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

Pallbearer, indisputable masters of emotionally insightful and stirring heavy music, return with their most raw and heartfelt album to date, “Mind Burns Alive”, dropping on May 17, via Nuclear Blast Records. The official music video for the album’s second single “Endless Place” can be seen below. “Endless Place” features the band’s first-ever musical collaboration (a saxophone solo from Norman Williamson of Amasa Hines). The song encapsulates the thematic essence of the album, as described by vocalist-guitarist Brett Campbell: “These are vignettes which tell the s ..read more

Today, Australian metalcore icons In Hearts Wake manifest a brand new chapter, announcing their sixth studio album, “Incarnation”, which will be released on July 12 via UNFD. Pre-order it HERE.  The news follows the recent bittersweet announcement of long-time bassist and vocalist Kyle Erich‘s departure. Vocalist Jake Taylor shares, ““Incarnation” is the shadow counterpart and sequel to the band’s debut album “Divination”, with each song inspired by the meaning and ideals of a particular Major Arcana Tarot card. There are 22 Major Arcana T ..read more

Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has shared the official music video for his new single “(Hold On) To The Dream”. The song appears in his new solo LP, “Child Within The Man”, set for release on May 10 via Reigning Phoenix Music. “If someone asked me to play the heaviest song I have ever recorded in my 35-year career, I would play them ‘(Hold On) To The Dream’,” Sebastian says. “This song is an homage to two of my favorite things: classic metal of the ’70s and also yacht rock as well! Hence the new term yacht metal!” “I have never heard a song quite ..read more

Deep Purple, one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, will release a new album, “=1”, on July 19 via earMUSIC. The first single will be unveiled on April 30 at midnight, a taster for the full 13 tracks of pioneering and rip-roaring rock and roll. Deep Purple continue their charge in recent years, releasing hit albums and filling arenas around the world, adding yet more layers to their 100 million album-selling legacy. The band is credited as one of the key originators of heavy rock and has constantly progressed their boundaries of music. They are fronted ..read more

Seems that in a mere two days, we’ll get to see Slipknot debuting live with their new drummer. The band will play an intimate show at Pappy + Harriet’s in Pioneertown, California — a popular tourist draw near Joshua Tree National Park in San Bernardino County this Thursday (April 25th, 2024). The concert, which will serve as a warm-up for the band’s appearance at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, and will be Slipknot‘s first appearance with their new stickman, widely suspected to be former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande. Slipkn ..read more

Saxon has released the video for “Witches Of Salem”, the fourth single from the band’s critically-acclaimed 24th studio album, “Hell, Fire And Damnation” – out now via Silver Lining Music. “Hell, Fire And Damnation” is an album that sees Saxon investigate all areas of history and mystery amidst ten of their most confident and thunderously powerful songs yet. In “Witches Of Salem”, lead singer and founding member Biff Byford, explores the unjust condemnation of the women victimized at the Salem witch trials and the sheer bigotry and mass hysteria pre ..read more