New Album “Future Shock” Out April 16, 2021 San Diego’s thrashers and winners of the 2019 Wacken Metal Battle USA, MONARCH, will be unleashing their sophomore album “Future Shock” this year and have already released the first single/music video “Shred or Die”. “Shred or Die” has been part of the band’s live show for a very…
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The Magical World of AVALAND Continues w/ New Video “Rise From The Ashes”
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) Grenoble, France’s AVALAND will welcome fans to their symphonic and operatic metal world when they release their debut album “Theater of Sorcery” on April…
THE CROWN launches video for new single, “We Drift On”
On March 12, The Crown will release their new album, Royal Destroyer, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Royal Destroyer, a video for the new single, “We Drift On” (directed by Christoffer Tönnäng and Oskar Norberger), can be viewed HERE. Having celebrated their thirtieth anniversary in 2020 The Crown have proven themselves one…
Moncton’s Diner Drugs Are Serving Up A Fresh Music Video For The Tasty Track “Need Time”
Diner Drugs from Moncton, Canada has a new music video out for their song “Need Time” off the 2019 album “As Is”. The quartet takes inspiration from stoner rock and punk rock and comes with as much harmony as they do beer. Elegantly self-coined as “mustard moustache muscle car cliché” they have groove and…
Destroy Demons To Motion Device’s Drum Cover Of “Cultist Base” From Doom Eternal
Out Now! New Album “Motion Device IV” The Doom video game franchise has been going strong for almost 30 years, and the adrenaline-packed stomp through hell has one of the most aggressive, recognizable soundtracks to gamers across the globe. Motion Device’s drummer David Menoudakis has taken the world-renowned carnage and warped it into a…
FROZEN CROWN – NEW LINE-UP REVEALED
Power metal sensation Frozen Crown have revealed the band’s new line-up, which will see its debut with the release of the much anticipated third album ‘Winterbane’, opening a brand new chapter in their fast-rising career. This is how the band commented: “You heard them playing in our new album video…
Sonic Circus – Video premiere for “The River”
Here is the premiere of the new Sonic Circus video for the song “The River”. The band says: “The River” is a song about laziness. Not having the willpower to go out and get what you strive for, what you really want to achieve in your life. It’s an up…
MOTÖRHEAD To Release Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin on April 23, 2021
MOTÖRHEAD and Germany… it was always a love affair. Throughout the Grammy-Award winning band’s illustrious 40-year career, Germany never wavered in its loyal and fanatical support of MOTÖRHEAD’s untouchably loud rock ‘n’ roll, with the band regularly selling out tour after tour. And on December 5, 2012, at the Berlin…
STU BLOCK – “I must announce my resignation from Iced Earth with immediate effect”; bassist Luke Appleton also quits
Iced Earth singer Stu Block and bassist Luke Appleton have announced they have quit the band. Stu was a member since 2011, while Luke joined the group in 2012. Here’s Stu’s words: Hey All, Well, there are times and events when you have to take stock and re evaluate your…
DIO’s Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live Available
First Two Albums in DIO Live Album Reissue Series, Newly Remastered with Newly Created Cover Art Set Watch the Video for “Man On The Silver Mountain” from Holy Diver Live The first two albums in the DIO Live Album Reissue Series, Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and…
FROZEN CROWN – Album details for new album ‘Winterbane’; release date April 23, 2021
‘WINTERBANE’ is the third Frozen Crown album, and by far the most obscure of our works. The third chapter consolidates the classic Frozen Crown trademark sound and brings it to the next level, giving priority to a straightforward and in-your-face approach based on powerful and dynamic drums and thundering bass…
Malacoda video premiere!
Metal Rules is pleased to present you with the premiere of “Crawling Chaos” by MALACODA! The band says: Usually we do really elaborate music videos for our releases, but Covid prevented us from getting together and making something grandiose. We felt a performance/lyric video would be cool, we haven’t done…
Sacred Oath “Empires Fall” Lyric video
Sacred Oath will release a third advance single “Empires Fall” on February 12th for streaming/download on all digital platforms. The single and video feature original cover artwork by drummer Kenny “Thundarr” Evans. Bravewords.com will host the EXCLUSIVE premier of the lyric video for the song 2 days earlier on Wednesday…
AMORPHIS Begins Recording 14th Studio Album
Finnish melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS have entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to begin recording their fourteenth album. The follow-up to “Queen Of Time” is tentatively due later this year via Nuclear Blast. “Queen Of Time” came out in May 2018 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2015’s “Under The…
Jari Behm, ex StratovariuS bassist joined StratofortresS – Official Tribute Album to StratovariuS
In our StratofortresS home we have such a great super special guests: after the official entrance of Timo Tolkki and Mike Lepond (SYMPHONY X) is now the time to introduce to you Jari Behm, the third StratovariuS bassist who taken part of the band before the historical member Jari Kainulainen.…