The latest, and maybe last Bandcamp Friday is this week, Friday, December 6th 2024! As announced previously Bandcamp Fridays would continue in 2024, but no word if they will be back in 2025. The brand was sold by Epic Games to Songtradr in 2023. Comment on our socials with links to your bands’ Bandcamp page!Continue reading
Welcome to Black Friday 2024, where the entire human race is trapped in a weird time loop where we attempt crush down our unbridled trauma with retail therapy! Wahooo! We have all your Rock and Metal gift needs and gifts the ones you love, and for yourself (you narcissistic dweebs!) J/k, us too! The Black Friday and Holiday Gift guide For Rockers and Metalheads is here. Check out all the links below to support bands, labels, festivals, record stores, and other small and local businesses this year for Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. And don’t forget to donate to some worthwhile charities on Giving Tuesday!
Two-time GRAMMY-nominated progressive heavy metal band Spiritbox are gearing up for their next chapter with the announcement of their sophomore album, Tsunami Sea, set for release on March 7, 2025 via Pale Chord Records in partnership with Rise Records. The album was produced by Dan Braunstein and Mike Stringer, mixed by Zakk Cervini and mastered by Ted Jensen. In tandem with the news, the band has dropped their latest single, “Perfect Soul,” alongside another one of their signature visually captivating music videos shot and directed by Dylan Hryciuk at Versa Films. Watch it now! Continue reading
Name changes can be important. Many great bands start out under completely different names only to find a quick re-evaluation of their brand is key to their eventual success.
In the case of Neckbreakker, language appears to have been at least partly responsible as their recent name change alters nothing in its meaning, just the form in which it is delivered. Continue reading
Miracle Blood’s latest album Hello Hell would serve as a standout piece within any punk music lover’s record collection. Their new album Hello Hell, released by Nefarious Industries, is a cacophonous concoction of noise-punk, sludge, and heavy metal. The band’s sophomore LP is strange and unusual, and may be found to be the next underground favorite of those who themselves are strange and unusual.Continue reading
Aftershock Festival 2025, one of the crown jewels of the Danny Wimmer Presents rock and metal festivals will drop their early bird ticket sales tomorrow, December 5th, 2024 at noon pst. Aftershock promised its biggest lineup yet in 2024 and the fan-favorite event delivered with four nonstop days at Sacramento’s Discovery Park over October 10-13. The 12th edition of the annual festival welcomed 160,000 music fans from all 50 states and 30 countries around the world, retaining its title as the West Coast’s largest rock festival and bringing an estimated $30 million economic impact to California’s capital city. Get passes and info on all levels including the new Super VIP level at the link below.
This Detroit-based Sludge band Pillar Of Light moves into their brand of Metal like a storm cloud on their debut full-length Caldera (Transcending Obscurity Records) with a hypnotic manner of riffing that allows the songs to flow. Continue reading
In this episode, Keefy chats with Punk Rock legend John Wright (No Means No) of Dead Bob! The band is currently on tour supporting their new album “Life Like!” John discussed his lengthy career, his reinvention as the leader of Dead Bob, his other endevours such as teaching, robotics, beer brewing, and more!
Metal powerhouse Bleed From Within have announced their new album Zenith that’s set to be released on the 4th April via Nuclear Blast Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have revealed the video for new single “In Place Of Your Halo,” a thunderous shot of modern metal fury that pays homage to their native Scotland with a bagpipe-backed refrain for the ages.Continue reading
American Nightmare are celebrating 25 years as a band, with an anniversary party at the Monarch in Brooklyn, on February 15, alongside some very special guests. The band has also announced an exclusive European performance at Revolution Calling Festival on November 22, 2025 in Eindhoven, NL with Cold As Life, Cockney Rejects and others. Keep reading for more.
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Italian progressive metallers, Athena XIX, have revealed another new single, “The Calm Before the Storm.” It is taken from their upcoming album, Everflow Part 1: Frames Of Humanity, which will be released on December 6th, via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Check out the new track and more below.
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Wrapping up the successful European leg of their 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 – 2025 last week, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are releasing the next piece of music from their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia. The track “A Broken Man” is the latest track from the iconic reunited lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Portnoy. The song opens with a driving musical barrage that subsides as LaBrie tells the story of a war vet who is experiencing sleep disturbances such as nightmares and insomnia, due to combat experience. The song contains audio from actual vets speaking about their personal horrors and replaying the traumatic events of wartime deployments. A visualizer for the song – created by longtime collaborator Wayne Joyner – that captures the essence of “A Broken Man” is now available here:Continue reading
The Black Pacific have just unveiled the official music video for their new single “Best Day Ever,” directed by Jason Passaro. The song is featured on the band’s recently released 11-track album, Here Comes Our Wave (Dine Alone Records). Watch the new video below.
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