In 2017, Memphis rockers Tora Tora were approached by Frontiers Music Srl about recording a proper new studio album and they enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity. The resulting new album, “Bastards Of Beale,” set for release on February 22nd, brings back the magic of the band’s blues-rooted hard rock sound that gained them a loyal following upon their debut in the late ’80s. Always a far cry from their more polished mainstream peers and more spiritually connected to blue collar hard rock, the band’s return picks up where they left off, while not sounding even the slightest bit dated.  

Danish composer, vocalist and classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Myrkur, is the project of Amalie Bruun, who unveils two ethereal new studio tracks with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Paradise Lost, Solstafir) at Orgone Studios in Bedfordshire, England.  

On January 25th, King Diamond will release a new DVD/Blu-ray, Songs For The Dead Live, via Metal Blade Records.  

With Judas Priest’s latest studio album, Firepower, confirmed as one of the most successful of the band’s entire career – landing in the “top 5” of 17 countries (including their highest chart placement ever in the U.S., at #5) – demand to see the legendary metal band in concert is higher than ever.  

OTEP is one of the fiercest artists in metal and in just a few days, she will be unleashing her brand of dystopian metal onto the U.S. Kicking off in Bakersfield, CA this Friday, November 23, the ART OF DISSENT tour will run straight through December 23, bookending the holidays with unyielding mayhem. The full itinerary can be found below.  

The UK-based blackened death metal group HECATE ENTHRONED will release “Embrace Of The Godless Aeon,” their first album in five years (and their debut for new label M-Theory Audio), on January 25, 2019. The album – which features cover artwork by Nestor Avalos (Bloodbath, Rotting Christ, The Black Dahlia Murder), as seen above – can be pre-ordered now on CD and red splatter vinyl at this location (www.m-theoryaudio.com/store). A limited-edition deluxe box set that includes exclusive purple vinyl and cassette editions of the album, a signed photo card and other collectibles is also available.  

Venom, the unholy trinity of Cronos, Rage, and Dante, celebrate a massive 10 years together with new studio album, STORM THE GATES – a 13-track outing for blasphemers, fornicators, and the forever cursed  – set for release via Spinefarm Records on December 14. The CD/digital versions of the record will be available from this date, with a deluxe double vinyl package following early in 2019. STORM THE GATES is a classic call-to-arms from a legendary band who can legitimately be classed as both original and genre-defining. There is nothing like Venom. Just Venom. Since 2009, this latest incarnation of the group has had a clear vision of who they are and where they want to go. They steadfastly... 

Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo, Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams are ready to rock! We are heartbroken over Peter Baltes departure, but with our iron will ACCEPT will continue to bring you metal forever. Symphonic Terror – Live At Wacken 2017 was just released November 23rd, 2018 and we will bring the show to you in 2019, see ACCEPTworldwide.com for dates! You cant believe what is going on here, it is amazing!  

HOUR OF PENANCE commented: “We’re really excited to announce that Hour of Penance signed a new deal with Agonia Records. The first friut of our cooperation, a new album, is coming in 2019. It’s great to be part of a label that has always been focused on quality extreme metal and it’s the right place to spread our music and brutalize the ears of extreme metal fans all over the world with the new songs we’ve composed. We’re working very hard to bring you our finest and best sounding album so far and we cannot wait to start recording. More details will be revealed in the upcoming months, so keep your eyes open”.  

With the end of 2018 drawing near, most bands are staying under the radar and getting ready for the new year. That’s not the case with symphonic deathcore band, The Convalescence as they are proud to announce they have signed to Legend Recordings.  

Asking Alexandria, one of the most streamed, downloaded, watched, and altogether listened to bands in a generation, have today released a brand new live video for their hugely successful single ‘Alone In A Room’. Having spent 28 weeks on the Active Rock Radio charts and peaking at #7, ‘Alone In A Room’ is the band’s 3rd top ten hit at rock radio and has amassed a whopping 16.3 million streams on Spotify with the official music video having clocked up 6.3 million views on Youtube to date.  

Fresh off a successful tour throughout Texas, an EP that garnered widespread play on digital and terrestrial radio, and numerous awards, including winner of the WILDFLOWER FEST! Battle of the Bands, Best Guitarist (Trent Cruickhshank), and Best Bassist (Jack Zukoski), 40,000+ spins on Spotify, and airplay on numerous radio stations including KFAI, KMSC, KRSC, KEGL, WCSF, WCVF, WLFC, WMFR, WMNF, WMUL, WPRK, WRRC, WVCW, WVMM, WWSU, and WWUH, the band Weather King has released their second single, Jejune Bug.