July 22, 2021
Helloween – Helloween (Staff Review)
Due to the historic nature of this release, we have combined our thoughts on the album into one collective review…… Reviewed: July 1, 2021 Overall Rating: 4.8/5.0 Review by: Metal-Rules Staff Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 18, 2021, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead So here we are…
THUNDER Announce Expanded Edition Of Their Top 3 Album ‘All The Right Noises’
British rock legends Thunder have announced the release of the expanded edition of their 13th studio album, ‘All The Right Noises’ on 24th September 2021 on BMG. It follows on from the album’s original release earlier this year, which saw the band maintain their incredible chart run by achieving a…
Hexenklad Video Interview
Hexenklad is a Canadian Folk/Black Metal band. Think folk melodies akin to Moonsorrow with twin guitar leads like Dissection, the depth of emotion of Primordial and the overwhelming depth of Insomnium. We posed a bunch of questions to the lads in Hexenklad and they got back to us with a…
Christian Lindell of Portrait Discuses Newest CD – At One With None
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Portrait will be releasing their newest CD, At One With None, on September 3rd via Metal Blade Records. This is their follow-up to their 2017 release Burn the World. This new CD has the band returning with a diverse, attitude-drenched collection of songs. It’s everything the…
SteelHordes Festival Finland 20 – 21 August
STEELHORDES WILLATEHDAS HYVINKÄÄ FINLAND 20th – 21th of August 2021 As it is known Steelfest was forced to postpone to 2022. The extreme metal maniacs will definitely be having a real extremity of the extreme thrash/death/black metal when the Steelfest organization has launched a new event named Steelohordes. The festival…
Sound The Drums! Italian Symphonic Folk Metal AEXYLIUM First Single “The Bridge” Off Upcoming New Album “The Fifth Season”
New Album “The Fifth Season” Out October 29th Italian symphonic folk metallers Aexylium are sharing their first single “The Bridge” from their forthcoming album “The Fifth Season” due out October 29th, 2021 via Rockshots Records. The opening track of the full length, “The Bridge” is an instant war call, a powerful rush of drums, symphonic speed, and heaviness to…
Canada’s CroMagnum Come Ripping Out The Primordial Ooze With “Tunguska” Off Upcoming EP “Born Free”
New EP “Born Free” Out Sept 17th, 2021 via King Metal Records Years in the making, Montreal’s CroMagnum recently released their first single with the music video “Tunguska” from their upcoming EP “Born Free”. According to the band, this EP is more involved than the last, with a second guitar and more refinement in the…
Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Release Lyric Video “Tuiteam an Duine” Off New Album “Sworn to Avenge”
Video Premiere via ThisIsBlackMetal New Album “Sworn to Avenge” Out Now! via Depressive Illusions Records Coming from the coldest, windiest, snowiest, and foggiest city in Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland’s Artach is heavily influenced by nature and even takes after the bleak climate they are surrounded by. The result of months…
Vargstuhr talks about their second album: Dystopia
Interview by Svetlana Likhacheva www.facebook.com/vargstuhr /https://vargstuhr.bandcamp.com www.vacula.com.ua/ Vargstuhr is a melodic Black metal one man project from Spain (Canary Island). They are about to release their second album – Dystopia. It describes a dystopian future of a technocratic society in which an alienated human being has forgotten the fascination with…
Vancouver’s REBEL PRIEST Bring The Mean Streets To Your Ears With “Back Alley Blues”
New EP “Lost In Tokyo” Out August 13th via Batcave Records L-R – Jayme Black – Vocals/Bass, Nate Pole – Drums/Vocals, Benny Kemp – Guitars/Vocals Vancouver’s Rebel Priest took a trip to Japan in 2019 and from the drunken debauchery they wrote a few songs, now being released as a four-track EP, the…
Canadian MetalFest LOUD AS HELL Reveals 2021 Line Up For Its Return July 30 – Aug 1
Western Canada’s Decibel Breaking Metal Fest July 30 – Aug 1 – Drumheller, AB @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds Tickets On Sale Now! Social Media Hashtag #LAH9 Preview festival line-up on LAH’s Spotify playlist – spoti.fi/3ijeSrE Western Canada’s decibel-breaking festival LOUD AS HELL is proud to announce its line-up for its return in…
Calgary Heavy Metal RAVENOUS Announce New Album “Hubris” Out October 2021
“Hubris” Out October 22nd via Feast Beast Records (NA/EU) / Spiritual Beast (Asia) L-R: Ravenous Current Line Up: Skyler Mills (Guitar) | Dave Crnkovic (Drums) | R. A. Voltaire (Vocals) | Chris Valax (Bass) | Jake Wright (Guitar) Photo Credit – Monika Deviat This year, Calgary’s Ravenous is giving metalheads another reason…
Out Now! Aussie 80’s Heavy Metal NOTHING SACRED New Album “No Gods” + Music Video “Virus”
Australian classic heavy metal Nothing Sacred are marking their return to the mosh pit with the new album “No Gods”, out now via Rockshots Records as of July 16th. In celebration of the release of the full length, the band is sharing their new music video for the track “Virus”. The band adds: “Virus came from…
New Jersey’s Knecht Unveils Progressive, Instrumental Self-Titled Debut EP
Self-Titled Debut EP Out July 16th Joseph Knecht has his first EP ready for listeners around the world. The debut self-titled EP is a complex journey through progressive metal instrumentals, a well-thought-out blend of classic 70s and modern prog. Knecht, who has been playing music the majority of his life gives…
BLOODSTOCK’S WEEKEND TICKETS SELL OUT – DAY TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE – MORE DETAILS REVEALED
BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce that weekend tickets to this Summer’s festival are now SOLD OUT! A limited number of one day tickets are still available for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with the latter day’s availability now very limited, so move fast if you wanna see Judas Priest! Anyone…
The Wildhearts announce brand new single ‘Sort Your Fucking Shit Out’ on Graphite Records
Today The Wildhearts release a brand new single, ‘Sort Your Fucking Shit Out’, the second single taken from the album “21st Century Love Songs”, out September 3rd, 2021 via Graphite Records. Listen to the “Sort Your Fucking Shit Out” here: “We all have habits or irritating behavioral patterns that we…