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In 2023, Swedish power metal legends, HammerFall, are celebrating the success of Crimson Thunder achieving Platinum status in Sweden. Continuing their retrospective series, the band will be releasing their very own 20th Anniversary edition via Nuclear Blast on April 28.
Their fourth studio album has been remixed and remastered by Fredrik Nordstrom, and this definitive version...
WackenTV has uploaded footage of Japanese metal legends Loudness performing three tracks on the Headbangers Stage from Wacken Open Air 2022. Check out the songs “Crazy Nights”, “Crazy Doctor”, and “S.D.I.”:
Loudness’ most recent album, Sunburst, was released in December 2021 by Katana Music and in July 2022 by earMUSIC.
Emerging epic metal heroes Blazon Rite have released "Wild Rites And Ancient Songs," the title track and second single from the forthcoming album.
Wild Rites And Ancient Songs will be released on April 14 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Gates Of Hell Records.
For four decades, Overkill have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. On April 14, the New Jersey thrash legends will bludgeon your ears with their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched, via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band release their second single, "Wicked Place". The track offers undeniable blues elements that give off old-school rock n' roll feels.
Fans of American metal act, Iced Earth, have long hoped for a new sign of life from their icons. On April 28, the wait will be over at last.
The band has announced the release of two new EPs via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records. Entitled Hellrider and I Walk Among You, these releases will include rare recordings from the transition phase between singer Tim "Ripper" Owens' and predecessor/successor Matt Barlow in 2007 and 2008, a particularly exciting and eventful period in Iced Earth’s band history.
The Silent Rage will release their new album, Nuances Of Life, on May 26 via Scarlet Records.
The Silent Rage is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal. Nuances Of Life combines the characteristic sound of classic metal, filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with catchy and blistering vocal lines – courtesy of extraordinary new frontman, Michalis Rinakakis.
Formed in 2018 in the rusted Bible Belt city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Blind Oath creates epic-scale traditional metal that erupts with the kind of old-school energy that harkens back to power metal’s glory days. The band’s lyrical lore is expertly distilled into concentrated Sword & Sorcery tales channeling the hermetic, gnostic, and alchemical, historical accounts of witchery, and epic gothic poems of old.
For four decades, Overkill have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. On April 14, the New Jersey thrash legends will bludgeon your ears with their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched, via Nuclear Blast Records.
Jimmy Kay from Canada's The Metal Voice spoke to singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth about the album, and you can watch the video below
Tygers Of Pan Tang have released their new digital single, "Fire On The Horizon". A lyric video for the song can be viewed below.
Says the band: "Here it is! The new digital single ‘Fire On The Horizon’. Available on all streaming platforms plus YouTube and with a tasty little guitar solo from Francesco.
British heavy metal legends, Saxon, have announced that guitarist Paul Quinn has decided to "step back from touring". A message from the band follows:
"After much soul searching our great friend and fellow warrior Paul Quinn has decided to step back from touring with Saxon. After many years on the road, with the subsequent stress and tiredness that accompany long tour schedules, Paul doesn't want his performance to suffer and let his fellow band mates and fans down.