Norwegian black metal veterans Darkthrone will release a new album, “It Beckons Us All”, tomorrow (April 26) via Peaceville Records. Today the band has shared the official video for “The Bird People Of Nordland”, created by Matthew Vickerstaff. Whilst freely admitting the concept for the song “Not a very metal subject, sorry!” Fenriz explains “It’s about the EIDER bird and Nordland. Many years ago I saw a Norwegian documentary about the symbiotic relationship the coast people of Nordland had with the bird. They watched over the nests and in return could ..read more

Death To All has shared a previously unreleased live rendition of Death‘s “Crystal Mountain”, recorded at Graspop Metal Meeting, in Diezel, Belgium in 2022. “Crystal Mountain” was originally released in 1995 on Death‘s  “Symbolic” record which featured Gene Hoglan on drums and Bobby Koelble on guitar. Hoglan shares “To the best of my recollection, Chuck wrote “Crystal Mountain” about his neighbors. Chuck was always a chill neighbor, and his neighborhood in the “Symbolic” era consisted of just a few homes, all spread out with a nice little acrea ..read more

Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover and Adrenaline Mob guitarist Mike Orlando recently launched a new project called Sonic Universe, and now they have unveiled the music video for their third single and album title track “It Is What It Is”. Complemented by the rhythm section of King and Jackson, Glover and Orlando soar over what the singer called “a tight, tight, tight groove.” Glover continued: “The whole idea is that in order to make something new, you have to destroy the old. We do everything we can to change th ..read more

Melbourne’s most intriguing progressive metal band Teramaze continues to push their craft and the entire genre forward into the furthest realms of innovative sound. The band has revealed today, the first single, “Standing Ovation,” from their highly anticipated 11th full-length album “Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace,” that is set for release on May 24th via Wells Music. Talking about the new single “Standing Ovation,” guitarist/vocalist Dean Wells says: “‘Standing Ovation’ sounds like a thrilling anthem, capturing the excitement and energy of Eli’s jour ..read more

Mexican rock sister trio The Warning, has shared the music video for its latest single “Qué Más Quieres”. The video notably made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop, and across MTV‘s global network of channels, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards. The “Qué Más Quieres” music video bulldozes the way for their anxiously awaited new full-length album, “Keep Me Fed”, due on June 28 via Lava/Republic. The energy of the Spanish-language “Qué Más Quieres” matches the dynamics of the song ..read more

Today, HammerFall have announced their 13th studio album “Avenge The Fallen”, which will be released on 9th August via Nuclear Blast Records. Less than a year after taking the final bow of their United Forces tour, the quintet of guitarist Oscar Dronjak, singer Joacim Cans, bass player Fredrik Larsson, guitarist Pontus Norgen, and drummer David Wallin are back with ten brand new solid pieces of classic heavy metal. To celebrate, the band has revealed the official music video for the first single from the album, ‘Hail To ..read more

David Gilmour has announced his new album “Luck and Strange”, to be released on 6th September on Sony Music. “Luck and Strange” was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with alt-J and Marika Hackman. Of this new working relationship, David says, “We invited Charlie to the house, so he came and listened to some demos, and said things like, “Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?” and “Do they all fade out? Can’t some of them just end ..read more

After a four-year hiatus, the most extreme tour of the year, Summer Slaughter is back with a vengeance. The mammoth, 21-date run this year will be co-headlined by Veil Of Maya and Brand Of Sacrifice, who will be performing their first-ever full headline sets. Joining them will be Gideon, Left To Suffer, Ten56, Tallah, Cabal, and Brat with one more to be announced. Tickets for this epic return will go on sale at 10 am local on Friday, April 26th from THIS LOCATION. Speaking on today’s news, Brand Of Sacrifice vocali ..read more

Kittie has announced an exclusive run of North American headline dates today. The long-awaited shows will see the band perform in five cities across the U.S. and Canada this July and August, giving fans a very special and rare chance to see the band play a full headline set that will include their recently released singles “We Are Shadows” and “Eyes Wide Open” as well as classic hits and some deep cuts not played live since the band’s early days. Kittie comments: “We are absolutely thrilled to be headlining a handful of exclusive shows this summer in support of ou ..read more

Cleveland death metal legends-in-waiting 200 Stab Wounds have announced the upcoming arrival of their new album “Manual Manic Procedures,” set for release on June 28th through Metal Blade Records. The lead single is “Manual Manic Procedures”’ opening track, “Hands Of Eternity.” Buhl explains that the song is about being trapped in your own mind, something most of us can relate to. “That song is a good example of where we want to go musically. The heavy riffs are there, but there’s still a lot of good melody. It’s not just crazy fucking blast beats and, ‘riff riff riff.’ It’s more str ..read more