Mad About Rock

  The heavy metal, dark, madcap visionaries, collectively known as AVATAR, have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest in which they have been working on their ninth studio album, Dance Devil Dance, due for release 17th February 2023. Pre-order HERE . The record will be released in multiple vinyl configurations. The configurations can be seen below: Clouds Dipped in Chrome Super Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Metal O-Card with embossed Avatar emblem - 2 pocket silver board gatefold vinyl with platinum Dance Devil Dance vinyl - 24 page photo book - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Hazmat Suit Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Embossed Gatefold with 3 colour A SIDE / B SIDE Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member with lyrics - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Dance Devil Dance Standard Vinyl Includes: - Embossed gatefold jacket with red opaque Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member Additionally, the band have shared the album track listing, includin...

  ‘Vampires’ by INSAMMER, is out now and available for streaming and downloading on all major platforms. The track is taken from the band's upcoming third full-length album, due in November 2021. The video for "Vampires" is premiered on August, 30 via YouTube. Directed by famous Turkish director Can Katipzade, the clip features frontwoman Vika in a role of a super-agent on a mission somewhere around the drug dealer’s mafia (starring all band members). Vika says: ‘Vampires’ is a very strong but yet very passionate track. Throughout the pandemic, me and Dennis were writing a lot of dark, philosophic meaning songs. We tried to write openly about the ups and downs of our lives. All of us are living in a world of illusions and lies, we betray and kill each other just to get a wealthy life. ‘Vampires’ is not a single about medieval horror blood stories but about everyday life with all the sh*t we face on TV, the Internet, magazines. Powerful riffs, heavy guitars and head crash...

Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released a brand new song called 'Feverish'. The song is being made available digitally along with a new version of their last album's single, 'Stålfågel', featuring ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz. Watch the official music video for 'Feverish' here: https://youtu.be/004nwbT--H8 Stream 'Feverish' and 'Stålfågel' feat. Alissa White-Gluz here: https://nblast.de/Soilwork-Feverish Commented the band: We have all been feverish. We have all sometimes given in to the temperature rising inside of us, being ridden by a ghost that made us do things we didn’t want to do, but it somehow felt good afterwards, like a purging of the mortal organism that confines us. Some people say that our bodies were originally designed to have a higher temperature. That when humanity first evolved our bodies were constantly feverish, the warmth subduing our control mechanisms and the neurotic, nervous beh...

We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of IN FLAMES thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). In this second webisode, singer Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte discuss the production and mixing of their new full-length release and how they managed to make the songs sound more aggressive without sacrificing the big melodies. Furthermore, they speak about the artwork and how social media has influenced their lyrics. Watch the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV407e12H80 'I, The Mask' is now available for pre-order and the first limited vinyl colours have already sold out. Get your format of choice here and have a look at the NB exclusive limited edition including the digipak and a special jesterhead mask: http://nblast.de/InFlamesITheMask Pre-order the album digitally, here: https://inflames.ffm.to/themask On August 2n...

Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released a short teaser for the upcoming music video for the next single, 'Witan.' Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xiMtx37vW0 The song is taken from their impatiently awaited 11th album,'Verkligheten', which marks their first in more than three years and also the first to feature Thusgaard on drums, who replaced Dirk Verbeuren in 2016. Watch the official music video for 'Full Moon Shoals' and pre-order the album here: http://nuclearblast.com/soilwork-verkligheten Get/listen to the song here: http://nblast.de/SoilworkFullMoonShoals 'Verkligheten' is set to be released on January 11, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. The first edition digipack, as well as the vinyl versions, will also contain the exclusive 'Underworld' EP, containing 4 more songs (see tracklist below). The digipack version will also feature special artwork with lavish foil print. The album as well as accompanying merchandise is now...

Swedish Death Metal legends THE CROWN will release their new album 'Cobra Speed Venom' next week Friday, March 16th via Metal Blade Records. Produced together with Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman the record promises to be one of the biggest surprises of the year. A return to Death Metal speed and darkness in full glory! THE CROWN have now released the 3rd single taken off 'Cobra Speed Venom'. Click the following link to crank up 'We Avenge!': youtube.com/watch?v=PW7mSZwzqgQ "We Awake - We Avenge! Heroic rise and rightful revenge. A mid-paced monotonous chant with revolution in the air" Surf over to metalblade.com/thecrown to check out the videos for the first two singles, 'Iron Crown' and the title track. At the same location you can pre-order the album in the following formats: --ltd. 1st ed. Digi-CD with 2 exclusive bonus tracks --180g black vinyl --viole(n)t blue marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies) --...

Gothenburg trio MONOLORD team up again with UK caveman battle doom outfit CONAN to bring heaviness to the UK and Ireland starting in Birmingham on May 7, 2018. Prior to that MONOLORD appear at Desertfest Berlin and Nijmegen with Monster Magnet and end in Leiden, Netherlands on May 20th, 2017. MONOLORD May 04 - Berlin, DE: Desertfest May 05 - Nijmegen, NE: Doornroosje (w/Monster Magnet) May 06 - TBA* CONAN + MONOLORD May 07 - Birmingham, UK: Mama Roux's May 08 - Manchester, UK: Rebellion May 09 - Glasgow, UK: Audio May 10 - Nottingham, UK: Rescue Rooms May 11 - Brighton, UK: The Green Door Store MONOLORD May 12 - Bournemouth, UK: The Anvil CONAN + MONOLORD May 14 - Bristol, UK: Thekla May 15 - Dublin, IE: Voodoo Lounge May 16 - Belfast, UK: Voodoo May 17 - Stoke, UK: Sugarmill MONOLORD May 19 – TBC May 20 - Leiden, NE: Gebr De Nobel (Small Hall) ww.ridingeasyrecords.com https://www.facebook.com/monolordsweden https://www.facebook.com/hailconan/