Polish your boots, put blackfacing on, hang out your sooks, sacrifice a goat, or do whatever else is traditionally done where you live around this time of the year. Here is a deadly present for you: TEMPLE OF DREAD...
Hard Rock And Metal
Hard Rock and Metal Music News and Info covering all subgenres of metal, including Classic Metal, Hair/Glam Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Thrash Metal, Metalcore, Screamo, and More. From the hard rock power ballads to the heaviest of the metal bands that make up the scene.
On January 16th, technical melodic death metal outfit Carrion Vael will release their fifth full-length, Slay Utterly, via Unique Leader Records. Carrion Vael comments: “Some tragedies serve as a gruesome reminder of evil’s capabilities to sleuth beneath the surface...
Japanese metalcore force CRYSTAL LAKE are proud to share their new single, “Neversleep (feat. Myke Terry),” taken from their highly anticipated upcoming seventh studio album, ‘The Weight of Sound,’ set for release on January 23rd, 2026 via Century Media...
Women-led, talented Brazilian Rock band MALVADA are pleased to unveil the new single and official video, “After,” taken from their self-titled album, released on June 13, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. The band comments: “This song is about things...
Iconic Bay Area thrash band TESTAMENT‘s triumphant return continues in 2026 with the announcement of their “Thrash of the Titans” world tour landing in the US this coming spring! The trek unites the band with fellow thrash legends OVERKILL and DESTRUCTION for...
Power Metalers Battle Beast have announced the following via their social media platforms: After six albums and 13 incredible years together, we announce that Noora Louhimo is leaving Battle Beast to focus on her solo career. While we are...
HOAXED are proud to announce their sophomore album ‘Death Knocks,’ due out February 13, 2026 via Relapse. Three years in the making, the group, featuring vocalist/guitarist Kat Keo, drummer Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick, hone their twilight-fed,...
After recording in Nashville at Sienna Studios with producer Kile Odell (Papa Roach, Nothing More) and singer Jaycee Clark, the band headed to New York to collaborate with video director Tom Flynn (Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage). Max is...
Houston, Texas-based black metal conjurors/recent Metal Blade Records signees, NECROFIER, will unleash their fiery new full-length, Transcend Into Oblivion, on February 27th, 2026. NECROFIER are rewriting the rulebook in their own blood. Since 2018, the quartet has applied a...
Swedish metal titans AMON AMARTH join forces with DETHKLOK for THE AMONKLOK CONQUEST. The extensive co-headliner crosses North America Spring 2026 with special guests CASTLE RAT – bringing a night of pure theater and over the top heavy metal...
