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Helloween's 'Pumkins United' shows will be one of THE metal highlights in 2017 and quite some dates are confirmed already. Click HERE to check if they're coming to your town...

West coast metal veterans Metal Church will release “Classic Live” via Rat Pak Records on April 28, 2017. Produced by Kurdt Vanderhoof, this special edition release features nine classic Metal Church songs recorded live on their 2016 tour and also includes...

"Reaching Into Infinity" is the title of the upcoming Dragonforce album that will be released on May 19th via earMUSIC. Here comes already the tracklist and the artwork. Tracklist: Standard 1. Reaching into Infinity 2. Ashes of the Dawn 3. Judgement Day...

Heavy metal maniacs Night Demon will release their sophomore album "Darkness Remains" on April 21st, 2017 via Steamhammer/SPV. The disc follows the well-received debut "Curse of the Damned" and features ten new songs. Here comes the artwork and the tracklist....

(8/10) A new album from power metal dinosaur Sanctuary? Yes and no. "Inception" shows Sanctuary's musical endeavor in the very beginning of the band. This longplayer is "Refuge Denied"'s prequel, capturing songs that are partly on the band’s debut and...

(8/10) Edmonton, Alberta isn’t only known for ice hockey. Next to the well known Edmonton Oilers there’s also some metal anchored in the Canadian city. Striker is one of these bands having their home base in Alberta. The four piece band appeared on the...

(7/10) Time is flying, that was my thought when I received the upcoming Crystal Viper album. It was in 2013 when the quartet released their latest longplayer “Possession”. Four years later the quartet will unveil their next longplayer named “Queen of...

(7/10) Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers … and sometimes a bit of both of them. The Murder Of My Sweet’s newest longplayer is belonging to the latter category. Why is this? The Swedish outfit doesn’t come up with a lot of breath-taking new material....

Fates Warning is one of the most important bands in the fields of powerful progressive metal, no doubt. Over a period of 35 years (incl. the ‘Misfit’ years) the guys influenced many bands while constantly releasing albums that are milestones in metal....

(7/10) Chrome Molly is a hardrock outfit, hailing from Leicester, UK. The history of this quartet comes with two eras. The first phase took place between 1981 and 1991, followed by a spilt. In 2009 the band reunited and released two additional longplayer,...

A 66% Scandinavian metal package brought a cold breeze and hot metal to Holland. Swedish metal Templars HammerFall embarked on a headliner tour through Europe, supported by their label companions Gloryhammer and Swedish comrades Lancer - three bands that...

(7/10) Canada is known for some metal. Bands like Annihilator and Voivod are coming from there and also the legendary Rush is connected to the maple leaf. Another band that can look back on a longer band history is Borealis from Orangeville, Ontario....