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The Estonian band Loits has shown vital signs! They came back with an homage to the avant-garde black metal band Ved Buens Ende. When everyone was almost certain that no serious shelling will ever come from those guns again, Loits did it again. This seems to be a Loits trait. Categorized by some as a [...]

Another year in which the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig will take place between 07th – 10th June 2019. This year, until now, 160 bands have been confirmed, some with special concerts that promise to please fans of alternative and gothic music: White Lies, Cradle of Filth, Still Corners, Tangerine Dream, The Soft Moon, Tamaryn, [...]

Tool have finally announced the release date for their brand new album. According to fans and footage shot during their concert in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday night, there was a flashing date “August 30th” on the giant screen during the concert intermission. @Tool Album release date is August 30th. @mjkeenan @AdamJones_tv #DannyCarey #JustinChancellor #ToolArmy pic.twitter.com/KfqpSIBmw2 [...]

Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH are now releasing the second new track, taken from their upcoming full length ‘Outstrider’. The album is set for worldwide release on July 5, 2019 via Season of Mist. The new offering “Calm in Ire (of Hurricane)” is now streaming in the form of a lyric video: Abbath ‘Outstrider’ (Season of Mist) 1. [...]

French label Debemur Morti Productions have announced that they have signed a deal with New Zealand death metal oppressors Ulcerate. Debemur Morti stated: “As huge fans for years, we are honoured and beyond proud to unveil ULCERATE have joined Debemur Morti Productions! Formed in 2000, the singular New Zealand-based band has evolved into an instantly [...]

After having visited the Altice Arena in February last year, legendary Metallica resume the World Wired Tour in May. The date in Portugal at the Restelo Stadium on May 1 is the first show. The tour ends on August 25th at the Palastzelt Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, Germany. Special guests Ghost and Bokassa will be the [...]

Dublin’s most experimental and genre-blending quartet Svet Kant are proud to announce that they have signed a deal with WormHoleDeath for the release of their album “The Visage Unbiased”. “The Visage Unbiased” will be out on 31/05/2019 via Wormholedeath / The Orchard / Wormholedeath USA worldwide. “The Visage Unbiased” sees Svet Kant working for the [...]

Toronto-based black metallers PANZERFAUST have premiered their bone-crunching first single, “The Day After Trinity”. Taken from the band’s upcoming album, The Suns of Perdition I: War, Horrid War, the track exemplifies the brutality that Panzerfaust will explore during the band’s full-length tetralogy. The title of “The Day After Trinity,” the album’s lead single and opening [...]

Being around for more than two decades of existence, the SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST became more than an obligatory stopping point for all fans of heavy metal and its more extreme subgenres. This year’s edition, which runs from April 26 to 28, promises, as usual, to gather a legion of headbangers from all around the world [...]

VREID released a lyric video for “One Hundred Years”, which is taken from the band’s latest release “Lifehunger” (Sep 28th , Season of Mist)   VREID songwriter/ bass guiratist Jarle Hváll Kvåle states: To me, ‘One Hundred Years’ is the strongest song in our band’s history. It’s a song that captures the essence and multitude [...]

The middle eastern band Orphaned Land is going to return to Portugal for two shows. They are currently promoting their most recent – and critically acclaimed – record “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs”. The two shows of the band in Portuguese soil will take place on the 17th and 18th of April – in Porto [...]

Soen is promoting their new album ”Lotus” with an European tour. With them are traveling the bands Wheel and Ghost Iris, as openers of the shows. On 30th of March, the tour passed by Hard Club in Porto, Portugal, for an amazing show. Wheel – a Finnish prog rock band – had the task of [...]

In the cool Oporto night of the 15th of March, the fires of an unholy communion were lit at Hard Club, as another extravaganza of amazing metal bands – SepticFlesh, Krisiun, Diabolical and Xaon – stormed the stage for the delight of their Lusitanian crowd. The first act was Xaon, a melodic death metal band [...]

“Close to the Rain”, Bergen Prog Festival, is back with its third edition in June. Eight bands will fill the program and we’re proud to announce two of the first names confirmed from the Norwegian prog-scene: Leprous and Airbag. “Close to the Rain”, Bergen Prog Festival, is back with its third edition. This time in [...]