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Doomsday Ceremony to release ‘Black Heart’ on April 22nd.

Greyhaze Records has announced the April 22nd worldwide release of Black Heart from Brazil’s DOOMSDAY CEREMONY. Three official videos for tracks from the album are now available for mass consumption below: Black Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TzhBF3ia0 Slaves of Sin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxndL05KQdM I Am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JggzPyBpbxA DOOMSDAY CEREMONY are a Brazilian band started in the year 2000. The group has …

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INFERION Added to Decibel Tour’s Atlanta Date

Miami-based black/death metal horde Inferion has been added to the Atlanta date of the Decibel Magazine Tour 2016. On March 19, they will join Abbath, Skeletonwitch, High on Fire and Tribulation to lay waste to the legendary Masquerade concert venue. Following the massacre in Atlanta, Inferion will direct its venom toward home at …

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Stone Broken voted Runners Up in Planet Rock Awards

Fast rising UK hard rock band, STONE BROKEN are celebrating having been voted RUNNERS-UP in the BEST NEW BAND category at The Planet Rocks Awards 2016, earlier today. The award comes on the cusp of their headline UK tour. Drummer, Robyn Haycock, exclaimed, “To be honest, we can’t believe how …

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Metalcore thumpers Our Hollow Our Home release new video

Southampton’s melodic metalcore thumpers Our Hollow Our Home are ready to reveal their new video and single for ‘Throne To The Wolves’, released today. A titan of a song, ‘Throne To The Wolves’ is a perfect meld of uplifting atmospheric post-hardcore and heartpounding metalcore. Furious rock n’ roll riffs and …

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CATTLE DECAPITATION re-sign with Metal Blade!

CATTLE DECAPITATION are happy to announce the extension of their record contract with Metal Blade Records: “Very proud to have fulfilled our initial contract with Metal Blade Records and seeing this band rocketing into the future! We’re happy to announce that we’ve re-signed with Metal Blade Records for a few more …

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REDEMPTION Stream whole new album with Prog

On February 26th, Los Angeles prog-metal outfit REDEMPTION – featuring Nick van Dyk, Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Engine), Sean Andrews, and Chris Quirarte (as well as guitarist Bernie Versailles, who is presently on an indefinite medical hiatus) – will release their sixth full-length, ‘The Art of Loss’, via Metal Blade …

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Music For Nations announce Speed Kills VII

Almost 25 years after Speed Kills VI, Music for Nations are releasing Speed Kills VII on Vinyl and digitally on 28th October 2016.   If ever there were a compilation series of LPs that defined a genre, it was the Music for Nations / Under One Flag series, Speed Kills. These …

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Babymetal unleash brand new song ‘Karate’

New song “KARATE” from metal dance unit BABYMETAL’s new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, was last night premiered on Radio One’s Annie Mac show and has now been made via iTunes. Pre-orders of the album, with ‘KARATE’ as an instant grat track, are available here:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metal-resistance/id1087055715 The new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, which features …

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VESPERIA Cross Canada Tour (April 4-24) w/ KALMAH + Launch Album Crowdfunding Campaign

 Conquerors of epic metal, VESPERIA will be supporting Finnish metal masters KALMAH‘s 2016 cross Canada tour from April 4th – 24th (dates listed below). The Oshawa based band has been rising up the ranks after winning the Canadian and International 2015 edition of Wacken Metal Battle crowning them the best in the world against other competing independent bands …

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New deal for Knock Out Kaine

BRITISH HELLRAISERS KNOCK OUT KAINE RAISE THEIR UNIFIED VOICE LOUDER THAN EVER BEFORE, WITH THEIR ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ANTHEM ‘CRUEL BRITANNIA’, THE TITLE TRACK OF THE NEW EP RELEASED WORLDWIDE VIA ROCKSECTOR RECORDS   “We are totally stoked to sign a new long term lucrative deal with Manchester based Rocksector Records that …

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Wildfire Festival proud to announce Balbex endorsement

Wildfire Festival, Scotland’s ONLY Rock and Metal Festival are delighted to announce their first new endorsement for 2016, Czech Republic’s high quality drum stick manufacturers Balbex. www.balbex.cz/en Supplied exclusively in the UK by Black Cat Drum Distribution! www.blackcatdrum.co.uk Owned and run by experienced drummer John Clelland (Eden’s Curse) the company …

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POEM – Album Details, Videoclip and Tour Dates Revealed

POEM – Album Details, Videoclip and Tour Dates Revealed Greek progressive-rock/metal-band POEM will release their new album “Skein Syndrome“ on March 18th, 2016 via ViciSolum Productions. With a wide range of influences, their love for experimentation and a wonderful amalgam of progressive metal, hard hitting riffs and intricate atmospheres, POEM will …

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Darkyra Announces European Headline Tour Dates

Darkyra Announces European Headline Tour Dates Australian symphonic metallers DARKYRA will play for the first time live in Europe, announcing a headline tour in April 2016 through the Netherlands and Germany. The following dates have been confirmed: 07. April – Jack’s Music Bar, Zwolle (NL) 08. April – De Engel, Den Helder (NL) 09. April – De Driesprong, Aalten (NL) 10. April – …

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