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Last month, Nuclear Blast announced the signing of modern metal outfit AMARANTHE. To break up the recording sessions for their upcoming, yet-untitled 2020 studio album, the Swedish/Danish group kick off their 8-date "Helix Nordic Tour 2019" next week. In anticipation of the tour and to give fans a taster of what they can expect at the shows, AMARANTHE have launched a drum cam video, in which Morten Løwe Sørensen can be seen performing the track 'Call Out My Name' during their show at the Ice Hall in Helsinki on February 16, 2019. Watch the video by Antti Kangasaho now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWcKnvu2hg The band will be returning to North American shores in support of their new record in August 2020. Support on this run comes from their label mates, Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST, as well as US-based theatrical metallers SEVEN SPIRES. Tickets as well as ticket + new album bundles are now available from amaranthe.soundrink.com . All upcomin...

Hollywood's hard rock n roll heroes Killin' Candace have released a brand new single and lyric video which is the title track to their upcoming album STRAIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND. "I'm super excited to drop this one as I feel it's some of my best work to date," says Killin' Candace vocalist Aaron Lee. "It also feels like a chaotic time in the world right now, there's a natural sense of tension and division (whether it's political, moral, religious etc) and Straight from the Underground aims to send a message of opening your eyes, looking internally, and realizing that sometimes the enemy is a lot closer to home!" Check out the lyric video below! "I had the pleasure of working with Aaron on creating the lyric video for the song Straight from the Underground. It has an amazing personality to it! This new sound that Killin' Candace are producing is hot and could take them a long way!" -Randy Mathias (Stitc...

Intrepid British metal quintet HEART OF A COWARD release the new music videofor 'Isolation' off their fourth full-length album 'The Disconnect', released earlier this year in June via Arising Empire! Watch the new music video for 'Isolation' here: https://youtu.be/yQPuaK-RlV4 Buy or stream 'The Disconnect' here: https://HeartOfACoward.lnk.to/TheDisconnect Later this month, HEART OF A COWARD will embark on a headline tour with special guests UNPROCESSED! The tour will take them on a 10 date run of the UK in support of latest album ’The Disconnect'. 'HEART OF A COWARD - The Disconnect Tour' With special guests: UNPROCESSED 21/11 Newcastle, Think Tank? 22/11 Edinburgh, Opium 23/11 Sheffield, Network 24/11 Leeds, Key Club 25/11 Stafford, Red Rum 26/11 Chester, Live Rooms 27/11 Cheltenham, Frog & Fiddle 28/11 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach 29/11 Southampton, The Loft 30/11 Tunbridge Wells, Forum More on 'The Dis...

DJ Wyatt Wendels has joined forces with rock royalty for The Planet Rock All Stars single 'You're The Voice' to raise money for mental health charity Mind. The “rocked up” version of John Farnham’s 1986 global smash hit is the brainchild of Wyatt Wendels with Toby Jepson, of Wayward Sons and Little Angels fame, producing the track. Recorded by the Planet Rock All-stars band at Vale Studios in Worcestershire, rock royalty feature on the new charity single, including: Alice Cooper, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Chris Robertson (Black Stone Cherry), Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Nathan James (Inglorious), Jared Johnston (Blackberry Smoke), Doug Aldrich, (The Dead Daisies), Phil Campbell, Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three), Tyler Bryant (Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown), Tony Wright (Terrorvision), Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network), Andrew Freeman (Last In Line), Mollie Marriott, Gill Montgomery (The Amorettes), Whitfield Cr...

Modern progressive metal outfit NOVELISTS FR released their brand new single 'Somebody Else' off their upcoming album 'C'est La Vie', which will be available on the 24th of January 2020 via Arising Empire! Watch the official audio stream for 'Somebody Else' here: https://youtu.be/Qn-L2K5dzfo Buy and/or stream the new single here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/SomebodyElse Pre-order 'C'est La Vie' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/CestLaVie ICYM: Watch the music video for 'Head Rush' here: https://youtu.be/uK73Q22Ncuw Buy and/or stream 'Head Rush' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/HeadRush 'C'est La Vie' tracklist: 01. Somebody Else 02. Deep Blue 03. Lilly 04. Modern Slave 05. C’est La Vie 06. Head Rush 07. Kings Of Ignorance 08. Rain 09. Human Condition More from NOVELISTS FR: 'Eyes Wide Shut' here: https://youtu.be/eQyXKsUQSn8 'L'appel Du Vide': https://youtu.be/1mQx85jewBo 'A Bitter End': https:...

Last month, SEPULTURA announced that their electrifying new concept album Quadra is set to be released in early 2020 - and today the Brazilian metal icons can now reveal that the album will be available on 7th February 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band is also proud to present the debut single 'Isolation', taken from the upcoming album. The song can best be described as a punishing, experimental thrash slap in the face. SEPULTURA debuted the song live at Rock in Rio Festival last month. The performance was recorded and turned into an impressive live video, so their fanbase worldwide can also experience the explosive live energy and charisma of 'Isolation'. Watch and listen to the track here: youtu.be/x2nZ3n8_e3k Guitarist Andreas Kisser comments: "The video was created by using the footage of the performance we did at the Rock in Rio festival last October. It was the world premiere of the song "Isolation" which is a straight forward thrash...

Once they’ve started, it seems like nothing can stop them – that’s something fans love about 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, and it’s also what makes the time between the very first announcement and the actual event so special and exciting for them every year. Just days after the news that Zak Stevens’ new project Archon Angel will play live for the first time ever on board of the Independence of the Seas, the Skipper and his crew didn’t keep their Sailors waiting long before revealing the next highlight for the 3,000 lucky Metalheads. 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, is deeply honored and humbled to have the opportunity to host a legendary figure in the history of Metal guitar on board #RoundX: They welcome the distinguished Michael Schenker, alongside his entourage in MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST, aboard for 2020! And as 70000TONS OF METAL has also gotten used to writing Heavy Metal History, the ...

It's been two years since Sydney metalcore outfit POLARIS released their ARIA-nominated, Top 10 debut, 'The Mortal Coil', which introduced the group to legions of fans around the country and — thanks to an extensive international touring schedule — the world! The wait for new music is over. POLARIS have shared their new single and video for 'Masochist.'  https://youtu.be/jmU2HH0LHmY "We worked with Ed Reiss on this clip, who's worked on some of our favourite clips from other Australian bands, and together we developed this concept of a painter who, forever dissatisfied with his work, finds he gets more enjoyment from destroying his own creations than from making them," says drummer Daniel Furnari. He adds, "We asked our friend Zac Britt (DREAM ON, DREAMER, YOUNG LIONS) to star in the clip. Not only is he a talented actor and someone that we knew would understand and embody the character, but. he is also a painter himself. Zac ac...

One of the most ambitious projects in metal history is out today! To celebrate the release of BLIND GUARDIAN's new album Legacy Of The Dark Lands, the band has premiered an otherworldly video for 'War Feeds War'. Enter the magical world of Blind Guardian's Twilight Orchestra, here: youtu.be/7bZjrn6IhOw Order The Legacy Of The Dark Lands: nblast.de/BGLegacyOfTheDarkLands 2 CD Digipack 2 LP Gatefold (different colours) 3 CD Earbook (album, instrumental, no interludes version) 4 CD Earbook (album, instrumental, no interludes version, audio book) *SOLD OUT* 5 LP BOX (Album 2 LP, Instrumental 2 LP, Audio book LP) The idea of recording an orchestral album originally formed in the minds of the two leading lights of the BLIND GUARDIAN universe - guitarist André Olbrich and singer Hansi Kürsch - during the 1990's when BLIND GUARDIAN started to use orchestral elements to enhance their opulent sound. The monumental project started to take shape over recent...

Metal Blade Records is proud to welcome Surma to its worldwide roster! Founded in 2018 by Viktorie Surmová (Bohemian Metal Rhapsody) and Heri Joensen (Týr), Surma is symphonic, progressive heavy metal at its finest. Fans can expect the debut album from this group to be released in 2020 via Metal Blade Records. Surma comments: "We are overjoyed to announce that we have signed a contract with Metal Blade Records for three albums. We have been working on the music for a year now and we are very satisfied with the results. We take this great opportunity very seriously and we look forward to unleashing our music upon the world." Viktorie Surmová is a member of the theater ensemble of Divadlo Na Vinohradech in Prague, where she performs in a play called "Její Pastrokyňa". She has also collaborated with the Czech band Rosa Nocturna, singing on two separate singles, plus the whole album Za Hradbami Času (2017). Additionally, Viktorie was a founding member, lead sin...

Resurrected three years ago, the iconic 'MTV Headbangers Ball Tour' will kick off on November 28 at Felsenkeller, Leipzig (Germany)! Headlined by Canadian melodic death metal heavyweights KATAKLYSM, the line-up will be completed by Knoxville, TN based metal squad WHITECHAPEL, Italian symphonic death metal giants FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE as well as UK death metal band DYSCARNATE. Death metal maniacs, you better get your tickets now and don’t miss this killer touring quartet! Watch what KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono has to say about the upcoming run in a new trailer, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egf0oxFJ1_Q 'MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2019' w/ WHITECHAPEL, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, DYSCARNATE 28.11. D Leipzig - Felsenkeller 29.11. SLO Bohinjska Bistrica - Winter Days Of Metal 30.11. CZ Zlín - Masters of Rock Café *NEW VENUE* 01.12. D Munich - Backstage 02.12. D Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn 03.12. CH Solothurn - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl 04.12. D Saarbrücken - Garage 05.12....

Spilling out with a circus of colossal metal-edged guitar riffs and melodic vocals, Circle Of Reason transmit news of their long-awaited return with their 'Tie Up The Sky' lyric video release. Featured on their 7 track EP 'Faith Or Theory' - the track follows on from the band's previous video singles 'Never Enough', 'Questions' and 'Colours'. Since their formation in 2011, the South West England (UK) quartet have paved their own way as a formidable DIY and independently releasing outfit. Moulding a myriad of influences from hard-rock, progressive metal and alternative rock genres into their own unique product, Circle Of Reason instantly caught the attention of national media with the launch of their debut EP 'A Favour For A Stranger' (2012). Continuing to build upon their rapidly growing reputation within and outside the parameters of the United Kingdom, their sophomore EP release 'These Hands And This Mind' (2014) was...

Whoever has been following 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, over the past 9 years, does not only know that it is much more than just another festival at sea. They will also know that one of the things that make it such a unique once in a lifetime event is that even now, only 2 months before the Independence Of The Seas will take 3000 Metalheads and 60 world-class Heavy Metal bands from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Cozumel, Mexico, from January 7th to 11th, for Round X, the Skipper and his crew always manage to surprise fans with specials – including one time performances, album and band anniversaries, unexpected jam band constellations, and other premieres exclusively happening on board. After recent additions such as Devin Townsend and Sortilège to the lineup that already features names like Emperor, Epica and Wintersun, 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, is excited to announce another world p...

Icelandic wrecking crew, UNE MISÈRE, unleashed their full-length debut, SERMON, upon the world last week via Nuclear Blast Records. Now the band has released the fifth instalment of their documentary - watch as the guys discuss their passion for the band and expanding the reach of their music outside of Iceland: youtu.be/Akx_FkM1GDM Order your copy of SERMON : nuclearblast.com/unemisere-sermon Watch the official video for the first single 'Sermon': youtu.be/5Ox7sCuQftY Watch the official video for 'Failures': youtu.be/CATUpV3hb8g Watch the official video for 'Grave': youtu.be/AzbCEU1irU0 SERMON track listing: SIN & GUILT SERMON OVERLOOKED // DISREGARDED BURDENED // SUFFERING FALLEN EYES BEATEN GRAVE FAILURES DAMAGES OFFERING SPIRAL VOICELESS SERMON was produced and mixed by Sky van Hoff (EMIGRATE, RAMMSTEIN, etc) with mastering completed by Svante Forsbäck. The album was engineered by Marco Bayatl, Sky Van Hoff and Marco Kollenz....

In the wake of their brand new album, Angel Of Light - already being described by some as the band's finest work since the legendary debut - Angel Witch are proud to present their first bona fide music video since their eponymous single nearly forty years ago: the incendiary and extraterrestrial-themed "Death From Andromeda". To watch the video, please visit: https://youtu.be/3QyRhJ9ibYY The handiwork of the Brighton-based production team Wild Stag Studio, this six minute piece forms a homage of sorts to the sci-fi and horror dreamworlds that have haunted the collective subconscious and fired the imagination of the band since its earliest incarnation. Even before the day in 1979 when Kevin Heybourne used the recently viewed Alien as inspiration for the hellish guitar noise that kicks off "Baphomet", the mystical aural landscapes that Angel Witch creates had always been heavily informed by futuristic dystopias, dark mythos and the kind of culture oft ...

Following the monumental success of their last album 'Look At Yourself' and countless tours over the last several years, metallic hardcore juggernauts EMMURE have recently wrapped up the recording of their highly anticipated, eighth studio album that’s due out in 2020 from SharpTone Records. The band has unveiled what’s to come with a brand-new single titled 'PIGS EAR.' Fans can catch the band live on their current tour with AS I LAY DYING and AFTER THE BURIAL. Watch the visualizer for 'PIGS EAR' here: https://youtu.be/p4iMx_FQKnU Purchase/stream the new single here: https://www.shrptn.co/emmure Vocalist Frankie Palmeri bluntly comments on the release of the new song, “Hindsight is 2020.” Summoning the most brutal barebones, punishing metallic hardcore with some of the catchiest nu-metal inspired Active Rock rhythm around, EMMURE makes their awaited return with no feigned sophistication, no phoned-in sloganeering, and no calculated drama. Leaving the goss...