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NEWS: Evanescence announce release date for their new album, ‘The Bitter Truth’
EVANESCENCE’S first album of original music in a decade, The Bitter Truth, will be released on March 26th next year Sony Music, and pre-orders are now live. The band’s latest single, “Yeah Right”, is also out now to whet our appetites for what’s to come. Listen to it below! You can pre-order The Bitter Truth …
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: Brave The Cold – Apparatus
Brave The Cold, is a Death-Grind duo featuring Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris and Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, have released the video for their track ‘Apparatus’, taken from the bands debut album Scarcity via Mission Two Entertainment Harris further explains, “’Apparatus’ is about a socially repressive cabal whose sole agenda is maximising the transfer of wealth …
EP Review: Oldblood – Arms To The Sky
Formed in north London in 2018, Oldblood merge elements of doom, punk, post-metal and black metal into one cohesive, blackened monstrosity. As shown by their debut 4-track EP ‘Arms to the Sky’. Themed around the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, the crushing riffs combined with devastating melodies that paint an agonised picture of life before, during and …
Track: Machine Head – My Hands Are Empty
Bay Area metal titans Machine Head have shared a new single – ‘My Hands Are Empty’ via Nuclear Blast. The song marks the first musical collaboration in 24 years between MH mastermind Robb Flynn and original MH Burn My Eyes-era guitarist Logan Mader. Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn, “I have some family members who have beaten their opioid addiction, and have some still in the …
News: Heavy Psych set to release Vol 3 of their Doom Sessions featuring -(16)- and Grime
Following in the wake of ‘Doom Sessions Vol. 1‘ featuring Conan and Deadsmoke and ‘Doom Sessions Vol. 2‘ featuring Acid Mammoth and 1782. Label Heavy Psych have announced Vol. 3 in the series with five angry, aggressive and previously unreleased tracks by Relapse Records stalwarts -(16)- and Italy’s sludge mongers Grime. The artwork was designed by Branca Studio. -(16)- comment: “We are super …
Track: Blokechapfellow share video for new track ‘Bat Soup’
Alternative Teessiders Blokechapfellow have just released their video for new track ‘Bat Soup’ The track is a joyful mash of dynamics and styles that at first boggle the mind but give it chance to seep in as its worth it. You would be forgiven in thinking the guitarist has more than the standard number of …
Track: Katatonia – Lacquer
With the release of their live album of fan favourites ‘Dead Air‘, Katatonia have released their live lockdown session performance of track – ‘Lacquer’ taken from their album City Burials ”Dead Air is a document and a remembrance of a strange and surreal situation, as well as true evidence of the love for music – both ours …
News: Razor reissue classic album Armed & Dangerous and Live Osaka Saikou
Razor, Canada’s legendary Thrash Metal icons return with the reissue of their classic 1984 debut EP, Armed & Dangerous, and the highly sought-after 2011 live album, Live! Osaka Saikou 大阪最, which is available in full for the very first time as a 2xLP! Witness one of Thrash Metal’s most unrelenting bands, from their beginnings as an undeniable …
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 …