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British heavy metal legends SAXON have officially completed work on their new LP for a February 4, 2022 release. Speaking to Neil Jones from TotalRock at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, singer Biff Byford said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The SAXON album is finished. Andy Sneap finished mixing it a couple of weeks ago. I signed it off.
Eric Wagner, singer for doom band THE SKULL and originally of TROUBLE, has passed away just days after he was hospitalized with COVID pneumonia.
Eric‘s son Luke has shared news of his death in the comments of THE SKULL‘s original post where they said that Wagner was hospitalized.
Eric Wagner is best known as the frontman of the doom metal band
Fan-filmed video footage of KISS's August 21 performance at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey can be seen below.
KISS kicked off the summer 2021 leg of its "End Of The Road" farewell tour on August 18 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The concert marked the band's first full-length live appearance in front of an audience since March 2020.
KISS's farewell trek was launched in January 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on July
"Game Over!“ That’s what rock icon Udo Dirkschneider (original voice of iconic band Accept) proclaims on his upcoming new U.D.O. record, to be released on October 22 via AFM Records. A lyric video for the single, "Kids And Guns",
The statement behind has got many different meanings. But one thing becomes clear immediately: U.D.O. is not doing things by halves and so they give everything they have.
On September 24th, Doro will celebrate the 35th anniversary of her classic album Triumph And Agony with the release of Triumph And Agony Live, which will be issued on her own label Rare Diamonds Productions / Rough Trade.
As the first digital single, the Metal Queen has released one of her biggest hits, "All We Are". The live version of the mega song - like the entire album - was recorded at Sweden Rock Festival, and once again shows Doro and band in top form.
Next week on August 27th, the time has come: Norwegian prog rockers LEPROUS will release their new album “Aphelion” (we reported).
To celebrate, there will be an album preview livestream that will go live on Wednesday August 25th from the Notodden Theater in Norway. On that day, LEPROUS will even do two full shows to accommodate the fans' different time zones
Born of the frosty bowels of Montreal, Quebec, Canada comes CroMagnum, heavy metal from a simpler time. Brutal and unforgiving. Thoughtful and visionary. A forced juxtaposition that leads to an intense listening experience.
CroMagnum started when Maximus Rex and the original drummer parted ways with their previous band with an aim to keep it simple, heavy as fuck and stay as a three-piece. Since then, CroMagnum has evolved into its current form as the main duo of Maximus Rex on guitar and vocals
MENTALIST is a Melodic Metal band from Saarbrücken, Germany that was founded in 2018. The group consists of Peter Moog (guitars), Thomen Stauch (drums, ex BLIND GUARDIAN), Kai Stringer (guitars, ex STARCHILD) and Swedish singer extraordinaire Rob Lundgren on vocals.
After the highly successful debut release “Freedom Of Speech” in 2020, the group now returns with its sophomore release “A Journey Into The Unknown”.
Mysterizer is a classic metal band hailing from Oulu, the heavy metal capital of Finland.
Mysterizer plays heavy music that combines Heavy/Power Metal and with the band's own personal touch. This is the band that does not hold back, but blasts loud and proud!
From cover band to full-on heavy metal originals, that's the story of Finland's Mysterizer