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  • AMONGST THE ASHES release new single

    Amongst the Ashes – a band combining Persian traditional music and melodic death metal – released a new single Finnish-based Amongst the Ashes is releasing a new song called “Exalted Traitors”, featuring cinematic and epic atmosphere, an array of different vocals styles, and fast-paced riffs. Persian Setar, a type of lute used in Persian traditional…

  • IGNEA dedicates a new music video to the brave Ukrainian heroes

    Photo credits: Sergii Chernov The Ukrainian metal band IGNEA has released an official music video for their song Magura’s Last Kiss while the war is still ongoing in Ukraine.    “We would like to dedicate this song and this video to all brave Ukrainians who have been and who are defending our land, who are…

  • WILDNITE – Symphony Of Apathy – Out Now

    Symphony of Apathy is a concept record with important subjects like mental health and addiction 6th of May was the release date of the new concept album “Symphony of Apathy” by the Norwegian melodic hard rockers WILDNITE. The story is mainly based on a fictional family drama between a father, mother and their newborn child.…

  • PICTURE ANN CONJURES UP A VISION OF A LONELY MOORLAND

    The ever-unreliable musical entity that is Picture Ann has unfortunately burdened us all with yet another output, namely the digital single entitled ‘A Lonely Moorland’, which was conceived and captured for posterity in early 2022. Inspired by the desolate and windswept moors of Jutland on a cold day in fall, the trance-inducing track is meant…

  • LEGEND METALFEST – ny festival i Trondheim

    LEGEND METALFEST 16. og 17. september 2022 Trondheim – Hjorten Scene 20 år leg plikt.   To dager, fire band hver dag, bare 300 billetter hver dag, black metal, death metal, thrash metal, etablerte band, debutkonserter og utelukkende norske band. Dette er bare noen av ingrediensene når Legend Trondheim arrangerer sin første festival i de…

  • CULT OF LUNA transforms music video into gaming experience

    For more than two decades, Cult Of Luna has forged a sound that has grown incomparable to that of others. Ambitious, epic, visceral, drenched in emotion, and long regarded as one of Sweden’s premiere metal acts, Cult of Luna has a storied career with nine studio albums to their name, countless tours spanning the globe,…

  • MORTEMIA – new single feat. Heidi Parviainen (Dark Sarah)

    Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) released the 9th Mortemia song from ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ today. The track features Heidi Parviainen (Dark Sarah) on guest vocals and it is available on all digital platforms as of today the 6th of May 2022. The track is entitled ‘Veiled in Despair’. Listen to the new single here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mortemia/veiled-in-despair-feat-heidi-parviainen Quote – Morten Veland: “I am proud and honoured to introduce…

  • VÅDE og UNCANNY spiller på SubScene

    Lørdag 10. september spiller Våde og Uncanny på Sub Scene! To hardtslående metalband som begge er aktuelle med ny musikk i nær fremtid.     Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/652929779462684 CC:150 kr + avgift (18+)75 kr + avgift (U18) Forhåndssalg: https://billetto.no/e/vade-uncanny-billetter-630889   VÅDEVåde er et ekstremmetall-band fra Oslo/Kristiansand som ble startet i 2020. Debut-singelen «Shadows on the Soil»…

  • INSENSE – releases new track

    Norwegian technical metal quartet Insense, have recently shared the opening song of their forthcoming new EP “The Silent Epidemic B-Sides”, which is set for release on May 13 via Mas-Kina Records. The new EP features two songs from the recording sessions of their 2007 album “The Silent Epidemic”, and although these two tracks didn’t make the final cut they’re still representative…

  • HAUNTED BY SILHOUETTES – new EP out May 6th

    Melodic death metal band HAUNTED BY SILHOUETTES will new EP “No Man Isle” on May 6th The No Man Isle EP was planned to become a short concept story written by Mathias. Inspired by poet John Donne, it focuses on themes such as solitary survival, family, independence, and societal humanity. Lead vocalist Mathias explains, “No…

  • KAMPFAR releases new single and video

    Before black metal, before heavy metal, rock and delta blues, the Devil still made you dance. Up in Hallingdal one would find him hidden in the shadows, fiddle in hand and keeping the beat with his horse’s hoof. Did you think you would ever stop dancing? By his mercy you would know. You can listen…

  • HELLOWEEN – to release new vinyl single »Best Time« on May 20th

    HELLOWEEN – to release new vinyl single »Best Time« on May 20th, 2022; »United Forces« tour w/ HAMMERFALL kicks off this week After the recent postponement of a bunch of their 2022 »United Forces« tour dates with HAMMERFALL, pumpkin squad HELLOWEEN will finally kick off this highly-anticipated trek at Manchester Academy (UK) this Wednesday. The band’s…

  • NEORITE – releases new video

    photo credits: Christina Peter German Based Metal Gang NEORITE launches “Never Return Nowhere” Video; Sophomore Full-Length “Banner Of Defeat” Set For Release May 27th Through THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS. Watch the Band’s Brand News Video “Banner of Defeat doesn’t need a snappy label to kick ass. It simply does, existing in a space where unrelenting…

  • MARATON – ute med ny lått

    Photo : Sebastian Ludvigsen Ny oppløftende og fengende låt med viktig budskap fra Maraton!  Non-Euclidean Heart er Maratons andre singel fra det kommende albumet. Låten er både sårbar, men samtidig optimistisk, med fengende melodier og groovy rytmer som umiddelbart fester seg. Om den kommende singelen uttaler låtskriver og gitarist Simen Ruud: “Jeg skrev Non-Euclidean Heart…

  • IT MIGHT GET LOUD – slipper dobbelsingel

    It Might Get Loud slipper dobbeltsingel idag! Den heter “White Lies”, med tittelsporet “White Lies”, en poppa og rocka låt med masse energi, og “Let Your Love Run Wild” som andre spor, med mye energi men et litt annet uttrykk. Indierockbandet It Might Get Loud består av fem karer med base i Trondheim. Herfra tar…

  • THE CRUEL INTENTIONS slipper ny låt og video

    Photo : Max Ljungberg Vi er farlig nære slippdato for The Cruel Intentions etterlengtede andrealbum Venomous Anonymous som kommer 3. juni, men før den tid slipper bandet nok ei lysglimt av ei låt for våryre og rastløse fans! Og Kerosene skuffer ikke, det er en hissig og kompromissløs låt, og et kamprop for alle de rastløse, rotløse og impulsive sjelene der…

  • SLEEPYARD is back with their sixth fullength album.

    Sleepyard from Stavanger ( Norway) is back with their sixth fullength album. Brothers Oliver and Svein Kersbergen conjure up a new mix of drones and soundscapes with beautiful melodies.   Featuring: Kjetil Manheim (Mayhem, Order, Big Robot ) Sandy Dedrick of 60’s sunshine pop band Free Design and Mark Refoy of Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized. https://www.facebook.com/SleepyardOfficial…

  • ADVENTURE – new album out

    The Mid-Norwegian six-piece Adventure’s new album is out The Mid-Norwegian six-piece Adventure spent most of 2020 and early parts of 2021 writing and recording new material. Various lockdowns had its impact, making it hard for the band to work together. While searching for issues to write lyrics about, a friend of the band suggested to…

  • PERFECT NME Drop New Single & Video “Tripwire”

    Norwegian Heavy Metal Band PERFECT NME Drop New Single & Video “Tripwire” “Tripwire” is the second stand-alone single from “PERFECT NME”, following 2021 full length album “Remains to be seen”. The song has all the trademarks of a PERFECT NME song : Heavy riffs, a healthy blend of intense and organic, a large chorus –…

  • THE DEVIL’S PARTY BAND release debut “Best Album Ever”

    (Photographer – Jacques Schutte) Best Album Ever is the debut album from South African’s The Devil’s Party Band. Hailed as their home countries first Hard Rock Supergroup, all the members have made massive strides within the local and global music industry. Consisting of Anthonie van der Walt (ex. Thysis and Jack Hammer) on Vocals, his…

  • SEUM – New EP Blueberry Cash

    SEUM, the Montreal bass-only sludge band, just released its new EP Blueberry Cash on April 20th 2022. While working on their next full length album, Gaspard, Piotr and Fred decided to take a quick smoke break and release this new EP to celebrate 420. The EP is made of 2 songs written during the Winterized…

  • EIHERJER + VORBID spiller på Verkstedhallen, Trondheim

    23. apr., 20:30 — 24. apr., 01:00 Verkstedhallen & Lobbyen Strandveien 29, 7067 Trondheim   Dørene åpner 20:30. Konsertstart 21:30. 18 års aldersgrense. Billetter: https://verkstedhallen.hoopla.no/sales/herjer Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1095671681248896   Det er en oppstemt gjeng som tar med seg sine nedstemte gitarer for å spre sin West Coast Groove over det ganske land. Det norrøne heavy metal…

  • PURIFIED IN BLACK – back with new music

    Photo: Ole Christian Petterson Norwegian Underground Legends “Purified In Blood” Back With New Music Showing Their Aggressive And Unique Take On Metal   Purified in Blood must be considered Norwegian underground legends, and in 2022 they are finally ready to unleash brand new music for their relentlessly loyal fans. Listen to MYRÅ here: https://orcd.co/myraa Their aggressive and unique take on…

  • FUZIGISH reveal the video for their single Believer from forthcoming self-titled album

    Photographer – Jacqui van Staaden South African punk rock hooligans FUZIGISH reveal the video for their single Believer from forthcoming self-titled album. FUZIGISH have shared the video for the track Believer, taken from their highly anticipated new self-titled album which releases on the 29th April 2022 on Mongrel Records The video is perfect visual accompaniment…

  • W:O:A 2022 announces additional acts!

    W:O:A 2022 announces additional acts! Epica confirmed for Wacken Wednesday! The temperatures are rising, summer is getting closer and the line-up at this year’s Wacken Open Air is growing by another 33 bands! The new confirmations include top-class artists such as Dirkschneider, Lordi and Mantar. The complete overview of all new additions can be found…

  • MOTORPSYCHO spiller på Sentrum Scene

    Motorpsycho Datoto. 21. apr. 2022, 19:00 Spillested Sentrum Scene, OSLO Vennligst merk: Dørene åpner kl. 19:00 Se www.rockefeller.no for fullstendig program Praktisk info om konsertene finner du her Nærmeste trafikknutepunkt er Brugata og/eller Jernbanetorget. Se ruter.no for mer info. Billetter: Pris: 400NOK inkluderer kr 35,00 avgift https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/motorpsycho-billetter/681921 Arrangementsinformasjon Unummererte plasser Motorpsychodelia! Motorpsycho har holdt det gående…

  • IGORRR + Otto von Schirach spiller på BLÅ

    KONSERT: UTSATT! IGORRR + Otto von Schirach NY DATO: 22.04.22 | metal / breakcore / general weirdness   fredag 22. april 2022 | 19:00 | 275kr | id:20 Kjøpte billetter til 19.11 gjelder på ny dato. Dessverre har drumcorps måttet avlyse turnéen pga familiære årsaker. Vi erstatter med at Otto von Schirach spiller et lengre…

  • PSYCHOSTICK Releases Ridiculous New B-Sides LP

    PSYCHOSTICK Releases Ridiculous New B-Sides LP, ‘…and Stuff’! Catch PSYCHOSTICK Live on on Twitch Thursdays, & 2022 Tour Dates! The absurd metal band PSYCHOSTICK has released their newest LP, …and stuff. A b-sides and rarities album containing mashups / covers / parodies and originals spanning PSYCHOSTICK’S over two decade long career. A SEPULTURA styled cover…

  • LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE – new single

    Having been added to both the “All New Metal” & “Industrial Metal” Spotify editorial playlists , Ludovico Technique release their newest single & video “Silence“. Leading a path through our worlds frightening new normal, a track that leaves nothing in its wake but Silence.  Recently featured in Alternative Press, Loudwire, Metal Injection, Knotfest, Orkus!, and Post-Punk, as well as having been on…

  • Ukrainian War Refugee SupportA Pelagic compilation

    Ukrainian War Refugee Support A Pelagic compilation (Vol. I & II) feat. MONO, YEAR OF NO LIGHT, BRUIT ≤, SOM, ÅRABROT, PSYCHONAUT, NYOS, SHY, LOW, ENPHIN, OSLO TAPES, BRIQUEVILLE, BLESSINGS, JOHAN G WINTHER In the light of the current events and the tragedy in Ukraine, we would like to contribute something to helping war refugees…