Press Release

In the year that Metallica are announced as headlining the iconic Glastonbury Festival, in addition to Sonisphere (the 40th anniversary of gigs at Knebworth) Universal Music is celebrating 30 years of Thrash music by re-issuing seminal albums from the founding fathers of this sub-genre for the ThrashBack campaign. Thrash music …

Metal Blade is happy to announce the signing of Dutch death metal act DICTATED! The furious female guitar tandem Yessica Otten and Sonja Schuringa stumbled upon Michiel vd Plicht and Henri Sattler during a heavy drinking session. While Henri was hustling to sell the girls one of his custom-made SK Guitars, …

The Treatment have revealed an official video for ‘Running With The Dogs’ – the band’s forthcoming digital single; set for release on June 9th, the single also includes three bonus acoustic tracks, previously unreleased. Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYAtPnO_nQY   The clip in question was filmed by SikTh frontman …

California rock giants HIGH ON FIRE have begin work on their new, as-yet-untitled studio album. The globally-celebrated group — guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz — have convened for strategic writing sessions in both New Orleans, LA and Oakland with early reports indicating the band’s new material to be both “epic” and “sonically …

The hard hitting ‘To Kill A Man’ is taken from the Swedish quartet’s forthcoming album ‘In The Red’ (released August 20th via Despotz Records). Check out ‘To Kill A Man’ here:   The band has this to say about the track’s thought provoking subject matter; “We, and many of us, feel …

As previously announced L-G Petrov, Nico Elgstrand, Victor Brandt and Olle Dahlstedt will continue under the name ENTOMBED A.D. to release the album “Back To The Front”. Now it’s time to let the music do the talking. Check out the first single “Bedlam Attack” of the upcoming album “Back To …

OVERDRIVE signed a worldwide deal with PURE ROCK RECORDS/PURE STEEL RECORDS OVERDRIVE (England) have signed a worldwide deal with PURE ROCK RECORDS, a sublabel of PURE STEEL RECORDS! More news coming soon. LINE-UP: Ian Hamilton – bass, vocals Tracey Abbott – guitars David Poulter – vocals Ian “Scratch” Padgett – …

VISTA CHINO the band formed by John Garcia and Brant Bjork (formerly of Kyuss) will premiere their brand new video for “BARCELONIAN” from their highly praised ‘Peace’ album which was released via Napalm Records. See it here: ‘PEACE’ was released on Napalm Records on September 2, 2013 in the UK. …

British metal bands Iron Knights and Def Con One team up for three shows in the UK this summer to promote their respective new albums ‘Iron Knights‘ and ‘II‘. Def Con One is an established band founded over 10 years ago by guitarist Johnny Hunter and ex-Venom drummer Antton Lant. …

SLASH and his bandmates Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators will release their new album WORLD ON FIRE onSeptember 15 via SLASH’s own label Dik Hayd International distributed through Roadrunner Records (Europe, Middle East, Africa, & Latin America). The group revealed the cover artwork for WORLD ON FIRE designed by American contemporary artist Ron English today. Featuring the blazing title track as the first single …

The new PRONG album “Ruining Lives” entered the US Billboard Charts at #16 Heatseekers/Top New Artists, #28 Hard Rock, #28 Current Hard Music, #58Top Hard Music and #74 Indie while “Ruining Lives” also continues to be #1 at CMJ Loud Rock Radio. In Germany the album entered the album charts at #77 , which is the first chart entry in this country since “Rude Awakening” …

SoCal rap-metal band THE CHIMPZ have penned the brand new, official theme song for BattleGrounds MMA! BattleGrounds MMA is a Tulsa, Okla.-based, world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight promotion that places its athletes on a major stage in the most challenging and exciting format possible: one-night, single-elimination tournaments that …

  Metsatöll will release their new album Karjajuht this Tuesday May 27th in North America via Spinefarm Records. (Purchase at Amazon) In support of their album, the band has announced that they will be returning to North America this fall.  Metsatöll will be on tour alongside Eluveitie and Tyr.  The …

German Epic Metal heroes EQUILIBRIUM are proud to introduce their new lead guitarist! Dom R. Crey is the successor of previous guitar player Andreas Völkl.   The band states: “Hello dear Equi-community, after the departure of Sandra and Andi we have started to look for musicians, to start the next …

Irish Rockers THE ANSWER released their latest album New Horizon this past fall in North America via Napalm Records.  The album that was met with critical acclaim and rave reviews is available for purchase on Amazon and iTunes.   In the run up to the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, …

BLOODY HAMMERS will release their new album Under Satan’s Sun June 10th in North America(May 30th G/A/S, FIN & Benelux, June 2nd UK & Rest of Europe, June 4th ESP/SWE/NOR).  The album will be released via Napalm Records/Spinning Goblin. The album will be available a regular CD, limited edition vinyl …

Metal, Rasta, Punk, Soul infused heavyweights (Hed)p.e. release their brand new album ‘Evolution’ in the UK on 21st July 2014 via Pavement Entertainment. An audio sampler from the forthcoming release can be heard here Evolution sees the band returning to its heavier roots that fans have come to admire. (Hed)p.e. …

Anglo-Swedish modern metal powerhouse SONIC SYNDICATE have released the first song off the band’s upcoming fifth studio album. Check out the lyric video for ‘Black Hole Halo’:     Also check out the studio trailer for more info:   Part #1 can be viewed here:     Part #2 is available here:   …

Italian metal-hardcore band Motherkissers signed a deal with Memorial Records for the release of the debut album entitled “Cage the water”, available from June 9th on all digital stores. The distribution of the physical version in Italy, UK and U.S.A. is planned for the summer. “Cage the water” is the …

Ready for a new SON OF AURELIUS track? Of course you are. The band is pleased to bring you a brand new track, entitled ‘Long Ago’, streaming exclusively now via HeavyBlogisHeavy.com. Listen to the track here, cut from the band’s upcoming album, Under A Western Sun, out June 3rd. Visit …