ILL NINO ANNOUNCES NEW TOUR DATES. Shows Take Latin Metal Band Across The U.S. & South America. Latest album, Epidemia, is available now.

Known as “America’s Blue Collar band” XFactor1 is the real mother deal y’all. One listen to their newest release Famous. Last. Words. and you will hear an album (and band) that is filled with emotion, energy, and killer hard rocking music. Famous. Last. Words.has 13 ass-kicking treats for your metal ears that will leave you wanting to gorge again and again.

There are many words that are used to describe emotion but when combined, three words describe it better than any other. Those three words would be Another Lost Year.

The Acacia Strain Forced to Leave Co-Headliner; Van Accident.

Genre defying experimental noise merchants SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS, have decided to drop off their current tour with THE BUNNY THE BEAR.

American rock act JOLLY suffered severely from hurricane Sandy in New York. JOLLY has been working on recording their second studio album Audio Guide To Happiness, Part II, but hurricane Sandy completely destroyed the band’s rehearsal room and drummer Louis Abramson’s studio. All of the band’s equipment was ruined by the massive flooding of the enormous storm. In March 2013, JOLLY is planning to go on tour with label-mates RIVERSIDE. They are currently asking for help from their friends and fans and have set up a rescue fund to finance the new band equipment and the reconstruction of the studio, so the European tour can take place next year and they can finish the recording of their album. Depending on the donated sum, the band is offering different thank-you gifts to the donors.

We’ve all heard the classic slogan “Cleveland Rocks”. While it may have been a TV sitcom’s introduction/theme song that made that slogan famous some years ago, it will be the metal band based in that fine city known as Affiance that will bring that slogan back and to heavy music reality. What Affiance will also bring back in the process is (and most importantly) what true rock and metal fans long for: melodic metal with soaring vocals and driving guitars.

Are you bored of metal bands consistently droning out the same note in a blasphemous attempt at getting the “Heavy” and “Brutal” sound, trying to reflect the good old days of rock? The London based Ace Mafia is our Indie Band of the Week for a reason – they provide the raw heaviness that we wanted whilst sticking to their classical roots. We got to interview their bassist – Geos – and you can see how the interview went here…

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Marty McCoy from Bobaflex is good-humored, and hands-down one of the most personable people I’ve had the pleasure to speak with in a long time. If you haven’t heard Bobaflex’s Hell in My Heart, you’ve done yourself a disservice. Check this interview, get a copy of the album, visit them on facebook and at theofficialbobaflex.com, request ‘Sound of Silence’ from your radio station, and make Bobaflex a household name. You won’t regret it!

Don’t know what to make for the Holidays? Check out this cookbook with 147 recipes from some of the biggest names in rock!

Read the review of the new six-song EP by Halestorm recorded live at the Warner Sound Studios.

An in-depth interview with George Lynch in which he talks about everything from his new adventure with two of his former Dokken bandmates, music & guitars, to the plight of Native American Indians.

Jim Martin, formerly of Faith No More, opens up after a decade of silence to answer fans questions about FNM and his reluctance for a reunion.

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SLASH featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators have announced they’ll release a special 3-disc special edition of their album APOCALYPTIC LOVE which includes bonus and acoustic tracks exclusively at Best Buy on November 19.

Kreator gave venue promoters a piece of their mind after a blackout at a recent gig at Salamandra in Barcelona, Spain left them in the dark for 30 minutes.

Read all about the eclectic, wild mix of mayhem that is…The Coney Island Rock N’ Roll Roadshow!

It is good to see a band spend time and effort on a B-side collection, unlike most bands or record labels that push out these collections to either generate money for the label or buzz for an upcoming record, Kylesa have spent over a year going through their back catalogue to produce a wondrous accumulation of material that will satisfy die hard fans and new fans alike.

Melodic. Punk. Emo. Metal. Epic. Energetic. Heartfelt. Intense. Indefinable. All words that describe the 5 piece onslaught known as Her Bright Skies. Though their cockiness and the musical language is all American, the accent is 100% grade-A Swedish. Hailing from a small town in Sweden named Jonkoping, these guys know how to grab you by the codicils and take you for a ride, whether you like it or not.