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Kobra and the Lotus – New Single Premiere

A new song from Kobra and the Lotus recently made its debut on Revolver Magazine. Listen to the official audio of “TriggerPulse” here. Upon their recent signing to Napalm Records, the band announced their upcoming double album Prevail I + II, set to be released in 2017. Lead singer and Frontwoman Kobra Paige said of the song, “We are ecstatic to finally be releasing a new track from Kobra and the Lotus! After two years it’s time to unleash something new and tasty so here we go…’TriggerPulse’ is coming for you and it’s ready to make some waves in the Omniverse!! […]

Black Star Riders Announce New Album and Tour

Hard Rock band Black Star Riders are set to release their third album Heavy Fire via Nuclear Blast Entertainment in early 2017. The band is currently working with Producer Nick Rasculinecz, who produced their second album The Killer Instinct, as they finish up recording the album in Nashville. About the album, guitarist Scott Gorham says, “It’s great to be back with Nick, after such a great job on The Killer Instinct, it was a no brainer to continue the relationship and this album is going to blow everyone away”. You can watch an official video from the band announcing the […]

Saxon To Release Live Double Album

British NWOBHM legends Saxon are set to release their tenth live album, Let Me Feel Your Power, via UDR Music on September 23rd (Europe) and October 7th (North America). A live performance video of the track “Wheels Of Steel” straight off the upcoming double album has been unleashed, and is streaming on BraveWords today.  The 16 track album was recorded in Munich during November 2015 and Brighton in January 2016, with bonus materials from Chicago in September 2015. Let Me Feel Your Power will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-Ray/2CDs, digital download and a deluxe vinyl version which will also include […]

Sabaton – “The Last Stand” Makes Billboard Debut + Track-By-Track Trailer Revealed

The Last Stand, Sabaton’s latest album, was released through Nuclear Blast on August 19th, 2016. This Swedish Heavy Metal band has reached their highest-ever chart entries in the US and Canada with the album, debuting at #63 on the Billboard U.S. Top 200 album chart, #2 on the Billboard Hard Music chart, #2 on the Canadian Hard Music Chart, and #20 on the Canadian Top 200 album chart. The Last Stand also holds the #5 position on the Billboard Top Rock album chart, #4 on the Billboard Independent albums chart, and #19 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart. Worldwide […]

Tyketto Releases “Reach” Video

Hard Rock band Tyketto is approaching their 25th Anniversary, and a new album is on its way to celebrate. Reach, the band’s 5th studio album, will be out October 14th, 2016 on Frontiers Music Srl. A new video for the album’s title track “Reach” was recently released, and can be viewed here. “Reach” is Tyketto’s first music video in 22 years. On the upcoming album, lead vocalist Danny Vaughn comments, “Although we only had planned on recording ten songs for “Reach”, we were so pleased with everything, we decided to keep all twelve songs on the record. We unanimously decided […]

Running Wild – Lyric Video Release

German Heavy Metal Legends Running Wild have a new album on the way, entitled Rapid Foray. The worldwide release is set for August 26th on SPV/Steamhammer and a new song off the album has premiered via lyric video, “Black Bart”. Listen to the track here. Rapid Foray will be the sixteenth studio release for Running Wild, whose current lineup consists of Rock N’ Rolf on vocals, Peter Jordan on guitar, Ole Hempelmann on bass, and Michael Wolpers on drums. The band whose name was inspired by a Judas Priest song was a big part of the German Heavy Metal scene […]

Korn Premieres “Insane”, New Song Off Upcoming Album

It’s been three years since Korn released an album, 2013’s The Paradign Shift being the most recent, and last month’s announcement of The Serenity of Suffering has fans on tenterhooks awaiting what’s to come next from the Nu-Metal band. Previews and teasers have been relieving the suspense a little at a time, but the full premiere of “Insane” takes us one step closer to the album with this opening track. The song was premiered on The BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter on Sunday, August 21st. Korn also premiered a music video recently for another track off The […]

Sinsaenum Releases Exclusive Lyric Video on Billboard

Sinsaenum is a band that’s quickly gaining recognition as a Death Metal supergroup. While the roots of the international extreme metal band may have been formed as early as 2010, it wasn’t until this year that their debut album Echoes of the Tortured was unleashed onto the world. The current lineup consists of: Sean Zatorsky (Daath): vocals Attila Csihar (Mayhem): vocals Frédéric Leclercq (DragonForce): guitar, bass, synth, vocals Stephane Buriez (LoudBlast): guitar Heimoth (Seth): bass Joey Jordison (ex-Slipknot): drums Sinsaenum recently partnered with Billboard and premiered an exclusive lyric video for the song “Anfang Des Albtraumes”, meaning “The Beginning of […]

Metallica Announce Double Album & Premiere New Single “Hardwired”

Metallica has announced the release date of the long awaited new studio album Hardwired…To Self-Destruct – November 18th, 2016. This will be the band’s eleventh studio album, and their first since 2008’s Death Magnetic. “Hardwired”, a track off the upcoming album, made a surprise debut today when Lars Ulrich premiered it during an interview with 93X in Minneapolis, where Metallica will play the first rock concert at U.S. Bank Stadium this weekend. Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, a double album to be released on vinyl, CD, and digital download, is available for preorder at metallica.com. Every order placed through the site will come […]

Nikki Sixx Announces New Schecter Bass Collection

Mötley Crüe and Sixx:AM bassist Nikki Sixx went live on Facebook today to announce his new Schecter “Mummy Sixx” collection of signature bass guitars. This is not the first time Nikki Sixx has had a signature line of basses through Schecter, as the Schecter Sixx Signature Series Bass was released a few years ago. The new “Mummy Sixx” collection will be personally wrapped, modified, and played on stage by Nikki Sixx during two upcoming Sixx:AM tours with Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and Shinedown. He will also be autographing the basses and personally presenting them to the purchaser at […]

Kobra And The Lotus Sign to Napalm Records + Upcoming Albums & Tour

Canadian Hard Rockers Kobra and the Lotus have announced the signing of a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. Their fourth album and Napalm Records debut Prevail I + II will be released as two separate volumes of a double album, with the first part to be released in February 2017, and the second part to follow in October of 2017. A new single will also be released in the near future. The band has released a message on their signing and upcoming albums: “It is with great pleasure and humility that we can finally announce our signing to Napalm Records!! […]

Hair Nation Festival Headed to SoCal

On September 17th, 2016, some of the best rockers of the Sunset Strip will gather for one night at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA for SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival. The event will feature a non-stop rock ‘n’ roll experience held on two stages, including a rotating main stage with back-to-back performances, VIP Meet and Greets, a vendor village, and more. The current lineup of the festival is: Vince Neil, Bret Michaels, Kix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Slaughter, Lita Ford, Faster Pussycat, LA Guns’ Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, Vixen, Britny Fox, BulletBoys, Loudness, Junkyard, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bang Tango, Vain, […]

Dokken adds a U.S. Date to the Upcoming Reunion Tour

Until now, it seemed that only audiences in Japan would have the opportunity to see a full reunion of the classic lineup of Dokken, when the “Unleashed In The East” six-show Japanese tour was recently announced. Now, the addition of a single U.S. date – taking place at Badlands Pawn in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on September 30th – gives American audiences that same opportunity. This South Dakota date is being called a “warm-up show”, kicking off the brief but long-awaited reunion of the classic 1980’s-era Dokken lineup, consisting of Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, and “Wild” Mick Brown. […]

Rock Carnival Adds Headliners To Lineup

The Second Annual Rock Carnival, taking place on September 30, October 1 and October 2 at its new location in Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park, has announced the addition of two headliners to round out the lineup for the event known as The Northeast’s Only Classic Carnival + Rock n’ Roll Festival Experience. While previous announcements regarding the festival revealed many of the weekend’s performers, only a small portion of the Sunday lineup had been announced to date, including such acts as Doro, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, and Sebastian Bach, with some of the remaining guests left blank to be revealed […]

Ronnie James Dio Hologram Debuts at Wacken Open Air Music Festival

A great surprise awaited over 75,000 fans in attendance at the Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in Germany last weekend as the Dio Disciples, consisting of the late Ronnie James Dio’s bandmates and friends, took to the stage to close out the show.  At the end of their set, the Dio Disciples were joined onstage by a special and rather unique guest – a hologram of Ronnie James Dio himself. Eyellusion, a hologram entertainment company focused on the live music market, created the hologram and produced the groundbreaking performance. The world’s first rock hologram, Ronnie James Dio’s “performance” at Wacken […]