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Iowa based Southern Rock newcomers The New Black 7 will release their new mini album,'Hangovers & Heartbreak', on 22 January 2013 through upstart label Vanity Music Group.

The eight song affair, recorded at Chandler Limited Studios in Shell Rock, IA, was produced by singer / guitarist Tory Stoffregen and Wake Goeke and mixed by Cedrick Courtois (Destiny's Child, Beyonce, Earshot).  With songs like 'Crazy All Over Me' ("The upside down relationship song everyone can all relate to! Growing up and living in a small town we all know this person and maybe it is even one of us who gets a little crazy when it comes to the opposite sex. We have all seen those friends and have surely been that friend at one time or More»

new group, which consists of the current participants AGENT STEEL: Juan Garcia (guitars), Bernie Versailles (guitars and lead vocals), Robert Cardenas (bass and backing vocals), Rigo Amezcua (drums). The EP was recorded with producer Bill'om Metoyer'om (FATES WARNING, TROUBLE, GWAR) and information, follow Versailles, as guests on the song "Lunacy" were noted James Rivera (HELSTAR) and More»

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Info: Australia
Tracklist: MP3 128 Kbps

Australia’s hard rock outfit Airbourne has a new album coming up, titled Black Dog Barking, which shall be released via Roadrunner Records on May 21st. Produced by award winning producer Brian Howes, this is Airbourne’s third album and the follow up to No Guts. No Glory., which was released back in 2010. More»

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Norwegian singer PELLEK is in constant motion, after his successful debut album “Bag of Tricks”, released in 2012, he is back with a full band launching a new album “Ocean of Opportunity”. An audacious release with enormous proportions showing a new era of PELLEK’s work. With a crystal clear production, “Ocean of Opportunity” brings 09 tracks with a impressive effort of Per Fredrik “Pellek” Åsly, or

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Due to be released later this week (May 3th), Breathing Scarlet is the latest album by Minneapolis rockersSemeron, a band very much rooted in the early foundations of heavy metal. A highly energetic, if entirely predictable, riff-heavy power rock compilation, the record, despite an exhilarating pace, remains largely the same from the word go. More»

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A very interesting, passionate, trance-like brand of modern hard rock with metallic overtones and the amazing vocals of Michael Rock. Brilliantly-crafted songs and exceptional performances from everyone involved, which includes Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier and band founders and ex-Nile men Chief Spires and John Ehlers. (2013) More»

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The Finnish rock band Dead Cult Diaries released the day his debut album "The World Is Too Small"  More»

Mitch Malloy has released a new single called "Dakota Kid" and is expected to be featured on an upcoming album.

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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST — who last fall parted ways with lead singer Nitte Vänskä and replaced her with Noora Louhimo — will release their second, self-titled full-length album on May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and mixed by the band at JKB Studios in Helsinki and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios. The cover artwork was created by Claudio Bergamin (HALFORD, ARJEN A. LUCASSEN, MAGICA) and can be seen below. More»

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Some Kind of Poetic Destruction (2013) is the fourth album by Portuguese/Swedish progressive metal act Factory of Dreams. The album is a conceptual science fiction work following the story of Kyra, a “unique and mysterious character who holds the key to our fate”. Kyra, along with two other characters in the story, known only as Kyra’s boyfriend and the child, are each represented by a different narrator, More»

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Trifathom is a Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal band from South San Francisco, California. We introduce a mix of heaviness, melodies, and a hint of technicality with a tad of thrash to bring something new to our fans. More»

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Swedish metallers VINDICTIV will release their new album, "Cage Of Infinity", on May 10 via Escape Music. The CD was mixed by Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE) and mastered by Mike Lind. The cover artwork was created by Carl-André Beckston. More»

Country: UK/now
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Lion Music
Release date: May 11, 2013 (digital)

Opposing traffic weave very melodic and orchestral tapestry mix of technical, complex musicality and offer a fresh perspective on the prog genre combining flamenco, classic rock, heavy metal and progressive rock for a spectacular final product: high quality progressive metal in the spirit of the Seventh Wonder, circus, Fates Warning and Crimson Glory. More»