rock/metal tracks
Track: THRONEHAMMER – “Thronehammer” and New Album news
THRONEHAMMER unites british and german musicians Kat Shevil Gillham (Uncofined/Winds of Genocide/Ex-BlessedRealm), Stuart West (Ex-Obelyskkh/Ex-The Walruz) and Tim Schmidt (Naked Star/Seamount). „Usurper of the oaken throne“ is the debut full-length born of this union of notable extreme music perpetrators, rending nearly eigthy minutes of purely epic metal, bridging low-end heaviness with melodic destruction.They’re a powerful …
Track: HAMMERFALL – (We Make) Sweden Rock + New Album news
HAMMERFALL will release a new album titled DOMINION on 16thAugust 2019 via Napalm Records. The group unleashed “(We Make) Sweden Rock” – the first single off DOMINION today. JOACIM CANS describes the creation of “(We Make) Sweden Rock,” “This is a glorious tribute to the Swedish hard rock and metal movement with a …
Track: The Cosmics – Eyes
Birmingham scuzz/garage rock upstarts The Cosmics have heralded the release of their debut vinyl EP, due out on June 13th, with a single, Eyes. Think that sort of echoey hollow 60s sounding production, over this track that buzzes between swathes of buzzsaw, shoegaze guitars and these eerie rockabilly riffs. Over the top its got a …
Track: Death Angel – The Pack
California thrash metal legends DEATH ANGEL have unleashed a snarling new song today called ‘The Pack’ from the band’s long-awaited 9th full-length album, Humanicide, that’s due out May 31st from Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the lyric video for the track here With their forthcoming album Humanicide, DEATH ANGEL has maintained their throne in the …
Track: Bruce Springsteen – Hello Sunshine, plus new album news
Bruce Springsteen has announced that his first new studio album in five years (and his 19th in total), Western Stars, is to be released on June 14th, via Columbia Records. From it, he has released the first glimpse of the record, a track called ‘Hello Sunshine’. Influenced by California pop record from the 60’s and …
Track: EXODUS – No Love (Live at Day In The Dirt 1984), plus 40th anniversary news
EXODUS CELEBRATE 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE RELEASE OF ‘NO LOVE (LIVE AT DAY IN THE DIRT 1984)’ The formation of the beast we now call EXODUS began in Richmond, CA in 1979, and although many started their journey as fans a few years down the line, there is no debating that the early 80’s …
Track: Be Astronaut – Bipolar Spectrum
Montreal power trio Be Astronaut, consisting of Guillaume Theroux (guitar, vocals), Gabriel Jetté (bass) and Pascal Beauregard (drums), whose proggy roots have stayed since their birth in 2009, is reaching for a bigger than life feel to their music. A complete experience, enriched by drastic mood swings and complex melodies, tightly locked altogether. Their ever …
Track: Spectral – Nihilist
Technical Death Metal band SPECTRAL release new single, Nihilist, featuring Christian Muenzner Romanian Progressive Technical Death Metal act Spectral have revealed a new single from their recently released debut album, Neural Correlates of Hate. The track Nihilist, has guest guitar solos by Christian Muenzner (Alkaloid, Eternity’s End, Spawn of Possession, ex Necrophagist, Defeated Sanity) …
Track: Five Finger Death Punch – When The Seasons Change, plus tour dates
Five Finger Death Punch’s new album is out on May 18th! And Justice For None is set for release via Eleven Seven, and the band have just released another song from it- When The Seasons Change. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory explained the themes behind the song; “It’s about loyalty, the kind of loyalty that doesn’t crumble in the …
Track: Dead Original (ex-Trivium drummer Paul Wandtke) – Fade to Light
Dead Original is a grunge infused trio started by Paul Wandtke whom got his start in the music industry as a work for hire drummer (ex Trivium and the hit musical Rock of Ages). Feeling inspired to pick up a guitar, he now fronts Dead Original with Rob Lerner on drums and Dina Simone on …