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  Ho, Ho, Ho.... The Holiday Season is here and all is Metal and bright! In the spirit of tradition, Corners of Sanctuary (COS) have again unwrapped an all new, original track to celebrate this year's Yuletide carousing with the single " Christmas Fairytale ," available now through SODEH Records. This latest holiday installment, which is included on the digital EP A Naughty & Nice Merry Metal Xmas XI, stands as the bands twelfth holiday release and is part of COS’ annual Merry Metal Xmas mission. See the promo . Stream A Naughty & Nice Merry Metal Xmas XI digital EP Watch the “Christmas Fairytale” audio visualizer video : “It’s that time of the year again…a Merry Metal Xmas,” says COS guitarist and founder Mick Michaels. “It’s always a special time for us. We just love doing these songs and spreading a little extra holiday COS cheer.” This year’s Metal merriment delivery contains a naughty and nice twist to it. To compliment the “ Christmas Fairytale ” nice side...

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his last ever UK headline tour in 2019. The iconic rockstar that is Ozzy Osbourne who is also dubbed as ‘the Godfather of heavy metal’ is best known for being the lead vocalist of the legendary Black Sabbath who disbanded last year in 2017. He will celebrate an impressive five decades in the music industry, performing his final UK show at the O2 in London in February. Tickets for the shows go on general sale at 9am on September 7. They can be bought here . The full list of shows is below: February 1, 2019 — Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena February 3, 2019 — Manchester Arena February 5, 2019 — Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena February 7, 2019 — Glasgow, the SSE Hydro February 9, 2019 — Birmingham, Genting Arena February 11, 2019 — London, the O2 Judas Priest will act as tour support on select dates. "I've been extremely blessed to have had two successful music careers," Osbourne said of the tour. "I'm looking at this final tour as ...

BEAST IN BLACK, the band featuring former BATTLE BEAST guitarist Anton Kabanen, has just concluded its first hugely successful tour in support of their highly-acclaimed debut album titled Berserker. The band played 9 well attended shows with BEYOND THE BLACK and KOBRA AND THE LOTUS in Germany. But the next chapters of their young history are already set to be written: After performing their very first two headline concerts in Finland in early February 2018 and joining RHAPSODY on their forthcoming 20th Anniversary Farewell Tourafterwards, BEAST IN BLACK will fly over to Japan next May to be part of the 3-show Suomi Feast 2018 with TURISAS, FROSTTIDE, MORS SUBITA and more bands, which will be announced soon. Several festival performances have also been announced, with more to come. All details can be found below. In celebration of all these upcoming shows and a successful 2017, BEAST IN BLACK have launched a brand new lyric video for 'Zodd The Immortal', based on a pictur...

Members Of TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEVENTH VOID and AGNOSTIC FRONT Form New Band SILVERTOMB Formed in the wake of Type O Negative and Seventh Void, SILVERTOMB is the latest musical endeavor of guitarist-vocalist Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Seventh Void, drummer Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig), bassist Hank Hell (Seventh Void, Inhuman) along with New York City hardcore veteran Joseph James, (Agnostic Front, Inhuman) on guitar, and Aaron Joos (Awaken The Shadow, Empyreon) on keyboards, guitar, and backing vocals. Silvertomb combine the musical styles of bands such as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath with a bone crushing, mind blowing sonic experience. Kenny Hickey describes the sound of Silvertomb as "heavy, dark and spiritual - like a dark gospel." Silvertomb will make its performance debut on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the Starland Ballroom, a popular concert venue located in Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey, as part of the ongoing Ride for Dimebenefit. Ride...

Vescera Unveil New Video For "In The Night" From Album "Beyond The Fight" VESCERA has released a new video for the song "In The Night". That song is off the album "Beyond The Fight", which was released on April 7th, 2017 via PURE STEEL RECORDS. The limited vinyl edition will be released on 28th July 2017 and consists of 300 black copies, with 2 Bonus tracks and insert. Check out the official new video below! The outstanding singer MICHAEL VESCERA signed a worldwide deal with Pure Steel Records. After his solo project, Michael Vescera finally has formed a real band. Its new album ´Beyond The Fight´ with the ex-NITEHAWKS musicians Mike Petrone (g), Frank Leone (b) and current ANNIHILATOR drummer Fabio Alessandrini is gaining critical praise all over the world! So what you get now is the finest melodic Metal with US-american influences. Of course the production is superb and supports the heavy melodic songs at its best! If yo...

Marc Vanderberg is a talented guitarist and songwriter from Germany, who is influenced by well known guitarists, Kee Marcello, John Norum and Yngwie Malmsteen. His influences certainly shine through in his new collection of songs in EP, "The Four Elements", especially with some impressive surprise guest vocalists!!.. Opening song, "Storm, Thunder and Lightning" is a slow power metal ballad, with soft vocals, from Paulo Cuevas, that still hit hard, as we see brilliant vocal abilities and range from him, which is mighty and impressive! That along with superb harmonies and melodies, makes this a dangerously beautiful concoction, like that of a 'storm'! "Devil May Care" sees a change in pace, and gets things off to a soaring start, with dark old school vocals from the mighty Swedish vocalist, Goran Edman (Ex Malmsteen/Norum), and Marc showing off his killer guitar work, in this all out heavy metal anthem! "Corrosion Of Socie...