Queen + Adam Lambert jusy announced that they are bringing their new tour “Rhapsody” to UK and Europe audiences in 2020, with 16 dates on sale so far. The all-new “Rhapsody” show, already hailed as “a marvel of technical advances,” will kick off the new year of 2020 with 17 giant arena and stadium shows..

New extreme metal band Strigoi to release debut album this fall
Strigoi is the name of a new band, created by Paradise Lost guitarist Gregor Mackintosh, after the demise of Vallenfyre (a crust/ doom metal project, with three albums released between 2011 and 2017). Strigoi will release their debut album Abandon All Faith, on November 22nd via Nuclear Blast. Named after the troubled spirits in Romanian..

NOVEMBERS DOOM SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM NEPHILIM GROVE
Chicago’s own purveyors of death/doom Novembers Doom will darken our days once again on November 1st with their eleventh album Nephilim Grove. The 9-song release will come out through Prophecy Productions and, as usual, is topped with another beautiful cover artwork. The band, led by only original member – frontman Paul Kuhr, is premiering an..

MADBALL announce October UK tour sponsored by Brooklyn lager
New York hardcore veterans Madball have been announced for the latest Brooklyn Sound Tour that will see them take in four intimate shows across the UK in October. Tickets for all dates of the Brooklyn Lager sponsored tour will be £5 with no booking fees and include a free beer and piece of tour exclusive..

ARK ASCENT release video, new album Downfall out September 27 2019
UK progressive metal band, ARK ASCENT, featuring former Shadowkeep vocalist Rogue Marechal, current DGM bassist Andrea Arcangeli and Sirenia drummer Michael Brush, have released a new music video/single for the track Innocence Lost the track is taken from their debut album Downfall which is set for release on September27th, 2019 via Ascent Records. Vocalist Rogue Marechal said: "We have all been at that..

OLD-SCHOOL METALLERS HAUNT TO RELEASE TWO SPLIT 7-INCHES
Workaholics Haunt, from Fresno, California, are preparing to release two separate 7″ split records, one with fellow statesmen Fortress and the other – with London’s own heavy metal force Seven Sisters. Both splits will be self-released on December 30th and are now available for pre-order at Haunt’s bandcamp site, where you can also listen to..

JOE BONAMASSA ANNOUNCES ‘KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE’ CRUISE
JOE BONAMASSA ANNOUNCES JONNY LANG, WALTER TROUT, ANA POPOVIC, AND THE JAMES HUNTER SIX FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AT SEA MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE MUSIC FESTIVAL CRUISE TO SET SAIL AUGUST 14-19, 2020 FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN TO CANNES, FRANCE AND GENOA, ITALY TO BOOK YOUR CABIN SIGN UP FOR THE OFFICIAL PRE-SALE AT..

TYGERS OF PAN TANG TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM THIS NOVEMBER
After the news of Angel Witch coming back, now, another cult band from the NWOBHM age is also releasing a new album, called Ritual. It is the Tygers’ 12th full-length release and it will hit the streets on November 22nd through Mighty Music. The album was recorded at ex-Tygers’ guitarist Fred Purser’s studio in Newcastle..

ROB HALFORD ANNOUNCES SECOND CHRISTMAS-THEMED ALBUM
Remember Winter Songs – the holiday-themed solo album by legendary Rob Halford, which came out in 2009? We may forgive you if you don’t, but now it has a spiritual follow-up with Celestial. This new, 12-song collection, credited to Rob Halford with Family & Friends, will come out in October 18th via Legacy Recordings. Most..

PRETTY MAIDS to release new album Undress Your Madness 8 Nov 2019 via Frontiers
Undress Your Madness is the highly anticipated follow up to the critically and commercially successful album Kingmaker, released in 2016 and a record that continued along the revitalised path that the band set out on with their classic albums Pandemonium and Motherland. It is always difficult to follow a successful and inspired record, but Undress Your Madness shows..