Following a successful European run with Parkway Drive late last year, hard hitting heavyweights EMMURE will be returning to our shores for a 7 date strong headline tour next month. Main support will come from Chelsea Grin, also on the bill are Attila, completing the line up will be Buried In Verona. CHELSEA GRIN –…

Win a CENTURY MEDIA record deal at the SUMMER BREEZE New Blood Award 2013 CENTURY MEDIA is teaming up with the SUMMER BREEZE Festival and EMP for the New Blood Award 2013, presented by Metal.de. It’s CENTURY MEDIA’s 25th anniversary in 2013 and a good opportunity to support the metal scene that helped the label…

Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have named their 8thstudio album “Halo Of Blood” and have unveiled the album artwork. Coverart was created this time by Sami Saramäki (Follow The Reaper, Are You Dead Yet?, Hate Crew Deathroll). Mastermind Alexi Laiho commented: “Halo Of Blood is the 8th studio album from Children Of Bodom and…

Everyone’s favourite Gin Swilling, Rawkus-bringing, UK Metalcore crew DEMORALISER have just premiered their brand new video for the song ’Eye To Eye’. Featuring footage from their recent tour with Betrayal and Thick As Blood, ’Eye To Eye’ is the second video lifted from their brilliant debut full length ’A Living Nightmare’ and a testament to…

After years as one of the UK’s most successful unsigned acts, London modern metal mob THE DEFILED have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment, who will release their second album “Daggers” this summer. To whet the appetites of fans, the first song from the album, “Sleeper”, will be released via iTunes this Sunday…

Iron Knights will be heading out on the first European part of the ’New Tour Of War’ in May 2013 as support for American metallers Vicious Rumors. The list of dates is as follows: 20 May – Club 202 Festival, Budapest 22 May – The Garage, Munich 23 May – UJT, Uelsen 24 May –…

Last week Heaven’s Basement had their new single ’I Am Electric’ added to the Radio One playlist. Aside from this being fantastic news for the band, we think this is quite a victory for rock in general – its not very often the harder stuff gets daytime airplay on Radio One. Check out the video…

ICED EARTH’s first officially recorded DVD/Blu-Ray, “Live In Ancient Kourion”, will hit the stores on April 15th in Europe. For this live release, the band recorded an epic 2.5 hour show in a 6,000 year old amphitheatre with an incredible and unique atmosphere. To give fans a preview of this must-have DVD, ICED EARTH has…

While BLEED FROM WITHIN are wrapping up their current tour throughout the European mainland supporting Testament and Dew-Scented their new album ’Uprising’ is finally out now in the UK. ’Uprising’ is available in the following formats CD Jewelcase Ltd. Digipak CD (incl. 2 bonus tracks) Digital album iTunes exclusive (incl. 3 bonus tracks) Some press…

DEEZ NUTS, Australia’s most notorious hardcore band is gearing up to release their long awaited new album ’Bout It’ on April 8th, 2013. Their 3rd album is by far the best and most powerful offering to date and marks a huge step forward. The worldwide music press already hails ’Bout It’ THE perfect party album…

ORPHANED LAND, the pioneers of oriental metal music and warriors of light are in the final process of recording their long awaited new album. This release is the band’s 6th full length and marks another big step forward, it is the logical evolution from the last studio release ’The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR’. The…

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch New Album ‘Holy Ghosts’ Out 22nd April 2013 on Edsel Records Disc 1 – Orchestral Reworkings from the Union Chapel Disc 2 – Brand New Studio Album ‘Pro Patria Mori’ Echo & The Bunnymen front man Ian McCulloch has announced the release of the stunning ‘Holy Ghosts’, featuring two…