DEEP PURPLE RELEASE VIDEO FOR SECOND SINGLE OFF OF THEIR FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM, “SPLAT!,” LISTEN TO “DIABLO” HERE

Deep Purple have released the official music video for their new single, Diablo. The new track is the latest taste of Splat!, the band’s new studio album, due July 3rd. Diablo follows Arrogant Boy (which can be heard here), the first single from Splat! and opens the door to one of Deep Purple‘s surreal new story worlds: the most dangerous place on earth, where […]
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: CARMINE APPICE SAYS THAT METALLICA IS THE FIRST TRUE HEAVY METAL BAND, “BEFORE ALL THAT, IT WAS HARD ROCK” (*VARIATION ON THE ROGER DALTREY COMMENT)

n a new interview with Poland’s MetalSide, legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice believes that Metallica was the first true heavy metal band. He said (as per blabbermouth.net), “I consider heavy metal starting with Metallica. Before all that, it was hard rock. The crunchy guitars, the buzztone guitar and the double bass following guitar, that’s what started heavy metal. Everything else before […]
SOUL ASYLUM ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE TOUR

Soul Asylum has announced a worldwide tour that will take the band across North America, South America, and beyond, bringing their celebrated live show to audiences around the globe (tickets on-sale Friday, June 5). The announcement comes as the band prepares to release MPLS Unplugged later this summer, a special live album celebrating the 30th […]
L.A. GUNS BRING THE “ELECTRIC GYPSY” BACK FROM THE GUILD THEATRE WITH NEW ‘LIVE FROM THE GUILD THEATRE’ ALBUMOUT JULY 3RD THROGH CLEOPATRA RECORDS

July 3rd sees the release of one of the most anticipated live albums of the metal year, a full all-format release for Live From The Guild Theatre, recorded almost exactly one year earlier at the onstage launch of L.A. Guns’ most acclaimed album in years, the mighty Leopard Skin. It nails it here, too, sliding in between […]
EUROPE SHARES SECOND VIDEO/SINGLE, “THE CULT OF IGNORANCE” FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING “COME THIS MADNESS” OUT SEPTEMBER 25TH

Europe release the hook-laden new single, The Cult of Ignorance, the second track unveiled from their highly anticipated forthcoming studio album, Come This Madness, set for release on September 25th through Silver Lining Music. Pre-orders are available now. Driven by an instantly memorable hook and an anthemic chorus, The Cult of Ignorance combines undeniable catchiness […]
ARMORED SAINT PRESENTS “EVERY MAN-ANY MAN” VIDEO

Armored Saint today presents their video for Every Man-Any Man. The track comes off the band’s critically-lauded new full-length, Emotion Factory Reset, out now on Metal Blade Records. “‘Any man has his price’ is a more familiar phrase and that’s the theme, but we didn’t want to call it that,” recalls vocalist John Bush on […]