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  • CHLSY – new music video out

    Nashville rock group, CHLSY is breaking genre barriers with their 90’s influenced sound. With Chelsea Gilliland on vocals and guitar, Sean Swanson on bass, and Sawyer Dodds on drums – CHLSY strives to provide melodic yet head-banging music for today’s youth. They have recently released a new video for “No Hard Feelings”, which can be…

  • HAMMOK – new double single

    Photo by Vincent Engebretsen Renoir Records have released a brand-new double single with the Norwegian hardcore trio Hammok Perfectly Aware / Nothing but Gray  In 2021, we were introduced to the Oslo-based hardcore band Hammok, as they punched the air out of us, little by little, with three different singles. The tracks have recieved great coverage in magazines like Disharmoni.no, heavymetal.no, eternal-terror.com and permafros.today  The latest reeased song, How To Make Dogs Bark, got recommended by Norwegian NRK P3 Urørt. Now, Hammok rounds off their introduction project with a double single. According to themselves, their best work so far.  Earlier, Hammok has kept us waiting, releasing one song at a time. This time, they are twice as generous as usually. Perfectly Aware and Nothing but Gray are released at the same time because they fit together. They complement each other well, says drummer Ferdinand Aasheim. Listen to the release here:  Perfectly Aware is Hammok’s shortest song to date. It effectively depicts the desperate…

  • SLAVES TO FASHION – Gir ut ny låt fra metalhistorien

    Konseptalbumet “The History of Heavy Metal” ble en innholdsrik reise for Haugesundsbandet SLAVES TO FASHION, med strålende anmeldelser og interessante diskusjoner rundt den interessante og omfangsrike heavy metal-sjangeren.   Bandet skriver nå på et helt nytt album, men i mellomtiden slipper de en låt som ble utelatt på fjorårets album. Midt på 1970-tallet stod hardrocken…

  • NUCLEAR WINTER Release New Song

    Collaborating with DJ W.O.L.F (WE OF LITTLE FAITH), Zimbabwe’s  NUCLEAR WINTER presents a dynamic remix of the track “The God Without Shadows”. The new single showcases a different shade of darkness drawing this track, first released early in NUCLEAR WINTER’s career, out of the buried depths and into greater experimental realms. “I was very excited…

  • Emasculated Vituperation release debut album

    Lurking in the diseased bowels of humanity, a despised outcast, a parasite ridden raptor dragging its rancid carcass through the sewers of the world. No heart, no soul…blinded by bitterness it preys on the vulnerable, desecrates beauty, spits pain from its twisted lips. A worm in the heart, feeding on the weak, a perverted cancer…

  • PÅNNIVÅGN slipper ny låt

    4. februar slipper bandet Pånnivågn låta «Grov kaliber» på Spotify og andre strømmetjenester. Det kan sjekkes ut ved å følge denne lenken Dette er det første slippet av månedlige slipp av ny musikk gjennom 2022. Pånnivågn gjorde comeback med få utvalgte festivalopptredener i 2021, og peiser på med en rekke konserter i 2022 når covid-restriksjonene…

  • SIDIOUS – UK Black metallers return with the cold majesty of new album Blackest Insurrection

    In the silence of early morning, the twilight hours, the in between times, when shadows hang like black pools in the grey light and the fire of day first flickers on the horizon, then they meet beneath the frost rimed branches. Dark shapes of claw, tooth and blade, adorned with the broken mockery of once…

  • SOUNDS OF NEW SOMA Reveals New Video Single

    German Avantgarde Psychedelic and Space Kraut Project SOUNDS OF NEW SOMA Reveals New Video Single Überschwupper! Überschwupper is after Das Salodenprinzip and Dadengi the next single from forthcomig album Musique Bizarre, scheduled for release in May 2022 through Tonzonen Records. The album will be released as a double LP, CD & Digital.  The video for…

  • KNOGJÄRN Release Brand New Single

    Photo: Erik Hansen, EH Digital Swedish Hard Rockers Knogjärn Release Brand New Single “Hur Många Dagar Kvar” Swedish Knogjärn (Eng.: Knuckle-duster) are that kick-ass kind of Hard Rock, right off the bat! Knogjärn drop music that makes you want to crack open a beer, turn the volume to 11 and rock ‘til you f***ing drop.…

  • CATABOLIC Release “The Onager” Lyric Video

    Finnish Death Metallers CATABOLIC Release “The Onager” Lyric Video “The Onager” is a track taken from CATABOLIC album ‘Besiege The Uncivil’, which is due for release on February 25th, 2022 via Wormholedeath. CATABOLIC – Northern death metal barrage Catabolic is a death metal band from Finland. The group consists of Il Mostro (lead vocals), Lenn…

  • GODLESS – releases new SLAYER cover celebrating Jeff Hanneman’s 58th Birthday

    GODLESS: Indian Death Metal Quintet Releases new SLAYER Cover Celebrating Jeff Hanneman’s 58th Birth Anniversary; Decimating Debut LP, States Of Chaos, OUT NOW Hyderabad, India’s death metal force GODLESS has issued their blazing take on Slayer’s classic “Angel of Death”, on the occasion of late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s 58th birth anniversary. This song was recorded during…

  • VOIVOD – launch new single and video

    VOIVOD LAUNCH SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK OF THEIR NEW ALBUM “SYNCHRO ANARCHY”! Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are getting closer to launch their upcoming studio album “Synchro Anarchy”, out worldwide on February 11th, 2022. Therefore, a new single off “Synchro Anarchy” has been released, so make sure to check the album’s title…

  • BRuTAL ASSAULT 2022 – news

    BRUTAL ASSAULT 2022 | 9 – 13 August 2022 | fortress Josefov | 5 days – 5 stages – 150 bands – horror cinema – exhibitions   Brutal Assault has 70% of the lineup, current tickets end The one-day extended Brutal Assault 2022 is getting closer. In just under 200 days, its twenty-fifth line-up will feature 150 artists across…

  • MATKAMP har sluppet debut album

    MAKTKAMP slapp 21. januar sitt debutalbum ‘I Affekt’ og er i ferd med å sette ny fyr på norsk hardrock/hardcore med sitt melodiøse og høyenergiske lydbilde. Albumet har høstet gode kritikker rundt om i landet, med Gaffa blant anmelderne, der referanser trekkes til blant annet Kvelertak og Ondt Blod. Bandet har spilt inn og produsert…

  • JAILBREAK – new annual rock event in Jutland

    JAILBREAK – NEW ANNUAL ROCK EVENT IN JUTLAND The verdict has been rendered; local and international rock fans have now been sentenced to a full day behind bars where they will be punished with rattling riffage at the new heavy rock event JAILBREAK. The event will take place in Horsens State Prison, and will be…

  • PICTURE ANN RELEASES THE GLOOMY (MISSINGS AND CAPTURES) RETOLD ALBUM

    Yet another musically eclectic and delightfully lo-fi output by the experimental ambient/doom metal freaks Picture Ann has seen the light of day, more specifically the full-length album entitled (Missings and Captures) Retold, which was released upon an unsuspecting public on January 28 via all the usual streaming services and digital music stores out there.      …

  • MORTEMIA single feat. Maja Shining (Forever Still)

    Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) is releasing the 7th Mortemia song from ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’. The track features Maja Shining (Forever Still) on guest vocals, is now out on all digital platforms. The track is entitled ‘Here Comes Winter’. Quote – Morten Veland: “I am proud and honoured to introduce my friend Maja Shining as my special guest for ‘The…

  • MoE Releases 3rd Single ‘Beautiful Stranger’

    Photo: Greg Popes MoE: Norwegian Avantgarde Sludge Duo Releases 3rd Single “Beautiful Stranger”; Fourth Full-Length Album To See Release March 11th Through Oslo Based VINTER RECORDS Comments the Band: “Written in Mexico, “Beautiful Stranger” explores the desires that leads human beings to destruction. The hidden self. A total different vocal approach, melodic vibraphone and string arrangements…

  • MESHUGGAH drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’

    MESSHUGAH Drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’  from their forthcoming new full-length “Immutable”, set for release on April 1st, 2022, via Atomic Fire +Album pre-order starts now HERE! Mavericks. Pioneers. Unique. Immutable.  ‘The Abysmal Eye’ is the first taster single of Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah! The song is taken from their upcoming ninth studio…

  • KAT unveils video for powerful new single

    (Photographer – Josh Heldsinger) Kat is a highly compelling South African singer, multi-instrumentalist, looper and international live musician. Recognized globally for her energetically dynamic performances, which comprises a little bit of everything, Kat is an irresistible creative who skillfully fuses blues, rock, pop, jazz and electronic in her own incomparable way. Today sees the release…

  • GLASGOW KISS – Debuterer med EP ‘Fury’

    Det bergenske rockebandet Glasgow Kiss med røtter fra Fana, Osterøy, Åsane og Fedje, startet sin reise en vårdag i april 2020, rett etter at koronapandemien brøt ut. Vokalist Charlotte fikk telefon fra gitarist Sveinung om at fire etablerte musikere trengte vokalist. Musikerne har spilt i en årrekke i blant annet bandene: “Testpilot, Gunslingers og Fenrik…

  • ROADBURN 2022 – 16 new acts announced

    16 NEW ACTS FOR ROADBURN 2022 SENYAWA AMNESIA SCANNER DUMAEUROBOY & ALICIA BRETON FERRERKAMIEL THOMAS SØWT THE DEVIL’S TRADE THE DEVIL’S TRADE X JOHN CXNNORFORNDOMPLATON KARATAEVTERZIJ DE HORDE // GGU:LL // BROEDER DIELEMANVITRIOL PERFORMS NIHILLSILVER KNIFEFREJAALICE HUBBLE PERFORMING HEXENTANZPLATZDEATHSOMNIA These artists are added to a line up that already features Ulver, Lingua Ignota, Liturgy, Emma Ruth Rundle,…

  • BLINDED BY HOPE Drop New Lyric Video

    Aussie Prog Discovery BLINDED BY HOPE Drop New Lyric Video “Messiah Liar” Messiah Liar is a powerful song about standing up for what you believe in. It’s about being strong with this belief despite all the naysayers. Stand up for yourself, be brave and show people the right way to do things. Messiah Liar is…

  • Acid Magus share the video for Red Dawn

    (Photo Credit – Vivid Portraits) South African heavy psych experimentalists Acid Magus share the video for Red Dawn   Impassioned, epic, slow, and heavy; it’s all here. After countless setbacks due to lockdowns and scheduling issues, South African’s Acid Magus finally got around to shooting a music video for the second single off their debut…

  • CORRODER releases ‘Tombs of Terror’

    Photo: Roger Isaksen Trondheim based band CORRODER has released a new demo, “Tombs of Terror”, available via Bandcamp and Limited Edition Casette Corroder is thrash metal band, based just outside Trondheim, Norway. The band got together in 2019, but the boring facts of the pandemic caused a delay in recording any material until last spring…

  • BESTIA ATER Unleash New Lyric Video

    Bulgarian Death Metal Band BESTIA ATER Unleash New Lyric Video “Haures” ANNO.BESTIA.CHRYSALLIS is the first album from the band BESTIA ATER: eight ferocious death metal tracks with a healthy dose of black metal melodies. The lyrics are conceptually linked together, touching on the relationships between humans and demons, both beneficial and detrimental. “Haures” is a…

  • PYTON – nytt album ute i mai

    Etter en ny runde i studio er PYTON ute med sitt album nummer to som slippes i mai 2022 via PFL Records   “Svart Punk Rock” bærer i seg mange av elementene fra forgjengeren “Ett Siste Magadrag”: Det er kjapt, det er effektivt og det er passelig gjennomsvett. Med plass til “streite”, nærmest lystige partier,…

  • Minneriket releases gothic neo folk album ‘Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile’

    Minneriket releases gothic neo folk album Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile Stein Akslen: Compositions, lyrics, guitars, lead vocals, field-recordings, synth and additional instruments. Session musicians:Misstiq: Additional compositions, keysMāra Lisenko: VocalsChristina Rotondo: VocalsNiklas Kveldulfsson: DrumsIngrid.mariea: VocalsMaria Kosma: BassMargarita Chernova: StringsNorlene Olmedo: CelloKyba: VocalsElvann: HarpKim Fleuchaus: FluteThomas Englmann: SaxophoneJenny Modeman: Additional vocalsC80: Additional keysLi: GongTemu: Additional…

  • SONATA ARCTICA – unveil new music video

    Artwork by Janne Pitkänen SONATA ARCTICA – unveil new music video ‘For The Sake Of Revenge’ from “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” The time has come to crawl to your couch and hide from the cold darkness outside: Finnish melodic metal icons SONATA ARCTICA deliver the perfect soundtrack to those cozy hours in front of…

  • Green Sky Accident – New Single Out

    Green Sky Accident sin nye singel «Finding Failure» er ute på Apollon Records 21 januar. Den svært fengende melodien setter seg på hjernen etter første gang du hører den, og kan vel kanskje sammenlignes med noe som Weezer kunne ha laget på 90 – tallet. Coveret ble laget for en god stund siden, men er…