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METALTALK FRIDAY ROUND-UP: NIGHTWISH, CLUTCH, WHITECHAPEL AND CHESTER BENNINGTON

The news that NIGHTWISH have announced a new album means that something special is on the horizon. The band's ninth record 'HUMAN. :II: NATURE.' will be released on 10th April 2020 and...

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH RELEASE NEW LYRIC TRACK

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated eighth studio album, 'F8', and today they have released an engaging lyric video for the third track, 'Living The Dream'...

BREAKING NEWS: RAMBLIN’ MAN THIRD HEADLINER REVEALED AS FESTIVAL MOVES TO CLARIFY ‘GOLDEN CIRCLE’ BACKLASH

Ramblin' Man Fair have announced Rival Sons as their Sunday night headliner for the 2020 edition of the Mote Park, Maidstone festival taking place on 17th to 19th July.Now in its fifth...

ABSOLVA SMASH BRAZIL AND STAND ‘SIDE BY SIDE’ ON STUNNING NEW ALBUM

When it comes to family contributions to British Heavy Metal, the Appleton brothers are racking up the points. Although still currently featuring in Blaze Bailey’s band and Iced Earth, it is with...

EXCLUSIVE: IRON MAIDEN’S LEGENDARY DAVE LIGHTS JOINS IDES OF MARCH FOR SELL-OUT BEERMAGEDDON SHOW

IDES OF MARCH, specially formed for a one-off performance to commemorate forty years since the release of IRON MAIDEN'S debut album, have announced a fifth former IRON MAIDEN member will take part...

METALTALK TUESDAY ROUNDUP: SCHORR, SKUNK ANANSIE, SACRILEGE, CANDLEMASS.

SARI SCHORR ANNOUNCES HER NEW LIVE ALBUM AND EUROPEAN TOURSari Schorr ‘Live In Europe’ is to be released on 6th March. Recorded on her last tour, there are songs from her first...

METALTALK MONDAY ROUNDUP: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, BLACK CROWES, TESTAMENT, COLLATERAL, NAKED SIX and SEVEN SISTERS

Blue Öyster Cult released Agents Of Fortune in 1976 and, while a bit more commercial than their earlier releases, it proved to be their breakthrough album gaining platinum status and unleashing...

FROM THE ABYSS: ‘SVARTTJERN’ DECLARE ‘SHAME IS JUST A WORD’ WITH THEIR LATEST ALBUM

Norwegian Black Metal legends ‘Svarttjern’ return with their fifth full length, ‘Shame Is Just A Word’, a face ripping slice of crushing Norwegian Black Metal, which is, as always, packed to the...

EXCLUSIVE: IDES OF MARCH REVEAL NEW LOGO AFTER BEERMAGEDDON SELLS OUT IN FIVE DAYS

IDES OF MARCH, featuring four former IRON MAIDEN members and fronted by PAUL DI'ANNO, have today launched a brand new band logo.The band name is also the title of the opening track...

‘A ROCKIN’ ROLLIN’ MAN: BON SCOTT REMEMBERED’. NEW BOOK MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE LEGENDARY SINGER’S PASSING

19th February 1980. Legendary AC/DC frontman Bon Scott had been out with friends, but the evening took a terrible turn as Scott passed out in his car and ultimately choked to death on...

METALTALK FRIDAY ROUND-UP: VANDENBURG, SABBATH, DIO, OCEANS EYE and more.

Vandenburg, the Dutch band that put Adrian Vandenburg on the map, are back after a three decade break. Adrian, who was part of the most successful Whitesnake lineup, has recruited the excellent...

LISTEN: PAPA ROACH RELEASE NEW ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE ENDING’

Californian rockers Papa Roach have released a new Acoustic performance of ‘The Ending’, ahead of their upcoming European tour.Taken from the 2019 album ‘Who Do You Trust’, this version of ‘The Ending’...

LEGENDARY GUITARIST K.K. DOWNING SIGNS GLOBAL DEAL WITH EXPLORER1 MUSIC GROUP

Since performing a stunning one-off set at The Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, K.K. Downing has been busy in the studio, working on the next chapter of his career and has now partnered  with...

BLOODSTOCK REVEALS ALL THURSDAY ACTS – FOR WEEKEND TICKET HOLDERS ONLY!

Of course you can buy day tickets for Bloodstock, but for those that fancy a whole (long) weekend of top quality Metal, the Weekend ticket is the way to go. One of the...

VADER UNLEASH BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘SHOCK AND AWE’ FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘SOLITUDE IN MADNESS’

VADER, the Polish metal veterans, release their new album 'Solitude In Madness’ in Spring this year through Nuclear Blast. Today they unleashed the brand new single, 'Shock And Awe'VADER vocalist and lead...

AYREON TO RELEASE ‘ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES’. PLUS THE FIRST VIDEO ‘GARDEN OF EMOTIONS’

Any Ayreon live concert is a huge spectacular event. Arjen Anthony Lucassen is certainly the Dutch king of Progressive Rock and, true to his roots, rather than just re-release ‘Into The Electric...

FROM THE ABYSS: ‘OFFICIUM TRISTE’ RETURN WITH ‘THE DEATH OF GAIA’

Dutch Death/Doom Metal legends ‘Officium Triste’, return with their sixth full length 'The Death of Gaia'. Once again it’s one of those albums you can completely immerse and lose yourself in; hugely...

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY DRUMMER DEAD AT 53

Reed Mullin, drummer for Corrosion Of Conformity has died. He was 53 years old.His bandmates confirmed his passing in a social media post late last night, UK Time, which said:"Reed, It's with...
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