Formed a mere two years ago by guitarist Chris Osterman, British Columbia's Iron Kingdom delivers their second long player, Gates of Eternity. This band unashamedly channels the spirit of classic heavy metal, drawing inspiration from peers like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, European power metallers Blind Guardian, and national heroes, Rush. More»

Country: Multinational
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: InsideOut
Release date: June 24, 2013

"It is the most ambitious album we've attempted yet" says Tillison, "our first ever full on concept album which is also our deepest foray into the world of classical/orchestral music that we've hinted at before in songs like "Titanic Calls Carpathia", "The Full Gamut" and "In Earnest" It's great to know we'll be staying with the company that's done us so much good over the years, we need their belief as much as ever." More»

Spanish metallers Sentinel, reveal cover and list of topics that will be recorded on your hard tribute bands that influenced them throughout their career. The work includes the cover of groups such as: Blue Blood, Survivor, Bruce Dickinson, Rainbow, Rata Blanca and ZZ Top.

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"The Axe to Grind", the second studio album by the Heavy metallers Witch Cross, will be offered for sale with the support of Hells Headbangers Records, porximo July 13. The job details below, as well as the video clip of the song "Demon in the Mirror".The album was porducido by Mike Koch and Mixed by Chris Tsangerides. the mastering was made by Flemming Rasmussen. More»

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"Right from the get-go, with the very first riffs and pounding drums of the infectiously raunchy “The Way You Move”, Vancouver’s SwaggerJack introduces itself with a bang. The track, which is definitely more of a lust-song than a love-song (“Don’t tell me you need me/don’t tell me you care“), shows off this band’s confident, cocky sound, and yes, some rock n roll swagger." More»

The Spanish, Tears Of Martyr, premiered the official video for "Golem", included in her new long lasting "Tales", which will be placed in the disc stores tomorrow April 27, at the hands of MASSACRE RECORDS."Tales" was recorded in August 2012 at the New Sin Studios in Italy under the Enrik porduccion Garcia (Dark Moor) and Luigi Stefanini. More»

I do not recommend buying this album, the first one, by the sword and the cross was amazing, if you dont mind less metal more symphonic. this album however, is literally the instrumentals from the first album redone, it dosent even sound like the re recorded the vocals, and it sounds horrible, the only two new songs on the album are the last two, and they are alright. More»

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I have to admit that J'Nai isn't the type of music that I would usually listen to, but after having seen the band play live while opening for Faster Pussycat I liked the songs enough to purchase their debut EP entitled... J'Nai. I would not consider J'Nai a "metal" band but they have enough elements in their music to appeal to the metal genre.  More»

Los Angeles metallers WHITE WIZZARD have revealed the artwork for their third full-length album, "The Devils Cut", due to be released on June 3 in Europe via Earache Records and June 25 in the USA throughCentury Media/Earache. The CD features artwork by Cameron Davis, who is known for as the lead character designer and illustrator for theGuitar Hero video game series. More»

Hard rock band DDrive recently came with his third album "Critical Mass", which is currently available to listen to via ddrive.bandcamp.com DDrive formed ten years ago by Don Mancuso (Lou Gramm Band, Black Sheep, Cheater) and Phil Naro (Talas Peter Criss & 24K). More»

Via insidemusicast.com can hear David Paich tell conclusion of Toto's classic album "Toto IV". More»

The new full-length album kind of band Black Sabbath, as it is known, will be presented on June 11 of this year, through the office on behalf of Vertigo Records and Universal Republic Records More»

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