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Slipknot has released the official music video for a new song called “All Out Life”. The track, which was premiered earlier today on “Zane Lowe’s World Record” on Beats 1 on Apple Music, will appear on the band’s upcoming follow-up to 2014’s “.5: The Gray Chapter” album, due next year via Roadrunner. The clip, which [...]

Distorted Harmony, one of Israel’s leading Progressive Metal bands has released a new live video showcasing the song “Room 11”. You can watch it below. Formed in 2010 by Composer/Producer/Keyboardist Yoav Efron and Drummer Yogev Gabay, Distorted Harmony is a modern take on classic progressive metal. The band released 3 studio albums, “Utopia” (2012), “Chain Reaction” (2014), and “A [...]

A few months ago, Helsinki-based heavy metal quartet Oceanhoarse announced a sudden and unfortunate line-up change. Singer Tommy Tuovinen had to step down from his frontman duties due to a severe case of hearing loss. After getting over the initial shock, Oceanhoarse – launched at the beginning of the year, playing shows praised by fans [...]

Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with the Norwegian doom/psych trio Superlynx and are set to release what will be the band’s sophomore full-length album in the early part of 2019. If you were to ask Superlynx about musical influences their answer would be something pretty much along the lines of “the sum of [...]

Last September 22nd symphonic metal pioneers Haggard visited Hellraiser in Leipzig, supported by Sound Storm and Unshine. Punctually at 20:00, Finnish Unshine were the first band to take the stage. They are promoting the new album “Astrala” released early this year via Rockshots Records, so almost the entire setlist was based on this last release. [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected and contested festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. The first round of confirmations for the 22nd edition of the event includes fifteen proposals of undeniable quality. Fifteen [...]

One of the most influential bands in the progressive metal scene is without a doubt, Canadian Voivod. During their 35th Anniversary tour they finally made it to the city of Porto for an unforgettable gig. Supporting Voivod came Nightrage, a melodic death metal group originally from Greece, but is now located in Sweden. With a [...]

It was another cold wet night in London, just perfect to get cosy and surrounded by the warmth of strangers at a concert. The Pineapple Thief provided just the opportunity by having the final date of their 2018 tour at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, in what the band had previously described as their biggest [...]

Bad Moon Born unleash official music video for “Witch Trials”. Following the release of “Alive?”, the band’s first single taken from their sophomore, self-titled EP, Bad Moon Born are launching a music video in support of their second single “Witch Trials”. The track has already been added to Spotify’s New Noise (292k followers) and Riffs [...]

French dark-rock/post-punk act Varsovie have released a brand new music video of the song “Killing Anna”. “Killing Anna” is taken from the band’s third album entitled “Coups Et Blessures”, recorded at Drudenhaus Studio, Bretagne and released in May 2018 via Sundust Records. You can watch it below. The video was done in the spirit of [...]

The landscape of black metal is morphing into something else entirely. As it happens with all artistic movements and their respective subdivisions, experimentation as a statement of healthy aversion to the status quo has proved itself to be inevitable in inducing the magic of conceptual and artistic evolution. Both Batushka and Gaerea are fine examples [...]

On the Autumn Equinox eve, the mighty Primordial brought us an unforgettable night of great music. Almost twenty years have passed since they played in Portugal for the first time, and their connection with the country keeps on growing. This was one of the two shows in Portugal, both of them warm up events for this [...]

Vodun made a name for themselves thanks to their unique blend of heavy rock sounds, soul singing and futuristic afro imagery. After teasing their fans with the single for “Spirits Past” and its video, as well as some album artwork and details, the new album “Ascend” has finally been released into the wild and with [...]

The scandinavian death metal 5 piece Illdisposed haven’t released a new album since 2016’s “Grey Sky Over Black Town” and no new album has been announced yet, but still they have remained active touring (mostly) the nordic countries of Europe. Throughout the rest of 2018 and first half of 2019 the touring will continue with [...]