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It’s with great pleasure that Metal Blade announces the signing of Greek Black Metallers RAVENCULT! The band comments on the signing: “RAVENCULT is proud to join forces with legendary Metal Blade Records for a worldwide deal. We are honored that our upcoming third full length album in 2016 will be added …

LA’s underground metal/hardcore band Twitching Tongues has announced a fall headlining tour with Harm’s Way in support of their upcoming record, Disharmony, which is due out October 30th on Metal Blade Records. Additional support will be provided by Homewrecker and Malice At The Palace. Twitching Tongues recently unveiled details of their forthcoming record, Disharmony, and …

German female extreme metal force, NYX, has inked a record deal with Agonia Records. The band’s debut album, “Home”, is expected to drop on October 30th, 2015. In anticipation, the duo has revealed a trailer for their upcoming effort. NYX is made off Blitz (drums/vocals) and Vinterbarn (guitars/vocals) and was brought to life in 2011 to explore …

Heavy rock super group DEVIL CITY ANGELS recently announced the upcoming release of their high-energy debut self-titled album, hitting stores on September 18th via Century Media Records. The album is available for purchase via Amazon, iTunes, and CM Distro (you can also purchase several exclusive bundles via the latter), with …

AMARANTHE will make their triumphant return to North America this fall for a headline tour. This marks the second time the band has toured through the U.S. and Canada in 2015, when they headlined alongside their labelmates in Santa Cruz. On this run, fans will enjoy the full AMARANTHE experience, as it is their headline run. …

Texas metal frontrunners SHATTERED SUN tore up the scene on this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and are continuing the trend this fall, further proving their road warrior status! SHATTERED SUN recently announced their support on the first leg of Soulfly’s “We Sold Our Souls to Metal” 2015 tour, …

DOYLE (featuring former/original Misfits member DOYLE Wolfgang Von Frankenstein on guitar, Alex Wolfman Story on vocals, and Brandon Pertzborn on drums) will hit the road on the first of three ABOMINATOR TOUR 2015 U.S. runs this September 25th.   The tour begins at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY and is …

Devilskin Release Their Début Album ‘We Rise’ on 6th November A phenomena in their native New Zealand, Devilskin release their début album We Rise on November 6th through Rightrack Records/Universal. We Rise débuted at #1 in New Zealand and has just become the first album since 2010 by a domestic …

Artweg Announce New Album ‘Drunk’n High’ To Be Released 23rd October 2015   Three years after ‘Should We Get Violent ?’ and a tour all around the European territory, French “art-core” outfit Artweg just announced the release of its brand new full-length album, called ‘Drunk’n High’, and coming out (CD and digital …

Founder member of Genesis, Tony Banks, Announced as 2015’s Prog God. Chris Squire Virtuoso Award Named in Honour of Yes Legend.  Prog Magazine’s, Orange Amplification presents Progressive Music Awards, in association with Currencies.co.uk, is honoured to announce that founder member of Genesis, Tony Banks, will be the recipient of the 2015 Prog …

Two years have passed since Israeli thrash metal act HAMMERCULT released their album Steelcrusher. Two years during which not only the whole world but also the international metal scene have changed. HAMMERCULT have stayed abreast of those changes: more than ever before, the band impress with their broad stylistic range, …

On September 25th All About Eve’s second album ‘Scarlet And Other Stories’ is released as an expanded version by Universal Music Catalogue. Originally released in 1989 ‘Scarlet and Other Stories’ reached No. 9 in the UK Album charts and spawned three Top 40 singles. This collection covers the original album …

SOULFLY have released a music video for the title track of their epic, extreme, groove-laden 10th studio album, ‘Archangel’.  The clip was directed by Robert Sexton (DEATH ANGEL, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA) and can be viewed here: ‘Archangel’ was released on August 14th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment and charted in …

Almost six years have passed since the world saw a new studio album from Metal Icons W.A.S.P.  This October 9th, the wait ends, as Blackie Lawless and the legendary rockers W.A.S.P. will release their long awaited new album and Napalm Records debut Golgotha.   The first lyric video from Golgotha …

Seattle psych metal trio SNAIL return with fourth album “Feral”, this month on Small Stone Records. Seattle based psych metal forerunners SNAIL are making a great comeback with their heavy, hazy and stirrring fourth record “Feral”, to be released this September on Small Stone Records. Stream SNAIL’s intoxicating new song Building A Haunted House SNAIL formed …

Jailcat To Release Debut Album ‘Men or Mice’ on 23 September Jailcat signed with Steel Gallery Records and the long awaited “Men or Mice” album produced by the legendary producer Chris Tsangarides will be released on the 23rd of September 2015! Product: Jailcat – Men Or Mice Release date: 23.09.2015 …

TRAPT Unleash ‘Human (Like The Rest Of Us)’ Music Video Read an Official Statement from Vocalist Chris Taylor Brown Sixth Studio Album DNA Coming This Fall via Crash Collide Chart-topping hard rock group TRAPT have been at the top of the headlines lately, primarily relating to vocalist Chris Taylor Brown …

Vancouver’s Double Bassist Attack SAINTS OF DEATH Unleash New Lyric Video ‘Revolution’ & Debut Self-Titled EP Out Sept 25th Line Up – L-R – Stony Gingras – 5 String Bass / BU Vocals, Twan Holliday – 8 String Bass/Lead Vocals, Christopher James – Drums, Phil Henri – 6 String Guitar / BU Vocals (Photo Credit …

The Winery Dogs To Release New Album ‘Hot Streak’ in October 2015 THE WINERY DOGS are keen to confirm that their second, self-produced studio album, ‘Hot Streak’, is set for release on October 2 in the UK via earMUSIC. It is preceded by the first single, ‘Oblivion’, which the band …

On Wednesday (26th Aug), in near 100-degree heat and high humidity, a riot broke out in the exercise yard of the Sybil Brand Institute, the women’s prison in East Los Angeles, where Slayer shot the music video for the new track ‘Repentless.’  In fact, while SLAYER performed the track under that punishing sun over …