Photo credit: Akis Douzlatzis KING DIAMOND is thrilled to announce the addition of guitar virtuoso Gus G. (FIREWIND, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE) to the band’s lineup. Gus G. joins as guitarist and will compose, record, and tour with KING DIAMOND going forward, marking an exciting new chapter in the band’s storied history. The band extends their deepest…
Credit: Sylwia Makris & Christian Martin Weiss Amon Amarth Announce New Album “The Allfather Awakens” Coming October 2 via Metal Blade Records Pre-Order / Pre-Save HERE AMON AMARTH announce The Allfather Awakens – a ten-song masterwork that further cements the legacy of the Swedish metal titan’s spectacularly memorable riffs and unflinching melodic aural power. The…
Photo: Jamie Bott RULED BY RAPTORS CONTINUE TO RISE WITH NEW MINI-ALBUM & BRAND NEW SINGLE UK post-hardcore unit RULED BY RAPTORS return with their new single and video, Algebra (I’m On A Rage), out now. The track is taken from their forthcoming mini-album, A Shadow That Never Moves, which arrives on Friday 2nd October.…
Photo: Lee London UK alt-rock trio THE BITTER PILLS are set to release their self-titled debut album on Friday 25th September, delivering a hard-hitting collection fuelled by heavy riffs, raw intensity and relentless energy. The band continue to showcase the record with When We’re Gone, a brooding and emotionally charged single accompanied by an official…
Gothminister returns with “My Revenge”, a powerful industrial metal anthem driven by heavy riffs, futuristic synths and an empowering message. Inspired by real-life experiences of bullying and betrayal, the song tells the story of transformation from a broken and vulnerable individual into a strong, almost superhero-like version of yourself — capable of overcoming any obstacle…
Photo: Phil Emerson Bay Area Thrashers FORBIDDEN Announce Self-Titled Album Set for Release on October 23rd via BLKIIBLK Pre-Order HERE Thrash metal pioneers FORBIDDEN are proud to announce their new self-titled album, set for release on October 23rd via BLKIIBLK, marking the band’s first full-length release since 2010. To celebrate the announcement and offer fans a taste of what to expect, FORBIDDEN unleashes…
TROLLFEST – Announce New Studio Album “Trollywood” New Album Out November 6th, 2026 via Reaper Entertainment – First Single “Day Drinking” Arrives August 7th Welcome to Trollywood! Norway’s undisputed masters of True Norwegian Balkan Metal, TrollfesT, are back! The band has officially announced their tenth studio album, “Trollywood”, which will be released on November…
PHOTO CREDIT: Balazs Szabo GRAMMY-NOMINATED HARDCORE LEGENDS HATEBREED ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “FATAL PARADOX” ALBUM ARRIVES NOVEMBER 6 VIA BLKIIBLK Studied, imitated, but never replicated, the Grammy-nominated hardcore legends HATEBREED have remained a fixture of the hardcore and metal scenes for the better part of three decades. After writing the playbook with their genre-defining releases Under…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://thosemadebroken.bandcamp.com/ The Glaswegian purveyors of heavy, emotionally charged, and occasionally brooding alt. rock sporting the appropriate moniker Those Made Broken are a most enticing and rewarding musical proposition, and judging by the overall quality of this muscular-sounding effort, this writer needs to check their entire discography out asap. A Door You Can…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/cognitive-dissident Cognitive Dissident offers something quite extraordinary and different to the usual fare of (auto)biographies out there; what we have here is an organic, fluid, and essentially long-form talk and exchange of ideas and viewpoints between none other than the multi-talented Matt Johnson of THE THE fame and author Jason Wood. The…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://linktr.ee/cairiss Formed back in 2013 and having released a well-received demo the following year and then an EP two years later, this intriguing debut album of theirs may be said to have been a long time coming – ten years to be exact – and the term blackgaze is most definitely an…
Chicago based black metal project Bloodthrone has just released their new single, “Incubus Fatalis”. As with their other released, the music is self produced and released, while post-production and mixing were done at Shogun Studios, San Antonio, TX Cover design & graphics by Captor & Gee-Gee Banshee. Having had been around since 1998, The band has…
LITTLE KING Shares New Single “Opus Perficit” To Kick Off July West Coast Tour! Arizona’s Little King shares “Opus Perficit,” a haunting new standalone single that reveals a quieter, more introspective side of the progressive rock band as they celebrate 30 years of making music. Released just days before the group hits the road for…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://deafbeatvanguard.bandcamp.com/album/libido-induced-anabasis Given that this highly entertaining gem came out in early June and that I either missed or subconsciously overlooked its release date due to laziness, I shall keep it short and simply tell you why Libido-induced Anabasis by the intriguing outfit Deaf Beat Vanguard is worth your time and money. This…
ViaMedia’s nye album kommer ut den 18de september 2026. Albumet har tittelen “Lullabies for the marooned”, og er en oppfølger til kritikerroste “Bridges of Sighs” fra 2024. ViaMedia er et norsk kunstrock/postprog-band som lager musikk som er innovativ, filmatisk og søker å unngå enhver form for ortodoksi. Albumets fortelling er løst basert på historien om…
Introduce your band, and describe your latest release:We began as a spark of an idea in 2018. Pete Worrall, guitarist for thrashers, Plague and the Decay, and his long-time collaborator, Katy Lennon, got together and wrote several more melodic songs. Pete dragged across the drummer from Plague and the Decay and then we found L.L…
The Dogs slipper «Politics Find You», den fjerde singelen fra det kommende albumet «Trauma Junkie» Der de første singlene viste forskjellige sider av albumets rå energi, trekker «Politics Find You» tempoet ned og lar melodiene få større plass. Resultatet er en mørk og vemodig rockeballade.Med en massiv outro og en av albumets mest ettertenksomme låter,…
THE LARCHES charge forward with new single Smother The Hero, out now, ahead of the arrival of their new EP, Nihilistic Majesties, on Friday 24th July. Watch the video for Smother The Hero here listen to the band at – https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JNfHwEl137ZgKbOFzeOnF . Emerging from Teesside, THE LARCHES channel the weight and abrasion of sludge metal…
Photo credit: Bluekid media Scottish alt-rockers STAY FOR TOMORROW have released their alluring new single and video, Nonsense, out now. The track is taken from their forthcoming album, When Hope’s Gone, due Friday 25th September. Check out the video for Nonsense, here listen to the band at – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wSKwPQseYDh9uczNFczmY . Since forming in 2018, the Dunfermline…
STORM fanger kaoset fra Tons of Rock i ny musikkvideo til «Give Me More» Etter utgivelsen av singelen «Give Me More» slipper alternativartisten STORM nå også musikkvideoe til låta, filmet under bandets konsert på Tons of Rock. I stedet for å lage en tradisjonell performance-video ønsket STORM å dokumentere opplevelsen slik den faktisk var. Resultatet…
