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ALBUM REVIEW: LAMB OF GOD – LAMB OF GOD

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Album Review: Curse The Son – Excruciation

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News: Dokken announce the release of album Lost Songs: 1978-1981 and share video for Step Into The Light

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PRIMAL FEAR will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, Metal Commando on July 24th. The title of the album is self-explanatory; Metal Commando contains 110% PRIMAL FEAR and is full to the brim with their signature power and energy. Last month, the band released the first single ‘Along Came The Devil’ and also kicked off the pre-order for physical products. Now the second single ‘I Am Alive’ has been released digitally, …

Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom‘s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Venom‘s second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name …

American heavy metal band Lamb Of God are set to release their 8th studio album – ‘Lamb Of God’ via Nuclear Blast and Epic Records. It has been 5 years since there last album of new material with 2015’s – ‘VII: Sturm und Drang’. The self titled album will also be the first to feature new drummer Art …

Ron Vanacore, Brendan Keefe and Robert Ives who make up ‘Curse The Sun’, announce the coming release of their 4th album ‘Excruciation’ on June 12th via Ripple music. Since the beginning way back in 2008, ‘Curse The Son’ have been delighting us with heavy Sabbath style riffs and emotional singing. Encompassing multiple genres but keeping …

Lamb Of God has released ‘Routes,’ the fourth single from their forthcoming self titled album out June 19 via Nuclear Blast, featuring a guest appearance from Testament vocalist Chuck Billy. ‘Routes’ was lyrically inspired by vocalist D. Randall Blythe’s time alongside native peoples at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota during the No DAPL movement. This protest, which began with just a few Native …

It wasn’t always multi-platinum sales and stadium gigs for Dokken.  There was a first-phase and there were early days, and it is those bold first steps to stardom which are celebrated comprehensively on Dokken’s The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 album, out on August 28th2020 through Silver Lining Music.   Featuring spectacular sleeve art by renowned US artist Tokyo Hiro …

The ghost Inside release their second single to be taken from their forthcoming self-titled record out June 5 via Epitaph. This will be the first release since the tragic accident the band suffered back in 2015. We reported on the fundraising here on Backseat Mafia. Pressure Point is a brutal track from the start. The …

‘Black Dogs’ is the first single taken from the bands new album coming in October 2020 via Long Branch Records. ‘Black Dogs’ is a song about isolation and the plague of mental health, particular anxiety, paranoia and suicidal ideations. Vocalist John Woods-Eley speaks of the personal mental torment that inspired him to write the track: “When you are suffering …

Godfathers of Sludge -(16)- share the official ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’ music video from their upcoming 8th full-length Dream Squasher via Relapse Records Guitarist and lead vocalist Bobby Ferry comments:  “For this song we didn’t look far for inspiration. We already had unbreakable eye contact, constant love, and loyalty,  so all that was left was to formally propose …

UK thrashers SHRAPNEL have streamed their new single ‘Might Of Cygnus’, taken from their third full length album Palace For The Insane, due 15th May via Candlelight Records.  Nathan Sadd (guitar) comments: “We’ve been so excited about sharing ‘Might Of Cygnus’ for a while now! It’s one of our favourite songs from the new record because it’s a blend of everything we do. …