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  Australia’s metal giants, Parkway Drive, are hitting the road for an epic 20th Anniversary European Arena Tour in Fall 2025. The tour will take over arenas across the continent, showcasing Parkway Drive's new and most ambitious stage production to date. Known for their legendary high-energy performances and spectacular production, this tour promises to surpass all expectations, delivering an unforgettable and immersive live experience like never before. Please see below for the full list of dates: 19.09.25 Germany – Leipzig - Quarterback Immobilien Arena 20.09.25 Germany - Munich - Olympiahalle 21.09.25 Austria – Vienna - Stadthalle 23.09.25 Switzerland - Zürich - Hallenstadion 24.09.25 Germany – Frankfurt - Festhalle 26.09.25 Germany - Hamburg - Barclaycard Arena 27.09.25 Germany – Dortmund - Westfalenhalle 28.09.25 Germany – Stuttgart - Schleyerhalle 30.09.25 Netherlands - Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome 01.10.25 Belgium - Brussels - Forest National 02.10.25 France - Paris - Zeni

  Liquid Death Presents Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, returns for its 22nd edition in 2025 and the very first wave of artists will be announced on Tuesday 12 November 2024. Now is the last chance to buy Early Bird tickets at a cheaper price before they go off sale at midnight on Monday 11 November. DLXXII will take place over three days on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Book your tickets here: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets Community is at the heart of Download Festival, so loyal fans can currently benefit from reward pricing and book tickets before the line-up is announced at a discounted rate. With multiple payment plans and options, fans also can spread ticket costs over the year interest-free. To kick off the excitement for DLXXII, an exclusive metal gala launch event in London will usher in the 2025 festival with style. Influencers, celebrities, and key figures from the Download c

  Brit heavy alt-rockers ARROW VALLEY charge onwards with the release of their explosive new single and video, By Design, out now. Watch the video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrJ_m53ROs The song is taken from the band’s much anticipated new EP, Embodiment, which is out 18th October. Listen to the band over at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2WdVs2UjCMoVMZd7aG4hDj . ARROW VALLEY have a vast wealth of influences. However, they mainly draw inspiration from modern heavyweights such as Alter Bridge, Tremonti, and Killswitch Engage. Unleashing an imposing and gripping sound, they bind burly alternative rock grooves, fortified by alluring bass lines, thunderous drums, and soaring vocal passages. When you first hear ARROW VALLEY, you’ll instantly note their flawless musicianship, textured dynamics and sophisticated compositions. The band were only officially formed mid-2023, however, founding members, Arron Turner (Vocals) and Luke Hatton (Guitar), joined forces in 2019 and 2

  Off the back of BLOODSTOCK’s first announcement of 19 bands for 2025, tickets have been flying out the door in record numbers. Adult standard weekend tickets are now sold out! A limited number of day tickets will be available in due course, once more bands have been announced. Missed out on the type of ticket you wanted? Sign up to Tixel , BLOODSTOCK’s official resale partner and avoid social media ticket scams! For those of you who have already snapped up your tickets, here’s 13 more bands to whet your appetite for next summer’s metal extravaganza! The Ronnie James Dio stage on Friday is pleased to welcome classic thrashers FLOTSAM & JETSAM . Joining them will be hotly-tipped deathcore upstarts PALEFACE SWISS . Industrial metal icons MINISTRY jet in as RJD stage special guests on Saturday night, in their first ever BLOODSTOCK appearance. Also added to the RJD line-up that day are LA legends FEAR FACTORY (playing their seminal 1995 album ‘Demanufacture’ in full!), fast-rising m

  Swedish metal band Sabaton's "The Tour To End All Tours" concert film aired in theatres in Europe, the UK and Australia on October 11, 2024. As a huge Sabaton fan, I visited my local UK cinema to check out this heavy metal concert experience. I was fortunate enough to attend the London date of "The Tour To End All Tours" last year on April 15, 2023. It was a spectacle, especially since it was my first time seeing Sabaton. It was a memorable and fantastic show with fire, guns and dramatic theatrics. It is one of my favourite shows so far, so I was excited to relive that experience in this cinematic experience. The concert aired was filmed during their European part of the tour at Amsterdam's iconic Ziggo Dome Venue in 2023 on May 3. If, like me, you attended the tour, this was essentially the same show, but I can see why they picked the Amsterdam crowd for the unique recording, as they were a particularly impressive and lively crowd that exceeded expectatio

  Following last week's release of their highly anticipated new album SUPERCHARGED, US punk legends THE OFFSPRING can now announce that they will return to the UK for a headline tour in November 2025. This is the band's first headline run in the UK since 2021, they also headlined Slam Dunk Festival in 2023 and played Download Festival this summer just gone in 2024. With over 45 million albums sold worldwide, still the biggest selling independent rock album in history (1994's 11 million selling 'Smash') and a recent number 3 UK album charting place for 2021's 'Let The Bad Times Roll' (their highest placing ever in the UK), THE OFFSPRING are truly one of the great rock bands of their generation. The band will be supported by special guest Simple Plan and the full list of dates for the tour are below: THE OFFSPRING Headline Tour 2025 10th November 2025 -Utilita Arena, Cardiff 14th November 2025 - The O2, London 15th November 2025 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle

  British rock icons Skunk Anansie roar back into action next year with a huge UK headline tour in Spring 2025. Promising an entirely brand new production, the tour will usher in an exciting new era in the history of this legendary band, with new music also on the horizon. Formed in London in 1994, Skunk Anansie instantly caught attention with their unique blend of alternative, rock, and punk influences, coupled with a dub sensibility which showcased their multi-cultural background. Their outspoken lyrics tackling social and political issues, alongside vocalist Skin’s unapologetic queer sexuality and high-fashion aesthetic, meant that they became one of the most talked about and important bands of their generation and quickly led to global success. With a string of critically acclaimed albums including ‘Paranoid & Sunburnt’, ‘Stoosh’, ‘Post Orgasmic Chill’ and ’25LIVE@25’ and hit singles such as ‘Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)’, ‘Selling Jesus’, ‘Twisted (Everyday Hurts)’

  Jerry Cantrell’s highly-anticipated new album, I Want Blood, arrives next Friday, with one final sneak peek available today with the release of the album’s title track. Listen HERE “There’s a confidence to this album,” Cantrell explains. “I think it’s some of my best writing and playing and certainly some of my best singing. There are large chunks of this record where I felt like my face was pressed to the ceiling of my abilities, operating at the top of my capacity.” The four-minute-plus track opens with a menacing bass line from Duff McKagan, accompanied by Mike Bordin’s building drumbeat, followed by Cantrell’s ominous first words… “I Want Blood.” The song was co-produced, as the album was, by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins). Cantrell has previously shared two tracks from the album. The first, ‘ Vilified ,’ was featured in an extensive interview with Rick Beato , where Cantrell discussed its use of the talkbox, calling back to his earlier Alice

  French Metalcore quartet, Resolve have today released their brand-new single ‘Sandman’ - the second new single taken from their forthcoming ‘Human’ (Extended Cut) - due for release on Friday 25th October 2024 via Arising Empire. Following Resolve’s recent earth shaking single ‘Molotov’ which opened up their extended cut cycle in relentless fashion, the new single ‘Sandman’ showcases both Resolve’s haunting nature with its heavy and oppressive intro as well as their trademark emotive characters, running throughout its infectious chorus. “Some months ago, Anthony (Resolve's lead singer and songwriter) went through an episode of sleep paralysis. If you’re lucky enough to have never experienced it, imagine waking up in the dead of night with a terrifying figure looking over you, and being unable to move or ask for help”, mentions Resolve bassist, Robin Mariat. “The next day, Anthony came up with the demo for Sandman - originally named Sleep Paralysis. That probably explains the nigh

  Metal band FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has today unleashed their brand new single 'Lower Purpose'. Along with the blistering track comes a new music video, which fans can watch here: https://youtu.be/WhTsUqTCpys . 'Lower Purpose' serves as a follow up to previous releases ' Savior Of None / Ashes Of All ' and ' Hostage ' – all of which can be found on the band’s forthcoming album The Nothing That Is. The new album is set to be released on October 25th via Nuclear Blast. Pre-order/pre-save it now at https://ffaa.bfan.link/the-nothing-that-is On the new track, the band shares: "You work, you pay taxes, and you expect the people in positions of power and government to serve your needs and the needs of other citizens, when in reality they serve their own agendas. Greed, war, corruption, it’s almost impossible to free yourself from this cycle. You inevitably serve a lower purpose." Stream the new single here: https://ffaa.bfan.link/lower-purpose Watch th

  Rising brutal death metal and goregrind festival Offal Fest is returning for its third year for three days of all things brutal, death, gore and slam metal. Taking place at Rebellion in Manchester, UK on 25-27 July 2025, the event will see the addition of Sunday, making it a three day festival with a pre-show held at the same venue on the Friday. Headlining the Saturday will be New York brutal death metal legends Skinless, who will exclusively perform their 1998 debut “Progression Towards Evil” in its entirety. Also hailing from New York, slam and brutal death metal pioneers Internal Bleeding will headline the Sunday. The band is often cited as one of the first bands to play slam death metal; an offshoot of death metal known for its focus on slow, chromatic breakdown riffs, known as slams. The rest of the line-up announced so far includes: 55Gore with an international debut, Cerebral Effusion, Imperious Mortality, Basement Torture Killings, Thy Flesh Consumed, Expectorating Sputum, V

  With over 830M all-time streams, #1 charting albums, multiple sold-out headlining tours across the globe, appearances at major festivals worldwide, recognition from top government agencies and officials, and collaborations with some of rock’s biggest names, THE HU have brought Mongolian music to the forefront with their innovative brand of ‘Hunnu Rock.’ They will now bring their unparalleled and immersive performance to audiences across North America as they join forces with rock legends Iron Maiden as direct support on their “Future Past” arena tour starting tonight, October 4 in San Diego, CA. THE HU have paid tribute to Iron Maiden by today releasing a cover version of one of the band’s most popular songs, “The Trooper,” which AllMusic described as "an all-time genre classic.” Founding member, Lead Throat Singer, and Morin Khuur musician GALA excitedly states: “The Hu is thrilled to be on Iron Maiden’s Future Past Tour in North America. For us, this tour represents an import

  Highly absorbing burly metal crew, HollowKin, will throw down their engulfing debut EP, Confessions & Failures, on Friday 15th November, via Vizkill Records. The towering five piece have now released their stunning new single and video, The Devil In Your Garden. Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU_h2UOg Ero Listen to the band at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SvhacCmtmxkd1Np3ww5xa   Also, be sure to catch the band live this October. Although HollowKin were only formed at the end of 2023, the band have already crafted a raft of breath-taking quality material. This has allowed the hard-working metal crew to produce their highly impressive debut EP, Confessions & Failures. The Bath-based quintet merge the groove-soaked riffs of Lamb Of God with the hooky guile of Architects, and have constructed a compelling sound that is immense and absolutely gripping. The imposing metallers’ new EP is sure to boost the band to a higher plain. The record highlight

  Following the release of their debut single 'No One Knows Your Name', The Dead Can Wait are back with their second single 'Paranoia' from their upcoming album 'In Lumine' dropping October 25th! The track boasts soaring vocals, punchy riffs, solid guitars and has more hooks than a fisherman! Bringing back the nostalgia of 80's Classic Rock, infused with modern influences that evolved the genre through recent decades. This is a track that is sure to get your feet tapping with a catchy, feel good chorus that is easy to follow and sing along to. Just what the doctored ordered as we approach the downhill slide into the weekend! "'Paranoia is about growing up in todays society and not fitting in anywhere, finding it difficult to trust anyone, and finding it difficult to be who you really are. " - Ashley Stone, Vocals A legendary town centre music pub in Reading (popular with many local and touring bands) was the catalyst for the formation of Clas

  Hammer Horror meets Spaghetti Western in the form a the new hard rocking band 'FANGSLINGER'. Their debut single 'The Lost Souls Saloon' was released on 4th October 2024. Combining elements of blues-rock, country and heavy metal, this song begins to tell the story of three immortal outlaws from the Old West on the hunt for souls. In the heart of Death Valley, an ancient evil roams. FangSlinger, once a man seeking fortune during the California Gold Rush, now leads a band of outlaws terrorising the West. The band's lore is rich and immersive, drawing fans into a world where reality and myth blur. Each member of Fangslinger has their own dark story and reason for joining the quest, making their performances more than just music but a theatrical experience. Lead vocalist FangSlinger is joined by Hangman Frost (Guitar/Backing Vocals) and BloodRose (Backing Vocals/Keys/Percussion) The Lost Souls Saloon single is out now and digital platforms. https://open.spotify.com/

  England, UK - released on the 27th September 2024 The Brand New Single from Brightons Gnarliest Crossover Thrashers RAD ‘Ravenous Scavenger’ is a song about cultural vultures. Guitarist (Ben S) wrote the music with the theme of ‘Brands’ preying on smaller sub-cultures like skateboarding and metal. Andy took the theme and ran with it, with the analogy of this vulture preying on the weak. George Yarnton, the artist who produced all of Rad's artwork, brought the vision to life. Produced, Mixed and Mastered by - RAD Single Artwork by - George Yarnton Catch RAD live at ‘Take Out The Thrash’ Festival on 13th October at Daltons, Brighton alongside Imperium, Thrasherwolf, Fracture Point and more Tickets - HERE ABOUT RAD Taking influence from skateboarding, Wyld Stalyns, and all things gnarly and bodacious, the band blends classic 80's Thrash and Crossover with elements of modern Metal and Hardcore, adding a splash of Deathcore for good measure. The band will be releasing more mus

  Much-rated Brit alternative crew, HEALTHY JUNKIES, will drop their highly enticing new album, Listen To The Mad, on Friday, 22nd November, via Banana Castle Records. The unstoppable alt rockers have now released their engulfing new single and video, 'Dead Souls'. Watch the video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbxSaDu83s You can listen to the band at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/68WkQ6RROXcoINPMfm0qHY HEALTHY JUNKIES bring together the key elements of New Wave, Garage, Punk Rock, Grunge, Psychedelic Rock, and Goth, and their hugely compelling sound has awarded them global distinction. Originally formed in 2010 when glamorous yet rebellious lead punkster, Nina Courson, moved from Paris to London and met guitarist Phil-Honey-Jones. The pair created and explored new ideas together, seeking support in the world of music, and named the band “HEALTHY JUNKIES” as a marker and reference to the mental health epidemic that was then, and still now, spreading throughout the