Sad but not surprising news from the WOA Camp as the festival is postponed to 2022. Here’s their statement: Dear Metalheads, we would like to thank you for your great patience during the last weeks and months. It is with a heavy heart that we have decided that Wacken Open…
Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Conjure Up Mysticism With “She Gathers Leaves” Off “Sworn to Avenge”
Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging New Album “Sworn to Avenge” Out June 25th via Depressive Illusions Records St. John’s Newfoundland is home to some of the most unforgiving, bleak, and snowiest weather in the country and local black metal act Artach uses that grey atmosphere as an inspiration for their…
Finland Prog Power Ultimatium New Music Video “(Don’t) Fear The Silence”
New Album “Virtuality” Out Now! Finland power proggers Ultimatium are sharing their new music video “(Don’t) Fear The Silence” in support of their epic theme album “Virtuality” released this past November via Rockshots Records. Music Video – youtu.be/DfZgp-32Woo The band comments on the track: “(Don’t) Fear the Silence is the most beautiful and saddest song on the album.…
Prog Duo JUPITER HOLLOW Posts New Live Session Video “The Rosedale”
New Live Stream Dates! (Aug-Dec 2021) Out Now! Live DVD / Digital Blu-Ray “Bereavement Live In Ashburn” Offer Free Digital Download of New Album “Bereavement” Toronto prog duo Jupiter Hollow, consisting of Grant MacKenzie (Guitar, Bass, Synth) and Kenny Parry (Vocals, Drums, Piano, Synth), are here to create an artistic experience unlike anything else…
Helion Prime Shares Re-Recording “The Drake Equation”
To Celebrate Guitarist Jason Ashcraft’s New Custom Guitars “The Drake Series” American power metallers Helion Prime have just released a new version of their song “The Drake Equation”, which first appeared on the band’s 2016 self-titled debut album. The re-recorded single is to celebrate the new custom “Drake Series” guitars made by Helion Prime fan Eddie…
Seattle’s Draemora Present A Soundtrack For Global Riots With Title Track Off Upcoming “Death Rectangle”
New Album “Death Rectangle” Out June 18th Tour Dates (July/August) w/ Hed PE Draemora, hailing from Seattle, USA has a second single coming out in support of their upcoming full-length “Death Rectangle”, and they are inviting core lovers worldwide to indulge themselves with the title track now streaming on YouTube. From…
Bulgaria’s STORM Unleash Uplifting Speed Metal Single “Here I Am”
Bulgaria’s Storm is releasing a new single “Here I Am”, their third one following Angel (2019) and Sulza (2020). It is a sleek speed metal offering characterized with melodic vocal lines presented often in harmonies, laid against swift tempo and heavy riffs. According to the band, “Here I Am” is a look inward, where Mihail…
Out Now On Vinyl! Arkansas’ PANTHEON “Age of Wolves”
Vinyl Out May 27th via Necrotic Records (North America), Doc Records and Vidar Records (Europe), Old Shadows Records (South America) laying old-school blackened death thrash metal with groove elements, Arkansas’ Pantheon unleashes the vinyl edition of their first full-length “Age of Wolves”. The vinyl is now available as of May 27th from Doc Records…
Rockshots Records Signs THY ROW For Debut Album “Unchained” Coming September 2021
Album Guests include: Ben Varon (Oceanhoarse, ex-Amoral), Ilja Jalkanen (Raskasta Joulua, ex-Kiuas), Teemu Mäntysaari (Wintersun, Smackbound) Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Helsinki, Finland’s Thy Row, which is helmed by Metal De Facto and Everfrost vocalist Mikael Salo for the debut album “Unchained” due out September 24th, 2021. Founded in 2017, Thy Row offers…
Scattered Storm (ft. members Pissing Razors) Unveil Music Video For “Kingslayer”
Debut EP “Oblivion” Out July 2021 Hailing from El Paso USA, Scattered Storm is gearing up to release their debut EP “Oblivion” this summer. Their sound is both primal and futuristic, with clean groovy tones coming from 7 and 8 string guitars and catchy, heavy vocals. The first single from this release is “Kingslayer” being presented…
Saudi Arabian Melo-Death WASTED LAND’s First Single In Eight Years “Fade Away”
L-R – Wastend Land – Ahmed Khojah – Guitar, Emad Mujalid – Vocals, Ayman Al Ghamdi – Guitar Saudi Arabia’s Wasted Land has a new single coming out entitled “Fade Away”, this is following their self-titled 2013 album. Since that full-length, the band suggests that they have evolved over time from…
BLOODSTOCK REVEALS MORE NEW BLOOD & JAGER STAGE BANDS!
Are you getting excited to be at BLOODSTOCK in just 10 weeks time? Started planning which bands are on your “must-see” list yet? Here’s twelve more bands for you to consider, added to Thursday’s line-up on the New Blood stage, chosen from online submissions. The remaining days bands on that stage will…
Vreid – Wild North West (Album and Movie)
Reviewed: June, 2021 Released: April 30, 2021, Season of Mist Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Sognefjord is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Along that fjord lies the District of Sogn and the municipality of Sogndal. This was the sight of the battle of Fimreite in 1184 and…
Wytch – Exordium
Reviewed: June, 2021 Released: May 21, 2021, Ripple Music Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Wytch is a band that features Matte Marklund (Vintersorg, Otyg), Simon Lundström (Vintersorg), Johanna Lundberg, (Vintersorg), and Fredrik Nilsson (Otyg). So what we have hear is the next great thing in folk metal? Think again!…
Northmaan – Northmaan
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: 2021, DevFire Entertainment Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith Debut albums can be a bit a hit and miss. Often they are raw at the edges but offer hope and promise of what’s to come later, and then sometimes they can be the omen of doom and…