Metal Blade Records is excited to announce that Nonpoint will join its global roster of artists! Metal Blade will serve as the label home for the band worldwide, in addition to the band’s label partner in North America. Since their debut album, “Statement,” Nonpoint has done nothing but prove, record …

NEW VREDEHAMMER SINGLE AND HOMEMADE VIDEO! New album “Vinteroffer“, a solid contribution to Norwegian Black Metal, to be released in April The first single “Cthulhu” is already out on all digital services, and today is the release of the second single “We Are The Sacrifice”! It is now available on …

British progressive metal act THRESHOLD have just revealed the title of their upcoming new record,set for release at the end of September via Nuclear Blast Records. The album will be entitled ‘For The Journey’ and is the successor to their hugely succesful 2012 output ‘March Of Progress’. The album is …

Dutch power metallers LORD VOLTURE to be confirmed for the 17th edition of Rock In Schroth Festival, which takes place in Gondsroth, Germany, on 5/6 September 2014. Other bands confirmed include WIZARD, ODIUM, DIMELESS and ACID DEATH, headliners to be announced soon. LORD VOLTURE is a heavy metal band hailing …

BROTHER FIRETRIBE – the melodic rock maestros from Finland featuring Nightwish guitarist Emppu Vuorinen – have made their brand new single, ‘For Better Or For Worse’ available to stream via Soundcloud for a limited time. The song is taken from their third studio album, ‘Diamond In The Firepit’; this 12-track …

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will release their new album, ‘White Devil Armory‘, on 21st July via Nuclear Blast. The effort was tracked at Gear Recording and will be mixed by Greg Reely, who also worked on 2012’s ‘The Electric Age’. The track listing of ‘White Devil Armory’ reads …

Byron Bay metal / hardcore outfit In Hearts Wake will release their second album, ‘Earthwalker‘, via UNFD on the 5th May 2014. In an effort to counteract the effect global warming is having on Australia’s natural flora and fauna, In Hearts Wake have joined forces with Carbon Neutral – a …

Vardis have been confirmed for a headline appearance on Friday 25th July at The Rock & Blues Festival at The Coney Grey Show-ground. Pentrich, Derbyshire UK. This year this event will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary Show on the British festival scene and takes place from 12 noon Thursday 24th …

Mesopotamian kings of blackened thrash metal, MELECHESH, have announced the addition of drummer Sasha “Sin” Horn. Commented mainman, songwriter, singer and guitarist Ashmedi: “After a lengthy search MELECHESH are proud to announce the inclusion of new drummer Sasha “Sin” Horn. Sin as in the Mesopotamian moon god. He will be …

With three releases contributed to the metal world, 2012′s ‘Burning Bridges To Nowhere’, 2009′s debut album ‘At The Bottom’ produced by Greg Dawson (The End, Moneen, Choke) and 2006′s debut ‘Glass Barricade’, Canadian band Odium has established itself as a serious contender on the metal stage, delivering melodic, dark yet …

Progressive metal band Midhaven from Mumbai, who recently signed to Universal Music and announced their debut album ‘Spellbound‘ have released a lyric video for the first single ‘Seeking The Divine‘. Commented frontman Karan Kaul “Seeking the Divine is a melodic piece with sludge metal elements. Its story talks about finding …

Death metal legends MASSACRE have returned with their first studio album effort in almost 20 years! This new album, ‘Back From Beyond‘, is “pure Florida death metal, the way it was meant to be played from the Sunshine State” (DECIBEL MAGAZINE.com) and is now available in Europe! As another preview …

THE ANSWER have announced they will play both Download 2014 and Steelhouse 2014 festivals this summer.  After finishing up a gargantuan 32 date trek through the UK, Eire and Germany the Downpatrick outfit will join Black Star Riders, Europe, The Graveltones, Bernie Marsden and loads more to be confirmed at …

Before heading out on their busy 2014 festival circuit, MOTORHEAD is giving fans in North America something to cheer about! Today, MOTÖRHEAD is teaming up with Rolling Stone to premiere their brand new lyric video for the track ‘Crying Shame’. Check out the impressive and engaging video here, only via …

LONDON-BASED punk rockers, Turbogeist, have revealed a brand new video for their current single, ‘Comatose’, available now via Spinefarm Records; the track is taken from the band’s hotly anticipated debut album, due for release later this year. Says Luis Felber, Turbogeist guitarist/vocalist, about the video:-  “The idea was to create …

Germany’s HELLOWEEN have been one of the most influential and internationally successful acts of the global heavy metal scene. This year the Hamburg-based quintet celebrates their 30th anniversary. Their latest studio album ‘Straight Out Of Hell’, charted at a sensational #4 in Germany, and held their position for five weeks. …

Doom legends SAINT VITUS will play a special 35th anniversary show at Damnation Festival... performing ‘Born Too Late’ in full. The LA quartet will air their seminal LP along with a selection of classics on the Jagermeister Stage in Leeds, on Saturday, November 1. The doom stalwarts join headliners Bolt …

UK hardcore band HEIGHTS have decided to separate after nearly five years. Having released two critically acclaimed albums, toured throughout the world reaching as far as Australia and received a Metal Hammer Golden God nomination, HEIGHTS achieved a huge amount but feel it’s time to move on. The band have …

John Browne from the progressive metal band Monuments has released the following statement to promote a project he is working on. “I, The Creator of Monuments will be releasing a brand new solo song on the 17th March at 7pm GMT. This song is a solo piece of writing that …

Metal supergroup Down has unveiled their new track “We Knew Him Well” from their upcoming EP Down IV – Part Two, out May 13th via Down Records/ADA Music. Stereogum premiered “We Knew Him Well,” calling it “a titanic, bludgeoning deep-head-nod groove…it’s gloriously messy but locked-in in the way that only …