UK hard rock band, SILK ROAD, have released a music video for their brand new single 'Amber', it's the third single taken from their debut album 'Grit For The Pretty', which will be out later this year. The song is available to order. After featuring in PowerPlay Magazine, Jack Wood Magazine, Playing the 100 club, O2 Islington and having already released..

ENFORCER LAUNCHES PRE-ORDER FOR NEW LIVE ALBUM ‘LIVE BY FIRE II’ + REVEALS SINGLE / LIVE VIDEO “FROM BEYOND”
Swedish heavy metal band ENFORCER are proud to present their second live album, Live By Fire II, which will be released through Nuclear Blast Records on March 19th 2021. Today, the band have released a live video for the first single From Beyond. Olof Wikstrand comments: "From Beyond has, since the release of that album, become a live favourite both for the..

Accept release new single Zombie Apocalypse! New studio album out 29 January, 2019
Photo: Iana Domingos ACCEPT could have hardly chosen a more fitting title for their new record - Too Mean To Die. First a virus interrupted the recording process of their 16th studio album in early 2020, and now the same rotten thing caused the release to be postponed by two weeks, to January 29th. However, ACCEPT will not be..

ISSA : ‘Queen Of Broken Hearts’ – new album by Norwegian melodic rock vocalist out 12.03.21 via Frontiers
Norwegian melodic rock queen Issa is back with her sixth album, Queen Of Broken Hearts, which will be released on 12th March via Frontiers Music Srl. Now based in the UK, Issa explains: "The vocals were recorded where I live in beautiful York. I also really loved using the scenery around us to make the video for my new..

CHEZ KANE : self-titled debut solo album by UK rock vocalist announced for release on 12 March 2021 via Frontiers
British rock singer Chez Kane has announced that her self-titled debut solo album will be released on 12th March via Frontiers Music Srl. Produced by Danny Rexon of Crazy Lixx, Chez Kane is a melodic rock record that hearkens back to the glory days of the '80s when the genre was known for having a..

AMIGO THE DEVIL : ‘Born Against’ – revised release date for new album by dark Americana star out 16 April 2021
DARK AMERICANA STAR EXPANDS BEYOND THE MACABRE WITH HIS NEW ALBUM Danny Kiranos, otherwise known by his musical alter ego Amigo The Devil, has announced a new release date for his highly anticipated second full length album, Born Against (Liars Club/Regime Music Group). Known for his dark and macabre storytelling, the new record sees Amigo..

U.D.O. to release their new live album ‘Live In Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show’ on 19 March 2021
U.D.O. release their new live album 'Live in Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show' on 19th March, 2021. U.D.O. return with the upcoming 5th live album of the heavy metal legend. The year 2020 faced many with tough challenges, but U.D.O. managed to play a great show under pandemic conditions in front of the breath..

Interview – Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann
It has been three years since The Rise Of Chaos and while the Covid-19 pandemic has got in the way of tours, it has not stopped Accept with their new album Too Mean To Die. guitarist and lone original member WOLF HOFFMANN talks to Velvet Thunder about the new record, new band members and takes..

‘IRON MAIDEN – ON TRACK’ – EXCLUSIVE SAMPLE CHAPTER
Recently, two members of the Velvet Thunder writing team had books published in the ‘On Track’ series by Sonicbond Publishing, delving into every album and every track by a selected artist – Graeme Stroud covering Thin Lizzy and Steve Pilkington taking on Iron Maiden. A little while ago we presented an exclusive sample chapter from the THIN LIZZY volume,..

Accept – new album ‘Too Mean To Die’ release postponed to 29th January 2021
Photo: Deaf Music Unfortunately, with a heavy heart we have to postpone the release of the new ACCEPT album Too Mean To Die from January 15th to January 29th 2021. Due to a COVID-19 related pressing plant closure the finished product has been massively delayed so that the planned release on Jan 15th 2021 cannot be kept. We are..