Oklahoma City's Switchblade Rosie Streaming New Song In Advance Of March 17th EP Launch
12 March, 2012
Oklahoma City's progressive metal wizards Switchblade Rosie have begun streaming a track from their upcoming EP, Nocturnal Guest, due out on March 17th. The song in questions is called "Gale Force Brutality", and can be streamed here: https://youtu.be/uVKoTn5Rzfc
On the day of release, Switchblade ...
| The Tide Will Take Us Announce "Putrid Dynasty" Release Date
09 March, 2012
Wasaga Beach, ON's melodic deathcore band THE TIDE WILL TAKE US has announced it will be officially releasing its full-length album "Putrid Dynasty" produced by Jon Howard of Threat Signal and Bjorn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.
The album is the follow up to their self-titled ...
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Metallica Enlist Award-winning Director Nimrod Antal To Direct 3D-Feature Film
08 March, 2012
Metallica announced today they have tapped award-winning director Nimród Antal to direct the upcoming Metallica 3D feature film project. Charlotte Huggins (JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND) will produce.
The film will be a marriage of narrative and concert and ...
| Trivium: Next Album Will Be Heavier
08 March, 2012
Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto were interviewed by Australia's Loud Magazine while down there playing the Soundwave Festival; during the conversation, they discussed their stage show, writing on the road, and dropped some hints about the direction of their next studio ...
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Megadeth In HD!
08 March, 2012
If you're a Megadeth fan, you know sound quality's as crucial to the enjoyment of metal as volume - they appreciate nuance, even as Dave Mustaine's and Chris Broderick's guitar riffs are chain-sawing the room apart and bassist Dave Ellefson and drummer Shawn Drover are rumbling objects off nearby shelves. ...
| Dream Theater Sounds Even Better Now
08 March, 2012
Dream Theater fans care about a lot of factors when it comes to their favorite band's music: instrumental skill and compositional complexity are at the top of the list, but sound quality is a crucial factor too. If the band released four-track cassette demos of their songs, for example, fans would almost ...
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Classic Metal Gods Ignitor Release "Year Of The Metal Tiger" On April 10, 2012
08 March, 2012
"Year Of The Metal Tiger" is the second Ignitor album with Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower, Evil United) on vocals. Influenced by 80s masters Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Ignitor's music is a blend of classic true metal with the power of today's greats like Primal Fear, Grave Digger ...
| Xander Demos Teams With Cameron Tilbury For International Radio Promotion
08 March, 2012
Shred metal phenom, Xander Demos has hired Cameron Tilbury Publicity to handle the international radio promotion for his new single, "White Knuckle Driving (WKD.)" The single is from Xander's just-released CD, "Guitarcadia," which was mixed and mastered by CJ Snare of the band, Firehouse.
Mr. ...
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Get A Free Dragonforce MP3!
07 March, 2012
DragonForce's fifth studio album, The Power Within, will be in stores April 17. It's the first with their brand-new singer, Marc Hudson, and it's their heaviest and most varied album to date, featuring everything from the fastest song they've recorded yet to an acoustic song. (Seriously.)
To give ...
| Spineshank Signs Deal With Century Media Records; Announces New Album 'Anger Denial Acceptance'
07 March, 2012
Grammy-nominated alternative-metal act SPINESHANK have reunited after a six year hiatus and are back full force and completely rejuvenated. The band have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records for the release of their new album, Anger Denial Acceptance, that will be released in North America ...
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2013 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Announced; Pre-sale Begins On March 5, 2012, Only $99 Per Cabin Required To Hold A Spot
05 March, 2012
The Monsters of Rock Cruise revealed today that the second voyage has been announced, scheduled from March 16 - 20, 2013. Featuring some of the greatest artists of the 70s & 80s era, the Monsters of Rock Cruise will be an epic voyage, not to be missed by the avid heavy metal fan. Initial artist announcements ...
| Dream Theater Loves Italy!
02 March, 2012
Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie was interviewed backstage when the band played Milan, Italy last month, and he discussed several matters, including the deeper meaning of the title of the latest DT album, A Dramatic Turn of Events; touring before the album was out; what he describes as their "special ...
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Derelict Offers Free Download Of New Single From Upcoming Album 'Perpetuation'
02 March, 2012
Montreal-based technical death metal band Derelict has released the first new single from the upcoming album, Perpetuation, set for release on April 20th, 2012.
"Shackles Of Indoctrination" can be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeE_UT0alE
The song is also available for free ...
| Punk + Metal = Megadeth!
01 March, 2012
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was interviewed by the Denver alt-weekly Westword, and discussed his own and the band's earliest musical days, how he came to join the band (which he describes as having "punk attitude with metal chops"), and more.
Says Ellefson, "I grew up in the Midwest, so a lot ...
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Mi Annex Presents New England Metal And Hardcore Festival Does Austin Free SXSW Day Party 2012
01 March, 2012
New England Metal And Hardcore festival is stoked to announce that we are teaming up with MI Annex and headed back to Austin, TX. For a third straight year we are bringing some amazing metal and hardcore bands to MI Annex on Friday March 16. Last year this event was packed to capacity with lines of ...
| New Fan-Selected Single Announced By Sabbath Judas Sabbath Guitarist Xander Demos
01 March, 2012
Xander Demos, the incredible metal shred guitarist from the East Coast touring version of Sabbath Judas Sabbath, has released a brand new single from his CJ Snare-mixed (Firehouse) solo CD, "Guitarcadia." The track, "White Knuckle Driving (WKD)" is being released to radio on February 29, 2012, the ...
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Signmeto Band Gets Signed!
29 February, 2012
Perth, Australia-based deathcore/black metal band Make Them Suffer are officially the first band to graduate from SignMeTo to a deal with Roadrunner Records!
On the back of the Perth-based band's stunning Lord Of Woe EP, Make Them Suffer were brought to the attention of Roadrunner Australia's A&R ...
| Gojira Live In Australia!
29 February, 2012
Gojira recently performed at Billboard in Melbourne, Australia with Mastodon and Kvelertak as part of the Sidewave series of gigs put on by the Soundwave Festival. Photographer John Raptis was there, and captured some killer images of the band's set, despite a few challenges posed by their blazing light ...
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Obey The Brave Makes American Debut At 14th Annual New England Metal And Hardcore Festival
29 February, 2012
Canadian metal/hardcore band Obey The Brave will make its US debut at the 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival on Friday, April 20.
The new band features former members of Century Media recording artists Despised Icon and Mediaskare's Blind Witness.
"Some of my favorite touring ...
| Fastway (Eddie From Motorhead) To Release Eat Dog, Eat On April 10 (US) Via MVD Audio
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29 February, 2012
MVD AUDIO will be relasing the long awaited FASTWAY album Eat Dog, Eat on April 10 (US). This is the first FASTWAY album in over 20 years. After the shows of 2007, Fast Eddie Clarke (ex-Motorhead) and Toby Jepson (ex-Little Angels) began casually working on ideas and over time managed to gather enough ...
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