As if the inaugural pairing of OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST--the biggest metal festival in North America EVER--wasn't enough...campers for this double-header music and lifestyle weekend like no other on the planet will now get the bonus of an exclusive free Friday night camping kick-off party. The September 23 pre-festival concert will give campers early access to the campsite, allowing them time
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Frontiers Music srl has released the first single, "Left For Dead" from the upcoming new album from Operation: Mindcrime, RESURRECTION. Get a first listen HERE. "Resurrection", the new album from Operation: Mindcrime, the brainchild of legendary vocalist Geoff Tate, is set for a worldwide release on September 23, 2016. The album is available for pre-order on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. Digital pre-orders come with an instant
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Alter Bridge has been a band known for blurring the line between hard rock and heavy metal. As assets in both musical genres, the band returns with their fifth studio album, The Last Hero. The album is scheduled for worldwide release on October 7th by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe.
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“If Rock ‘n’ Roll is to be saved, or even needs saving, bands like this will lead the way...The band comes across as if they were spoon fed classic guitar rock since the day they were born, and the beauty is that they are 100% real – nothing slick, nothing corporate about them...organic...Yup, this is rock as pure as the
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Pierce The Veil, one of the hottest breaking bands in the alternative/rock world today, will see its music video "Circles" exclusively premiered on MTV today, airing on AMTV, AMTV2, MTV Hits, MTV Live and mtvU beginning at 6:00AM ET. "Circles" will also be available via MTV's Snapchat Discovery channel as well as on VEVO http://vevo.ly/ogxJNy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqOEt5ptr4 The "Circles" video was directed
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The Devil Wears Prada - Mike Hranica (vocals), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, clean vocals), Andy Trick (bass) and Kyle Sipress (lead guitar) - uncover the details for their anxiously-awaited sixth full-length album, Transit Blues (Rise Records), arriving October 7, 2016 in stores and at all digital retailers. It follows last year's Space EP that bowed at #18 on the Billboard
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Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Extreme’s classic multi-Platinum, Grammy® nominated PORNOGRAFFITTI, the definitive album of the band’s career. To mark the anniversary, PORNOGRAFFITTI LIVE 25 / METAL MELTDOWN will be released September 23 by the award-winning production company Rock Fuel Media in association with Loud & Proud Records as part of their four-part “Metal Meltdown” DVD series. The
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BLACK CROWN INITIATE have debuted a new music video for the self-titled track "Selves We Cannot Forgive" via VEVO today. Directed by veteran director Justin Reich, this is the first video installment off the band's all new album. BLACK CROWN INITIATE released Selves We Cannot Forgive on July 22, 2016 via Entertainment One Music (eOne). The tracklist and visually mindbending cover art created
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With work on the new album nearing completion, Colorado's thrash machine, HAVOK, are pleased to announce their next quest throughout the U.S.! The month-long trek will see HAVOK supporting MEGADETH alongside special guests SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, AMON AMARTH, and METAL CHURCH and will be the band's final outing before the release of their highly-anticipated Century Media debut. HAVOK's David Sanchez checked in with
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Swedish experimental heavy-rock pioneers OPETH have released a new video blog, “Studio Report - Episode 1,” ahead of their upcoming release of Sorceress, which will debut on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-F1XVNG7U0&feature=youtu.be In the new video, OPETH vocalist and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt gives an in-depth tour of Rockfield Studios in Wales
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Visionary swedish metallers SOILWORK have released the first "Inside Death Resonance" video trailer in which singer Björn "Speed" Strid talks about the band's upcoming special collection of rarities, Death Resonance (out August 19, 2016 via Nuclear Blast). Watch the video trailer on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel! Watch the official visualizer for "These Absent Eyes" on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel! The song was originally released on the Japan-only EP Beyond
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METAL ALLEGIANCE recently announced they will release a special EP, entitled Fallen Heroes, on August 12, 2016. The band united to pay homage to the 3 legends - Lemmy Kilmister, David Bowie, and Glenn Frey - who impacted not just their lives but the world as well. Today, the band released a video where Alex Skolnick discusses the loss of the 3 legends
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THE CULT have announced a wide array of summer tour dates including four upcoming stadium shows with Guns N' Roses, as well as festivals and their own headlining concerts. The iconic band--founding singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy along with bassist Grant Fitzpatrick, drummer John Tempesta and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Damon Fox--is on the road now in support of this
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Provogue are delighted to announce the signing of The Apocalypse Blues Revue, the incredible new project from Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola. They will join the home of blues alongside Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, Warren Haynes, Leslie West, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart and SIMO. As the legend goes, Robert Johnson infamously started his career by meeting the Devil
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HATEBREED are pleased to announce a second assault on North America this fall, once again with their friends in DEVILDRIVER and DEVIL YOU KNOW. Today the band also released a music video for the song "Something's Off", which comes from their recent Billboard charting release The Concrete Confessional. Check out the clip directed by David Broadsky here. "Here we go again," comments vocalist Jamey
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Hot off of a successful Spring tour including headlining dates and support dates with Otep, Lacey Sturm, Hellyeah, Escape the Fate and more, Doll Skin will once again hit the road for a handful of headlining dates, and will be joining OTEP for the “Equal Rights, Equal Lefts” Tour. Dates start July 21st in Sonora, Ca at the Gypsy Shack
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Billy Ray Cyrus has partnered with Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry on a music video for their beautifully haunting ballad “The Rambler,” which premiered on CMT Music and CMT.com. Cyrus stars in the video as the title character “The Rambler,” a drifter who tries to face his past in a simple tale of guilt, heartache, and longing for redemption. The video was directed by fellow
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No Sinner will be returning to Europe in October 2016 to play songs from their new album Old Habits Die Hard which was released on 20th May through Provogue/Mascot Label Group (Joe Bonamassa, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Beth Hart). On Old Habits Die Hard, Colleen is barrelling down the highway, her grip on the throttle, and you better believe
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Southern California's revered groove metal band DevilDriver released their long awaited, 7th studio album, Trust No One this May via Napalm Records. Fans can purchase the record now at iTunes, Amazon, the Napalm Records Web Store and DevilDriver.com. It's no secret that front man Dez Fafara is a huge Cannabis fan and proponent of legalizing Marijuana. In fact he has
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Dark Horse Comics and thrash-punk titans Slayer have joined forces to deliver a new comic series this holiday season. With full participation from the band and taking inspiration from Slayer's recent Repentless music videos (filmed in support of their latest album, Repentless, on Nuclear Blast Records), disciple Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse) will pen the three-issue comic series with interior bloodlines drawn
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YES officially kicks off their 2016 U.S. summer tour, billed as "The Album Series: Drama + Topographic 1 & 4," this Monday, July 25 in Lancaster, PA. The 28-date outing will feature the 1980 album DRAMA performed in its entirety, for the first time ever, and sides one and four of 1973's double album TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS, plus a
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Monday, July 18, 2016 -- Thirty-five years ago today (July 18, 1981), the then New York-based thrash/metal band Anthrax was formed and started on the road to help change the history of music. Said co-founder Scott Ian, "Thirty-five years have passed since that day and my life has changed profoundly. I am a husband, I am a father. I am a
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The ninth wonder of the unnatural world, extreme tech-metal messiah's MESHUGGAH have announced their epic North American Fall 2016 tour. The trek will kick-off at the House Of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on October 10th, visit 2 Canadian cities as well as Knotfest Mexico before concluding in Maryland at The Fillmore on November 6th. Joining the band as special guests is none
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MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen's new project, SURGICAL METH MACHINE, recently released their debut album via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released a lyric video for the song "Rich People Problems. " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLJYs_rOpbk Surgical Meth Machine was recorded primarily at Jourgensen's home studio in Burbank, California with his longtime engineer Sam D'Ambruoso. In an October 2015 interview with In The Loop magazine, Jourgensen stated about how the idea for SURGICAL
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2016 marks the monumental return of one of heavy rock’s most unique, revered and fearless bands of the last three decades, OPETH. Over the years, the experimental, prog veterans have continuously reinvented themselves, pushing the boundaries of their craft and expectations of fans and critics alike. Today, OPETH announces their 12th album, Sorceress, will be released on September 30th and
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“Once in a while in an band’s career comes a special time, a period where you feel it's all finally coming together and that time I'm proud to say is NOW! The new Tygers album is finished, done and dusted and ready to unleash our 'Tygertastic,' audience. You're gonna love this one, it's a MONSTER......”, Robb Weir, founder and guitarist of
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Today, Dutch symphonic metal stars EPICA grant a little insight into the making of their massive new longplayer The Holographic Principle and release a first trailer form the studio. In this brand new clip, the band explains their songwriting process and even comes up with some musical surprises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSlEVPjG7rg "Halfway through 2015, EPICA started a new journey: writing and recording the 7th studio album, The
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Multi-platinum rockers BREAKING BENJAMIN premiered their latest video for “Ashes Of Eden” today via Billboard.com. The video, brought to life by director Kyle Cogen, was the vision of BREAKING BENJAMIN founder/singer, Ben Burnley, who calls it a “Sci-Fi or modern day take on the origin of our species.” The “Ashes Of Eden” video seamlessly blends live action, stunning visual effects
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Tonight, two vocal titans of two generations will team up for a new rendition of one of rock’s most legendary ballads for ABC’s summer program, “Greatest Hits.” On Thursday, July 14 FOREIGNER—lead guitarist Mick Jones, lead singer Kelly Hansen, bassist Jeff Pilson, multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel, guitarist Bruce Watson, Michael Bluestein on keyboards, and Chris Frazier on drums—joined musical forces with
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In a thrash world gone metalcore, blackened or conversely, NWOBHM-scrappy, it’s hard justice indeed that a band of brothers has come together to champion songwriting, performance, production, arrangement and even sequencing this forthrightly, Meshiaak bestowing on the scene an egregiously confident and “old soul” record that evokes the magic of Ride the Lightning, Rust in Peace, South of Heaven and
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FOR TODAY ANNOUNCE FAREWELL TOUR "After over 11 years as a band, six full-length albums and one EP, we have decided to make 2016 the last year of For Today. "When we started this band in 2005, we never imagined that our music would make it out of Sioux City, Iowa, let alone take us all around the world multiple
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ERIC13 (guitarist of COMBICHRIST, singer of SEX SLAVES) has released the Official Music Video for his solo single "DEVIL'S HIGHWAY" (WURMgroup). Premiered on PureGrainAudio, "DEVIL'S HIGHWAY", filmed on the back roads connecting Philadelphia to the New Jersey shore, was self-directed and filmed by ERIC13 and edited by Eric Bower. The single itself features Ashley Dzerigian (Filter, Ceelo Green, Adam Lambert)
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Canadian Metal heroes ANVIL release a new video for the song "Zombie Apocalypse" taken from their new studio album "Anvil Is Anvil". Guitar player and singer Lips says about the song: "Zombie Apocalypse is my personal favorite from the new CD...I love the feel and tempo which allows for melody and sheer power. I'm still finding it funny when I was
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TesseracT has debuted the reimagined version of the single "Survival" today. The track is from the all new 2-disc tour edition of TesseracT’s critically acclaimed studio album Polaris, with bonus disc Errai, releasing on September 16th via KScope. The package includes four re-imagined tracks from Polaris by the band’s long time live producer and sound engineer Aidan O’Brien – “Survival”, “Cages”,
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Commerford’s new politically charged Punk Rock trio Wakrat (pronounced wôk•rat) will make their UK live debut on Tuesday July 26 in a one-night-only appearance at The Black Heart in Camden with all proceeds from the gig going towards the homeless charity Shelter. Notorious for his infamous bass lines in Rage Against The Machine, Commerford fronts Wakrat on vocals and bass
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Primal blues-rock duo THE PICTUREBOOKS has just announced their signing to US-based rock label Another Century. Featuring Fynn Claus Grabke [vocals, guitar] and Philipp Mirtschink [drums], the two perform blues-saturated heavy rock. The duo has received acclaim not only on their 2014 full-length ‘Imaginary Horse’ (RidingEasy Records), but also for their craft of building and customizing motorcycles, and their skateboarding
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Explosive Canadian rockers Art of Dying have announced the dates for their much anticipated US headlining tour, their first shows on American soil since releasing the critically acclaimed 13 song full length, Rise Up (Eleven Seven Music). Newcomers Children 18:3 and Letters From The Fire have been handpicked as support for the 40+ date run. Tickets and exclusive VIP upgrades
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Legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT have announce the title and release date of the band's upcoming 12th album. The Brotherhood Of The Snake will be released on October 28, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. The record was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Juan Urteaga (EXODUS, HEATHEN, MACHINE HEAD), guitarist Eric Peterson and singer Chuck Billy and is currently being mixed and mastered by well-known metal producer Andy Sneap (ACCEPT, ARCH ENEMY,
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Up and coming multi-national rock act BLUES PILLS has released the fourth video trailer for their upcoming album, Lady In Gold (out August 5), which the band answers a short and fun Q&A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VrAhbZ0mzI&list=PLB4brr7vf-P42JMN6_0Q0m74LtwYyMIYn&index=1 If you missed the fist or second trailer, watch the videos below: First Trailer - talking about the title of the record and its meaning Second Trailer - talking about the
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Stryper frontman Michael Sweet returns with his most intense solo release to date. One Sided Waris Michael’s 7th studio solo album and is slated for release on August 26th via Rat Pak Records. Michael’s solo band is comprised of Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra, Evanescence drummer Will Hunt, bassist John O’Boyle and East Coast shred-master Ethan Brosh. The new album showcases
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MONSTER TRUCK September/October 2016 European Tour with NICKELBACK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcU_BUY7KEs&feature=youtu.be You can buy tickets from: http://ilovemonstertruck.com/ Fri 2 September: Hartwall Arena – Helsinki, FINLAND Sun 4 September: Spektrum – Oslo, NORWAY Tues 6 September: Ericsson Globe – Stockholm, SWEDEN Thurs 8 September: Jyske Bank Boxen – Herning, DENMARK Sat 10 September: Zalgiris – Kaunas, LITHUANIA Tues 13 September: Hallenstadion – Zurich,
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POP EVIL have posted their highly anticipated 3D / 360 degree music video for their single "Take it All" today. The video was shot at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA last year, one of the band's highlighted performances of 2015. VIEW VIDEO HERE POP EVIL recently announced a new batch of select U.S. dates supporting 3 DOORS DOWN with friends in
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Back in the ‘70s, Foghat was a regular presence on the Billboard charts - on the strength of such hit albums as ‘Fool for the City’, ‘LIVE’, ‘Stone Blue’ and many others. And now, the veteran classic rock act is back where they belong - for the first time since 1983, Foghat is back on Billboard with ‘Under the Influence’
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends HEART will release BEAUTIFUL BROKEN--their first new album in four years and first for Concord Records--this Friday, July 8. Billboard.com yesterday (July 6)debuted the full album with an exclusive stream. BEAUTIFUL BROKEN--HEART's sixteenth album in a career with over 35 million albums sold--finds Ann and Nancy Wilson exploring new songs, but taking some
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Rock favorites Thousand Foot Krutch have charted eight Active Rock hit singles just since going independent in 2012, and are now set to launch their second single, “Push,” from the album EXHALE, which released last month amidst wide acclaim on TFK Music and with marketing, sales and distribution through Fuel Music. The aggressive follow-up to the band’s 2014 album, OXYGEN:INHALE,
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Prog-rock fans are in for a treat on this February's CRUISE TO THE EDGE music vacation: iconic drummer and former member of Dream Theater, MIKE PORTNOY will--for the first time ever--perform the band's "12 Step Suite" in its entirety on the cruise. The music documents the musician's battle with alcoholism, and is an ensemble of five songs recorded by the
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Pixies announce that their sophomore "post-reunion" album, Head Carrier, will be released on September 30 (Pixiesmusic/Play It Again Sam/ [PIAS]). The 12-track collection of the band's unique aural mix of surrealism, psychedelia, dissonance and surf rock was produced by Tom Dalgety (Killing Joke, Royal Blood) and recorded at London's Rak Studios from mid-February through to mid-March this year. Fans can get a
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ACCEPT's guitar powerhouse, WOLF HOFFMANN, releases his second solo album today through Nuclear Blast, entitled Headbangers Symphony completely dedicated to the grand classic maestros. To mark the occasion, the brand-new music video for 'Night On Bald Mountain' has been revealed today. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WazDQZu0I Wolf commented on the video: "Some ideas devised in a split second can work like a charm,
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Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON will release their brand-new, 8th studio album, The Last Stand on August 19th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have revealed the second album trailer. Watch it on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymBxXVdmHL0&list=PLB4brr7vf-P7KkTQ2avJp4u7pKpdufLw5 If you missed the first trailer, you can watch it here! A few weeks ago, SABATON released the first single called 'The Lost Battalion'. Watch
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“This is where I belong—playing this ferocious blend of blues and rock music,” says guitarist Gary Hoey about his 20th album, Dust & Bones. “I did my last album, Deja Blues, to prove to myself that I could play authentic blues, and now that I feel more at home there, I felt it was time to mix my favorite guitar styles
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The line-up for the inaugural pairing of OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST--the ultimate meeting of metal minds--just got harder with the addition of Suicidal Tendencies to the OZZFEST bill. This marks the OZZFEST debut of the iconic Los Angeles crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. The band will fill the slot originally held by Children of Bodom on the first day of the
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Guitar icon ZAKK WYLDE will embark on a batch of U.S. and Canadian tour dates in continued support of his new LP Book Of Shadows II. Wylde will hit over 40 cities spread out across the U.S. and Canada this summer including a performance at Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal on August 7th, a first for him as a solo
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On December 31, 2015, legendary rock icons Mötley Crüe completed their 35-year touring career as a band with a spectacular final concert at Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles, CA, just 10 miles from the Sunset Strip where the band’s infamous and decadent career first launched. And now, after an incredibly successful U.S. theatrical event last month and
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