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  Heading for the album release of “Tunnel At The End Of Light” and shortly after the Janus-faced single “Day And Night”, Figure Of Speechless are back with a surprisingly sinister theme for their brand spanking new video single “Inside Room 6”. Starting off on an eerie tune to gloom the listener’s perception somewhat for a brief moment, the song quickly takes a turn towards a realm of madness, heralded by a startling, isolated riff that cuts through the veil like a whip through thick air. The following pendulum-like swinging back and forth between the extremes of internalization and outburst can best be described in the words of the mastermind himself: “When I wrote this song, it must have been a manic sort of week if the music is anything to go by. I was a little concerned about being able to write lyrics for this song, but they ended up being about a person who lives in a mental asylum (in Room 6). They take a crazy journey out of body and visit lots of places outside the asylum...

Progressive metal titans Dream Theater have released new video 'Paralyzed' taken from their highly anticipated 14th album 'Distance Over Time' out on the 22nd February 2019. The new album marks the first album released under new label InsideOut Music. Check the very trippy futuristic animated video for 'Paralyzed' below: For more on Dream Theater: DreamTheater.net https://www.facebook.com/dreamtheater/ https://twitter.com/dreamtheaternet

Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater announce the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, 'Distance Over Time' on February 22, 2019. 'Distance Over Time' showcases a newfound creativity for Dream Theater while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The album also marks the first for the band's new label InsideOutMusic / Sony Music. The artwork was created by long-time cover collaborator Hugh Syme (Rush, Iron Maiden, Stone Sour). 'Distance Over Time' was produced by John Petrucci, mixed by Ben Grosse, and mastered by Tom Baker. The band have unleashed their crushing new second new single from the upcoming album 'Fall Into The Light'. Check out the brilliant new track below: You can order the new album here: https://dream-theater.lnk.to/DistanceOverTimeID Dream Theater is also planning to hit the road in support of the new al...

Slipknot amongst the many to release new albums this year! As its the start of a new year, time to look ahead to some the upcoming metal and rock album releases that Mad About Rock is particularly looking forward to throughout the year... Within Temptation new album 'Resist' is out 1st February 2019 and will mark the Dutch symphonic metallers seventh album. The band have already graced us with some massive and hard-hitting singles featuring brilliant guests with singer Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach) and Anders Fridén (In Flames), leaving us very eager to hear more in what sounds like some of their best and most dynamic songs yet. Children Of Bodom  upcoming 'Hexed' album will be the melodic death metallers tenth album due for release March 8th via Nuclear Blast. New single 'Under Grass and Clover' is a good sign of what is to come, being extremely catchy and memorable. Slipknot unleased the crushing new single 'All Out War' in 2018 and...

Progressive masters Dream Theater have unveiled a new single and video for 'Untethered Angel' taken from their upcoming new album 'Distance Over Time' which will be released February 22nd 2019. The album also marks the first for the band's new label InsideOut Music. Check out the video for 'Untethered Angel' below: "Distance Over Time" will be available as: standard CD jewel case, special edition digipak (including one bonus track), 180g gatefold 2LP edition (including one bonus track, an eight-page-LP-booklet and the entire album on CD), limited-edition artbook (including one bonus track, 5.1 mix with video animations, instrumental mixes and high-res files of the album, stems for "Untethered Angel", extended liner notes, additional artwork, including photos from the writing session and additional video content), as deluxe collector's box set (including lenticular cover card, artbook, 180g 2LP gatefold edition wit...

Expedition Delta is a project from multi-talented and successful Serbian heavy metal artist, Srdjan Brankovic, best know for being in big power metal band, AlogiA . Srdjan is a guitarist, songwriter and producer and has worked with many other Serbian bands. In this new album Srdjan is united with old friends, as well as introducing some new ones: from Bobby Koelble (Death) ‘til Santiago Dobles again, from Nicola di Già (Banco del MutuoSoccorso) ‘til IP Maestro, and old and new members from AlogiA. The entire album sees the powerful Nikola Mijic take on lead vocals, with help from Andjela Isic providing beautiful vocals that compliment Nikola's tones brilliantly. Srdjan is quite revered, having opened for well known rock acts, Whitesnake, Apocalyptica, Blaze Bayley and more. He is back to stun yet again in this latest offering, where anticipation and expectations are running high, with a fine cavalry on his side... Opening song, 'Spectacular' luckily lives up to it...

Happy Year New Everyone! Updated regularly with new 2016 releases - 7/2/16! So 2015 has come to an end! It brought with it some brilliant rock/metal releases, and sadly the year saw the tragic departure of some of the finest rock legends. Obviously everyone's favourite albums/releases are subject to opinion, but some notable mentions for me include: Disturbed - Immortalized Acoda - Truth Seeker Conquer Divide - Self Titled Papa Roach - F.E.A.R Parkway Drive - Ire Atreyu - Long Live Bullet For My Valentine - Venom Trivium - Silence In The Snow The Echo & The Always - And After That The Dark Weesp - The Void Coldrain - VENA Straight Line Stitch - Transparency King Leviathan - The Shrine Meta-Stasis - The Paradox Of Metanoia WEAK13 - They Live I have probably missed some, but these ones mentioned are worth checking out if you haven't already! 2015 has been a strange year musically for me, as some of the albums that I thought would be in this list, did...