August 10, 2020
MARK BOALS ANNOUNCES NEW BEST OF COLLECTION ENCOMPASSES SOLO WORK + RING OF FIRE “ALL THE BEST!” DUE OCTOBER 9, 2020 ON FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL
Respected metal vocalist Mark Boals will release a two album ‘best of’ collection, “All The Best!”, covering his work both as a solo artist and with his band Ring Of Fire on October 9, 2020. Doug Aldrich, Tony MacAlpine, Jeff Kollman, Neil Citron, Vitalij Kuprij, Vinny Appice, Virgil Donati, Erik…
STEVE DI GIORGIO’s “Overactive Imagination” DEATH Playthrough Posted Online!
Darkglass Electronics have posted online TESTAMENT Bassist Steve Di Giorgio’s powerful playthrough for “Overactive Imagination” from DEATH’s classic album “Individual Thought Patterns”. In the video, Steve is using the Microtubes B7K V2. Watch the video here: Steve commented: “Thanks Darkglass Electronics! I went down to Haywerid CA to do a…
Rockshots Records Signs Greece’s BLACK FATE For Release of New Album “Ithaca” Out October 2020
Rockshots Records is proud to announce their latest signing of Greece’s BLACK FATE for the release of the prog power metal band’s new album “Ithaca” due out October 23rd, 2020. With their heartbreaking world-class vocals, catchy hooks and lyrics, along with crashing guitar riffs, haunting melodies, and furious technical and melodic solos, Black Fate continues to…
Exciting News for Gamma Ray Fans!
In this latest instalment from Gamma Ray’s lead up to their 30th anniversary livestream show, there’s some awesome news for all you old school Gamma Ray fans! Check it out in their Facebook video. Get your ticket here: worldwidelive.kontainer.live/#gammaray
Timo Tolkki’s Infinite Visions – Drum play through videos
INFINITE VISIONS drummer Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz (ex-Hate/Vader) has recorded playthrough videos for the 5 songs on the upcoming Infinite Visions demo, which will be finalized this month. The tracks include “Sonata Black”, “Infinite Visions”, “You Rock My World”, “Dangerous”, and “Voice Of Tomorrow”. The full drum playthrough videos (with the…
JAPANDEMONIUM…LIVE!! A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Live Hard Rock/Metal albums recorded in Japan.
Japandemonium! Live!! A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Live Hard Rock/Metal albums recorded in Japan. (Version 1) 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…
MASTODON – MEDIUM RARITIES – coming Sep 11
GRAMMY®-winning Atlanta hard rock juggernaut Mastodon turned 20 this year! Celebrating two decades together, the group will unleash a rarities collection, Medium Rarities, this September 11th, on CD and digital via Reprise Records. A pink vinyl edition will follow on October 16th. Among the many rare highlights included here is…
ELLEFSON Release “Wasted” Single and Tracklist From Upcoming ‘NO COVER’ LP
ELLEFSON the eponymous solo band of Grammy-Winning Megadeth bassist/co-founder David Ellefson has announced the tentative tracklisting for NO COVER, out 10/2 on Combat Records, featuring 17+ cover songs including classic tracks from Motorhead, WASP, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Queen, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Fastway, Fight, Dead Kennedys, and more, with…
Evilcult – At The Darkest Night
August 2020 June 6th, 2020 / Awakening Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Evilcult metal! With a name like this and a cover like that, only one thing comes to mind. Pure thrash metal, right? For the most part, yes. But of course, these days, we must…
ALCATRAZZ-Born Innocent
Review Date: August 2020 Released: 2020 Label: Silver Lining Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Man, I did not see this coming. A few years ago when ‘they’ (the record label, publicists and whoever) announced that Alcatrazz was reforming, I was blown away. I suppose in hindsight I could have seen it…
Cardiac Arrest – The Day That Death Prevailed
Cardiac Arrest – The Day That Death Prevailed Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, Memento Mori Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Chicago’s Cardiac Arrest are like that mosquito from Jurassic Park – stuck in amber, frozen in time while the world evolved around it. And you remember how much crap that…
MESSIAH – Fatal Grotesque Symbols – Darken Universe
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry 26 years after their last studio album, extreme metallers Messiah are about to unleash the successor to their “Underground” record from 1994, entitled “Fracmont” on High Roller Records later this year. For now, however, the band are sweetening…
Guardian Of Lightning – Cosmos Tree
August 2020 July 17th, 2020 / Eclipse Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Guardian Of Lightning has unleashed their powerful debut, COSMOS TREE, to the masses. These guys are an upstart out of Sao Paolo, Brazil, forming in late 2017. Their mission? To create a sound that…
Deadlight Sanctuary – Thaumaturgical Rites of the Damned
Deadlight Sanctuary – Thaumaturgical Rites of the Damned Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, Sentient Ruin Laboratories Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz In an age when we’ve been desensitized to basically all of the horrors that the world has to offer, Deadlight Sanctuary drops an album that’s legitimately unnerving and at…
The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay
Reviewed: [August 2020] Released [2020 Rise Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Massachusetts brutes The Acacia Strain seem to be full of surprises these days. First, there was the unannounced Christmas time release of the epic EP It Comes In Waves, a single 30-minute song split into seven individually named…