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  • JARED JAMES NICHOLS Shares New Video For “Killing Time”

    New Album ‘Louder Than Fate’; Out June 5th via Frontiers Music Srl Photo Credit: Eric Ahlgrim Today, JARED JAMES NICHOLS is pleased to share his new single, “Killing Time,” the third track taken from his upcoming fourth studio album, ‘Louder Than Fate,’ due out on June 5, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. The single arrives alongside an official video, available below. Raw, unapologetic, and deeply rooted…

  • Album Review: AXEL RUDI PELL ’Ghost Town’

    AXEL RUDI PELL’Ghost Town’Steamhammerhttps://www.axel-rudi-pell.de AXEL RUDI PELL isn’t exactly a household name in North America, but the tales of his exploits have been well documented overseas. The guitarist got his start in the band STEELER around 1984. Not the one with Ron Keel and Yngwie Malmsteen. The German one. Pell went solo in 1989 with…

  • BUTCHER BABIES Release New Single “Lost In Your Touch”

    Via Judge & Jury Records Butcher Babies return with their powerful new single “Lost In Your Touch,” produced by Howard Benson, this marks the second release from their forthcoming album via Judge & Jury Records. Blending emotional vulnerability with crushing intensity, the track serves as a key chapter in an album that functions as a…

  • Snake Bitten: An Exclusive Interview With GUERNICA MANCINI of THE GEMS

    “Our goal is to be a great live band…we wrote these songs for them to work live.” Photo Credit: Mikael Hulten George Dionne interviews THE GEMS front woman GUERNICA MANCINI about their latest album ‘Year of the Snake’ for KNAC.COM.  The album is set for release on March 13, 2026 through Napalm Records. Highlights include:…

  • NERVOSA RELEASES FIERCE NEW VIDEO “GHOST NOTES”

    NEW ALBUM SLAVE MACHINE RELEASES APRIL 3 Photo Credit: Akis Zaralis Metal heroines NERVOSA unleash a new single from their upcoming album, Slave Machine, out on April 3 via Napalm Records. “Ghost Notes” lets loose a storm of heavy, yet easily recognizable riffs, driven by impelling drums and the ever-so-furious vocals of Prika Amaral. Culminating in a powerful guitar solo, “Ghost Notes” shows…

  •  KILLSWITCH ENGAGE RETURN TO THE ROAD THIS SUMMER

    MACHINE HEAD, IRON REAGAN, + HAVOK TO SUPPORT Killswitch Engage — Jesse Leach, vocals; Adam Dutkiewicz, guitar; Joel Stroetzel, guitar; Mike D’Antonio, bass; and Justin Foley, drums — will return to the road this summer on a headline run of the U.S. It marks the band’s first U.S. tour since last year’s Summer of Loud run. The tour kicks off June 3 in Detroit and…

  • HIGH FADE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘TWICE AS NICE’

    OUT MAY 8TH VIA RPN RECORDS; NEW SINGLE ‘SWAMP’ OUT NOW From street corners to global stages, rock-funk band HIGH FADE announce their second album Twice As Nice, due for release on May 8th via their own label RPN Records, alongside the arrival of thunderous new single ‘Swamp’. LISTEN TO ‘SWAMP’PRE-SAVE TWICE AS NICE Dubbed Scotland’s most electrifying busking band, funk-rock trio HIGH…

  • KITTIE Announce ‘Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years of Kittie’

    Band’s First Full North American Headline Tour In Ten Years Photo Credit William Felch  Canadian heavy music pioneers Kittie celebrate three decades of uncompromising metal with the announcement of the “Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years of Kittie,” a massive 16-date North American headline run launching this June, their first full headline tour in over ten years. The…