heavy metal
Track: Saxon set to release an album of covers and share ‘Paint It Black’
British heavy metal legends Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band. Set for release on March 19 2021, via Silver Lining Music, Inspirations gets things rolling with the release of Saxon’s crunching take on The Rolling Stones’ …
Track: POUNDER reveal first track from forthcoming new SHADOW KINGDOM album
Today, American metal torchbearers Pounder reveal the new track “Hard Road to Home.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Breaking the World, set for international release on January 29th, 2021 via Shadow Kingdom Records. Hear Pounder‘s “Hard Road to Home” in its entirety HERE at Shadow Kingdom‘s Bandcamp. It was but early 2019 when Pounder dropped their proud ‘n’ powerful debut album, Uncivilized. Sure, …
Track: Accept share new single ‘Too Mean To Die’ and launch preorder for new album
Metal legends Accept share brand new single ‘Too Mean To Die’, the title track from their upcoming record. Intended both as a gift to fans and to whet the appetite for their full-length masterpiece, their 16th studio album ‘Too Mean To Die’, which will be released on January 15th 2021 via Nuclear Blast. Accept mastermind Wolf Hoffmann explains: “We decided to not let ourselves be overly influenced by …
Track: Diamond Head – Am I Evil
With the re-recording of the bands album ‘Lighting To The Nations’ due out November 20th 2020, via Silver Lining Music (see here). Diamond Head have shared the second single ‘Am I Evil’ ‘Am I Evil?’ is the second single to be released from the album, ‘It’s Electric’ being the first’. Founding member Brian Tatler reminisces: …
Track: Firstborne – Cut The Strings
Firstborne (comprised of Chris Adler, James LoMenzo, Girish Pradhan and Myrone) have shared their latest single ‘Cut The Strings’ fresh from releasing their debut EP earlier this year. Girish Pradhan comments: “Every time there’s a force that challenges the most fundamental right of a human being – Freedom – music has always served as the voice …
News: Beast In Black announce 2021 European Tour
Helsinki based heavy metal band Beast In Black announce their European Tour for November / December 2021 which will take them through 13 countries, ready to spew its unrivaled heavy metal fury all over them! The band comments: “Not easy to say any wise words in these dark times so just let us smoothly announce our upcoming …
News: Diamond Head announce UK spring 2021 tour with special guests, Rock Goddess
Despite the global pandemic, 2020 has been a busy year for the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers. Fresh from completing the re-recording of ‘Lightning To The Nations 2020’ (see previous post here) and relentless in their quest to bring The Coffin Train to the world, Diamond Head announce the dates for their anticipated 2021 UK Tour. …
Track: Accept – The Undertaker
German Heavy Metal band Accept are set to release new single ‘The Undertaker’ taken from their forthcoming album. Details of which will be released at a later date. The single will be a 2-track featuring a previously unreleased live version of ‘Life´s A Bitch’ recorded in Oulu, Finland in 2019. It will be released digitally as well …
News: Diamond Head Announce 40th Anniversary Re-Recording Of Lighting To The Nations And Unleash Single/Video For ‘It’s Electric’
When Diamond Head first released ‘Lightning To The Nations’ 40 years ago in 1980, few could have predicted the importance it would carry -and establish- with regards to heavy metal’s new wave and sound. Stacked and packed with riffs, ‘Lightning To The Nations’ would be one of the prime catalysts for a movement known as the New Wave …
News: Sanctury to release 30th Anniversary Edition of album ‘Into The Mirror Black’
‘Into The Mirror Black’, originally released in 1990, is a truly special, much revered metal record, which received massive critical acclaim back when it came out and is still loved dearly to the very day. Its gloomy atmosphere and thought-provoking lyrics, its brilliant mix borderlining heavy and thrash metal, its stellar guitar work and the …