NEW SINGLE "HOMEGROWN RELEASED FRIDAY 27 MAY 2022 STREAM THE SINGLE | WATCH THE VIDEO TAKEN FROM DRN'S SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE KING TO BE RELEASED FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2022 PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM Dan Reed: Vocal, Guitar, SynthsBrion James: Guitar, Vocal, Synths, OrchestrationMelvin Brannon II: Bass, VocalDan Pred: Drums, PercussionRob Daiker: Keyboards, Vocal,..

Circle Of Dust – Circle Of Dust Remixed (Fixt)
Not my usual listening choice by any means but Circle Of Dust is an industrial project from New York created by the artist Klayton who also may be known to some of you for his activities with Cellerdweller. There were 5-albums under the Circle Of Dust name with the project running from 1988 to 1998..

Walter Trout Reveals Office Video For “Ride”, new studio album ‘Ride’ Will Be Released 19 August 2022 Via Provogue / Mascot Label Group
The iconic US blues-rock guitarist Walter Trout has revealed the official video for Ride taken from his 30th solo album of the same name, which will be released on 19August via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. You can watch the video below. Ahead of this he has announced the support acts for his June 2022 UK Tour and will be joined by Elles Bailey in Chester, Buxton,..

Screamachine – Borderline EP (Frontiers Music)
Italian rock band Screamachine released a hell of a metal monster with the self-titled debut album in 2021 which announced them as a band to take note especially so with the all action sound derived from bands like Judas Priest, Accept, Bonfire and Brainstorm and Iron Maiden too which is enough to peak anyone's interest...

LACRIMOSA – to issue latest studio album “Leidenschaft” on vinyl for the first time
Photo credit: Schokopixel LACRIMOSA have been at the forefront of their genre for over 30 years. As one of the first bands to combine gothic sounds with metal, rock and symphonic elements, they have been reinventing themselves with each of their albums since the mid-'90s and have repeatedly crossed all genre boundaries. From Peru over China..

Quartz – On The Edge Of No Tomorrow (Cherry Red Records)
Those were the days – the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, known by its completely unpronounceable acronym NWOBHM. Gradually picking up momentum as the 1970s drew to an end, the exact start date is a bit blurred, and many of the bands that surfed its popularity wave were already well-established – Black Sabbath and..

Reckless Love – Turborider (AFM Records)
The band Reckless Love hail from Finland having formed in Kuopio in 2010 with Turborider now being the group's fifth album to date. Indeed, fans have had a fair amount of time to wait as their previous album, InVader, came out as long ago as 2016. Renowned as a high energy and up-lifting band with..

Blind Guardian announce new record ‘The God Machine’ + release single ‘Blood Of The Elves’
Photo: Dirk Behlau A distant mechanical sound is approaching from afar, heralding the arrival of exciting new happenings - casting fore-shadows on the date of September 2nd. This is the day that metal legends Blind Guardian will release their eleventh studio album The God Machine via Nuclear Blast, a new monument to their outstanding career. Singer Hansi Kürsch explains: "We didn't want..

BELPHEGOR – release video for new single ‘Virtus Asinaria – Prayer’
Diabolical death metal squadron Belphegor have released an atmospheric video for their brand new single, Virtus Asinaria - Prayer, which is the second single from their upcoming twelfth full-length The Devils, due out on June 24th. Virtus Asinaria - Prayer is a change of pace with its more sustained yet inherently sinister approach, slowly luring you in with entrancing melodies and..

Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate – Hell, CA (Golden Robert Records)
Jizzy Pearl aka Jim Wilkinson was the singer with the American hard rock band Love/Hate which was formed as long ago as 1985 and both Pearl and the band have a long, and rather convoluted history. Pearl has also handled vocals with Quiet Riot, Ratt and L.A. Guns and is renowned for his truly gritty..