After lending his distinctive voice to bands like Candlemass, Therion, Krux, Yngwie Malmsteen and At Vance for decades, Swedish heavy metal icon Mats Leven will release his first solo-album ever! Under the name of Skyblood, the self-titled debut album will be seeing the light of day on November 22nd via Napalm Records.  

French dark metal outfit THE OLD DEAD TREE have revealed the details for their forthcoming studio album, ‘The End,’ which will be released on December 6. This final chapter, containing 5 never released tracks, was already written in 1999, a few days before the tragic loss of drummer Frédéric Guillemot.  

Heavy-rock band LUCIFER have just announced their third and final leg of their North American headline tour today. The band will hit the road starting on January 15th in Memphis, TN and ending on January 26th in Tampa, FL.  

The Nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 are:  

Heavy metal riff machine HYBORIAN have announced a run of headlining U.S. tour dates for this November, in which they will be supported by Migrator. Preceded by a set at Harvest of Doom Fest on October 19 in Lawrence, KS, the tour will officially kick off on November 14 in St. Louis, MO and will conclude on November 22 in Lincoln, NE. More dates TBA! The full itinerary is as follows:  

20 years ago, SATYRICON released their groundbreaking fourth studio album, Rebel Extravaganza – an album that marked the start of a Black Metal evolution and has influenced the genre ever since. The album will now be available as a remastered reissue on December 13th via Napalm Records.  

“Fear Inoculum,” the title track from Tool’s recently released album, has reached #1 on the Active Rock radio chart, giving the band its fourth career #1 radio single as well as the outfit’s first chart topper in 13 years.  

Rising Maltese metal force ALIGN THE TIDE has unleashed a pummeling new single titled “Blacklist” today from their annihilating new album, Dead Religion, that’s out on October 18th from Cleopatra Records.<  

It’s no secret that a lot of fans measure the artistic value of a rock band mainly by the quality of a group’s live performance. The Allman Brothers without their legendary concerts? Unthinkable! Lynyrd Skynyrd as just another anemic studio project? Impossible to imagine! The same goes for Molly Hatchet as another legendary force among these protagonists of the longstanding history of Southern rock that, alongside lots of outstanding studio recordings, the band’s full potential comes into effect live on stage. Again and again, the musicians surrounding guitarist Bobby Ingram have reinforced their reputation as an awesome live act in brilliant live “battles”, so it comes as no surprise that requests by their... 

Having just wrapped up a European headlining tour, CRO-MAGS have delivered a punishing new track of unchecked aggression, “From The Grave.” Led by Harley Flanagan, the new song features guitar duties by legendary slinger Phil Campbell (Motorhead, Phil Campbell and The Bastards), showcasing his work on lead and slide guitar.  

New location, new line-up, new formula but still the same metal feast! Metalmania Opener Air 2020 will happen on August, 29th in Warsaw (Summer Stage at Progresja Club)! Mayhem, Candlemass and At The Gates are the first bands confirmed for Metalmania Open Air 2020! Tickets are on sale NOW!  

American black metal pioneers PROFANATICA are now streaming their entire upcoming album, ‘Rotting Incarnation of God,’ which will be released tomorrow, October 11. The full album can be heard below…