Jinjer are one of the hardest working bands in the metal scene at the moment – and certainly pre-COVID.
After a decade of slogging away on the touring circuit, Jinjer finally broke through with their single Pisces, a beautifully haunting yet powerfully destructive song that showcased the differing sides of vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk’s range and catapulted the band into the ears and hearts worldwide.
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Few bands in metal are as unrelenting and uncompromising as Carcass.
For over 30 years the band have been decimating minds, souls and eardrums with their ferocious brand of death metal, carving their names forever more into the annals of heavy metal music.
After a prolonged absence, Carcass released their first single in over five years, Under The Scalpel Blade, in 2019 which led to a four track EP titled Despicable the following year, but fans were still left lamenting the absence of a ...
Taking eighteen years to release your first album defied every convention and protocol in the rock and roll handbook.
To most bands, that would be akin to career suicide, but Hookers & Blow aren’t like most other bands.
Correction, ANY other bands.
Originally formed in 2003 by Dizzy Reed (Guns ‘N Roses) and Alex Grossi (Quiet Riot) as an excuse to get free alcohol on the famed Hollywood Strip, Hookers & Blow have remained true to their core beliefs for almost two decades, plying ...
All Good Things recently released the awesome album A Hope In Hell after blowing the music world a new eardum with hit singles For The Glory (featuring Hollywood Undead) and The Comeback (featuring Craig Mabbitt from Escape The Fate).
The grandiose yet still heavy laden tunes are as cinematic in scope as they are filled with hooks and have struck a chord in a time where hope is on the decline.
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A monstrous project is ahead of us and without a doubt, this is as unique as Lordi’s costumes and career.
Mr. Lordi and his crew are announcing the release of a boxset of seven new albums at once. The Lordiversity box shall be available on November 26 as 7-CD boxset and as 7-Vinyl boxset in three different colour editions.
Each album has a different genre approach (Hard Rock, Disco, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, AOR, Thrash/Speed Metal & Industrial Metal) and the whole concept is ...
Juno Award-nominated symphonic death metal band EX DEO will unleash their epic new full-length album, The Thirteen Years Of Nero, this Friday, August 27, 2021 via Napalm Records.
On The Thirteen Years Of Nero the collective transports the listener back to Ancient Rome with 10 cinematic masterpieces that tell the conceptual story of the reign of Emperor Nero.
Today, following the release of their merciless new singles Imperatorand Boudicca (Queen Of The Iceni)– featuring the ...
Florida hard rock quintet Wage War have officially announced their fourth full-length Manic. The album is due out October 1 on Fearless Records. Pre-order it here.
Today, the band is sharing the new single Circle the Drain, one of the most anthemic songs in the band’s catalogue to date.
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English extreme metal legends Carcass have released a new album trailer today, in which they discuss Zbigniew Bielak’s striking and grotesque rotting veggie-heart artwork for their massively anticipated album, Torn Arteries, that’s out September 17 from Nuclear Blast Records.
Vocalist/bassist Jeff Walker comments on the artwork: “It’s very clean, white, which we’ve never done before.
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Get ready to headbang with the latest collaboration between Swedish metallers Sabaton and World of Tanks.
The two facets of heavy metal are about to really put on a show. Kicking off in full force with the Steel Commanders music video that is an essential addition to every tanker’s battle music playlist, the band will also be staging a massive in-game event that will reward tankers with a little bit of history: the first-ever Tier IX Premium tank.
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Jinjer are without doubt the hardest working band in the metal scene.
Now, shortly before the release of their long-awaited and critically acclaimed studio record, Wallflowers – out this Friday via Napalm Records – everybody is talking about them. Since announcing the album, the band has graced numerous renowned international magazine covers, booked the biggest stories, sold out countless tour dates and their first two new singles, Vortex and Mediator both cracked the multi-million ...
KK’s Priest – the band comprised of renowned former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing and former vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens, along with bandmates Tony Newton, AJ Mills and Sean Elg – is pleased to announce the release of the single and video Raise Your Fists.
This song is taken from their forthcoming album Sermons Of The Sinner which is out on October 1.
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Behemoth mastermind Adam “Nergal” Darski has signed a menacing pact with the devil once again, returning with dark folk/blues/Americana influenced solo project Me And That Man’s third full-length studio album, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.2, on November 19, 2021 via Napalm Records.
To mark the album announcement, the devil himself opens a gloomy rift to the most sinister mass and unveils its first track and the official music video.
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Polish metal thrasher outfit Shartten have released their latest song and video for Rush In Flames.
Rush In Flames is taken from the band’s album Sound of Fate which is out via Wormholedeath and Wormholedeath Label Japan.
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Texan black metal battalion Necrofier return with Madness Descends, which is taken from their debut record Prophecies of Eternal Darkness.
The album is set for world-wide release on October 22, 2021 via Season of Mist Underground Activists and is available for pre-orders HERE.
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Formed in 2020, Fore stomped into the seemingly-silent punk scene with their debut album Hombres.
Comprising current and former members of Kreator, Venom Inc, Inhuman Condition, The Absence, and Old James, the quartet proved that punk rock is very much not dead.
In June Fore released Repeated Subtraction, tackling political and social issues with the lyrics and accompanying music video.
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Carolinas based heavy rock band The LA Maybe – fronted by lead singer Alvi Robinson, made famous when he was nearly selected to front the legendary band AC/DC in 2016 – have released the official lyric video for When I’m Gone.
The song is lifted from their debut album, Dirty Damn Tricks which is out now.
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Juno nominated singer/Songwriter Lindsay Schoolcraft has featured as a guest vocalist on Hail The Acoustic Destroyer by legendary Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats.
The song is from the band’s upcoming EP You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions. All proceeds raised via the band’s Bandcamp, as well as, a portion of the proceeds from shirt sales will be donated to Water First NGO, an organization that helps to train interns in water purification in order to help their communities ...
U.S. death metal quintet Anomaly have released new single The Observable Universe, a track from forthcoming full-length debut album Planet Storm which will be out on September 17.
The album combines re-recorded, remastered versions of three songs (and intro) from 2019’s Planet Storm EP with five new tracks. The result is a cosmic, crushing, and cohesive Death Metal tour de force.
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The extreme progressive/power metal group Immortal Guardian have unveiled a music video for Candlelight, the latest single from their critically acclaimed concept album Psychosomatic.
The clip, which was produced by Brett Rivera and features former Cirque Du Soleil performer Olga Pikhienko and world-renown dancer Danny Davalos and filmed at the location at the Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas, is being released in the wake of the band’s return to the road which began last week with ...
With a bond forged in youth and decades-old friendship, the undisputed masters of thrash metal, Exodus, return with their eleventh studio album, Persona Non Grata, due to be released on November 19 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The band has released the music video for the first single entitled, The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves).
Gary Holt comments “After what seems like an eon, we now have the debut of our first single, ‘The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale ...
In addition to four decades of incredible original material that spawned a whole new genre of music, industrial mainstays Ministry and creator/frontman Al Jourgensen are also well known for a series of memorable cover songs from Black Sabbath’s Supernaut to Bob Dylan’s Lay Lady Lay.
The newest tribute is a take on The Stooges’ Search And Destroy, offering a uniquely slowed down tempo and Jourgensen’s guttural howl that amplifies the song’s wartime critique.
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Sydney-based pop-punk quintet Bellwether have today revealed their pensive debut single Shortsighted.
“Shortsighted is, in essence, a song about self-acceptance. It’s about confronting and admitting your own flaws, while at the same time accepting yourself for who you are and abandoning the expectations imposed onto you by others,” explains guitarist and songwriter Heath Joukhadar. “That all being said, the song doesn’t take itself seriously, which is not only reflected by the ...
Black Label Society announced their 11th studio album Doom Crew Inc. will be released on November 26 via Spinefarm.
The album will be available digitally, on CD and on 2-disc vinyl via three limited colour variants.
The 12-track album is both a tribute to the band’s “first to bleed, last to leave” road crew and a salute to the legion whose support, stretching back to 1998, rivals that of the KISS Army.
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Rising metal stars Tetrarch recently released their trailblazing sophomore full-length album Unstable to rave reviews and worldwide acclaim.
On the back of that, the band has also announced a slew of fall tour dates with bands such as Atreyu, Nonpoint and more.
In anticipation of the return of touring season, the band is thrilled to unleash a blistering new music video for the hard-charging album anthem Stitch Me Up.
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Groglords are extremely proud to announce their shipment of KISS COLD GIN is coming – available to pre-order now via www.groglords.com
Inspired by the vibrant streets of New York City and the 1974 rock hit, KISS Cold Gin is the ultimate tribute to the hometown of the hottest band in the world.
The creation is a classic premium gin which has been distilled five times for higher intensity of flavour.
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Following the release of recent singles Iron Lung and Cells, Blood Youth have unleashed another hard-hitting new track, Body Of Wire.
“Body Of Wire is a song that came out of nowhere whilst writing for the new album,” says guitarist Chris Pritchard. “It all started with the one riff at the beginning and just exploded into this chaotic mix of just pure aggression and energy.
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Melbourne metal duo Corruption Rising have dropped their latest single Death By Exile.
This is the final song the band will be releasing before their debut album which is scheduled to be unleashed later this year.
The band describes Death By Exile as “heavy, powerful, melodic, yet brutal and technical; the ultimate metal track”, but judge for yourself below.
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New Jersey death metal band Vicious Circle have unleashed the lyric video for their latest single The Pain Is The Salvation.
The song is lifted from the band’s EP Unearthed Precision which is available at all digital retailers and providers from SubLevel Records.
Order physical CD or digital WAV format on Bandcamp here:
https://viciouscirclenj.bandcamp.com or https://sublevelrecords.bandcamp.com/music
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Napalm Records
August 27
One does not need to bang on about the current state of the world and its not so new limitations, Ten News….wait every news channel has a hourly loop on that topic if you so desire to subject yourself to that a bit more. If not…. let us talk metal, let us talk metal formed from the frustrations of everyday life, where music/art splash too life through the hearts and minds of four people that live to create together in one unified collective.
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The Bronx, a band hailed for harnessing the “unleashed cries of youthful blue-collar anguish” is a band I’ve heard and heard of before, in fleeting conversations where people have literally lost skin over them, but a band I’ve nonetheless never paid much attention to. Now though, it seems I have no choice as I have been gifted their sixth studio album – ninth if you count the three released under their alter ego Mariachi El Bronx.
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Released August 27
Words by Vince Leigh
Slogging it out on the Sydney gig circuit helped Indigo Point to develop a hybrid rock sound, taking elements of post-grunge and classic rock while adding a few contemporary nuances to the mix.
Will I Still Be Here Tomorrow, the band’s latest single, is the lead track from their EP Monochrome, and is a stirring embodiment of the EP’s overall style—an earnest and dynamic approach underscored by a melodic heart and plenty of grinding grit.
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Words by Jimmy Glinster
With an EP title like Scamdemic, I’m hoping to fuck this isn’t some rant about COVID, because to be honest I’m sick to fucking death of hearing about it. Especially from the whack job experts on the far-flung edges of both sides of the discussion.
Anyway, let’s not dwell on this because I’m hoping I’m not about to hear 20 odd minutes of it.
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Words by Jimmy Glinster
Now, I’ve heard of post-hardcore, and you all know my thoughts on that, but what the actual fuck is post-metal? Is that meant to mean after metal, is metal gone? Apparently, Dawn Fades are about to give me a lesson in it though, so I may end up a little wiser by the end of this review. Alternatively, I’ll just end up with another sub-genre to add to my shit list, but let’s not jump the gun and instead wait and see how their new album Ode works out for ...
Words by Jimmy Glinster
There is nothing quite like being summoned late on a Saturday night to review an Australian thrash metal band. That is of course except for being at a metal show which is fucking near impossible with the filthy Rona still lurking about. But here we are, and here we have the latest release by Desecrator who can hopefully follow through with their tour plans by somehow bypassing the filthy state of roaches after a snap state lock down was enforced earlier ...
A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen fight to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood. An ode to the wicked work of John Waters, festival fave Death Drop Gorgeous – Seattle Queer, Chicago Horror, Wicked Queer, VideoScream […]
To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein’s Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf. Aided and abetted by their three pet bats, our Monster Family zooms around the world again to save their friends, make new monstrous acquaintances and […]
