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Ex-SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO Announces Debut Solo Album, ‘Rites Of Percussion’ Dave Lombardo, one of the most influential, innovative and prolific drummers of modern music, will release his debut solo album, “Rites Of Percussion”, on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings.

The 13-track collection, previewed with today’s release of “Journey Of The Host”, is the result of a 40-year career that saw Lombardo rise to prominence as a co-founder of SLAYER, earn two Grammy Awards, and expand his repertoire across genres. The Cuban-born Lombardo&#8

The American Hard Rock band JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 will release a new album entitled ‘Crash of Life’ on June 16, 2023 via FRONTIERS Records.”Crash Of Life” introduces a new talent into the fold as Girish Pradhan (Girish And The Chronicles, The End Machine) takes on lead vocal duties on the album.

As with the previous two albums, the all-star cast of bassist Tony Franklin (Blue Murder, The Firm), drummer Vinny Appice (Last In Line, ex-Dio, Black Sabbath), and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo, Black Country Communion) contribute their immense

The American Thrash Metal band EXMORTUS will release a new album entitled ‘Necrophony’ on August 25, 2023 via NUCLEAR BLAST.With the EP “Legions Of The Undead” and the single “Oathbreaker” the waiting time for the new EXMORTUS album was shortened,

which was also bitterly necessary, because the Death and Thrash Metal community was already very hot for new material.

1. Masquerade
2. Mask of Red Death
3. Oathbreaker
4. Mind of Metal
5. Storm of Strings
6. Test of Time
7. Darkest of Knights
8. Prophecy
9. Chi

The Swiss Heavy Rock band THE GROUND SHAKER will release a new album entitled ‘Rogue Asylum’ on May 19, 2023 via FASTBALL Music.After the first album “Down The Hatch” (2017) and several concerts, THE GROUND SHAKER

broke free from the shackles of the pandemic’s lockdowns to produce their second opus of 13 tracks “Rogue Asylum”, offering a groovy and resonating rock, chiseled with raging riffs and bewitching harmonies.

1. 88 Strong As A Lion
2. Mask Of Insantiy
3. A World Which Only I Can See
4. I Wonder Why
5. Dragon

The Swiss Symphonic Metal band GREEN LABYRINTH will release a new album entitled ‘Sequences’ on June 23, 2023 via FASTBALL Music.The word “progressive” can be explained with “developing” or “evolving”. The band GREEN LABYRINTH takes this to heart, and so the Swiss band ventures further into the depths of progressive metal with their new line-up, without forgetting their symphonic roots.

With nine brand new songs, the band demonstrates their entire musical and lyrical spectrum. Starting with the epic eight-minute opener

Snake Oil’s musical prowess and exceptional stage performance have been honed over years of performing, in a full-blown costumed theatrical live show. Their live performance has placed them firmly as a North American headlining show. They have performed on concert stages with classic rock royalty, including The Beach Boys, Whitesnake, Starship, Cheap Trick, Night Ranger,

Rick Springfield, The Guess Who, Blue Öyster Cult, Foghat, Slaughter, Great White, Warrant, Lita Ford, Bret Michaels and many others. Both Dee Snider of Twisted Sister and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt have flown in to join Snake Oil as gue

8 years after their first album “Leaders” SUPREMACY returns with their new full length album “Influence”! “Influence” will be released worldwide on CD & Digital on 30 June 2023 through Lions Pride Music! Supremacy is a melodic hard rock band from Latin America formed in Bogotá, Colombia, back in 2009.

The band’s early years were filled with great shows, playing alongside mainstream bands such as Scorpions, Cinderella and Baron Rojo, among others. This helped the band build their own personality and style within the hard rock

Strangerland is a melodic rock project created by Alex Patman from Athens, Greece. It all tarted several years ago as a home studio project, ‘stacking’ demo songs with Greek or English lyrics. The original name of the project was Stranger,

but after finding that many bands had the same name, ‘land’ was added, inspired from the name of the old Greek band, Wasteland. In any case, names are not important. It is just a label. During the last years, singer David Cagle got on the vehicle, by adding his voice and harmonies to complete the final result and then the idea of an album not to miss wa

“Echoes from the Past” will be released on 23.06.2023, the 20th studio album of the most successful German art & progressive rock band ELOY. It is also the 3rd album of a unique trilogy designed by band mastermind Frank Bornemann as a rock opera about the life and fate of the French national heroine and saint Joan of Arc.

Sensitive & atmospheric passages alternate with powerful, dramaturgically shaped sound waves that will remind ELOY fans of earlier works…

1. Conspiracy
2. Compassion For Misery
3. Echoes From The Past
4. Danger
5. Deceptive Glory

Working as a guitar player and songwriter in a host of bands and projects through the years (Ostrogoth, Thorium a.o.), Tom Tee launched Entering Polaris in 2018 with the debut album ‘Godseed’. The idea behind Entering Polaris is to realise a long overdue dream:
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The American Progressive band STEVE LUKATHER will release a new album entitled ‘Bridges’ (CD) on June 16, 2023 via MASCOT Records.

1. Far From Over
2. Not My Kind Of People
3. Someone
4. All Forevers Must End
5. When I See You Again
6. Take My Love
7. Burning Bridges
8. I’ll Never Know

The American Power Metal band FIFTH ANGEL will release a new album entitled ‘When Angels Kill’ on June 16, 2023 via NUCLEAR BLAST.

1. Descent Into Darkness
2. When Angels Kill
3. Resist The Tyrant
4. On Wings Of Steel
5. We Are Immortal
6. Empire Of Hate
7. Run To The Black
8. Seven Angels
9. Blinded And Bleeding
10. Kill The Pain
11. Five Days To Madness
12. Ashes To Ashes
13. The End Of Everything
14. Light The Skies

The Finnish Melodic Rock/Metal band IMPERIUM will release a new album entitled ‘Never Surrender’ on May 19, 2023 via PRIDE & JOY Music. 4th studio album by the highly acclaimed Finnish rock project!

1. The One
2. Never Surrender
3. Together Forever
4. I Still Believe
5. Never Say Never
6. Break The Spell
7. The Dream
8. Out Of This World
9. You Will Never Take Me Down
10. Greatest Desire

The Canadian Hard Rock band DANKO JONES will release a new album entitled Electric Sounds on September 15, 2023 via AFM Records. In the last ten years, DANKO JONES have visibly shifted up a few gears. Since frontman Danko and bassist JC joined forces with drummer Rich Knox, the band’s creative fire has blazed brighter than ever.

A string of albums has led to even more intense touring and tireless dedication to the cause of rock. “Electric Sounds” is the best proof that even a global pandemic couldn’t stop DANKO JONES.
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The American Nu Metal band SEVENDUST will release a new album entitled ‘Thruth Killer’ on July 28, 2023 via NAPALM Records.However, the Atlanta quintet – Lajon Witherspoon [lead vocals], Clint Lowery [lead guitar, backing vocals], John Connolly [rhythm guitar, backing vocals], Vince Hornsby [bass], and Morgan Rose [drums]

– defy expectations yet again on their fourteenth full-length and debut for Napalm Records, Truth Killer, produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette [Alter Bridge, Trivium, Slash]…

1. I Might Let The Devil Win
2. Truth Killer

Release:2023-04-14. The Swiss alternative rock band DIRTY VELVET will release their debut album “Far Beyond The Moon” this spring via Fastball-Music / BOB-MEDIA.DIRTY VELVET deliver an extremely diverse sound, which, alongside punk metallic influences, has a healthy bit of early SONIC YOUTH influences, while always remaining crisp and melodic.

The band knows how to fluctuate between quiet passages and snotty, cracking sounds, whereas the voice of singer Ekaterina (Kathy) resonates with a good shot of 70s female punk. “Far Beyond The Moon” sounds carefree, sno