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California’s Witherfall has established themselves as a masterfully enduring force of modern prog metal. Based in Los Angeles, the quartet’s somber lyrical perspective and melodic emphasis ring especially poignant in their half-a-decade career. Their first two full-length releases – 2017’s self-released Nocturnes and Requiems and 2018’s Century Media Records effort …

Snake Bite Whisky are an Australian outfit who channel 80s-inspired decadence, hook-laden songwriting, and most importantly, genuine rock n’ roll spirit. Formed in December 2014, the Brisbane quartet soon experienced success on an international level. Their first two self-releases – Two Steps to Oblivion and Dirty, both buzzing in 2016 …

Back in 1989, Tennessee quartet Tora Tora utilized what would become their signature southern-tinged blend of glam metal on their A&M Records debut, Surprise Attack. Amidst a gradually shifting musical climate, the album still managed to crack the Billboard Top 50 with such hits as “Walkin’ Shoes” (the first Memphis-based …

Los Angeles Hard Rock Band VARNA has released the lyric video for their single, “The Craving.” “We are extremely proud to release such high driven female powered beast as ‘The Craving’ for 2019. This song about the push and pull of primal emotions you have instantly with someone–that carnal desire–but it never …

  1. Toby Driver – They Are The Shield (Blood Music) Toby Driver is the mastermind of maudlin Of The Well and Kayo Dot, US avant-garde metal bands and “They Are The Shield” is his third solo album in thirteen years. Known for his unconventional writing, this album is based …

Trenton, NJ based Heavy Metal band MIDNITE HELLION have announced that they will be joining OTEP. The trio will be joining the tour on December 18 at Spicoli’s Reverb – Live Music and Bar Arcade in Waterloo, IA and will continue through December 23 at Liquid Joe’s in Salt Lake City, UT. Midnite Hellion will also be …

Heavy Rock band QUOR has released the official lyric video for “Raising The Dead,” off of their January 25th released EP, The Way We Are. The concept for the track came from a walk through a shallow burial ground in Ireland, “There was an impact left from the image of the bones laying …

Having cemented themselves as one of the staples of djent, the U.K.’s Tesseract have returned with their fourth LP, Sonder, a captivating work of metal that demonstrates the band’s continued pursuit to blur genre boundaries. Given that Tesseract’s already renowned discography has effectively raised expectations for their future projects, longtime …

With their debut album, Make them Bleed, having just been released, masked metal quartet Terror Universal are looking to shake up the hard rock scene with their theatrical and aggressive approach to metal. Here, vocalist, Plague, took the time to answer some questions regarding the latest album, his musical influences, his songwriting process, …

Japan’s Loudness have proven a pivotal force for well over three decades in not only the development, but longevity, of Japanese heavy metal. Formed in 1981, the Osakan quartet is best known for their western major label crossover success in the mid-80s, based on the hits “Crazy Nights” (off 1985’s …