Best of 2020
Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020 As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2020. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined top 20 you will find links…
Prog Power RED CAIN Shares Black Metal Influenced Single “Baltic Fleet”
New Album “Kindred: Act II” Out January 22, 2021 Calgary, Canada’s progressive power gothic metal band Red Cain will be unleashing their new album “Kindred: Act II” set for digital release on January 22, 2021 with the CD physical release out via Sliptrick Records at a later date this year. The upcoming full length continues and ends…
Funeral Drone Duo Alexander (ft. Members of Zaum, Jealousy Mountain Duo) Share Video “Runes”
Comprised of Kyle Alexander McDonald (Voices, Bass, Sub Synth, and FX) of Canadian mantra doom band ZAUM and Jörg Alexander Schneider (Drums, Percussion) of German free jazz band Jealousy Mountain Duo, the funeral drone twosome known as Alexander have a new video to share for their track “Runes” off their…
BLUE HOUR GHOSTS New Music Video “On Black Clouds”
New Album “Due” Out February 12, 2021 Recently announcing their signing to Rockshots Records for the release of their new album “Due” on February 12, 2021, BLUE HOUR GHOSTS are sharing the new music video for their second single “On Black Clouds”. The music video was shot and directed by talented multimedia artist and musician Snovonne Drake (Sno…
Rockshots Records: Welcome To The World of AVALAND w/ Debut Music Video “Theater of Sorcery” ft. Emmanuelson (Rising Steel)
Metal Opera Album “Theater Of Sorcery” Out April 2, 2021 Album Guests w/ Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Zak Stevens (Savatage/TSO), Zaher Zorgati (Myrath), Emmanuelson (Rising Steel), Stéphan Forté (Adagio), Madie (Nightmare) Avaland is: Camille Souffron: Bass, Double-Bass Christophe Feutrier: Guitars Adrien G. Gzagg: Composer, Writer, Lead Singer, Keyboards and Orchestrations Lucas…
Brazil’s Rage In My Eyes Put A New Spin On Heavy Metal Classic “Aces High”
Latest Album “Ice Cell” Out Now! The Iron Maiden classic “Aces High” has been reworked by Rage In My Eyes– their tribute to the heavy metal legends who they were an opening act for in Porto Alegre, Brazil in October 2019. Their imagining of the classic is melodic, lightly proggy, and a proper homage to…
Without Mercy Separate From The Herd w/ New Music Video “I Break The Chain”
New Album “Seismic” Out Now! Featuring guests Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy, ex-Nevermore), Chris Broderick (Act of Defiance, ex-Megadeth, ex-Jag Panzer) Unleashing their earth-shattering album “Seismic” this past November, Vancouver’s Without Mercy has a new music video for their track “I Break The Chain” via YouTube HERE. “With this track, we pose the question of morality and…
Cattle Decapitation launches video for “Finish Them” – featuring live footage from the band’s sold-out 2020 shows in Melbourne, Australia
Cattle Decapitation released their latest record, Death Atlas, to critical acclaim in 2019; today, the band has launched a new video for the album track, “Finish Them”. Directed by Nicholas Vidler, the video features live footage from Cattle Decapitation’s sold-out shows in Melbourne, Australia in early 2020. Watch “Finish Them”…
Electric Boys release new album “Ups!de Down” in April
The ELECTRIC BOYS are much loved for their idiosyncratic combination of hard rock and other forms of music such as funk beginning with their first album “Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride” in 1989. On April 30th 2021 the band will release worldwide their seventh album “Ups!de Down” which continues and advances this…
ODD DIMENSION – ‘THE BLUE DAWN’ DETAILS REVEALED
Progressive metal power force Odd Dimension have revealed the details of their long-awaited third album, ‘The Blue Dawn’, which will be released on March 26 on Scarlet Records. The tracklist is as follows: 1. Mission N°773 2 Landing on Axtradel 3 The Invasion 4 Escape to Blue Planet 5 Solar…
STRATOFORTRESS (Official tribute album to StratovariuS) – Revealed cover and Tracklist “Anthems of the world”
We are super happy to release the cover of “Anthems Of The World” THE OFFICIAL TRIBUTE ALBUM TO STRATOVARIUS. The cover was made by Harley Velazquez in collaboration with Iliour Griften, the mastermind of the project. The album contains 14 songs and the are great bands and new SUPER special…
BLOODBOUND release new single ‘When Fate Is Calling’
BLOODBOUND release their new single ‘When Fate Is Calling’, taken from upcoming album ‘Creatures Of The Dark Realm’ which is due for release 28th May on AFM Records. Check out the video here: After the last album “Rise Of The Dragon Empire” Bloodbound raise the stakes even higher this time,…
ICED EARTH – JON SCHAFFER ARRESTED BY FBI FOR ROLE IN CAPITOL RIOT; FACING SIX CHARGES
Iced Earth mainman Jon Schaffer has been taken into custody following his “unlawful entry into the United States Capitol Building” in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021. Several reports indicate the guitarist turned himself into authorities around 3pm this afternoon, January 17. Jon Schaffer had been listed on the Most Wanted…
South African symphonic death metal supergroup Sepulchre of Man premiere new song “Curtain Call” via Metal-Rules.com!
Curtain Call is the opening track of the upcoming debut album “The Reckoning”, which is a concept album. It is about the apocalypse brought forth by a horde of “The Flayed Ones” – former humans that were taken from Earth millenia ago and tortured resulting in their hatred for mankind.…
TIWANAKU – James Murphy joins band; Daniel Heiman to guest on upcoming album
TIWANAKU welcomes Lead guitarist James Murphy, formerly of Death, Obituary, & Testament. James has joined the band for their debut album “Earth Base One”. He is recording all the solo work on the album. James will also be making special live appearances with the band in 2021/2022 in locations around…
Best of 2020: Cristóbal Torres
Top 20 Studio Albums of 2019 1. Alethea – Aquaria The greatest and most important comeback not only of the year but the whole decade (or even more) in the power metal scene. Since 2007, when Aquaria released its last known album: SHAMBALA (2007), the entire latinamerican power metal fans…