Killing Joke return with their first new material in over seven years. The Lord Of Chaos EP features two new songs from upcoming album. UK Tour set to start in March. @killingjokeband

Decapitated have rescheduled their UK and Ireland 25th Anniversary tour to March and April. Decapitated will be joined by Signs Of The Swarm and Harbinger. @decapitatedband @signsoftheswarm @harbingerriffs

Grammy-nominated Mammoth WVH has released the single Epiphany from their self-titled debut album backed with a live performance film. The film is cut from their two headline shows in the USA in October and their slot opening for Guns N' Roses last September. @mammothwvh

Jizzy Pearl's Love/Hate raise their distinctive style again with the release of Hell, CA, with Golden Robot Records on 11 March 2022. With the Sunset Strip '80s debauchery a very distant memory, Pearl is flying the flag in some style. @jizzypearlofficial @goldenrobotrecords

Dee Snider, Slash, Zakk Wylde, George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Morse among a host of Heavy Metal stars contributing to Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West #DeeSnider,#Slash, #ZakkWylde, #SteveMorse, #EddieOjeda, #MarcLabelle, #YngwieMalmsteen, #Mike#Portnoy, #BobbyRondinelli and #RevJones #RandyBachman #TalBachman, #MartinBarre, #JoeLynnTurner, #CharlieStarr, #ElliotEaston, #RobbyKrieger, #GeorgeLynch, #MartyFriedman,

Australian Metalcore band Polaris will begin a 21 date European tour in September, including seven UK dates. Alpha Wolf and Gravemind from Melbourne and Brisbane's Stepson join the tour. @polarisaus

Metallica maestro Kirk Hammett will release his four-track EP Portals on 23 April 2022. Edwin Outwater, San Franciso Symphony conductor for S&M2, co-writes two songs. @metallica @kirkhammett @eoutwater @metallicastpod

Inglorious, who completed a sell-out 22 date UK Headline tour late last year, will release their first-ever live album. MMXXI released as Live At The Pheonix is out in April. @weareinglorious @frontiersmusicsrl Photo: @rock_pixs

Yngwie Malmsteen has rescheduled his two UK headline shows in support of the new album Parabellum. Dates in Wolverhampton and London now set for July 2022. @k.k.downingsteelmill @o2forumktown @yngwiemalmsteen_official

Annihilator, legends of Thrash Metal from Canada, release Metal II on 18 February 2022. The overhaul of Metal, shows this is an album worthy of revisiting. @annihilatormetal @earmusic