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Track: Lucifer – At The Mortuary (Halloween Edit)
Stockholm based heavy rockers Lucifer have announced the release date for their new studio album, ‘Lucifer V’, which is due out on January 26th, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. Consisting of nine unholy hymns, Lucifer’s fifth offering can easily be regarded as their magnum opus and sees the band channelling all their strengths from previous records into one monumental mass of electrifying heavy …
News: Bloodstock open air announces more giants for the 2024 edition of the festival.
The final Main Stage Headline slot goes to the Swedish Progressive legends Opeth and with them they will be bringing a very special ‘fan chosen’ set in order to close out the Friday on the Ronnie James Dio stage. The legendary Hatebreed will also join the Friday Main Stage with their 30th Anniversary set and …
News: Graveyard – Bright Lights
Graveyard have released their brand new album ‘6’ via Nuclear Blast Records. ‘6’ is easily identifiable as the most striking, original album of Graveyard’s story so far. A gently lysergic blend of desolate guitars, simmering Hammond and lithe, nimble bass and drums, the Swedes demonstrate a lightness of touch that they have only hinted at in the past. To coincide with the …
Track: Ibaraki – Jigoku Dayū
Trivium’s Matthew Kiichi Heafy released RASHŌMON, the long-awaited and much-anticipated album from his Ibaraki project, last year via Nuclear Blast. Listen to the full album here. Now Heafy has returned to the project and released the video for new track ‘Jigoku Dayū’, which was directed by Black Card Films. “When I first witnessed the original classic Japanese painting of Jigoku Dayū, I was mesmerised; then I read …
Track: Graveyard – Breathe In, Breathe Out
Swedish blues rock institution Graveyard have shared their new single ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’, the second single from their upcoming album ‘6’, that’s set to be released on September 29th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band comments “Our 2nd single from the upcoming album 6 is rolling in like a fresh breeze from the West Coast for all …
bloodstock open air festival 2023, catton hall. 11th august, day one
As I descended on the hallowed turf once more for my annual ritual, I couldn’t help but soak up all of the visual and aural delights and ponder on the fact that if home really is where the heart is then Bloodstock is well and truly, once again and without doubt, home for 20,000 like-minded …
Track: Svalbard – How To Swim Down
Svalbard have shared the third single from their forthcoming album ‘The Weight Of The Mask’, due the 6th of October via Nuclear Blast. The track ‘How To Swim Down’ is Svalbard’s most unique and moving work to-date, featuring heart-rending, ethereal violin parts from Liam Phelan, and a profound vocal performance from Serena Cherry. The track is accompanied by a beautiful animated video, created by Boy …
Track: Svalbard – Faking It
Bristol’s Svalbard have announced their highly anticipated new studio album, ‘The Weight Of The Mask’, which is due out on the 6th of October via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow up to the bands exceptional 2020’s album ‘When I Die, Will I Get Better?’ was dubbed by Metal Hammer UK as “the most important British metal record of 2020”. Along with the news the …
Track: Immortal – Return To The Cold
Norwegian black metal pioneers Immortal, have released their long awaited 10th studio album ‘War Against All’ via Nuclear Blast Records. Alongside the album, Immortal have also shared a brand new lyric video for the track ‘Return To Cold’. The band ́s founder Demonaz stated about ‘Return To Cold’: “‘Return To Cold’ was the second song I wrote for this album. The …
Track: The Halo Effect – Path Of Fierce Resistance
The Halo Effect have returned with a visualiser for their song ´Path Of Fierce Resistance’, which was previously released as a Japanese exclusive on the band’s globally acclaimed debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’. Now, the ferocious track is finally being released to the rest of the world, before the band embarks on their first US headline run in May and gets back to the studio to …