BOYS FROM HEAVEN’s second single is a hard-hitting rock song, that bears the band’s signature 80’s inspired sound updated for the modern-day rock listener. Here, the band turns away from four-part vocal harmonies towards a more stripped-down, raw power rock sound. The song is in your face from the get-go,…
Electric Boys – New album ready
Swedish hard rockers ELECTRIC BOYS went back to the Ghost Ward Studios with producer/engineer David Castillo with a fresh mindset and recorded a brand new album, titled “Ups!de Down”, expected to be released in early 2021. A new tour is currently being scheduled. The band have also announced “Slim” Martin Thomander as a…
Mr. Bungle Return with The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo (Oct. 30, Ipecac Recordings)
Mr. Bungle, who a year ago today announced their first live outings in two decades, have announced the release of The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo on Oct. 30 via Ipecac Recordings. As was the case with the live performances, original Mr. Bungle members Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton,…
Metal Rules Premiere: Montreal Thrash HOMICIDE Shred Classic Riffs And Solos With Next Single “Point Blank Rage”
Montreal’s Homicide has a new album “Left For Dead” that is ready to take the world by storm on August 21st, 2020; the first offering since the band went dark 25 years ago. What has been coined as “apocalyptic thrash” is coming back for fans and Homicide states it is like the first album, but on…
Canada’s Entropy Announce New Expansive, Cinematic Album “Force Convergence”
Canadian legends Entropy first hit the metal scene in the late 80s and 30 years later they are still melting faces, this time with “Force Convergence”. This will be the fourth album from the band, and they describe it as their best album yet and it’s a cinematic type experience. Entropy shares the premise being…
MACHINE HEAD DEBUTS NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR “BULLETPROOF”
Outspoken Bay Area metal giants MACHINE HEAD have unveiled a seething new lyric video today for their song “Bulletproof” that’s featured on their recently released 2-song digital single “Civil Unrest.” WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “BULLETPROOF”: youtu.be/g0xKPIQdb24 “Bulletproof” is a clear, defiant statement from vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn and band who don’t mince words in…
ENSLAVED DISCUSSES THE BAND LINE-UP AND RECORDING OF THE NEW ALBUM “UTGARD”
IVAR DISCUSSES THE BAND LINE-UP AND RECORDING OF THE NEW ALBUM UTGARD PRE-ORDER UTGARD NOW: nuclearblast.com/enslaved-utgard Norwegian blackened avant-gardists ENSLAVED are set to release their 15th studio album, Utgard, on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast. In a trailer released today, guitarist Ivar Bjørnson discusses the current band line-up and the recording of the new album. Find…
DIESEL MACHINE release “React” single, post drum play through video
Los Angeles extreme metal quartet Diesel Machine have released “React,” the advance single off their forthcoming second album, Evolve, set for international release on August 21st through Metalville Records. Produced by the band and mixed and mastered by Chris Collier (Korn, Prong, KXM), Evolve marks Diesel Machine‘s return after a…
ShipRocked 2021 Shifts Voyage From January To May 9-14; Cruise Departs Miami On Carnival Magic With Stops In The Bahamas & Dominican Republic
ASK4 Entertainment has announced a shift in dates for ShipRocked 2021. The premier rock music cruise vacation originally scheduled for January 2021 will now take place on May 9 – 14, 2021 on the Carnival Magic, featuring the same ports as the original itinerary. After selling out the past…
NRBQ collects 16 rarities on ‘In * Frequencies,’ including 12 unissued songs, due from Omnivore on October 2nd.
“The music goes ’round with love. It’s why this band means so much to so many,” writes MC Kostek about his favorite band, NRBQ, in his liner notes from the band’s new rarities retrospective. In their over five-decade career, NRBQ have never played by the rules. Why should they? They’re the ’Q. While…
Helion Prime Release First Single “Forbidden Zone” Off Upcoming Album “Question Everything”
For fans of Unleash the Archers, Iron Maiden, Helloween New Album “Question Everything” Out October 5th, 2020 It’s been about two years since the band’s sophomore release “Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster” and Sacramento sci-fi power metallers Helion Prime returns with their third effort and the much shorter title “Question Everything” set for…
THE GREAT KAT’s “Beethoven’s Moonlight Mosh” Music Video Coming to Vevo for Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
The Great Kat – Beethoven’s Moonlight Mosh. One of Beethoven’s most popular compositions for the piano, the famous piano sonata, “Moonlight Sonata” Opus 27, No. 2, was composed in 1801 and dedicated to Beethoven’s student, the Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. Originally titled “Sonata quasi una Fantasia” (Sonata almost like a fantasy),…
ENCORE DRIVE-IN NIGHTS PRESENTS METALLICA ON AUGUST 29
As posted to www.metallica.com/encore-drive-in-nights.html It’s been a crazy, hectic, thrilling and exciting time at Metallica HQ as the four of us have all been in the same room making music for the first time in almost a year! “What’s going on?” you ask? We’re recording a concert to appear at…
Legendary IRON MAIDEN, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, etc. Producer MARTIN BIRCH Dead At 71
Renowned British producer Martin Birch, who worked on producing albums from Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Fleetwood Mac, and Blue Öyster Cult, had died at the age of 71. Birch produced eight studio albums from Iron Maiden (dating from 1981 to 1992), Rainbow‘s first three studio albums, Black…
LG Petrov of Entombed A.D. diagnosed with cancer
Some sad news to share LG Petrov has been struck by cancer and he is undergoing chemo treatment to try and control it. Our thoughts and and strength goes out to him. L.G. says: “I’ve been hit with uncureable cancer (gallvägscancer in Swedish), and have been battling it for some…