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Skid Row has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with USA company Sweetwater, the world’s leading online retailer of musical instruments and pro-audio equipment, to search worldwide for their next lead vocalist. The collaboration invites singers from around the world to audition for the opportunity to front one of rock’s most enduring and respected bands. In 2026, Skid Row…
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OUT ON MAY 22 In September 2025, Tilburg in the Netherlands was once again transformed into Ayreon City, as six spectacular shows took over the 013 venue— or what is fast becoming known as “Home” by Ayreonauts around the world. All 15,000 tickets were snapped up within minutes, with fans traveling from an astonishing 71…
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New Album The Grave Remains is due on April 10, 2026 via Redefining Darkness California has always been fertile ground for thrash metal, leading the charge with some of the genre’s most legendary acts. San Diego’s NUKEM follows in the footsteps of thrash metal’s founding fathers, producing the kind of time-tested, neck-breaking thrash that invokes deep nostalgia…
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By Tony Sanchez (@OculosCaecos) As June rolls around, the French metal pilgrimage returns: Hellfest 2026 is set to take over Clisson from June 18–21, 2026, for four days of unfiltered riffs, pits, and that unmistakable mud-and-beer baptism only this festival can deliver. This year’s theme, Tales From The Pit, couldn’t be more apt, because with…
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Due Out May 8th; Releases New Video “Scared To Death” Photo credit: Ross Halfin Rising rock musician, actor, songwriter, and film producer Kurt Deimer has released his new single “Scared To Death” and announced his sophomore full-length album, A Grog Is Born, will be released on Friday, May 8th via his own Bald Man Records. “Scared To Death” is also the title of Deimer’s…
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TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUMTHE NEW FLESH OUT FEBRUARY 20TH SYLOSIS have revealed the third single from their fiercly anticipated record, The New Flesh, due to drop on February 20th via Nuclear Blast Records. The New Flesh is being hailed as a towering testament to destructive riffing, incisive melody and refined brute force. Today’s new single, the psychological heavy-hitter ‘Lacerations‘, showcases SYLOSIS at a career apex –…
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DEATH OVER EUROPE HEADLINER TOUR UNDERWAY Photo Credit: Agnes Köhler, Nima Taheri, Joyce Van DoornEditing by: Daniele Valeriani Black metal’s most influential and legacy-defining entity emerges once again with their seventh studio offering, Liturgy of Death. With this release, Mayhem reaffirm why they remain one of the most relentless pillars of extreme music. After more than four decades shaping the genre’s evolution,…
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New Album, Midnight Blitz, Produced by Metal Legend K.K. Downing, Out This Friday via Napalm Records Photo credit: Tunde Valiszka With the release of their sophomore album, Midnight Blitz, only a few days away, heavy metal band TAILGUNNER fires on all cylinders once again. “War In Heaven” is a ballad that truly proves their versatility – a powerful statement in the book…
