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Irish instrumental prog metallers Shardborne – who play the PlanetMosh-backed Perverting The Innocent festival later this year – are to release their full-length debut, ‘Living Bridges’, via Out On A Limb Records on July 10 . The band said of the album – the follow up to their 2011 ‘Aeonian Sequence’ EP:  “[It’s] progressive metal …

With over 12 million YouTube views for their take on AC/DC’s Thunderstruck, Steve’N’Seagulls bring their unique style to the UK for a run of shows to celebrate the release of their debut album Farm Machine on Spinefarm Records. Barnyard Boogiemen STEVE’N’SEAGULLS, go from Viral Sensation to signed act with over 12 million …

New single ‘Torn Apart – 8th June 
‘Best British Band’ and ‘Best Single’ nominations at Kerrang! Awards Enter Shikari this week release a video for the track ‘Torn Apart’, directed by Mike Tyler who was also responsible for the video for the band’s previous single ‘Anaesthetist’. Check it out here: The track is the third “proper” …

San Francisco Bay Area thrash veterans DEATH ANGEL are pleased to announce the release of ‘A Thrashumentary’. The DVD release was directed, shot and edited by Tommy Jones(KATAKLYSM, SOILWORK, LAMB OF GOD, CARCASS, TESTAMENT) of Videohammer Studios . It will be released on July 17th via Nuclear Blast Records. The …

Essex Metallic Rockers in FOREVER NEVER have not only released a stellar new single that’s currently being playlisted on Kerrang! Radio and was featured as Front Magazine’s video of the day, but they’ve only gone and announced two killer Festival slots for 2015. Forever Never will be performing at Y …

The Darkness are pleased to announce the Blast of Our Kind tour. The Blast of Our Kind tour will commence on November 30th in Norwich and culminate in a triumphant show at London’s Roundhouse on December 20th. It is the first, and a golden, opportunity for enthusiasts to see The …

King Parrot Stream New Album ‘Dead Set’ The Aussie thrash metal/grindcore/punk mad men, KING PARROT, have teamed up with Metal Hammer UK to launch an advance stream of the band’s forthcoming album, Dead Set. The album is set to be released on May 15th in Europe (Agonia Records), May 19th in North America (Housecore Records) and May 15th in …

Swedish retro occultists Year Of The Goat are to release their second album, ‘The Unspeakable’, via Napalm Records on July 31. It follows last year’s acclaimed EP, ‘The Key And The Gate’, the title track of which will feature, in an alternative version, as a bonus track. The full track listing …

The Dead Daisies – the superstar collective featuring past and current members of the likes of Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Mötley Crüe – are to release their second album, ‘Revolución’, via INgrooves on June 1. The band have also confirmed that they will be returning to Europe this …

Renascent Northern Ireland hard rockers Trucker Diablo have signed to Off Yer Rocka Recordings, who will give a wider release to the band’s latest album, ‘Rise Above The Noise‘ – originally recorded and issued via a PledgeMusic campaign – later this year.  The album will be preceded by an EP. …

Heavens Gate To Release ‘Best For Sale!’ Compilation From their first days in 1987 until their break in 1999, HEAVENS GATE were among the top representatives of German Heavy Metal. They had a large fan base, especially in Japan, and their albums such as ‘In Control’, ‘Livin’ In Hysteria’ or …

Critically acclaimed seven-piece symphonic/progressive metal band, Aonia is embarking on a short tour of England from the 27th to 31st of May, along with the French Gothic metal band Alwaid and York-based melodic metal band Lost Effect. Tour dates are: 27-5-15 – O’Riley’s, Hull 28-5-15 – The Shed, Leicester 29-5-15 …

Right before extreme metal titans ARCH ENEMY kick off their next European tour in France tonight, they are releasing a digital single for the track ‘Stolen Life (2015 Version)’. This brand-new version of the song that was originally released on the 2014 album, War Eternal, features additional lead/solo parts of …

Citizen have announced that they will release their highly anticipated sophomore albumEverybody Is Going To Heaven on June 23, 2015 via Run For Cover Records.  The band revealed the first single of the album, “Cement” today on Noisey.  Marrying gloom and beauty with the confrontational lyrics of singer Mat Kerekes, …

Here is a short preview of a brand new song entitled “Oddities From The Ravishing Chasm” taken from the forthcomingDisarmonia Mundi album “Cold Inferno” will be released on 9 June 2015 via Coroner Records. You can pre-order Disarmonia Mundi “Cold Inferno” (CD Digipak or T-Shirt or CD Digipak + T-Shirt) here.   Track …

Cave Of Swimmers Release New Music Video ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’ With the release of Reflection just yesterday, Cave Of Swimmers have released a brand new music video for lead single ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The Air’. ‘The Prince Of The Power Of The …

A few weeks after its official release on CD and digital on the main legal platforms (iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon..), “Dark & rusty”, the brand new record by French folk/rock outfit Undobar is now also available on vinyl format through its own webstore. To celebrate this release, the band just put the album for …

RavenEye are set to release their debut EP “Breaking Out” via Rook Recordings on 11th May 2015.  The band has just finished touring with  Blues Pills and will head out to Europe next month for dates as main support to Slash. Even though he’s still only 25 year sold, Oli …

New York City stoner/doom rock collective, KINGS DESTROY have today released their self titled, third album.  The follow-up to last year’s critically-lauded A Time Of Hunting full-length was produced and mixed by Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.) at Studio G in Brooklyn, mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in …

‘The Taken’ appears on OCEANO’s new studio album, ‘Ascendants’, which is out now worldwide and features nine crushing new tracks which propel the band’s trademark hybrid of bone-splintering brutality into devastating new realms.   Chicago deathcore titans OCEANO have launched a video for the track ‘The Taken’ – OCEANO frontman …