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Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue, London
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue 06 March 2020 Photos / review by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison Please follow and like us:
HOOKERS & BLOW Release New Single “Shakin'”
Hookers & Blow, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, have been hitting the studio to record a covers album set for a 2020 release via Golden Robot Records. The first single hit our ears and that is an inspired cover of the Eddie Money classic Shakin’. Hookers & Blow deliver…
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES-A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups (Version 1.6) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add more editorial content and technical…
Chuck Billy of Testament on New CD Titans of Creation – All The Songs Have Their Own Identity!
Interviewed by Robert Cavuoto Legendary San Francisco Bay area thrashers, Testament, will be releasing their thirteenth studio CD, Titans of Creation, on April 3rd, via Nuclear Blast Records. It is one of the band’s most brutal CDs to date. Right out of the gate Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar],…
DEATH ANGEL – Guitarist Rob Cavestany discusses “Humanicide”, the band’s past and more
INTERVIEW WITH ROB CAVESTANY OF DEATH ANGEL The Bay Area thrash metal literally hit back when Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel embarked on the six-week tour crisscrossing Europe. Metal-Rules.Com had a pleasant opportunity of sitting down with the founder and guitarist of Death Angel, Rob Cavestany, to discuss various topics.…
Italian Melodic Metal Band RAVENSCRY Releases First Video from Upcoming Album, “100”
“Maybe” Debuts Today via YouTube Italian alternative metal band RAVENSCRY has revealed a video for the first single, “Maybe,” from the upcoming album, 100, set for release on May 15. Watch “Maybe” today: “‘Maybe’ is a sort of manifesto of the human condition,” says vocalist Giulia Stefani. “It talks about…
VANDENBERG Return With Unfinished Business
VANDENBERG are back! Back with a new line-up and a new album. They return screaming and shaking down thunderous riffs like they’ve never been away. ‘2020’ will be released on 29th May via Mascot Records, a division of the Mascot Label Group – home to hard rockin’ juggernauts, Black…
TESLA’s New Album, ‘Five Man London Jam’ Out Now
The legendary American rock band TESLA release their new live album, Five Man London Jam worldwide TODAY, March 27, 2020 on UMe. Produced by TESLA, Five Man London Jam, the album is a live performance of some their most iconic songs from their catalog. Five Man London Jam was recorded and filmed in 4K high-definition as an homage…
Tygers Of Pan Tang release “Art Of Noise” video
Today, NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG release new video for “Art Of Noise”, taken from their latest album, “Ritual”. “There is an art to making noise and I think we possibly just found it!’” Robb Weir, guitarist and founding member, comments on the song. Tygers of Pan Tang released their…
BPMD: Supergroup of Heavy Metal Icons Signs Worldwide Contract with Napalm Records
They’ve been teasing their formation and the arrival of new music for months, and now the wait is nearly over! BPMD – the new heavy metal juggernaut featuring icons Bobby Blitz(Overkill) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Vio-lence,…
Tzimani Streaming Self-Titled EP, Set For Reissue March 27th On Bonita Steel Records
+ Vinyl Out In July via Diabolic Might Records Tzimani, a duo comprised of the Vazquez brothers, whose sound is part the burgeoning revival of the new wave of American heavy metal, were supposed to be on the road this March and April across the USA and Canada for a twenty-seven date tour in…
Roadburn 2020 postponed
Due to the recent announcements from the Dutch government that all events in the Netherlands are forbidden until June, it will be impossible for us to hold Roadburn in April as planned. We know that many of you had already guessed that this would be the case, and we appreciate…
Brutal Assault 2020 – Abbath confirmed
ABBATH -Official-, one of the legends of Norwegian black metal, a founding member of mighty Immortal and owner of one of the most iconic voices, will return to the Josefov Fortress with a new album „Outstrider“ this summer! And the second piece in today combo are the Tasmanian devils Psycroptic. While…
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld 09 March 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Miguel de Melo Please follow and like us: