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Watch the video for ‘Oslo (feat. Démira)’ HERE Praise of new album Race The Night:“A heady collection of anthems and proves they still have it after 30 years of nuclear sound” – Louder Than War ★★★★ ½“The kind of grandstanding solos and punky dramas that made 1977 such an […]
NewsListen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhjhKjhLOUc Following their latest, much-acclaimed studio album, Medicine (released in February 2023 through AFM Records, order HERE), Boston-based rockers LANSDOWNE have shared a brand new single, ‘Safeword’. “We wanted to give our fans that familiar sexy dirty rock sound they love from Blue Collar Revolver, but […]
NewsPRIMAL FEAR – »Code Red« — Out Now Via Atomic Fire! — ORDER/LISTEN: https://primalfear.afr.link/coderedPR September 2023 seems to be a month for the books of German metal commandos PRIMAL FEAR! On September 1, 2023, the band unleashed their 14th studio album, »Code Red« via Atomic […]
NewsFESTIVAL LINEUP INCLUDES BLUES ROCK STARS JOE BONAMASSA, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, BLACKBERRY SMOKE, CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM AND MORE ON THE BIGGEST BLUES-ROCK PARTY AT SEA. THIS THIRD EUROPEAN VOYAGE SAILS FROM ATHENS, GREECE TO DUBROVNIK, CROATIA AND SANTORINI, GREECE ON AUGUST 17-22, 2023. RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE […]
NewsMusically hard to categorise but unforgettable to watch, Von Hertzen Brothers sow their vivid musical landscapes across British soil once more with two new UK live shows in February 2023. Preceding their Saturday night headline slot at Planet Rock Winter’s End Festival on 4th February, […]
NewsSix years on from their soul-searing second album, Extinguish The Light, the infernal horde of Whore Of Bethlehem have returned – shattering the silence once more with a new collection of hymns to the horned one, new celebratory psalms of sickness and destruction! Harder, faster, […]
NewsCLØUDY SKIES, Dreamgaze Atmospheric Post-metal, Est. 2019 Paris France, is a duo led by Lionel & Nicolas who both belonged to Ambryo (metal/hardcore 2000-2009) and Eyes Front North (Blackened Postmetal 2009-2019). The main idea for this new project was to literally “change” direction by crafting […]
NewsSince 2011 Pander – set up in the Frisian Netherlands – brings on their heavy loaded dirt. Debut demo GO (2012) came forward with effective forthright stoner metal. Follow-up Fierce Self (2015) gained even more weight and let catchy grooves flourish plentifully. Meanwhile a rather […]
NewsCheck out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOEzMxxLL2E “You are invincible— it happens in your brain”. That’s the core message of the single “Invincible” by Swiss hard rockers SHAKRA, who kick off 2023 with this new anthem featuring powerful walls of guitars and haunting melodies. As simple as this […]
NewsMEZZROW are back after 30 years! The Swedish Thrash Metal force will release their second and new studio album “Summon Thy Demons” on April 17th on their new label Fireflash Records. Today the band reveals their first single and a lyric video for the track […]
NewsFrench Nordic-themed cultural collective SKÁLD have released their brand new album Huldufólk, out now via U Music. To celebrate, the outfit have also shared the focus track ‘Elverhøy’. Watch the lyric video for ‘Elverhøy’ HERE.Order Huldufólk HERE. Track Listing:1. Troll Kalla Mik2. Ljósálfur3. Mánin Líður4. Ríðum, Ríðum5. Hinn Mikli […]
NewsRELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘THE FIRST SOLDIER’ NEW EP ‘HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR’ AVAILABLE NOW Following the successful launch of the Weapons Of The Modern Age EP on 30th September 2022, SABATON are excited to announce that Heroes Of The Great War, their second EP of the Echoes Of The Great War EP […]
NewsJethro Tull are pleased to announce their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, which is set for release on the 21st April 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with a 12-track […]
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