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DEVIN TOWNSEND TALKS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE EDITION OF EMPATH

Devin Townsend has announced a comprehensive package built around the 2019 album 'Empath' will be released on 5th June, including a fascinating Surround Sound mix.Titled 'Empath - The Ultimate Edition', the set includes...

BROTHER PAIN AND PRINCESS LUXURY QUIT EVIL SCARECROW

Big news from Evil Scarecrow today as founding member Brother Pain and Princess Luxury have left the band.A statement from the group reads:"We are living in strange times and perhaps that is...

TONIGHT: ECLIPSE – LIVE FROM THE QUARANTINE

Swedish hard rock act Eclipse have announced they will be streaming a special live online concert from Stockholm tonight (1 April 2020 - 7pm BST). Utilising a full production team, it promises...

THE HU ARE KEEPING BUSY WHILE STUCK IN SYDNEY

Spare a thought for Mongolia’s biggest Metal band, The HU, whose tour was cut short while the band were in Australia. With the Mongolian border closed, the band are unable to head...

DESERT METAL IS ALIVE AND WELL IN CARTHAGE

Tunisian Desert Metal band Myrath have announced that their latest album 'Live In Carthage' will be released this 17th April as a CD/DVD Digipak.Myrath had a blazing year in 2019 with notable performances at Sweden...

KANSAS RELEASE EXCITING TEASER FOR NEW ALBUM ‘THE ABSENCE OF PRESENCE’

Kansas, the American multi-platinum album award winning legendary progressive rock band, have announced that their sixteenth album, 'The Absence Of Presence', will hit the shelves 26 June 2020. Ahead of this landmark release...

HEAVY METAL AND HARD ROCK BANDS THAT INSPIRED ONLINE CASINOS

The genres of hard rock and heavy metal have a certain allure to themselves. And in all honesty, they might not even be quite to the liking of many people. Even the...

DANNY VAUGHN ANNOUNCES SECOND LIVE STREAM SHOW

Following on from the success of his first lockdown live stream earlier in the week, Danny Vaughn has today announced a second event will be held this Thursday (2nd April).Having built up...

TESLA – SACRAMENTO FAB FIVE RELEASE ‘FIVE MAN LONDON JAM’

Ever since they popped my gig going cherry, I've always had an extremely soft spot for Tesla. That was on a hot sticky August night in Dublin in 1987 when the Sacramento...

CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF RUSH’S PERMANENT WAVES

The fascinating 40th anniversary series of the re-imagination of Rush's album catalogue continues with the announcement of the May release of an expanded edition of 'Permanent Waves'.The seventh studio album from Rush,...

FROM THE ABYSS: PUTRID BERATE THE ‘ANTICHRIST ABOVE’ WITH THEIR SECOND STUDIO RELEASE

When I think of South American Extreme Metal, the most brutal, chaotic and intense sound is what comes to mind. It is the home of some of the most extreme music ever...

TOGETHER AT HOME: TARJA TO PERFORM LIVE INSTAGRAM SHOW

Tarja Turunen has announced she will be performing live from her home tonight, 28 March, as part of the 'Together at Home' initiative with Global Citizen. The stream can be accessed from Instagram and...

SHIRAZ LANE ANNOUNCE FULL LIVE STREAM

Shiraz Lane, the Hard Rock band from Finland, had recently completed a trip to North America on the Monsters of Rock Cruise, followed by  their first headlining tour of mainland Europe, before, inevitably, all plans...

BONFIRE RELEASE ‘FISTFUL OF FIRE’ – ALBUM REVIEW PLUS NEW SINGLE

Although their origins date back to 1972 as Cacumen, since emerging as Bonfire in 1986, the legendary German rockers have maintained a very prolific career, albeit with a barrel load of turbulent...

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2020 “NO LONGER POSSIBLE”

The inevitable cancellation of this year Download Festival was announced by the organisers this lunchtime. A statement reads: "Download Festival will no longer be taking place this year."We’ve been closely monitoring this unprecedented...

JOE SATRIANI ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULED TOUR DATES AND RELEASES NEW TRACK

Joe Satriani has rescheduled dates on his Shapeshifting Tour until spring next year due to the current coronavirus pandemic, although the new album 'Shapeshifting' is still on track for its 10th April...

FROM THE ABYSS: MORD’A’STIGMATA DELIVER A POIGNANTLY PROPHETIC RELEASE ‘SONGS FOR THE EXILES’

Adding to their discography of five studio full lengths (as well as several demos, splits and compilations), Polish Avantgarde-Black Metal quartet Mord’A’Stigmata have now released a live album, 'Songs for the Exiles...

FROM THE ABYSS: ‘TAAKE AND ‘WHOREDOM RIFE’ MAKE A ‘PAKT’ WITH THEIR LATEST SPLIT RELEASE.

Having toured and worked together for many years it makes perfect sense for the Norwegian Black Metal outfits ‘Taake’, masterminded by Hoest and duo ‘Whoredom Rife’ to do a split release. Aptly...
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