Norwegian progressive metal outfit Leprous have released a Dariusz Stermanowicz-directed video for their new song, "Like a Sunken Ship." The track is the third and final single taken from their upcoming album, Melodies of Atonement, set to arrive on August 30th via...
Tenacious D wins Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy
Earlier this evening, before the 57th Annual Grammy Awards were televised, 70 of the 83 categories were given away off the air, with the presentation streaming on Grammy.com. Of course, the Metal and Hard Rock categories weren’t televised, and of course, the...Metal Power Rankings: Everyone else is in the Periphery
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind...Metal By Numbers 2/4: Fear of the Chart
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What we have for you here is the biggest list of debuts of 2015 thus far. And it’s got a couple of doozies, not least of all Periphery heading it off with a...Slipknot added to Heavy Montreal
As if Faith No More wasn’t enough of a reason to get tickets to Heavy Montreal, Slipknot have been added to the bill as well. The festival will be taking place in Montreal (duh) in August. So far, they’re the only two bands announced.Follow Us
Leprous share “Like a Sunken Ship” video
read more
Escuela Grind share “Concept of God” video
Escuela Grind have unleashed a video for their latest single, "Concept of God." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Dreams on Algorithms, set for release on October 18 via MNRK Heavy. The New England extreme metal band recorded the LP at GodCity Studio with...
Nightwish unveil “The Day Of…” video
Nightwish have shared a video for their latest single, "The Day Of...." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Yesterwynde, scheduled to arrive on September 20th via Nuclear Blast. Tuomas Holopainen comments: "'The Day Of...' delivers a message of hope and...
New & Noteworthy, November 11th – Become the Sky
The new release list is a somewhat manageable size for the first time in over two months, signaling the winding down of what has been an incredible year for new music. This is also the second week in a row headlined by a stalwart of the Gothenburg music scene, which...
New & Noteworthy, November 4th – Endtime Hearts
Welcome to November, and don't panic. The new release calendar is still going strong. In fact, the amount of new music that is still due to be released over the next six weeks is going to make formulating a Top 10 list for 2016 rather challenging. Nonetheless, we...
New & Noteworthy, October 28th – Nightmare
Let me start out this week by saying that very little surprises me in the world of new releases. The amount of advance research and preparation that goes into this column on a weekly basis is considerable, and because of it, I not only know what is coming out each...