Press Release

The opening track “Night Life”, from FOREIGNER’s hotly anticipated live album ‘The Best of 4 & More’, is now available as an instant download when you pre-order the album digitally. The pre-order links are below. ‘The Best of 4 & More’ will be released in Europe on Friday 5th December …

Michael Schenker embarks on a nationwide UK tour at Newcastle O2 Academy on Wednesday 10 December. Special guest on all dates is the Bournemouth rock band, Western Sand. Londoners will get a special treat when, State Villains, featuring Michael’s son, Tyson Schenker on guitar, will open the show at London’s …

Due to last minute engagements of a few of the artists in the line-up, Metal All Stars will be rescheduling all European dates from November 28th – December 23rd, including the Brixton Academy concert on December 16th, to Spring 2015. New tour dates in these cities will be announced shortly. …

The unstoppable PAPA ROACH are delighted to announce that they will be playing a full UK tour next year.  Front man Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance and drummer Tony Palermo return for a headline tour for the first time in 2 years in March 2015.  Shaddix says …

HOUNDS release their new single ‘Monster’ on December 1st, accompanied by a ferocious new video 2014 has been a busy year for  HOUNDS slaying the audience at Sonisphere and touring  with Rob Zombie and Turbowolf. HOUNDS state ‘Monster is probably the best example of how we like to fuse genres and clash sounds. …

Fiery LA rockers IN THIS MOMENT are excited to announce their first ever UK headline run, the ‘Black Widow’ tour, in support of the recently released album of the same name.  The jaunt will hit these shores in February 2015. Guitarist Chris Howorth enthuses; “Hello UK!  We can’t believe it’s actually …

SICK OF IT ALL will embark on 9 UK show headline tour throughout UK and Ireland right after headlining the 2015 edition of the EMP Persistence Tour in mainland Europe: SICK OF IT ALL * w/ Broken Teeth 29.01.2015 (UK) Nottingham – Rescue Rooms * 30.01.2015 (UK) Newcastle – Think …

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will be heading to London in April 2015 to play an exceptionally special and important show on 10th April 2015 at The SSE Arena, Wembley as part of their ‘Wake Up The Souls’ World Tour. This show will be their first indoor show in the UK …

Supreme British melodic hard rock group Magnum are set to release a poignant new single, ‘On Christmas Day’, commemorating 100 years since Xmas Day 1914, when both the Germans and English called temporary truces so that they could mingle and play football matches in ‘no man’s land’ during World War …

Italian female-fronted symphonic power metal band, Reasons Behind have released a teaser video for their debut full-length album ‘The Alpha Memory’.  The album will be released worldwide on Dec. 1st, and a video for the song “With Your Light” from the new album will coincide with the album’s release. View …

Brutai have released a brand new live video for ‘Never Change‘ filmed by Peter Junge and Chaos Theory at The Facemelter.   The new single is available for FREE download via Bandcamp. Brutai: http://brutai.bandcamp.com/ Chaos Theory – New Music for Open Minds: http://www.chaostheorymusic.co.uk Recording, mix & video: http://www.peterjunge.com Copyright: Chaos …

Perfect Beings have released a video for ‘The Making Of …’ which can be seen below: http://youtu.be/PJ7BMarTCbM This is a rather charming, interesting and personal tour through the making of the album from the individuals that make up this band and features some great insight into how these guys worked …

Extreme melodic metal band Karkaos are offering fans a FREE download of their re-recorded track ‘Leap of Faith’ with new vocalist Viki Boyer – click here Boyer joins Karkaos after the band parted ways with former vocalist Veronica O. Rodriquez whom they recorded with 2014’s ‘Empire’ and 2011’s ‘In Burning Skies’. Their first show with …

Checking in from Duper Studios in Bergen, members of Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED offer the fifth installment in the seven-part “Diary of Mad Men” series shedding insight into the band’s upcoming as-yet-untitled thirteenth studio album, set for an early 2015 release. “Sunday in Bergen means slight hangovers and double-parked …

German black metal tyrants Ascension premiere the new track “The Dark Tomb Shines” at Metal Hammer Norway’s website. The track hails from Ascension‘s highly anticipated second album, The Dead of the World, set for European release on December 24th via W.T.C. Productions (Season of Mist will handle the North American release). Previewed by the Deathless Light EP, Ascension‘s The Dead of the …

In celebration of next week’s release of Walking Underwater Pt. 2, the brand new full-length record from dark rock project JOHNNY WORE BLACK, Bloody-Disgusting.com is streaming the new track “Fallen Angel”, as well as hosting a never-before-read blog post detailing JWB frontman Jay’s professional stuntman-by-day career and how it relates …

They say good things come in threes… Swiss / American rockers Khaøs released ‘Risen‘, their stunning debut full-length album via MRR Records just last month, days later they released a second single, ‘Crisis Factor‘ and a lyric video. Now the band have posted the third single from the debut and …

Western Australia’s chaotic hardcore band, Statues have been quietly writing and working toward their debut album over 2014. Here, they discuss the process of putting the album together, which was a very community based effort, with only friends from their hometown of Perth being involved with the record. ‘Together We’re Alone‘, …

Ahead of its official download release early in the New Year, Britain’s anthemic alt-rock outfit RANYE are offering a free stream of their forthcoming single ‘Opportunity For Progress‘. With the majority of 2014 spent in the studio, writing and recording their 2nd album release entitled ‘Complex By Design’, the Sunderland …

Judging by the brand new video for SEETHER’s latest single ‘Same Damn Life,’ ‘retirement’ just got a whole lot more fun! Seether front man Shaun Morgan came up with the concept in close collaboration with director Nathan Cox (Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, Marilyn Manson); the pair have wanted …