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Bulletbelt / Brutal, complex and superbly attention grabbing

I love it when a band totally surprises me and New Zealand based Black/Thrash Metallers 'Bulletbelt' have totally done that with their fourth full length 'Warlords'.Bulletbelt - Warlords (Impaler Records) Words: Jools...

Sonic 2020 Festival / Watch Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy and X Japan

This years Summer Sonic festival, usually held in the Japanese cities of Osaka and Chiba, will see several legendary past performances stream live on 22-23 July.The set list for 23 July will be...

The Big Interview / Steve Howe – taking affirmative action with his thirteenth solo release.

From psychedelic troubadour with 'Tomorrow' to Starship Trooping minstrel with Yes, Steve Howe's six-decade career has taken him to the edge, across oceans, from Alpha to Omega, though drama and onward from...

Dee Snider / The fire and brimstone preacher converting the masses

Anyone who witnessed Twister Sister when they first hit these shores in the winter of 1982 will indelibly have the memory stamped into their memories and retinas, the New Yorkers putting on...

Caligula’s Horse / Josh Griffin on North American tour and making ‘Rise Radiant’

Australian Progressive Metal band Caligula's Horse released their fifth album 'Rise Radiant' in May, with MetalTalk's Robert Adams adding it straight to his Top Five albums of 2020. The band were working...

Häxan / Welsh power trio video shoot interrupted by Police

With Welsh power trio Häxan's debut album 'White Noise' out this Friday, the band have been telling MetalTalk about the excellent new single 'Nine Lives' and challenges in making the accompanying post-apocalyptic...

Black Crown Initiate / Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape

Hailing from Reading - no not that one, the Pennsylvanian one, 'Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape' is Black Crown Initiate’s first album for Century Media after two successful albums for eOne. Their sound...

Morse/Portnoy/George: Ultimate 2020 lockdown album out Friday

Album Preview: Prog Rock Legends Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, and Randy George Serve Up a Musical Feast on Masterful New Cover Collection.

Kiss / European Tour 2021 dates are here

Kiss kicked off The End Of The Road tour in 2019, with arguably their finest ever show, before COVID-19 put an end to their plans, with the inevitable postponement of the June...

MTTV Episode Thirteen: Andrew Freeman

MTTV host Dany Jones catches up with MetalTalk favourite Andrew Freeman, from Last In Line, in this weeks episode of MetalTalk TV.Andrew talks about the possibilities of a Last In Line live...

BREAKING NEWS / Indoor performances to restart in England in August

At a Downing Street news conference this morning (17 July 2020) the Prime Minster unveiled the plan for a "more significant return to normality" by Christmas, with a return to indoor live...

Call Of The Wild Festival / “Is going to happen in September 2020”

Based on current Government guidelines, the organisers of the Call Of The Wild festival have confirmed this years festival (17-20 September 2020) will still take place. A three day revised line-up, across two...

Massive Wagons / New album, Tour dates, Live Ramblin’ Man set and Curry Cook-along

'House Of Noise', the fifth album from Lancaster Rockers Massive Wagons, is out today and, as MetalTalk's Dave Bonney commented, it is already smashing into the album of the year contender list.Frontman...

Haken / Virus is the bands finest album to date

If 'Vector' was a fuller origin story of ‘The Cockroach King', who first made an appearance in 2013’s 'The Mountain' album, then 'Virus' is his genesis story. That is, the 17 minute...

Doro and Massive Wagons to headline Rockin’ The Bowl 2021

With Rockin' The Bowl 2020 succumbing to the inevitable Coronavirus postponement, details have now emerged of the rescheduled 2021 event, with both Doro Pesch and Massive Wagons confirmed as weekend headline acts.To...

Mercutio / Four in a bed pre-lockdown video for ‘Slap Bang’ released

London based trio Mercutio will release the single 'Slap Bang' this Friday (17 July), but you can see the video for the track below. The video was filmed pre-lockdown and is a great...

Sari Schorr / Inviting us to join ‘The New Revolution’

Discussing these troubled times with MetalTalk, Sari Schorr has described how this time has not only kindled her creative desires, but also inflamed them and has lit a beacon.In May, Sari re-released...

Serene Dark / Embarking on a dark exploration with ‘Enantiodromia’

To say that I am excited that the debut album 'Enantiodromia' from Canadian Black/Death Metal quintet Serene Dark is finally out, would be an understatement, having originally crossed paths with them fourteen...
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