HEXX Announce New Lineup and New Management Deal The legendary Bay Area Power Thrashers HEXX, announced the addition of new vocalist Eddy Vega, and second guitarist Bob Wright (from BROCAS HELM). The new lineup, which includes bassist Mike Horn and original members Dan Watson and John Shafer, recently joined forces …

Horror Punk Rock band The Other from Köln, Germany released their sixth album ‘Fear Itself‘ on 10th July  via Steamhammer/SPV. The Other started in 2002 as a Misfits cover band, a lot has happened in the thirteen years since then, and a few line-up changes sees the remaining original members …

Cedron Release New Single “Time Heal My Wounds” Through Redfield Records On Friday October 16th, Redfield Records’ latest signing Cedron released the official music video for its brand new single “Time Heal My Wounds”. “Blistering passion, addictive riffs and crushing vocals filled with emotion and political, yet personal messages.” The …

Wilson Unveil ‘Right To Rise’ Video   Detroit rockers, WILSON have unveiled their new video for ‘Right To Rise’ over at VEVO – http://www.vevo.com/watch/USRZR1566113.  The anthemic track is taken from the band’s current album of the same name, out now via Razor & Tie. The clip serves as an ode to …

Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have released a 2-Disc Tour Edition of their latest album, ‘Great Western Valkyrie’, in celebration of the band’s upcoming tours with rock legends DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH. Originally released in 2014, ‘Great Western Valkyrie’ stormed into charts around the world and was rated the …

A veritable Smörgåsbord came to Manchester Club Academy last Monday. With Michael Monroe from Finland and his band, which brings together celebrated musicians who have played with such greats as Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Dogs D’Amour and Danzig, to name but a few. I was anticipating some top notch …

Iron Bastards Unveil New Music Video for “Pancho Villa” A few days after the official release of their debut full-length effort “Boogie Woogie Violence”, French Fast Rock’n’Roll power trio Iron Bastards just unveiled a new official music video for the single “Pancho Villa”. This song features on the album consisting of 15 songs …

Atlanta southern rockers BLACKBERRY SMOKE are due to kick off a headlining European tour tomorrow – Saturday, 17th October in Spain. The tour, which includes a string of UK shows, follows the release of a Deluxe Edition of the band’s latest album, ‘Holding All the Roses’, which includes six unmissable …

Resistance Release New EP ‘Volume 1 – Battle Scars’ via Metal Machine Records Formed in 2000, RESISTANCE are a Los Angeles based Power/Heavy Metal band delivering a full on Metal assault from a broad range of influences. The new EP “Volume 1 – Battle Scars” is now available worldwide via …

VARATHRON Premiere Live Version of Classic Song via Noisey Long-running Greek black metal legends, VARATHRON, have teamed up with Noisey to premiere a live version of the band’s classic song, “Unholy Funeral”, taken from their upcoming EP, “The Confessional Of The Black Penitents”, set to be released on October 23rd through Agonia Records. Stream …

Human Improvement Process Made A Propaganda-Style Video For ‘Project Monarch’ Italian death metallers Human Improvement Process have released a new video for their current single “Project Monarch”.  Available now exclusively on Metal Injection, the track is found on the band’s recently released “Enemies Of The Sun” available now from Memorial Records. “With ‘Project Monarch’ we …

DANKO JONES Confirm UK Return and Release Lyric Video Following a slew of headline UK dates last month (their first extensive run here in seven years), DANKO JONES galloped off into Europe for another 30+ shows, leaving UK fans to chase away their post-gig blues with a brand new video for …

Mastodon Confirmed as your Saturday Bloodstock 2016 Headliners BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to unveil their first 2016 headliner; Atlanta’s mighty beasts, MASTODON!  They will headline the Saturday night at the Catton Park festival. Loved and respected by critics, music fans, and their peers, this will be MASTODON’s first performance at BLOODSTOCK!  The band’s …

CATTLE DECAPITATION: Tour With Cannibal Corpse Tour Trailer + “Pacific Grim” Play-Through Video Posted Road warring San Diego deathgrind unit, CATTLE DECAPITATION, kicked off their tour supporting Cannibal Corpse on October 8th in Jacksonville, the journey will run through nearly a month’s worth of cities, coming to a close on November …

Mother Feather Launch Digital Single and Video – Full Length Album Coming 2016 Mother Feather has released the title track from their full length debut, Mother Feather! The song is available now on iTunes, and the video is streaming at metalblade.com/motherfeather. The video was directed, designed, and animated by Isaiah King …

Twitching Tongues announce UK dates with Terror and Wisdom In Chains Twitching Tongues have announced four UK dates in UK with Terror and Wisdom In Chains after their continent only appearance on the EMP Persistence Tour. Colin Young is up for it: “Believe it or not, these will be our …

 GOATWHORE Announces Fall Live Demolitions GOATWHORE Announces Fall Live Demolitions Including A Stint At This Year’s Knot Fest “FBS” Fan-Filmed Video Compilation Unveiled New Orleans’ favorite road demons, GOATWHORE, will take to the streets again later this Fall on a run of live demolitions to close out the year. The latest …

I saw Shock ! Hazard supporting Biters at Rock City, Nottingham last month (review here). Impressed by their energetic performance I had a quick chat with them ahead of their gig, on the same tour, at Ruby Lounge, Manchester. Find out a bit more about the band, their political stance, …

Kentucky rockers, BLACK STONE CHERRY are proud to announce their signing to new label home, the Mascot Label Group. Yesterday (Oct 7th 2015), the band went into Barrick Recording in Glasgow, KY to record their fifth studio album.  This process will be a ‘back to their roots’ approach, recording it …

Voodoo Vegas Have Released a Brand New Music Video ‘Tied Up’ For fans of hard rock, this is a foot to the floor track that oozes groove, swagger and plenty of melody, ‘Tied Up’ is some of the band’s best work yet and by all accounts “you ain’t see nothing yet” according …