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New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts RAVEN are ready to deliver another electric mayhem with their upcoming new album “All Hell’s Breaking Loose“, their 15th studio LP, set for release June 30th. The Newcastle pioneers, formed by the Gallagher brothers (bassist/vocalist John and guitarist Mark) More»


If there’s a cult metal band out there that should be VIRGIN STEELE. At a time when cultural innovation is being side-lined like never before and many unusual forms of music are succumbing to the temptation of the more commercially lucrative mainstream, VIRGIN STEELE are the shining, silver lining.

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"Romeo’s Daughter is thrilled to announce the release of 6th studio album "Slipstream". It is an album filled with songs that are synonymous with the RD sound that you know and love with a few surprises along the way! More»


Front8MUCH-NEEDED REMASTERED RE-ISSUE OF THIS CLASSIC LATE 80s INDIE AOR / HAIR METAL / MELODIC HARD ROCK RELEASE. GREAT VOCALS , BLISTERING AXEWORK AND A PERFECT BLEND OF UPTEMPO ROCKERS AND AOR BALLADS - FRONTRUNNER ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING WE ALL LOVE ABOUT 80s ROCK SO PICK UP A COPY ASAP!!

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Artist: Hyte & Haywire
Album: On the Edge of Forever
Genre: Modern Hard Rock
Country: Germany
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The American Progressive band DEREK SHERINIAN will release a new album entitled 'Sherinian / Phillips Live' on August 25, 2023 via INSIDE OUT Music.Externally at least, The Grape in Ventura California appears to be merely another anonymous building in a row of restaurants and stores. More»



Multinational Progressive Rock act Marek Arnold‘s Artrock Project published the officail trailer for upcoming self-titled album set to release on July 14, 2023 via Tempus Fugit. After more than 60 albums with his bands and projects such as Seven Steps To The Green Door, Toxic Smile, Cyril, Manuel Schmid & Marek Arnold, as a member of the German art rock legends Stern Combo Meissen More»



The Swiss Symphonic Metal band GREEN LABYRINTH will release a new album entitled 'Sequences' on June 23, 2023 via FASTBALL Music.The word "progressive" can be explained with "developing" or "evolving". The band GREEN LABYRINTH takes this to heart, and so the Swiss band ventures further into the depths of progressive metal with their new line-up, without forgetting their symphonic roots.
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"Echoes from the Past" will be released on 23.06.2023, the 20th studio album of the most successful German art & progressive rock band ELOY. It is also the 3rd album of a unique trilogy designed by band mastermind Frank Bornemann as a rock opera about the life and fate of the French national heroine and saint Joan of Arc. More»


FrontI'm really surprised this album hasn't garnered more of a cult following. This band matched strong rockers with moving ballads. Although the choruses are excellent and include the all-important backing vocals, I was equally impressed by the strong song-writing going on. This wasn't all cock-rock. There was actually a little substance going on imo. More»



The Canadian Melodic Rock/Metal band FATAL VISION will release a new album entitled 'Twice' on June 23, 2023 via PRIDE & JOY Music. Featuring lead singer Simon Marwood, who co-founded the band in 1988, guitarist Juan Miguel Gomez Montant, keyboard player Scottie Irving, More»



The American Heavy Metal band JAG PANZER will release a new album entitled 'The Hallowed' (CD) on June 23, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records.
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Working as a guitar player and songwriter in a host of bands and projects through the years (Ostrogoth, Thorium a.o.), Tom Tee launched Entering Polaris in 2018 with the debut album ‘Godseed’. The idea behind Entering Polaris is to realise a long overdue dream: More»


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