MERCYFUL FATE AND METAL BLADE RECORDS TO ISSUE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL REPRESS OF “DON’T BREAK THE OATH” ON NOVEMBER 1ST

Don’t Break The Oath, the second studio album by Danish heavy metal icons, Mercyful Fate, will see a special vinyl repress on Metal Blade Records on November 1st. Initially issued in 1984 through Roadrunner Records, the Metal Blade edition celebrates the ground-breaking record’s 40th anniversary! Comments Metal Blade founder and CEO, Brian Slagel, “We’re here […]

KROKUS FRONTMAN’S SOLO BAND, STORACE, RELEASES NEW SINGLE “ROCK THIS CITY”

Storace, Swiss rock legend Marc Storace‘s eponymous band, returns with a new single, Rock This City. Out today through Frontiers Music Srl, the track is accompanied by a new visualizer video which is available below. Commenting on the single, Marc had this to say, “Rock This City is about a relationship gone wrong saved by a young man’s ability to […]

ALEX VAN HALEN POSTS SNIPPET OF “UNFINISHED” FEATURING EDDIE VAN HALEN

As previously reported, the audiobook version of Alex Van Halen‘s forthcoming autobiography, Brothers, will contain a previously unreleased song composed by Alex and his brother, legendary Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Titled Unfinished, it is the last piece of music they wrote together and can be heard as Alex narrates his story. A snippet of Unfinished was shared by Van Halen on his social media earlier today […]

MICHAEL SCHENKER RELEASES “ONLY YOU CAN ROCK ME,” FEATURING JOEY TEMPEST, ROGER GLOVER AND OTHERS, FROM HIS FORTHCOMING, “MY YEARS WITH UFO,” RELEASE

Legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker has released Only You Can Rock Me, the third single from his upcoming album My Years With UFO, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Schenker‘s years with UFO. This new single showcases an incredible lineup featuring Joey Tempest (Europe) on vocals, Roger Glover (Deep Purple) on bass, Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Black Country Communion) on keys, and Brian Tichy on drums. To listen to songs previously […]

DREAM THEATER TO RELEASE 7LP VINYL BOX SET DREAM THEATER “VOL. 1” ON SEPTEMBER 27TH

GRAMMY® Award-winning progressive metal trailblazers Dream Theater will unveil their massive new 7LP Box Set, Dream Theater Vol. 1, on September 27th. It notably includes four highly sought-after seminal albums on vinyl, namely Images And Words, Awake, Falling Into Infinity, and Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. It will be exclusively available on Rhino.com […]