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Dianthus / Diminutive twin Metal duo release track from upcoming album Realms

Diminutive twin Metal duo Dianthus are recording their next album 'Realms' with producer Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Symphony X, Butcher Babies, etc.), with a tentative release date set for early 2021.Jackie...

Ad Infinitum / Niklas Müller talks about revisiting the impressive Chapter I

With the release of their debut album 'Chapter I' earlier in the year, Ad Infinitum forced their way into the global consciousness of Power and Symphonic Metal fans worldwide. This fantastic album...

#SaveOurVenues / Exciting new compilation features Bands That Rocked The Cavern

With the news that 60% of England are facing winter with tougher COVID-19 restrictions in place, the outlook for many of our Grass Root music venues has never looked bleaker.The Cavern Free...

Enslaved / Epic 12-Part Documentary tells the story of the Norwegian Extreme Metal band

The 30 year Heavy Metal career of Enslaved is currently being featured elaborate 12-part television documentary named 'Heimvegen (The Way Home)'. Read more here

Interview / Eleine are here to empower your Dancing In Hell

Swedish symphonic Metallers Eleine are a rare good news story in the midst of COVID-19 music industry chaos, with their new album ‘Dancing In Hell’ riding high in their home country’s charts...

Silent Skies / Englund and Shankar discuss their marriage made in Heaven

Silent Skies, the collaboration between Tom S. Englund and Vikram Shankar, release their album 'Satellites' today (11 December 2020).As you can read about here, this is a marriage made in Heaven, as the...

The Kut / Saving the world from Wham and Jon Bon Jovi this December

The Riot Grrrls are back and instead of their usual mayhem they have turned down the heat and the amps to bring us this rather wonderful Christmas track that has a double...

Alice Cooper / Releases one of the “oddest songs” he has ever done

Alice Cooper has today released 'Our Love Will Change The World', a new track from his upcoming 'Detroit Stories' album.Alice told MetalTalk: "I think 'Our Love Will Change The World' is one...

Megadeth / Rust In Peace – the good, the bad and the ugly

Many artists, even those who “make it”, cannot necessarily claim to have a seminal album that is held up as one of the finest in their respective genre. Megadeth is in the...

Draconian / Darkness has never been more appealing

Life rarely seems to run smoothly for Swedish gothic doomsters Draconian. Record company issues, line up changes, visa problems, something always seems to be going on around them. Although they recorded their...

Silent Skies / One of the most beautiful and seductively shimmering releases of 2020.

Evergrey frontman Tom S. Englund must be one of the busiest men in music. Not only does he lead the magnificent Gothenburg Prog Metallers but also has sung for the L.A. based...

Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen release first song ‘Taking My Chances’

Occasional L.A. neighbours Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen have today released 'Taking My Chances', the first song from their new collaboration, with a full album expected in 2021 through BMG.Adrian told MetalTalk:...

Jon Bon Jovi Ruins Everyone’s Christmas With His Fairytale Massacre

Jon Bon Jovi is a man I once thought was the epitome of a Rock god. Everything he did, everything he said, everything he sung had me in a state of unhealthy...

Wolf Hoffmann / On keeping the Accept train rolling and their legacy intact (Part Two)

There is a saying that the good guys finish last, but I am here to tell you that Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has thoroughly chewed up and spat that saying out. I...

Rainbow – Memories In Rock / Eagle Vinyl a great souvenir of some stunning shows

When Ritchie Blackmore said that he was putting Rainbow back on the road waves of shock and delight rippled across the globe.Very happily and successfully leading his band of strolling players...

Wolf Hoffmann / On keeping the Accept train rolling and their legacy intact (Part One)

There is a saying that the good guys finish last, but I am here to tell you that Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has thoroughly chewed up and spat that saying out. I...

Evanescence – Live session a living, breathing and very human experience.

To say that the global pandemic has been problematic for the music industry is possibly the understatement of the year. Bands have had to reschedule and rethink their whole existences, facing huge...

Ken Hensley’s My Book Of Answers to be released in March

'My Book Of Answers' is the project Ken Hensley had completed prior to his untimely passing on 4 November 2020. Today it has been announced that this will be released as a...
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