SAMAEL Sign Album Contract With Napalm Records January 23rd, 2017 Sion, Switzerland-based metal group Samael have signed an album contract with Napalm Records, revealing this development on January 23rd, 2017. Samael issued the following statement: “We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve tightened the knot with Napalm Records for the release of our new album! We’re […]

HORISONT Release Music Video For ‘About Time’ Title Track January 23rd, 2017 Gothenburg, Sweden-based hard rock group Horisont have filmed a music video for the title track of their forthcoming album About Time. Directed by Max Ljungberg, the clip can be viewed below. Horisont issue fifth full-length studio album About Time on February 3rd, 2017 […]

IRON MAIDEN To Tour North America In Summer 2017 With Support From GHOST January 22nd, 2017 English heavy metal group Iron Maiden perform in North America from early June to late July 2017. Supporting are Swedish occult rock band Ghost. The dates are as follows; Jun. 03 – Bristow, Virginia, Jiffy Lube Jun. 04 – […]

HELLYEAH Unveil Music Video For ‘Love Falls’ Track January 21st, 2017 American metal group Hellyeah have filmed a music video for the track ‘Love Falls’. Directed by William “Wombat” Felch, the clip can be viewed below. Hellyeah issued fifth full-length studio album Unden!able on June 3rd, 2016 through Eleven Seven Music. The outing was recorded […]

RUDERemnants… FDA Rekotz (2017)Rating: 8/10 I was extremely impressed with 2014’s Soul Recall – the debut album from California death metallers Rude. With its Dan Seagrave artwork and old aesthetics, it took me right back to the golden age of extreme metal. And so it was with open, festering arms that I welcomed this sophomore […]

ONCE HUMAN Release Second Studio Album ‘Evolution’ January 20th, 2017 Los Angeles, California-based melodic death metal group Once Human issued second full-length studio album Evolution on January 20th, 2017 through earMusic. Cover artwork duties fell to Seth Siro Anton. The track listing is as follows; 01. ‘Flock Of Flesh’ 02. ‘Eye Of Chaos’ 03. ‘Mass […]

EMPTINESS Release Fifth Studio Album ‘Not For Music’ January 20th, 2017 Brussels, Belgium-based experimental dark metal group Emptiness issued fifth full-length studio album Not For Music on January 20th, 2017 through Season Of Mist. The album can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below. Not For Music was recorded at Blackout Studio in Brussels, […]

FIREWIND Release Eighth Studio Album ‘Immortals’ January 20th, 2017 Thessaloniki, Greece-based power metal group Firewind issued eighth full-length studio album Immortals on January 20th, 2017 through Century Media Records in Europe, and via AFM Records in North America. The album was made available in the following formats; standard jewel case CD, digital download, vinyl LP […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD – As They Like It Anthony Morgan January 2017 Avenged Sevenfold (l-r): Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, M. Shadows, Johnny Christ and Brooks Wackerman Huntington Beach, California-based metal group Avenged Sevenfold issued seventh full-length studio album The Stage – their first for the Capitol label – in October 2016. A January 2017 trek to […]

AVERSIONS CROWN Release Third Studio Album ‘Xenocide’ January 20th, 2017 Brisbane, Australia-based deathcore group Aversions Crown issued third full-length studio album Xenocide on January 20th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The outing was tracked by Adam Merker at Studio Anders Debeerz in Brisbane, and mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis at Audio Hammer Studios in […]