In a world ruled by fabricated pop music, reality TV talent and flavor-of-the-minute hipster bands, it’s rare to find an act that exudes the essence of rock while maintaining integrity and original thought. But every so often, a band comes along that pushes boundaries and defies the monotonous mainstream standard. One …
Read More »THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT Releases New Music Video for “Gone For A While”
Lyon, France’s THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT (aka TARLD) will release their their brand new record, Gone For A While, on November 26th via Red-Light Records. TARLD’s sound has been nurtured from the roots of bands that the band have listed to since their youth – such as Refused, The …
Read More »GENERATION OF VIPERS To Release Coffin Wisdom October 28th
Hailing from the Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee, GENERATION OF VIPERS are a band that has always operated outside the normal trappings of “extreme” or “heavy” music. Following the release of 2011’s “Howl and Filth”, which gained the band a sizable cult following, they are now preparing to further this sentiment with …
Read More »EXODUS Premieres First Bonus DVD Trailer
“Aggressive and in-your-face and the fastest album we’ve ever done. I was able to concentrate on leads and I played some of the best stuff I ever have.” This is how guitarist & songwriter Gary Holt of Bay Area thrashers EXODUS describes his work on the band’s tenth studio album, …
Read More »VIATHYN Premiere New Track ‘The Coachman’; New Album ‘Cynosure’ & FREE Download
Set to unleash their new album ‘Cynosure’ on Tuesday, October 7th, Calgary, AB progressive power metal quartet VIATHYN has teamed up with Bravewords.com to exclusively premiere their latest track ‘The Coachman’ off the upcoming release at the following link: http://bravewords.com/exclusives/audios/player “The Coachman is a fun mid-tempo track to bang your head to and sing along with. …
Read More »KONTRUST Reveals Details Of Upcoming Album
Here comes the hottest crossover band of today! KONTRUST are back with a brand new album and have just revealed the title, artwork, track listing & release dates! Explositive will make the muscles twitch and your nerve pathways explode! With rapid rhythms, catchy hooks, brutal guitars and angular riffs KONTRUST present …
Read More »BUTCHER BABIES Launch First Track From Upcoming ‘Uncovered’ EP
Taking a page from heroes Metallica and Guns N’ Roses, Los Angeles breakthrough metal act, BUTCHER BABIES, has recorded an EP of cover tunes that will surely please fans of the band, as well as fans of the artists that performed them originally. Titled “Uncovered”, this EP will be released …
Read More »ANTHRAX Scott Ian Discusses His Favourite Recorded Live Shows & The Band’s Forthcoming CD/DVD Release
Get ready to mosh in the privacy of your own home, because multiple Grammy-nominated thrash masters ANTHRAX have announced the release of ‘Chile On Hell’, a live-in-concert DVD that is due out October 20th. ‘Chile On Hell’ was filmed at the Teatro Caupolican in Santiago, Chile on May 10, 2013 and features ANTHRAX performing an extended set that …
Read More »AGHAST! Reveal Debut Album Details
Formed in 2006 after a drinking competition, UK extreme metallers Aghast! have finally scheduled the release of their debut album. *Applause* Entitled ‘All The Rage’, the album will see the light of day on 1st October 2014 and in their own words expect “Fast. Heavy. Catchy.” Since their formation Aghast! …
Read More »SENSER Announce The Release Of Stacked Up XX
Crossover legends SENSER changed the alternative music landscape forever in 1994 with the release of Stacked UP; an album of unprecedented cross pollination and pure inventiveness that resulted in a sound that influenced a generation. Fusing metal, electronica, hip-hop and everything in between, Stacked Up sold over 200k records in …
Read More »VOMIT FIST Taps Spin Studios for New EP
Think back – what did you do with your father when you were a teenager? Perhaps you went on fishing trips, learned how to change the oil in your first car, or even enjoyed a ballgame together from time to time? Such is not the case for impressive 17-year-old drummer …
Read More »NOCTEM Release New Lyric Video “Tiamat’s Crown”; Bonus Track Unleashed & New Eurotour
Iberian extreme metallers Noctem present their new single through Prosthetic Records, entitled “Tiamat’s Crown”,extracted from the latest album of the band, which receives the title of “Exilium”. Scheduled for release next week in the U.S. and Australia, “Exilium” is “a must-have for any fan of the genre” (Metal-Temple)! Produced by Anathema’s Daniel Cardoso (Angelus Apatrida, Ava Inferi), “Exilium” Special Edition features 12 addictive songs including two previously …
Read More »MONSTER MAGNET to Release Milking the Stars: A Reimagining of Last Patrol
2013 saw the release of MONSTER MAGNET’s latest album Last Patrol. Now comes Milking the Stars a reimagining of Last Patrol.Met with critical acclaim and supported by a world tour, Last Patrol has become a staple in the MONSTER MAGNET discography. Today the artwork, track listing and first song …
Read More »HALCYON WAY Release Second Video in ‘Making of Conquer’ Video Series
Award Winning Atlanta, Georgia Progressive Metallers released their latest album Conquer last month. This is their 4th album and it hit the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #41 the week of release. Conquer will be released on September 19 in Europe and the Rest Of World via Massacre Records. Recently …
Read More »OBEY THE BRAVE Stream New Album ‘Salvation’
Canadian metalcore group Obey The Brave are streaming their new album Salvation now. Click below to listen in its entirety. Salvation will be released on September 15 via Epitaph Records in the US. Obey The Brave catapulted to the top of the metalcore pack in less than two years, thanks largely to the experience the five men in the …
Read More »VARATHRON Announce New Album Details & Video Trailer
Long-running black metal veterans VARATHRON will release a brand new album entitled “Untrodden Corridors of Hades” on the 21st of November in Europe and 9th of December in rest of the world. The cover of their first full-length since 2009’s “Stygian Forces of Scorn” has been created by Mark Riddick (Arsis, …
Read More »CIRCUITRY To Release Self-Titled Debut November 4th
Formed from the smoldering, rotten corpses of Dark Empire, has arisen CIRCUITRY, a new strain of inescapable weaponized aural pestilence. Years of experimentation in multiple genres have resulted in a potent, debilitating form of metal to which there is no known antidote. Fusing elements of modern progressive metal with …
Read More »SAILLE Reveal New Album Details
One of the most promising extreme metal outfits to emerge in the last 5 years, Saille, today reveals details for a brand new concept album. Featuring 9 tracks and 55 minutes of epic black metal in which the band have explored several well known masterpieces of classic and modern horror …
Read More »THE SCINTILLA PROJECT Featuring Biff Byford Of Saxon New Album ‘The Hybrid’
Overview: SCINTILLA, a science fiction thriller is set deep underground in the wilds of a former Soviet state where strange genetic experiments are taking place. A war weary mercenary is hired to lead a company scientist to the secret underground laboratory and with his team of mercenaries to steal the …
Read More »ACCEPT Reveal Live Clip Of ‘Teutonic Terror’
Heavy Metal pioneers ACCEPT are a week away from unleashing their new offering BLIND RAGE and in anticipation of the album, the band have decided to reveal a live video of ‘Teutonic Terror’, which features on the DVD / Blu-Ray that comes with the bonus edition of BLIND RAGE. Watch …
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