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Portuguese Heavy Metal veterans Tarantula have unveiled the cover art of their upcoming new album “Thunder Tunes From Lusitania”. The album is scheduled to be released on May 1st via Larvae Records, the exact same day the band commemorates 40 years of existence. The album will be released in digipak, starting pre-sales on April 16 [...]

Destroyers of All proudly presents the new music video for the song “Hellfall”. The single is extracted from the band’s latest album “The Vile Manifesto”. This is a fast-paced song with thrashy rhythms in which the lyrics were inspired by the “Death flights” events that took place during the second half of the 20th century. [...]

Born and raised in Portugal, the four elements that make up the Last Piss Before Death, share the same passion for Chaos and Metal. The band is now releasing their second single, “Tear Down the Walls”. An appeal to unity, which they consider to be fundamental in these difficult times that society in general, but [...]

Dutch death metal machine Phlebotomized return with songwriting originality and mesmerizing musicianship blended together in melodic Death Metal with hints of brutality! The band present “GPS”, the first lyric-video and single of Phlebotomized’s new album “Pain, Resistance, Suffering”. You can watch it below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnqxD4MVgG4 Pre-order now on CD/LP/MC/T-Shirt here: https://hammerheartstore.com/collections/vendors?q=Phlebotomized Phlebotomized were formed back in [...]

Finnish progressive metal act Fireproven come out with another catchy track. The band’s last single ‘The Addict’ was released in December 2020 and is already their most listened song on Spotify. ‘The Maze’ is written by Fireproven’s drummer Nuutti Hannula. “The lyrics are based on my teenage years when I got bullied in school. I’ve [...]

Dear fans, and friends of our festivals, “In Union We Stand” – the much-praised OVERKILL slogan is more relevant today than ever. The past weeks and months have once again shown how much the metal family stands together. The incredible support you show towards all of our festivals has given us strength and courage in [...]

Swedish death metal veterans Entombed A.D. announced through their Facebook page the passing of their vocalist Lars-Göran Petrov. The man was handling the microphone for Entombed A.D. since 2014. He was a member of the legendary Entombed, Firespawn, etc. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and passed away this morning.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjwnr8pMaI [...]

“Sickness” is the title of the latest single and music video released by the Portuguese modern and alternative metal band, which thus anticipates the release of “Aurora”, the debut album prepared to come out next week. Watch the music video for the single “Sickness” below: https://youtu.be/zwqE3zMRWz4 By chance (or perhaps not), “Sickness” is the name [...]

Finnish traditional heavy metal act TYRANTTI releases their second album ”Orjaplaneetta” (”Planet of Slaves”) on 26th February through Playground Music Finland. Tyrantti released three singles ”Aja!”, ”Veritiikeri” and ”Toinen Maailma” in advance of the album released and all have already been released to great praise. Tyrantti’s second album ”Orjaplaneetta” follows the success story of the power trio’s [...]

MANTICORA – European headliner tour 2021 The Danish metal-pioneers, Manticora, are headed out on what could likely be the first heavy metal-related European tour in 2021, after the lock-down. Covid-19 has robbed the world of way too many shows, but with the vaccine-programmes being rolled out and the warmer temperatures coming up on the European [...]

Lamb Of God premiered a new official music video for their song “Ghost Shaped People”, which you can watch below. It is one of two bonus tracks that will be included in their upcoming deluxe edition of the group’s 2020 self-titled full-length. The expanded version of the album will be released on March 26th via [...]

Polish Batushka (Bartłomiej Krysiuk) version are back six months after the release of the last studio material “Раскол / Raskol”. The band now returns with a new concept mini-album entitled “ЦАРЮ НЕБЕСНЫЙ” / “CARJU NIEBIESNYJ”. You can check the first single “Письмо IV / Pismo IV” below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzD-XZ5aVbA Batushka‘s music is more varied, emotional, and [...]

The modern/alternative metal band from Portugal presents the first breakthrough song for “Aurora”, the debut album that will be released on March, 12th. The single “Everything Repeats” comes with an official music video and brings some new aesthetics and sound. It’s a first taste of the new sound that SECRET CHORD has been working on [...]

Cynic’s longtime bassist Sean Malone has passed away at the age of 50. The cause of death has not been revealed so far. Guitarist and vocalist Paul Masvidal broke the news in his social media earlier yesterday (Wednesday, December 9) where he wrote: I learned today that Sean Malone has died. I am numb and [...]