metal
Track: Tomahawk announce long-awaited return with ‘Business Casual’ and forthcoming album
TOMAHAWK, the long-dormant group comprising Duane Denison of The Jesus Lizard, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn of Mr Bungle, and Helmet/Battles’ John Stanier, mark their grand return, following an eight-year gap from their previous release, with new single “Business Casual”; signalling their greatly-anticipated forthcoming album, Tonic Immobility. The foundation of “Business Casual” is laid by …
News: Mongolian Folk Metal Pioneers Nine Treasures to Release ‘Best Of’ Record
Few bands can claim to have an identity and sound as remarkable as Nine Treasures. Forming in 2010, one of the original Mongolian Folk Metal bands have one simple goal: to take Mongolian heavy metal worldwide. Now, a decade on; three albums, millions of streams and several European tours and festival shows (Wacken Open Air, Woodstock …
Album Review: Bloodkill – Throne Of Control
Bloodkill were born out of the 80s thrash taking inspiration from bands like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Kreator, Exodus etc. Their self produced debut album ‘Throne Of Control’, takes what these guys have learnt from their forebears’s and reshapes it for the 21s century. Old school metal in fresh modern hands. The band comments: ”Throne of …
News: Enforcer To Release Live Album and shares first single ‘From Beyond (Live)’
Swedish heavy metal band Enforcer are proud to present their second live album, Live By Fire II, due 19th March via Nuclear Blast Records. The band have also released a live video for the first single ‘From Beyond’. Olof Wikstrand comments: “‘From Beyond’ has, since the release of that album, become a live favourite both for the band and the …
Track: Symphonic death metal band Ephemerald releases their debut album in February – New single out now
Ephemerald are a Finnish symphonic death metal band and they are releasing their debut album on February 19th 2021. In preparation the band have shared a single – ‘All There Is’ The track opens as somewhat a surprise for a metal band. It fades in all menacing but becomes more alt-folk with acoustic guitars and …
See: Accept share video treat of a new track after they postpone their new album release date due to covid
German heavy rockers Accept have been forced to postpone the release of their new album ‘Too Mean To Die’ from January 15th to January 29th 2021. This is due to COVID-19 related pressing plant closure which has delayed the album finishing. In order to shorten the waiting time for their fans, the band has decided to release their …
News: Cult of Luna reveals details for new EP, ‘The Raging River’ (featuring a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan)
Cult of Luna will release their new EP, entitled The Raging River due February 5th, via Red Creek (http://www.red-crk.com) – the band’s newly created record label. The EP will be physically distributed by Metal Blade Records (in North America) and Season of Mist (in Europe). Check out the track ‘Three Bridges’ we reviewed, here. Pre-order The Raging River now at: https://www.red-crk.com/ (limited …
SEE: Danny Elfman – ‘Sorry’: high, scouring prog-industrial from soundtrack giant
IT WAS quite a thing when ANTI- secured the signature of globe-straddling modern soundtrack composer extraordinaire Danny Elfman last year; yep, the Sunset Boulevard-based label which brings us Andy Shauf, Yves Jarvis, M. Ward, Jolie Holland, Fleet Foxes et al, teaming up with the man behind the theme from The Simpsons and soundtracks to such …
News: Extreme Metal Band Scour Announce An Exclusive Livestream January 29th With Special Guests Shock Narcotic
SCOUR, the extreme metal collective featuring Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down, En Minor, et al), John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index), and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up) will kick off 2021 with an exclusive livestream performance later this month! SCOUR released their long-anticipated The …