Angel Witch signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records!

Angel Witch signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records; announces extremely limited cassette  Metal Blade Records is proud to welcome Angel Witch to its worldwide roster! Angel Witch‘s 1980 eponymous debut on Bronze records created shockwaves that would resonate throughout the nascent realm of thrash, doom and death metal. Now, nearly four …

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SKILLET – VICTORIOUS new album out now

Skillet Victorious

One of the best selling rock bands Skillet is back with their new tenth studio album Victorious. If you like your nu-metal hard and heavy and have a penchant for bands like Shinedown, Avenged Sevenfold and Linkin Park then Skillet is the band for you. The four-piece from Memphis is …

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Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live)

When I was asked to review The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live) by NWOBHM legends Saxon, I thought it was a re-issue of their 1982 live album but this is not the case as it’s a triple CD release of forty live songs chosen by their lead singer Biff Byford. …

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Freedom Call – M.E.T.A.L.

German Power metal/melodic metal band Freedom call celebrate their 20th anniversary this year and what better way to celebrate than to release a new studio album? It’s their tenth album, and is called “M.E.T.A.L.” which frontman Chris Bay says is tongue in cheek, adding “After all, everybody knows that we …

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Domination inc – Memoir 414

Domination inc are a Greek thrash metal band that formed in 2012 as Domination (the change to Domination inc is more recent due to legal issues with the name). They released their debut album “Infants of thrash” in 2014, and now five years on, they’re ready to release their second …

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The Fallen State – Announce UK Headline Tour

ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR IN OCTOBER 2019 New Studio Album ‘A Deadset Endeavour’ Out Now “Beefy, brooding shot of hard rock, with that Shinedown-meets-Alter Bridge” – (Classic Rock) British rising stars The Fallen State are thrilled to announce their headline UK tour in October 2019. The Fallen State is one of …

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New Metal Project SHAPED IN DREAMS Launched

SHAPED IN DREAMS is a musical project of composer/multi instrumentalist Martin Matiasovic featuring international, renowned guest artists from Black Crown Initiate, Obscura, Obscurity, Alkaloid and more. The main motivation behind the project was establishing a creative outlet for the artist’s restless urge to compose and thereby also present his eclectic, multi genre vision of music mainly drawing inspiration …

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COLDSPELL To Tour Spain Again And To Release New Music!

COLDSPELL, the melodic metal band from the land of ice and snow up in the north of Sweden will be returning to Spain in November/December 2019. And celebrating 10 years from the first album release the band is currently recording a new version of the title track Infinite Stargaze. This will be followed …

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CRO-MAGS – Limited 7″ EP ‘Don’t Give In’ Available Now!

CRO-MAGS Limited 7″ EP Vinyl ‘Don’t Give In’ Available Now New York hardcore punk legends CRO-MAGS have just released limited 7″ vinyl for their EP »Don’t Give In« available in three different colours via Arising Empire! Save your limited 7″ EP-vinyl »Don’t Give In« here: https://Cro-Mags.lnk.to/DontGiveIn Harley Flanagan: “In late 2018 I went in to the studio to …

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Graham Bonnet Band – Live In Tokyo 2017.

Graham Bonnet, still kicking out the jams at the ripe old age of 71, point proven on this very impressive Live In Tokyo 2017 album, released on Frontiers Music S.R.L. Out of its sixteen tracks, it weighs heavily on Down To Earth, the album Graham made with Rainbow. It divided …

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The Dead Daisies – Locked and loaded

Billed as “The covers album”, locked and loaded is exactly what the cover says – a collection of cover versions. Excluding their debut album the band’s subsequent releases have all come with a couple of cover versions included, and this release takes those 6 covers and adds 4 more. So …

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Mystica – Oratorio

Bulgaria holds great memories for me. I go there most years to Sunny Beach for my holiday, and I know that there is some great talent over there. So when a review request came through for Mystica, I jumped at the chance. Amazingly, Mystica have been around for some twenty …

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INFECTED RAIN premieres blistering new track!

Moldova’s Extreme Metal unit Infected Rain have released a new track from their upcoming album ‘Endorphin’, coming in late 2019 through Napalm Records. Watch ‘Lure‘  on the link above. Links: Official Website   Facebook   Twitter   Napalm Records

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The Final Countdown to BLOODSTOCK 2019

There are only 7 days left ‘til you and your metal brethren descend on to Catton Park’s hallowed turf for the UK’s biggest metal weekender! Hangin’ on ‘til the last minute to buy your ticket?  You can do so right up to and during the festival weekend.  However, tickets purchased …

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Ramblin Man 2019 – Sunday

The first band of the day for me was Sweet Crisis, opening proceedings on the Blues stage. It’s only a quick visit before I had to head off to see another band, but what I heard sounded very good with a mix of classic and modern influences. Definitely a band …

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