Underground Records. LINE-UP: Udo Bethke – vocals Michael Wiekenberg – bass Thorsten …

In between touring and writing for Nightwish, Tuomas Holopainen hasn’t been taking things easy.  Instead he’s been working on his solo album, Music inspired by The life and times of Scrooge.  Your first thought would usually be of the famous literary character created by Charles Dickens, but if you’ve seen …

The countdown has begun! In less than 10 weeks Xandrias new album ‘Sacrificium‘ will finally hit the stores.  The first snippet of the upcoming single “Nightfall”, can be found here Xandria believes that every new album deserves a decent tour and so we proudly present the “Sacrificium Tour”! Part1 will …

@Planetmosh reviews .@TheDaveLombardo drum clinic in Belfast A year after parting ways – for the second and what would seem to be most definitely the final time – with the band that he formed at the age of 16, Dave Lombardo remains an angry man.  A bitter man.  But, he …

A Breach of Silence have been in the studio working on the follow-up to their 2013 debut album Dead or Alive at Acolyte Studios in Brisbane, Australia. Once again, they brought veteran Swedish producers Fredrik Nordstrom and Henrik Udd (Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames, Opeth) to sit at the …

BLOWSIGHT have released their brand new charity single entitled Winter Show Mercy (Thank You). 100% of net proceeds resulting from downloads of the song will be donated to charity to help end homelessness. Winter Show Mercy (Thank You) may be purchased from iTunes or Amazon right now. The song may …

Officially premiered via Stereogum on Wednesday, Brighton’s Esben and the Witch have returned with a primal, stark video for ‘No Dog’. The track is taken from the trio’s forthcoming split 12” with Bristol’s Thought Forms, due April 7 on Geoff Barrow’s Invada Records.   The clip, which focuses in on …

Seastorming Extreme Metallers CTULU have published two new songs of their current album “Seelenspiegelsplitter“. The album was released in autumn 2013 via Black Blood Records and received great feedback of fans and press! The videos can be seen below. Serenadenhallen: Tränenfinsternis: Furthermore, CTULU are now on Bandcamp as well. Besides …

Metal Tank Records are set to re-released the long-time sold out album from one of the major Slovenian thrash metal acts; PANIKK, entitled “Unbearable Conditions”. The second edition features alternative packaging and advanced track-listing. Mastermind “Gapa Flere” comments: “Expect nothing but sick untamed bay area thrash metal in the vein …