Mad About Rock

From January 31st (today) to February 4th, 2019, 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, will host the exclusive World Live Premiere of Swiss Folk Metal band ELUVEITIE’s new album, “Ategnatos”. To celebrate the upcoming release of their full-length album, ELUVEITIE will perform songs from “Ategnatos” live for the first time ever on board 70000TONS OF METAL. The festival will also host an exclusive listening party for festival attendees who will be the first and only people from around the Globe to hear the new album in its entirety before its official Worldwide release on April 5th, 2019. ELUVEITIE mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann remarks, "We are happy and proud to give the first live impression from our upcoming album 'Ategnatos' on board 70000TONS OF METAL. We are also excited to present songs from our first metal album in five years before anyone else has heard it! We hope that you like the songs as much as we do." ELUVEITIE wi...

Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI are about to kick off an extensive run of dates that will see them travelling across the globe throughout 2019. Kicking off with an 8 date Finnish tour on which they'll be joined on stage by a brass section from Lahti Sinfonia and with support from WALTARI, TROLLFEST and PROFANE OMEN, the band will then hit the road across Europe alongside TURISAS and TROLLFEST. To celebrate their epic trek, KORPIKLAANI has launched another track from their Beer Beer album, which will be included exclusively in the forthcoming Kulkija [Tour Edition], out February 15, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. Today's version features guest vocals by Vesku of Finnish punk rock band KLAMYDIA. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/3ASMLds26m4 Pre-order Kulkija [Tour Edition] now: http://nblast.de/KorpiklaaniKulkijaTE Get the single here: http://nblast.de/KorpiklaaniKaljaa Jonne states, "KLAMYDIA is one of the biggest and best selling rock bands in Finland, but just...

On March 1st, Swedish legends IN FLAMES will unleash ther thirteenth studio album, I, The Mask, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). After rave reactions from their fans for the first singles, the band unleashes the first album webisode, in which singer Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte discuss the writing and recording process in Los Angeles and why they once again decided to work with multi-grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson. Watch the trailer, here: youtube.com/watch?v=U5yFhH9SArU In addition, IN FLAMES have announced the first raft of names for their own annual festival, BORGHOLM BRINNER, that is due to take place on the isle of Öland in Sweden on August 2nd and 3rd, 2019. Prog masters OPETH as well as melodeath pioneers AT THE GATES and California's OF MICE AND MEN have confirmed their appearance at the two day festival. IN FLAMES will headline both nights. The pre-order for I, The Mask as well as severa...

After surprising their fans with 'Insomnia', the proggy and mad first single from their upcoming album, the Swiss progressive folk rockers CELLAR DARLING have dropped a brand new song and have finally announced long-awaited details about their new release. Their second studio album will be a concept album entitled 'The Spell' and it is set to release on March 22nd. Pre-orders are available now and you can get the album as 2 CD-digibook (featuring 13 songs + an audiobook of Anna Murphy telling the story behind the concept), black vinyl or digitally via this link: http://nblast.de/CDTheSpell Along with this big news, CELLAR DARLING unveiled the title track of the album. "As some of you have discovered already, over the past 13 days we have revealed the tracklist of our new album, along with amazing artwork created by Costin Chioreanu, who is also behind all of the beautiful animated videos for the new songs. The 13 tracks of 'The Spell' invite you to...

Witch County nefarious frights DEVILMENT - led by vehement frontman Dani Filth - have released an official live music video for the track 'Hell At My Back', which was shot during the band's storming set at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last year. Watch here: youtu.be/EOIWkEuz1sg The band states: "The live video for 'Hell At My Back’ was taken from Devilment’s performance at Bloodstock 2017, which was an awesome show played at an awesome festival. We had quite a riot at Bloodstock that year, with some truly unforgettable moments courtesy of meeting bands and friends amid many alcoholic beverages. This was actually the last show for both Lauren and Nick, who left the band amicably not long after the show for commitments in the real world. 'Hell At My Back’ is a precursor to our forthcoming appearance at this year’s HRH Metal III. Lyrically, the protagonist of the song is constantly haunted by his past, hunted by the horrors he has confronted since time imme...

New Delhi based Indian Folk Metal band BLOODYWOOD has released the official music video for their single, "Endurant." The viral metal trio first caught their US fans' attention with their metal rendition of the Indian folk song " Ari Ari ," but has developed a sustained base of hard core followers with blistering original tracks fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with brutal guitars and mixed vocal stylings. Check out the new video below: "'Endurant' is a song for those who've faced or continue to face bullying in any aspect of life. We wanted to be as realistic and practical as possible with our message, which is why the song urges to endure and come out stronger rather than retaliate or fight back with force. The video, while maintaining the message of the song, also tries to establish that bullies are not another breed." - Karan Katiyar https://www.facebook.com/bloodywood.delhi/ https://www.youtube.com/bl...

The dramatic and cinematic track “Masters Of Destiny” is the first single from DELAIN’s upcoming releaseHunter’s Moon. It is one of the four brand new studio tracks that are part of the stunning live album + BluRay, which will be released on February 22nd via Napalm Records. DELAIN travelled to Iceland to underline the mystic that lies within the brand new single accompanied by a breathtaking video “Masters Of Destiny”. Watch the video below: DELAIN on the new video: “This is an exciting release for us, and a special one too on account of the fact that we chose one of our more elaborate and unconventional compositions for our first single, showcasing another side of ourselves as a band. We wanted to make the video like an extension to the music; to match the orchestral, instrumental and vocal bombast of the song with visuals of nature in all its grandeur, and we found the perfect backdrop for this in beautiful Iceland. We are very proud to present to you the music vi...