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Judas Priest is back on the Billboard charts this week with their latest album, Invincible Shield. The set returns them to a number of rankings that they’ve hit before... but it also helps them appear on another list that somehow, they’ve never made it to - even though it would seem to be a great home for them.
On this week’s edition of the Hot Hard Rock Songs - Billboard’s ranking of the most-consumed hard rock tunes in the US - Judas Priest scores a very important hit.
German heavy metallers, Vulture, will unleash their fourth album, Sentinels, upon the masses on April 12 via Metal Blade Records. The band have released this first "making of" video:
If there is one band that combines a classic approach with fresh ideas and an expansive joy of playing to honor their ancestors from the likes of early Exodus, Metallica, or Slayer, then it is Vulture.
In a collaboration that’s sure to have metal heads raising horns in salute, renowned vocalist Graham Bonnet and guitar maestro Marty Friedman have joined forces to breathe new life into the classic rock anthem, “Since You Been Gone”. This iconic single dates back to 1976, but its best-known version was recorded in 1979 by Bonnet during his tenure with Ritchie Blackmore’s megalithic metal band Rainbow for their Down To Earth album.
1. Wytch Hazel - A Thousand Years (4:43)
2. Phantom Spell - Keep On Running (4:06)
3. Dead Lord - Dystopia (3:58)
4. Horisont - Writing On The Wall (3:50)
5. Tanith - Snow Tiger (4:39)
6. Castle Rat - Dagger Dragger (5:00)
7. Kontact - Spectral Fire (3:40)
8. Noor - Golden Coffin (5:37)
9. Lord Goblin - The Wanderer (5:17)
10. Dark Nightmare - The Fields Of Screaming Souls (5:19)
11. Graywitch - Children of Gods (3:47)
1. Traveler - Heavy Hearts (4:18)
2. Toxikull - Night Shadows (3:48)
3. Grey Wolf - They Rule the Night (3:09)
4. Ironsword - Servants of Steel (3:05)
5. Validor - The Ten Thousand (3:09)
6. Sacred Steel - Victory Of Black Steel (4:52)
7. Eternal Champion - A Face in the Glare (4:59)
8. Cirith Ungol - Legions Arise (3:19)
9. Sumerlands - Blind (3:51)
10. Solitary Sabred - Flight of the Banshee (3:51)
Saxon vocalist, Biff Byford, recently sat down with Finland's Chaoszine to discuss his journey as a metal vocalist.
Saxon’s 24th studio album, Hell, Fire And Damnation, is available now via Silver Lining Music.
Hell, Fire And Damnation is a superlative British heavy metal classic. Biff delivers his richest vocals in years, Nigel Glockler and Nibbs Carter on drums and bass respectively...
Greek thrashers Suicidal Angels have released their brand new track “Virtues Of Destruction”, which is part of their upcoming, new album Profane Prayer, out on March 1, 2024.
The band also recently announced a UK tour set to take place this April, which is part of a wider European tour.
Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) announces the signing of legendary power metal institution, Helloween, for their upcoming studio album. Since their formation in 1984 and the spectacular reunion in 2017, Helloween are undoubtedly one of the world's outstanding representatives of the genre.
RPM comments on the signing: "It is a true milestone for Reigning Phoenix Music to welcome Helloween to our family of artists.
Former Iron Maiden singer, Blaze Bayley, will release his new album, Circle Of Stone, on February 23. Today, Blaze releases the official video for the new single, "Mind Reader", the opening track of the new record.
Says Blaze: "I wish to thank the guys at Lion Island Media for their brilliant work shooting and editing the video...