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Last month, Nuclear Blast announced the signing of modern metal outfit AMARANTHE. To break up the recording sessions for their upcoming, yet-untitled 2020 studio album, the Swedish/Danish group kick off their 8-date "Helix Nordic Tour 2019" next week. In anticipation of the tour and to give fans a taster of what they can expect at the shows, AMARANTHE have launched a drum cam video, in which Morten Løwe Sørensen can be seen performing the track 'Call Out My Name' during their show at the Ice Hall in Helsinki on February 16, 2019. Watch the video by Antti Kangasaho now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWcKnvu2hg The band will be returning to North American shores in support of their new record in August 2020. Support on this run comes from their label mates, Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST, as well as US-based theatrical metallers SEVEN SPIRES. Tickets as well as ticket + new album bundles are now available from amaranthe.soundrink.com . All upcomin...

Hollywood's hard rock n roll heroes Killin' Candace have released a brand new single and lyric video which is the title track to their upcoming album STRAIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND. "I'm super excited to drop this one as I feel it's some of my best work to date," says Killin' Candace vocalist Aaron Lee. "It also feels like a chaotic time in the world right now, there's a natural sense of tension and division (whether it's political, moral, religious etc) and Straight from the Underground aims to send a message of opening your eyes, looking internally, and realizing that sometimes the enemy is a lot closer to home!" Check out the lyric video below! "I had the pleasure of working with Aaron on creating the lyric video for the song Straight from the Underground. It has an amazing personality to it! This new sound that Killin' Candace are producing is hot and could take them a long way!" -Randy Mathias (Stitc...

Intrepid British metal quintet HEART OF A COWARD release the new music videofor 'Isolation' off their fourth full-length album 'The Disconnect', released earlier this year in June via Arising Empire! Watch the new music video for 'Isolation' here: https://youtu.be/yQPuaK-RlV4 Buy or stream 'The Disconnect' here: https://HeartOfACoward.lnk.to/TheDisconnect Later this month, HEART OF A COWARD will embark on a headline tour with special guests UNPROCESSED! The tour will take them on a 10 date run of the UK in support of latest album ’The Disconnect'. 'HEART OF A COWARD - The Disconnect Tour' With special guests: UNPROCESSED 21/11 Newcastle, Think Tank? 22/11 Edinburgh, Opium 23/11 Sheffield, Network 24/11 Leeds, Key Club 25/11 Stafford, Red Rum 26/11 Chester, Live Rooms 27/11 Cheltenham, Frog & Fiddle 28/11 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach 29/11 Southampton, The Loft 30/11 Tunbridge Wells, Forum More on 'The Dis...

DJ Wyatt Wendels has joined forces with rock royalty for The Planet Rock All Stars single 'You're The Voice' to raise money for mental health charity Mind. The “rocked up” version of John Farnham’s 1986 global smash hit is the brainchild of Wyatt Wendels with Toby Jepson, of Wayward Sons and Little Angels fame, producing the track. Recorded by the Planet Rock All-stars band at Vale Studios in Worcestershire, rock royalty feature on the new charity single, including: Alice Cooper, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Chris Robertson (Black Stone Cherry), Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Nathan James (Inglorious), Jared Johnston (Blackberry Smoke), Doug Aldrich, (The Dead Daisies), Phil Campbell, Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three), Tyler Bryant (Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown), Tony Wright (Terrorvision), Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network), Andrew Freeman (Last In Line), Mollie Marriott, Gill Montgomery (The Amorettes), Whitfield Cr...

Modern progressive metal outfit NOVELISTS FR released their brand new single 'Somebody Else' off their upcoming album 'C'est La Vie', which will be available on the 24th of January 2020 via Arising Empire! Watch the official audio stream for 'Somebody Else' here: https://youtu.be/Qn-L2K5dzfo Buy and/or stream the new single here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/SomebodyElse Pre-order 'C'est La Vie' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/CestLaVie ICYM: Watch the music video for 'Head Rush' here: https://youtu.be/uK73Q22Ncuw Buy and/or stream 'Head Rush' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/HeadRush 'C'est La Vie' tracklist: 01. Somebody Else 02. Deep Blue 03. Lilly 04. Modern Slave 05. C’est La Vie 06. Head Rush 07. Kings Of Ignorance 08. Rain 09. Human Condition More from NOVELISTS FR: 'Eyes Wide Shut' here: https://youtu.be/eQyXKsUQSn8 'L'appel Du Vide': https://youtu.be/1mQx85jewBo 'A Bitter End': https:...

Last month, SEPULTURA announced that their electrifying new concept album Quadra is set to be released in early 2020 - and today the Brazilian metal icons can now reveal that the album will be available on 7th February 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band is also proud to present the debut single 'Isolation', taken from the upcoming album. The song can best be described as a punishing, experimental thrash slap in the face. SEPULTURA debuted the song live at Rock in Rio Festival last month. The performance was recorded and turned into an impressive live video, so their fanbase worldwide can also experience the explosive live energy and charisma of 'Isolation'. Watch and listen to the track here: youtu.be/x2nZ3n8_e3k Guitarist Andreas Kisser comments: "The video was created by using the footage of the performance we did at the Rock in Rio festival last October. It was the world premiere of the song "Isolation" which is a straight forward thrash...

Once they’ve started, it seems like nothing can stop them – that’s something fans love about 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, and it’s also what makes the time between the very first announcement and the actual event so special and exciting for them every year. Just days after the news that Zak Stevens’ new project Archon Angel will play live for the first time ever on board of the Independence of the Seas, the Skipper and his crew didn’t keep their Sailors waiting long before revealing the next highlight for the 3,000 lucky Metalheads. 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, is deeply honored and humbled to have the opportunity to host a legendary figure in the history of Metal guitar on board #RoundX: They welcome the distinguished Michael Schenker, alongside his entourage in MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST, aboard for 2020! And as 70000TONS OF METAL has also gotten used to writing Heavy Metal History, the ...