In the maelstrom of late ‘60s music, groups came and went with alarming speed, and those that lasted more than one album had to be deft at changing styles to match the rapidly developing nascent rock scene. Some emerged to be powerhouses of the ‘70s while many faded away undeservedly (and some deservedly, it must..
KREATOR – Release Video For New Single, “Midnight Sun”
Today, extreme metal titans KREATOR are proud to unveil Midnight Sun, the third single from their forthcoming fifteenth studio album, Hate Über Alles, which will be released on June 10th, 2022. The eagerly anticipated full-length is a strong album-of-the-year contender as well as a global statement against hate & the division of society. Before its release next month, KREATOR give you another..
PIG : ‘Baptise Bless & Bleed’ – new EP by industrial rock icon Raymond Watts out 27 May 2022 via Armalyte Industries | title track available now
The latest release from the darkly delicious mind of Raymond Watts aka PIG is Baptise Bless & Bleed, a brand new EP awash with religious lyrical fervour and riffs that could effortlessly crush a tank. The title track is a relentless juggernaut before Speak Of Sin takes to the dancefloor. It sounds like an instant PIG..
SCREAMACHINE : ‘Borderline’ – new EP by Italian metallers out NOW via Frontiers
Currently preparing new songs for the follow-up to their well received 2021 self-titled debut album, Italian metallers ScreaMachine have today released a new EP entitled 'Borderline' via Frontiers Music Srl. 'Borderline' features four songs: a gloriously fast and loud title track, an acoustic version of previous single 'The Metal Monster' featuring Michele Guaitoli (Visions Of..
Band photo: Steve Gullick
HEADSWIM Announce ‘Flood #Redux’ and reform for intimate show
Trapped Animal records have announced the return of '90s legends Headswim, with a reissue of their seminal psych-grunge masterpiece, Flood, on 7 October 2022. Released on double vinyl and double CD, this deluxe re-issue will feature previously un-released BBC sessions, studio B-sides and experiments by the band and their mad scientist friends on Disc Two! To celebrate the release, Headswim’s..
DIM GRAY : ‘Mare’ – first single from new album by Norwegian art rock trio | ‘Firmament’ out 2 September 2022 via English Electric Recordings
DIM GRAY - 2022 photo by Emil Vestre Following in the wake of Flown, their critically acclaimed 2020 debut album, Norwegian art rockers Dim Gray return with its follow-up, Firmament. Consisting of twelve direct, vivid and melody-driven songs, it is a record bursting with life and colour, making for an engaging and constantly surprising journey..
SOULFLY announce 12th studio album, ‘Totem’, reveal first single, ‘Superstition’
Underground icon, extreme metal trailblazer and leader of a diverse and dedicated tribe, Max Cavalera not only survives but thrives, blasting out riff after killer riff. The same voice, body and spirit which launched SOULFLY in 1997 summons impossibly heavy noise to this day, throwing down ten slabs of monstrous music on the band's twelfth album, Totem which is set..
CORELEONI – release of new studio album »III« pushed back to May 20th + Swiss November/December 2022 tour dates announced
The release of III, the new album by Swiss-based hard rock masters CORELEONI, unfortunately has to be pushed back to May 20th, 2022 due to production-related reasons. Until then, make sure to check out the three singles -- Let Life Begin Tonight, Purple Dynamite and Sometimes -- and to secure your copy of the five-piece's Atomic Fire Records debut via the link below! In addition, the..
Rufus Publications: Expanded re-release of ‘Led Zeppelin Five Glorious Nights’ by Dave Lewis
Five Glorious Nights – Led Zeppelin at Earls Court May 1975 is compiled by Dave Lewis and captures the visual magnificence of the band though the photographic images of some of the finest rock photographers of the era – who were right there on the spot to capture rock history. The original version of the book was..
Heavy Power Metal force IRON SAVIOR releases new single version of ‘The Battle’, new album ‘Reforged II – Ironbound’ coming in 2022
German power metal act IRON SAVIOR has released another jewel and a blast of the past, a re-recorded version of The Battle! The song was originally issued on the band's second, 1999- studio album Unification. The Hamburg-based metal veterans seem to be gearing up for a new album, entitled Reforged II – Ironbound, which will be coming out..