Ryan Blake Folden, the drummer of Italian metal stars Lacuna Coil, is stepping out of the band as their permanent drummer. He announced his decision in a short statement via social media today. “I did not play on the upcoming record nor will I be touring with the […]
We’ve been enjoying Swiss vocalist Melissa Bonny’s work with bands such as Evenmore, Rage of Light, and Warkings. Now her solo project, Ad Infinitum, have announced their partnership with Napalm Records and a tour to follow their debut album. We’ve had our eye on Ad Infinitum since last […]
Ash Costello and her squad New Years Day dropped a new album “Unbreakable” in April and hit the road to promote their new material on a headlining tour in clubs across the US in June. Naturally, the set focused on new tracks including singles “Shut Up” and “Come […]
Symphonic power metallers Visions of Atlantis just released a lyric video for “Heroes of the Dawn” from their upcoming album. The Austrian metal band around lead singer Clèmentine Delauney will release their new album “Wanderers” on August 30th via Napalm Records. “Wanderers” is the first VOA studio album […]
After a few days of teasing on their social media, Italian goth masters Lacuna Coil reveal the title and release date of their upcoming album. Save the date; “Black Anima” comes out October 11 via Century Media. “Black Anima is all of us. It’s you and it’s me, it’s […]
Dutch symphonic metal stars Epica are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their fourth studio album “Design Your Universe” this fall. In November 2018, they announced five special anniversary shows taking place in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Turkey and Russia. Due to huge demand, the band has decided to […]
The world’s largest open-air metal festival will welcome the Swiss all-female group to the stage for the first time. Burning Witches have announced that they will play Wacken Open Air 2019. The announcement came on July 3rd, the band posting on their Facebook: “WAAAACKEN!!! We are coming to […]
Amaranthe just dropped the news that they will be supporting Swedish heavy metal giants Sabaton on their upcoming “The Great Tour” across Europe in early 2020. Completing the line-up as special guests are Finnish cellists Apocalyptica. See the dates of all 22 shows below. The Great Tour 2020 […]
Dutch symphonic metallers Delain just dropped new tour dates for 2020! The band will be visiting Scandinavia for a headlining tour in March and April. They will stop by the UK, too. See details below. The band says: “After a fantastic experience at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, we […]
Symphonic power metal sailors Visions Of Atlantis reveal the title and release date of their upcoming album. “Wanderers” comes out August 30 via Napalm Records. “The listener will be taken on a journey into the breathtaking depths of the symphonic metal universe. Wanderers offers a captivating musical and […]
Graspop Metal Meeting is one of the highlights of festival season and, of course, symphonic metallers Delain couldn’t miss it even though they’re currently working on a new album. Charlotte Wessels and her squad brought in Goerge Oosthoek and Elianne Anemaat on cello to spice up their already […]
The popularity of German symphonic stars Beyond The Black is rising constantly. A lot of time has passed since they released their debut “Songs of Love and Death” – the band released two more albums, signed to Napalm Records and went through significant personnel changes. We recently caught […]
2019 seems to be a good year for new music from metal goddesses. Many, many bands are releasing or writing new tunes this year. Here’s a quick update on what’s been going on behind the scenes in the recording studios and during songwriting sessions. Part one features Dark […]
Vancouver based progressive metal band KOSM drops their new concept EP “Eyes on the Inside” today! The EP is inspired by a popular video action role-playing game Bloodborne. The band with lead singer Jessie Grace has been around since 2016 and already made a name for themselves in […]
Japanese kawaii metal band Babymetal unveils details of their upcoming studio album, the follow-up to 2016’s “Metal Resistance”. It’s titled “Metal Galaxy” and comes out October 11 via earMUSIC. Listen to the new single “Pa Pa Ya” below. “We’re excited to announce BABYMETAL’s 3rd album ‘Metal Galaxy’! The album’s […]
