Glam pop-rockers Jonny Cola & The A-Grades have well and truly smashed their PledgeMusic campaign target. The band reached their goal just four hours after opening and raised over 170% of their funding target for September’s second album release within their first seven days. The band has commented this overwhelmingly positive response, describing it as “being “beyond our wildest dreams”[...]

Black Star Riders, the new band featuring Thin Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper/Megadeth), have revealed ‘All Hell Breaks Loose’ as the title of their upcoming debut album. Soon to be released via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the label sat Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick in front of a camera to ask them more about the signing[...]

Vocalist Joris den Boghtdrincker has announced his departure from the pagan metallers Heidevolk, after performing his final show with the band at New York’s Paganfest. While the remaining members have expressed their thanks and cherished memories of his time in the band over the last decade, Joris has also released a personal message. “After ten great years with Heidevolk, new horizons are beckoning me and I feel it is time for a change”[...]

Swedish metallers Tiamat have just released a brand new music video for the track ‘Love Terrorists’. Taken from the band’s tenth studio album ‘The Scarred People’, this darkly atmospheric clip, directed by Ioanna Lampropoulou, is available to stream now via the official Napalm Records YouTube channel.
The latest song to be taken from the release, ‘Love Terrorists’ is in keeping with a collection of tracks based mainly in hypnotic mid-tempo[...]

With The Black Dahlia Murder’s brand new album, ‘Everblack’, set to be released in less than a month and following the overwhelmingly positive reaction to ‘Into the Everblack,’ the band has partnered with Revolver Magazine to stream another song from Everblack. Streaming now via Soundcloud, new the new track ‘Rape in Hatred by Vines of Thorn’ is an ode to one of vocalist Trevor Strnad’s favorite horror movies, Evil Dead[...]

Swedish melodic metal maestros Soilwork have confirmed that extreme Norwegian outfit Keep Of Kalessin will be joining them this November as support on their upcoming European tour. Soilwork commented on the announcement saying “We also consider this tour line up one of the best we’ve ever had. Keep Of Kalessin is a kick ass band, hailing from our neighboring nation of Norway (…)”
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Visceral electronic artist Blue Stahli has released a new single titled ‘Never Dance Again’. While still in keeping with his tradition of crafting cinematic electro-rock epics, this latest single is touted as a musical love letter to the 80s with a jarring thematic sting in the tail. As a result this latest track oozes sweepingsynths and veers into the disco camp of acts like the Scissor Sisters whilst taking the track into hilarious lyrical territory[...]

Metal Blade Records have happily announced the recent addition of Dutch metallers Kill Division to their illustrious roster. The “authentic” metal trio featuring former members of Legion Of The Damned and God Dethroned are set to weave together their experiences from these past bands on their upcoming debut release . Kill Division commented on the deal saying “We are thrilled about signing to Metal Blade Records”[...]