Earlier this year, CRO-MAGS released their first album in twenty years with the critically-acclaimed In The Beginning. To close out this year of international turmoil and disease, the band announces the 6-song EP, 2020, available worldwide digitally on December 11th. CRO-MAGS also release the eponymous track 2020 – venting…
UK Rockers HEAVY PETTIN Announce Tour Update For 2020 Shows
Glasgow rockers HEAVY PETTIN‘ have announced the following tour update for their 2020 shows. “We were hoping and praying this would not be so, but due to the increasing restrictions across UK & Europe relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been forced to cancel our December 2020 tour. We…
GEORGE HARRISON’s “All Things Must Pass” Gets New Mix For 50th Anniversary
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of George Harrison’s classic solo album, All Things Must Pass, the George Harrison Estate is pleased to announce a new 2020 stereo mix of the LP’s title song as a prelude of what’s to come. The new stereo mix of the seminal…
CADAVERIA – Matryoshcada Music Video Out Now
CADAVERIA have just released on their official YouTube channel the music video for Matryoshcada, the new single that was out on November 13 in all digital platforms. The video, produced by Morbid Vision, can be watched at this link: youtu.be/QZd5AND0v0Y Cadaveria herself: this video is dedicated to all the metalheads who have been…
Shaman starts work on new album with German producer Sascha Paeth
The group is finishing new songs, in São Paulo, with full protection due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and talking remotely with Sascha Shaman started pre-production work on the new studio album with Alírio Netto (vocals), Hugo Mariutti (guitar), Luis Mariutti (bass) and Ricardo Confessori (drums), in a hybrid format, with…
Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available via Zappa Records/UMe
Forget Black Friday, Franksgiving is the real event as today ushers in the long-awaited release of Alex Winter’s highly acclaimed documentary, “Zappa,” about the prolific genius composer, free speech activist, cultural ambassador to Czechoslovakia and legendary musician, Frank Zappa, as well as the surprise digital release of the corresponding Zappa…
No Presents for Christmas! A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Hard Rock/Metal Christmas albums
No Presents For Christmas! A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Hard Rock/Metal Christmas albums (Version 666) 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…
Interview with Kneel
Interview with Pedro Mau (drums, bass, guitar) Interview by: Beandog Kneel: Bandcamp / Facebook Off the back of KNEEL’s powerful new album – Ailment – Metal Rules tracked down the band’s central figure, Pedro Mau and spoke to him about his inspirations and the creation of the new record… Hi there,…
Premiere of WITHERING SURFACE’s “I’ll Soon Be Gone” (radio edit) official video
“I’ll Soon Be Gone” was, in July, the final single from the comeback album from the founders of Danish melo-death metal Withering Surface, released in the Summer this year. “I’ll Soon Be Gone” is a duet between frontman Michael H. Andersen and his 19 year old daughter Elizabeth Gorboi Andersen.…
LUCER Premiere “The New World” lyric video
LUCER returns strongly with “The New World”, the first out of a series of videos/singles the band plans to release as a prelude to their new album, which is set to be released in the fall of 2021. The new song is both the title track and the first taste…
Spectacularly Majestic! Heavy Metal Collectors: An interview series Part 24: Jason Borton
Spectacularly Majestic! Heavy Metal Collectors: An interview series Part 24: Jason Borton (Oregon, USA) by JP Inspiration can come from a number of unique sources. The concept behind this interview series was developed over time but recently crystallized in my mind. As the owner of a large library I’ve often…
Get Washed Away With Shores of Null’s Bleak Doom Epic “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying); Full Stream Premiere via Metal-Rules
“Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying)” Out Nov 27th via Spikerot Records ft. guests Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun), Thomas A. G. Jensen (Saturnus), Elisabetta Marchetti (Inno) After an extended amount of time introducing the musicians and teasing with excerpts the entirety of Shores of Null’s “Beyond The Shores (On Death…
PAUL MCCARTNEY: MCCARTNEY III NEW RELEASE DATE, DECEMBER 18
Unforeseeable production delays have forced the release date of Paul McCartney’s all-new all-Paul album McCartney III to be moved back one week to December 18, 2020. Paul’s first new album since 2018’s #1 charting Egypt Station, McCartney III is a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work in the…
Escape Everyday Life With The Star Wars Infused “Lux Et Veritas” From Vis Mystica; New Album “Celestial Wisdom” Coming 2021
Vis Mystica comes from a galaxy far, far away, or at least Pennsylvania, USA. They play Star Wars themed metal designed as escapism from everyday life and transportation into a fantastical world of magical powers and epic stories. They have a new album coming out in 2021 called “Celestial Wisdom” and listeners…
Supergroup Newcomers DISCIPLES OF VERITY Reveal Video for Fourth Single, “I Am I”
Powerhouse all-star band DISCIPLES OF VERITY (D.O.V.) continues to build momentum with the release of the fourth single and video, “I Am I,” from their upcoming debut album, Pragmatic Sanction. “My hat goes off to the folks doing all that hard work to make this video,” says frontman Corey Glover.…