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Video footage of former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens's August 21 performance at the Haltom Theater in Haltom City, Texas can be viewed below.
Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 after being discovered when the band's drummer, Scott Travis, was given a videotape of him performing with the PRIEST cover act BRITISH STEEL. JUDAS PRIEST at the time was seeking a replacement for Rob Halford.
Finnish thrash/heavy metal band Rebellix is set to release their upcoming EP Serpent's Kiss on October 15th 2021 via Inverse Records.
Rebellix is a Finnish melodic metal band from Helsinki, formed by Samuel Honkavaara in the end of 2016 from the ashes of other bands. Rebellix has been Rocking the underground of finnish Heavy Metal music since then, playing plenty of shows and participating to band competitions, sometimes winning some of them.
Dutch Heavy Metal band DANGEROUS TIMES FOR THE DEAD releases its new single "Father Time" which is now available from all digital platforms and the band's Bandcamp site.
DANGEROUS TIMES FOR THE DEAD is a Heavy Metal band that sounds they have been transported straight out of the 80's; a hard & heavy, classic but fresh sound, truly makes them a part of the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal. Full of energy, entertaining and powerful, epic guitar solos,
Perpetual Etude have released their new single "Once We Were One". The new track is the second single off the band's upcoming debut album, Now Is The Time.
Packed with blazing guitar and keyboard solos, fast and heavy riffing, and very melodic vocals, the new album is set for an October 15th release via Black Lodge Records.
In May 2020, Orange Goblin issued their live album, Rough & Ready, Live & Loud, as a digital only release. Fans kept asking for physical product, and their wish is about to be granted.
"We are very happy with this one," says Orange Goblin. "Due to massive demand from YOU, the fans, we have teamed up with Dissonance Productions to bring you this awesome physical release of last year's digital live album, Rough & Ready, Live & Loud.
UK-based rock legends Girlschool - regarded as one of the very first successful all female hard rock and metal bands - are featured in the latest upload from Wacken TV. The clip below features the band's Wacken Open Air 2011 performance.
Girlschool formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978. Frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead, they are the longest-running all-female rock band, still active after more than 40 years.
Whoever hears the name BRAINSTORM expects powerful, melodic songs with catchy choruses - exactly what you get with the new album "Wall Of Skulls". The southern German power metals pick up exactly where they left off with “Midnight Ghost” (2018) - conceptually they even go one step further.
Singer Andy B. Franck speaks in front of an “almost uncanny energy that prevailed in the rehearsal room when the songs were created.
Former ACCEPT members Herman Frank and David Reece have joined forces in a new band called IRON ALLIES. Also involved with the project are bassist Donnie Van Stavern (RIOT) and drummer Francesco Jovino (U.D.O., PRIMAL FEAR, VOODOO CIRCLE, JORN).
Frank, who is promoting his fifth solo album, "Two For A Lie", broke the news of the collaboration in a June 2021 interview with Justin Smulison of Jace Media.
HAMMERFALL have given their classic "Renegade" from 2000 a stylish new armor. After 21 years in the service, the courageous warrior has truly earned it. Classics like “Templars Of Steel”, the title track and “A Legend Reborn” still work splendidly on the battlefield today.
In addition to a chic new artwork from the pen of the artist Andreas Marshall (known for artwork by BLIND GUARDIAN, RUNNING WILD and SODOM, among others) there are live recordings and rare bonus tracks.