San Francisco Thrashers Mordred has now announced a UK tour for this summer! It has been 22 years since the band last played in the UK, so we can expect a lot of people putting their Thrash hate back on, and coming out to a show! “The land of kings is where Mordred was born, so to us it’s always ...

Hammerfest, now in its 7th year and they are still going incredibly strong. The festival has today announced the first batch of bands that will play the event next March. Hammerfest is a festival that provides an atmosphere that you just don’t get at other metal festivals. Early this year we spoke to rock metallers Maplerun, who said that Hammerfest ...

Berkshire metallers Kraken have just released new track ‘Break Free’ – available for you to name your price over on Bandcamp (http://krakenuk.bandcamp.com/track/break-free). This is the first track released after the bands 3 year hiatus, and with new line-up featuring Robin Godding (Vocals), Dan French (Guitar), Tom Melville (Guitar/vocals), Edd Kerton (Bass/vocals), Jack Bryant (Drums). Rob Godding (lead vocals) speaks of the ...

Wow! It has been such a long time since we have heard anything from Californian mettlers Atreyu. They have risen from the self-imposed hiatus they embarked upon in 2011. The reunited lineup, featuring vocalist Alex Varkatzas, drummer Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel and bassist Marc Mcknight, will return to the stage for the first time in three ...

Psychedelic indie rockers The Black Angels announce new album ‘Clear Lake Forest’ out July 21st via Blue Horizon. Guitarist Christian Bland invites listeners to accompany him on a sonic journey: “After roaming through the Indigo Meadow, the time has come to journey to the Clear Lake Forest, where 7 tales of diamonds, executioners, and other strange occurrences await underneath the ...

Dutch power metallers Lord Volture are set to release new album ‘Will To Power’ this September via Mausoleum Records. The album artwork for their third studio album, was made by Didier Scohier (Hades, Phantom X, Hermann Rarebell, Ritchie Kotzen) and Anne Hermans. ‘Will the power’ was recorded and produced by Bart Hennephof (Textures) and Yuma van Eekelen (Pestilence) at Split Second ...

We have been waiting for something new and tasty from British Hard Rockers NIGHT BY NIGHT for a while now, and they have delivered something delicious. New video ‘A Thousand Lies’ (below) is a track from the bands forthcoming album debut album ‘NxN’ which is set for release July 14th – we can’t wait! Big things are sure to happen as ...

English Indie Rock band Shed Seven have announced the re-release of the three albums that they released via Polydor Records. The three Polydor albums were home to the hit singles ‘Speak Easy’, ‘Dolphin’, ‘Getting Better’, ‘Going For Gold’, ‘She Left Me On Friday’ and fan favorite ‘Chasing Rainbows’. At the height of Shed Seven’s career the band had 3 top ...

American band Crown The Empire have released a stream of their new single ‘Initiation’ – taken from their forthcoming album ‘The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways’. The new album is set for release 21st July on Rise Records. Click here to hear the album teaser. Last time we saw Crown The Empire on their UK run, the crowds came big, ...

Universal Music is celebrating 30 years of Thrash music by re-issuing seminal albums from the founding fathers of this sub-genre for the ThrashBack Campaign. If you haven’t heard of the campaign yet, the lowdown is that it’s a campaign that celebrates Thrash, and offers some very special deals! The ThrashBack campaign kicked off with the inaugural ‘Wear Your Thrash T-Shirt ...