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  Enter Shikari are today sharing ‘Bloodshot’ , the third single to be taken from their highly-anticipated forthcoming album A Kiss For The Whole World, which will be released on 21st April via SO Recordings / Ambush Reality. Hear ‘Bloodshot’ here . Pre-order A Kiss For The Whole World here . ‘Bloodshot’ follows recent singles ‘ (pls) set me on fire ’ and ‘ It Hurts ’, both of which were instantly embraced with open arms by fans old and new, and received their first live outings during the band’s sensational run of sold-out February residency shows in the UK. For Enter Shikari, rejuvenation, resilience and resurrection have been on the agenda as they introduce new music to the world. However, in the arrival of ‘Bloodshot’ the band have more questions to pose themselves, and us. Lead vocalist and producer Rou Reynolds explains: “Every day, I seem to be asking myself “Is this article biased?”, “is this claim true?”, “Should I be more furious about this issue? Or less furious?”, “...

  Motörhead, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, unleash a brand new video for the previously unreleasedtrack “Greedy Bastards”, taken from the upcoming release Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC. “Greedy Bastards” is the second rare gem found in the recording session vaults for the 23rd (and final) studio album, Bad Magic in 2015. Instantly hailed as one of the best albums the beloved trio had recorded in many years, Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC is the ultimate bumper reissue, including the only recently released stomper “Bullet In Your Brain”, as well as a snarling, fangs-out live performance from the Bad Magic tour at the giant Mt Fuji Festival in Japan in 2015. Fans will also get “War, Love, Death and Injustice”, an audio interview with Lemmy conducted by Motörhead expert Robert Kiewik during the tour, and should the desire to have a chat with Lem or anyone beyond this mortal coil arise, the box-set will exclusively contain a MURDER ONE ouija board (complete with the Ace of ...

Canada's finest hardcore/punk outfit, COMEBACK KID, have announced the release of brand new music in the form of a 2 track single, Beds Are Burning. The single will include the band's cover of the MIDNIGHT OIL classic as well as the previously unreleased song 'Little Soldier', which came together during the Outsider sessions. Andrew Neufeld explains why they decided to cover MIDNIGHT OIL: "A while back I randomly saw the video for the song Beds Are Burning. I had heard it in passing many times before but the video intrigued me at that particular time. After finding out that it was a protest song about giving back lands to an indigenous group in Australia, it resonated with me because of the current situation our Canadian government has with its indigenous people." The single will be released digitally on May 4 via Nuclear Blast. A limited print run of 500 7" vinyl will be available direct from the band on tour. COMEBACK KID will be hitting UK shores ...

Hampshire doom metal maniacs Witchsorrow are due to release their fourth studio album, Hexenhammer, on May 25th via Candlelight Records. Written during a hermetic period following an intense run of live shows, and recorded at Skyhammer studio in Cheshire with long-time co-conspirator Chris Fielding (Conan, Primordial, Electric Wizard), and mastered at the legendary Orgone studios by Jaime ‘Gomez’ Arellano(Ghost, Paradise Lost), the seven featured songs find Witchsorrow continuing to explore the darker corners of doom, illuminating them with the blinding light of sheer heavy metal forged of the strongest steel. It’s an almost anthemic soundtrack to the end of the world lyrics… “I’ve always been obsessed with the end of the world,” explains vocalist / guitarist Necroskull . “On previous albums I’ve been wanting it to happen, because I was caught in a very dark place. On ‘No Light, Only Fire’ I was almost angry that it hadn’t happened. Now, it’s a massively confusing time where we...

THERION | NEW ALBUM 'BELOVED ANTICHRIST' OUT NOW  CHRISTOFER DISCUSSES HIS VISION FOR THE STAGE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERA IN LAST ALBUM TRAILER The wait is over! Symphonic metal titans THERION finally release their new opera Beloved Antichrist today. The three-hour-long opera, conceived for the stage, is loosely based on the Russian novel 'Short Tale of the Antichrist', which was brought to life with the help of 27 different vocal roles. Watch as Christofer Johnsson speaks about the stage performance that he envisions for his larger than life project in the last album trailer: https://youtu.be/7mdqCwyETdw   Order Beloved Antichrist on a variety of formats, here: http://nuclearblast.com/therion-belovedantichrist THERION are currently working on the possibility of bringing the entire production to the stage - and while this monumental undertaking still simmers away in the production halls, the band has announced a pan-European tour taking them to 25 dif...

New York City-based heavy metal band SINARO are streaming the video for their new single “The Living Dead.” Led by Brazilian born guitarist Gus Sinaro, the band has recently been making a significant impact in the New York City metal scene. Coming off their recent successful appearance at New York City’s legendary Irving Plaza, the band has been hard at work hashing out material for a forthcoming new album. “The Living Dead” is an impressive horror themed, melodic anthem which features a guest appearance by UK shredder Andy James, who also mixed the recording.  Check out the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxNyGpKjxk&feature=youtu.be SINARO has shared the stage with Flotsam & Jetsam, Saving Abel, Angel Vivaldi, Revocation, Rhapsody, Primal Fear, Gus G and more. The band is currently playing select regional dates and prepping for a busy 2018 schedule. They're proudly endorsed by ESP Guitars, EMG Pickups, Ernie Ball, Hughes & Kettner...

Spiny Normen premiere a new track from their forthcoming posthumous album -- 40 years in the making -- via Classic Rock Magazine. Hear and share "Bell Park Loon" HERE: http://teamrock.com/feature/2018-01-25/everything-you-need-to-know-about-spiny-normen-texass-great-lost-psych-band Spiny Normen is an incredible mid-70's Houston hard rock, progressive, psychedelic rock band (yes, all that and more) that featured mellotron, vox jaguar, crunchy, heavy guitars, flute with echo effects, and lots more. A totally lost relic this album is, recorded at the community college and never released. This band has a very English, dark, mysterious and proggy but very acid-drenched feeling to it. Vocalist/guitarist Steve Brudniak dishes on the band's founding and this exceptional recording: Circa 1976, Gerry and I would skip class, smoke whatever scrap of contraband we could scrape together and meet in the high school auditorium where there was a piano and bang out crunchy rhyt...

Ded have released a new horror-themed video for 3rd single "Hate Me". To celebrate the release, the single is now on sale everywhere for just .69 cents. The clip finds the band playing inside a spooky looking house with a bit of a supernatural vibe going on as they deliver their energetic performance of the track. Singer Joe Cotela says, “What's up world! We've just released the video for our new single "Hate Me"! This song is all about self-empowerment. It's about following your gut and being who you know you truly are, without being influenced by all of the bullshit around you. It’s about not succumbing to negative energy from negative people." He continues, "There are people that do nothing with their lives, but talk shit about someone who is on their grind. You can hate my hustle all day - but you will not stop it. This isn't a song for boneheads that think it's cool to be an asshole. It's about doing something positi...

DISCHARGE RELEASED NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR  "THE BROKEN LAW" UK hardcore punk legends DISCHARGE released their latest album End Of Days on April 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. In collaboration with German Rock Hard Magazine, the band presents a new video clip for the song "The Broken Law" today. The video was shot in autumn 2017 in London by Stuart Sterling. The band states: "So what do we have to say bout this video ? Nothing. The words and the images in the video speak for themselves... this is the world we are living in." Check it out here:  Order End Of Days now: http://nblast.de/DischargeEndOfDaysNB The track list racks up as follows: 01. New World Order 02. Raped And Pillaged 03. End Of Days 04. The Broken Law 05. False Flag Entertainment 06. Meet Your Maker 07. Hatebomb 08. It Can’t Happen Here 09. Infected 10. Killing Yourself To Live 11. Looking At Pictures Of Genocide 12. Hung Drawn And Quartered 13. Population C...

PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS Unveil New Song! PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have released the first single off their upcoming debut album, The Age Of Absurdity. Check out the official lyric video for 'Ringleader' at: https://youtu.be/3c9k2xzd8aY The album is now available for pre-order in various formats here: nblast.de/PCATBSAgeOfAbsurdity 'Ringleader' can now be purchased as an instant grat track or streamed here: http://nblast.de/PCATBSRingleader The band is currently touring the UK as support for Australian rockers AIRBOURNE. Find all tour dates listed below. The Age Of Absurdity was recorded at Rockfield Studios and Longwave Studios in Wales and produced, engineered and mixed by Romesh Dodangoda and mastered at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. The Age Of Absurdity will feature 11 tracks + 1 bonus track (see tracklist below) and will be released on January 26, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. ...

AUDREY HORNE Unleash New Song & Video AUDREY HORNE will be back on the road with their new beauty “Blackout” in January 2018 – as a brand new release and for a tour throughout Germany, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland as well. Today (16th November) the band delivers a kick-ass live video for the first song from the new album entitled “This Is War” which is a massive rock`n`roll party! AUDREY HORNE states on the first track release “This Is War”: “We are proud to soon be able to release our new album Blackout, and to give you a taste of what’s to come we are doing an early release of the opening track “This is war”. We are first and foremost a live band so we have added some images from our life on the road to accompany it. Hope to see you as a part of this when we start our tour in January. Stay classy, Audrey Horne. “ Lend your ear to the thundering Iron Maiden leads that “This Is War” has to offer and watch the video HERE ! Album artwork by Asle Birkeland Full...

New Single 'Antisocial' Out Via Spinefarm Records Now! Finland’s finest farmers are back with two hillbilly-fied versions of Gallic legends Trust’s classic track (also made famous by Anthrax), ‘Antisocial’. Going bilingual, the boys are shaking the foundations by releasing the track in both French and English. Hootenanny headbanging is officially a global craze and is spreading like wildfire! “Hello hello! We've been touring quite a lot in France, and it's been great by the way. We were told about this amazing punk rock song by Trust, and since Pukki is a multi-lingual renaissance man it felt good to make the song in both French and English. The arrangement came together when we added accordion, cowbell, doubled the bass drum and threw in some string instruments. For us, this song is very to-the-point, and it feels good to do something different for a change!Oui monsieur! See you on tour!” - Steve ‘n’ Seagulls Stream & download the track from here: ht...

Introducing fresh sounds from their recording sessions with British producer John Kettle, Wigan (UK) based alt-rock trio are hosting their new track 'Let The City' as a free stream direct from the bands soundcloud page. Let The City is set to feature on the bands long-awaited new album release planned for Summer of 2018. Having gained a loyal cult-following with their gritty post-grunge rock outs sprinkled with a dose of psychedelic reverie, Deepshade have been grafting away at their song and stage craft since forming in late 2013. Snowballing into the public psyche with the release of their acclaimed debut 'Everything Popular Is Wrong', the band have paid their dues with numerous festival appearances and UK tours alike. Continually pushing their own creativity and sonic explorations, Deepshade fans can expect some interesting diversions and progressions with their new & forthcoming material. Hear the new song 'Let The City' below! https://soundcl...

Falling Through April Release New Song And Video, “Desperate Measures” Charlotte, NC alt-rockers Falling Through April are premiering their dramatic new video for the song, " Desperate Measures ." "'Desperate Measures' is a song about not letting someone else bring you down or control you," says lead singer Mikaela Salazar, "that real 'charmer' that sneaks their way in and then you can’t get them out. It is an anthem for empowerment and just leaving those that try to drag you down behind." The single is the newest material from Falling Through April, following their independent releases Take Flight (2012) and Risk and Reward EP (2015). In the last two years, they have toured with bands such as the Pretty Reckless and Flyleaf, and have performed at festivals, including Warped Tour and SXSW. "We traveled to a little town called Newnan in Georgia to shoot the music video for “Desperate Measures” — it’s in the same area they film...

Introducing Glasgow born post hardcore/metalcore outfit TENEMENTS who will release their new single 'Standing On The Backs Of Angels' this autumn via Flare and Flame Records. 'Standing On The Backs Of Angels' is a message for everyone who has experienced some form of toxicity, whether it be from a friendship, relationship or belief. Everyone at some point in their life has all been in a position where enough is enough and the band expresses that feeling in their new single. The track premiered exclusively with Punktastic.com and can now be heard here below.. Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-179916474/standing-on-the-backs-of-angels This November the band hit the road for the first time after recently debuting their live show in Glasgow, supporting Rise Records' DEAD!. 2018 will see the band release a debut five track EP, along with as playing as many live shows as possible. TENEMENTS take influence from every style of music that they take pleasu...

Photo credit: Michelle La Grue Photography Samarkind premiere new song 'Fire and Blood' ahead of Inglorious show and debut album. Hard rock blues group SAMARKIND have premiered a new single. 'Fire and Blood' is the second song to be lifted from the band's highly anticipated self-titled debut album, which is released 24th November 2017. This new offering oozes quality and comes just days before Samarkind's special guest slot to INGLORIOUS on their UK-IRE tour, at The Academy, Dublin, on the 4th October. 'Fire and Blood' (official music stream): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5E_Dt_P6VE "What started out as a bluesy/rootsy track ended up becoming quite a rocker", comments Samarkind frontman David Paul Byrne, "'Fire and Blood' is interspersed with a lot of light and shade, with a beautiful picking riff added to a killer guitar solo. Vocally it is angry, as the lyrics comment on a lot of peoples general apathy... as in som...

ANTI-FLAG Release New Song "Racists" In Wake Of Charlottesville Violence Anti-Flag have released the new song "Racists" in wake of the violence that occurred this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Listen to "Racists" via the lyric video here  and below. Below is the band's statement: "We stand in solidarity with those fighting racism and fascism in the streets of Charlottesville and beyond. We believe it is time for the removal of all monuments to the confederacy and the racism for which they stand. We must put these symbols of white supremacy into places where the proper context can be provided for what they actually are; outdated, backwards, and antithetical to what we believe the values of humanity should be. It is past time to have real conversations on systemic racism and America's history of it. There are museums memorializing the Holocaust all across Europe, while America continues to try to hide from its racist and ...

CRADLE OF FILTH Unveil New Lyric Video  'You Will Know The Lion By His Claw' UK's legendary extreme metal icons CRADLE OF FILTH have released the second single off their eagerly awaited 12th album, Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness Of Decay. Watch the official lyric video for 'You Will Know The Lion By His Claw': https://youtu.be/s8r6DoD83ok Commented singer Dani Filth:  "This track is one of my favourite songs from the new 'Cryptoriana' album - aside from ‘Achingly Beautiful’, ‘Death And The Maiden’ and the title track- due to its very unique flavour and its vehement brutality. The culminative strike is especially very 'Dusk… and Her Embrace' era Black Metal… Inspired by the works of H. Rider Haggard, a Victorian author who schooled in my home town of Ipswich, this song uses the railroad annexation of the Transvaal in Africa during the 19th century to paint a vision of the greedy machinations of man coming up against a furious...