One of the most successful rock groups in Japanese history – X Japan, led by Yoshiki – has released their first new single in eight years, “Angel”. You can stream the track on all DSPs and watch a music video below as well. X Japan has achieved legendary status among rock fans worldwide, making a buzz at Coachella, headlining major venues such as Wembley Arena and Madison Square Garden, and selling out Japan’s 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome a record 18 times. Watch and stream the video now.
Tarja Turenen has shared a new single and video for her cover of “The Unforgiven” – a hit song from Metallica’s best-selling self-titled album, a.k.a. “The Black Album!” This is the third and final single from her upcoming live album Rocking Heels: Live At Metal Church, due out on August 11th, 2023.
At The Gates – 2022 – Credit: Rich Price Photography
Norwegian metal festival, Inferno, recently revealed the second raft of bands added to their 2024 lineup. Additionally, they have just announced At The Gates will be joining the fray. As in previous years, the bill, spread across several Oslo venues, comprises of classic acts and newcomers, largely from the realms of extreme metal.
Check out our preview of the new metal and rock releases coming out this week for New Music Friday 7-28-23!
Doom-tinged southern rock outfit, 20 Watt Tombstone, have shared their new single and video, “Prophet Man”, from their upcoming album, The Chosen Few. The Wisconsin duo are set to release the 6 track record on October 20th. Check out the video in the article below.
Harm’s Way recently unleashed their new single and video (directed by Finn O’Connell) of the track “Silent Wolf”. The song features on their upcoming Metal Blade Records release, the Common Suffering album. It is due out on September 29th in various formats. Keep reading below for more details, and to watch the “Silent Wolf” video.
There is no way the album title is meant to foreshadow what’s on the coming horizon. However, Amongst The Low And Empty (Century Media Records) accurately describes Signs Of The Swarm’s newest release. Lacking in ingenuity or inspiration, the deathcore purveyors recycle a small handful of techniques – over-exaggerated marble mouth, sparsely timed drum hits – to muster a record that has value as something intense and heavy, but decidedly not something ground-breaking by any means.
With Pantera set to kick off their highly anticipated US tour opening for Metallica with additional headline shows featuring Lamb of God and Child Bite, SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal (Ch. 40) will become Pantera Radio on Friday, July 28, at 3am ET through Thursday, August 3. SiriusXM subscribers can listen to Pantera Radio on their radios and the SiriusXM App.
Distortion and volume alone do not equate to heavy. Heaviness is the feeling these sounds invoke. Sonic alchemy can be oppressive, horrifying, depressing, creepy or somehow unsettling; Gateway finds themselves touching on all of these feelings on their new album Galgeendood (Transcending Obscurity Records). Belgium is not at the top of my list when it comes to places I might expect this kind of subterranean death doom to emerge from, but here we are. This album is the follow-up to Robert Van Oyen’s 2015 debut, under the Gateway moniker.Continue reading
“Drinking beer, smoking marijuana, listening to Judas Priest…” stems from a shoddy news report detailing the Judas Priest lawsuit trial from 1990. But for those in the know, the sample from the said report was the awesome opening touch that Nails went with on the Among the Arches of Intolerance/In Pain single from 2015. If you don’t own the Decibel Magazine flexi, do yourself a favor and give it a listen on your preferred streaming platform. The same beer-swilling, reefer madness slogan would make perfect sense paired with another Oxnard, California standout in Dead Heat.
