rock/metal news
Track: THRONEHAMMER – “Thronehammer” and New Album news
THRONEHAMMER unites british and german musicians Kat Shevil Gillham (Uncofined/Winds of Genocide/Ex-BlessedRealm), Stuart West (Ex-Obelyskkh/Ex-The Walruz) and Tim Schmidt (Naked Star/Seamount). „Usurper of the oaken throne“ is the debut full-length born of this union of notable extreme music perpetrators, rending nearly eigthy minutes of purely epic metal, bridging low-end heaviness with melodic destruction.They’re a powerful …
Track: HAMMERFALL – (We Make) Sweden Rock + New Album news
HAMMERFALL will release a new album titled DOMINION on 16thAugust 2019 via Napalm Records. The group unleashed “(We Make) Sweden Rock” – the first single off DOMINION today. JOACIM CANS describes the creation of “(We Make) Sweden Rock,” “This is a glorious tribute to the Swedish hard rock and metal movement with a …
Track: DIAMOND HEAD “Death By Design” and new album news
BRITISH HEAVY METAL ICONS DIAMOND HEAD ANNOUNCE SECOND SINGLE AND VIDEO: “DEATH BY DESIGN” Diamond Head – the Stourbridge, England born New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers – return to the world stage with a new album, set for release May 24thvia Silver Lining Music. The Coffin Trainis at once fresh and exuberant while …
Interview: New York rockers The Sweet Things
NYC rockers The Sweet Things caught up with us ahead of their upcoming UK tour dates. The tour comes off the back of their recent single, a real bar room romp around good time rock and roll. Hello! Kindly introduce yourselves.Sam: Sam Hariss, I play bass and sing and am by far the most attractive …
See: Full of Hell release new video for Silmaril, announce tour dates
Extreme harsh-grinding quartet Full Of Hell share the official audio for ‘Silmaril’, taken from their highly anticipated, new album Weeping Choir. “Silmaril is about the upheaval of forbidden knowledge. We enlisted Paulo Paguntalan, NYC’s own purveyor of gore and death for additional vocal duties on this song. ‘All goes onward and outward, all collapses‘.” Full Of Hell make their …
Track: MEMORIAM – Shellshock, plus new album news
MEMORIAM – RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘SHELL SHOCK’ – NEW ALBUM PRE-ORDER LAUNCHED The war rages on! Old school metal veterans MEMORIAM are set to unleash their third album, Requiem For Mankind, on June 21st, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band have revealed the lyric video for new track ‘Shell Shock’. Watch the …
Track: EXODUS – No Love (Live at Day In The Dirt 1984), plus 40th anniversary news
EXODUS CELEBRATE 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE RELEASE OF ‘NO LOVE (LIVE AT DAY IN THE DIRT 1984)’ The formation of the beast we now call EXODUS began in Richmond, CA in 1979, and although many started their journey as fans a few years down the line, there is no debating that the early 80’s …
News: Mott the Hoople to release Mental Train (The Island Years 1969-71) six CD box set
The Mental Train’s a rollin’… It’s probably fair to say that Mott the Hoople had a career of two halves. While it took the Bowie-penned to catapult them to commercial success, it is notable that despite the meagre sales of their previous four albums Mott the Hoople had recorded for Island Records, they had earned …
Track: Five Finger Death Punch – When The Seasons Change, plus tour dates
Five Finger Death Punch’s new album is out on May 18th! And Justice For None is set for release via Eleven Seven, and the band have just released another song from it- When The Seasons Change. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory explained the themes behind the song; “It’s about loyalty, the kind of loyalty that doesn’t crumble in the …
News: Destruction embark on Australian Tour Dates
In 24 hours, I’ll be camped in the photographers pit as Schmier and crew destroy The Crowbar, Brisbane Australia in support of ‘Under Attack’. Doing my best in taking pics and writing a live review for Backseat Mafia! Should be Bestial! Watch this space! Destruction is a German thrash metal band, formed in 1982. They …