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Buckcherry announce their 9th studio album called 'Hellbound'. The release is scheduled for June 25th and the record comes via Earache Records. The longplayer is produced by Marti Frederiksen, who also work with the band on the 'Black Butterfly' record. With 'So Hott' a first song has been unveiled today and here it is: https://youtu.be/3y9Zw6UrDYU
Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society released a box set today, that includes all twelve studio recordings on color vinyl. Also included is a 32 pages photo book, patch and bottle opener. all wrapped in into black on black collection box. A special treat is the 'The Songs Remain Not the Same II' that... Continue Reading →
Thrash metal in the '80s, that was the time of a new style in metal that slowly developed and brought bands like Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, and many more to the surface. San Francisco's Bay Area was one of the cradles for this rather aggressive way in heavy metal and while some bands made it to... Continue Reading →
If you listen to metal since the early ‘80s you are aware of the fact that there was traditional heavy metal around there even before Hammerfall pushed the re-active button in the ‘90s. One of the bands that unleashed longplayers at the time was Axewitch from Linköping. The guys premiered already in 1983 with an... Continue Reading →
Corrosion of Conformity, Motörhead, The Doors, Metal Church, and Down, these are the bands mentioned as influences for Sea Of Snakes and already the opener 'Let the Fire Burn' confirms what the label info promises. Sea Of Snakes, that is Jeff Murray, Mike Coffman, Jim McCloskey and Tracy Steiger. The quartet calls Los Angeles, California... Continue Reading →
Crystal Viper front woman Marta Gabriel announced a longplayer called ‘metal Queens’. The album reminds of the legendary Lee Aaron record from the ‘80s, which isn’t a coincident. "It’s a celebration and tribute to some of my favorite female vocalists, and a solid piece of heavy metal that fans might enjoy even if they don’t... Continue Reading →
Fresno, California is the homebase of Haunt, a band being the brainchild of Trevor William Church. Haunt is certainly belonging to the bands that is extremely productive. After having released a first EP called ‘Luminous Eyes’ in 2017, Church released with his powerhouse four longplayers with the fifth one being available since few days. ‘Beautiful... Continue Reading →
Firewing, not Gus G.’s Firewind, is a new metal band in town, hailing from the US. The quintet consists of Airton Araujo (v), Caio Kehyayan (g), Bruno Oliveira (g), Peter de Reyna (b) and Chris Dovas (d). With a passion for symphonic metal, the five guys penned 14 songs which found a spot on the... Continue Reading →
Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Thief performed four streaming concerts in 2020 of which one was released already in December last year under the banner of 'The Soord Sessions - Vol. 4' in different formats. On April 16th this year, The Pineapple Thief released a four disc featuring set that includes all four sessions with... Continue Reading →
A bit from left-field came a new EP from Wednesday 13. The Duke of Spook and bandmates recorded four songs that ended up on this digital release that was unleashed on April 16th, 2021. 'Necrophaze - Antidote' is the title of this EP that starts off with two 'new' tracks. 'Your Mother Still Sucks Cocks... Continue Reading →
Witchbound is a band that has its roots in the early days of Stormwitch. With Stefan Kauffmann und Peter Langer, two of the Stormwitch veterans are on board and Witchbound might not be around if Stormwitch mastermind Lee Tarot wouldn't have started work on new songs before he passed away far too early in 2013.... Continue Reading →
After having unchained re-issues of the two Zed Yago classics 'From Over Yonder' and 'Pilgrimage', Velvet Viper release a new longplayer called 'Cosmic Healer'. It's the fifth album from Velvet Viper and it features ten songs plus an acoustic version of 'Götterdämmerung', originally from the 'The Pale Man is Holding a Broken Heart' album. Fans... Continue Reading →
In the second half of the glorious '80s, shredding was gaining momentum and brought some quite interesting bands and projects to surface. On of these shred guitarists was Marty Friedman, who, together with Jason Becker, was a driving force of Cacophony. After the duo disbanded, Friedman joined no less than thrash experts Megadeth and was... Continue Reading →
Gilby Clarke is known for his time with Guns’n’Roses during the first half of the ‘90s and there is much more too. Clarke released several solo albums, starting with ‘Pawnshop Guitars’ in 1994, He was part of bands like Candy, The MC5 and work with Slash in Slash’s Snakepit in 1995. With ‘The Gospel Truth’... Continue Reading →
A Super Deluxe Edition of Black Sabbath's sixth album 'Sabotage' will be released on June 4th through BMG. The remastered original recordings and complete live recording from a show in 1975 will be part of this package that will come in various formats. The albums are provided with detailed liner notes that tell the story... Continue Reading →
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