Giordano Boncompagni Announces New Project

"New Shred Generation" is the solo instrumental project of Italian shredder Giordano Boncompagni (Lunocode) working alongside musicians such Aquiles Priester (drums) Tony Macalpine (keys) and Franck Hermanny (Bass).

The project was produced by Giordano Boncompagni and mixed by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio with extra guest Guga Machado (percussions). For this release, Giordano has just announced a signing with Sliptrick Records. More...

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A Rebel Few Gearing Up For Summer Touring

Cambridge, ON's A Rebel Few will perform at WT Fest alongside Billy Talent, Monster Truck, Saint Asonia and more in Brantford, ON on June 25th as part of Ontario tour dates this summer. For full details on WT Fest, head over to this location.

These upcoming dates are in support of debut album "As The Crow Flies" that was released this past April and produced by Sterling Winfield (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah, Texas Hippie Coalition) plus mastered by Howie Weinberg (Rush, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Beastie Boys, Pantera). See A Rebel Few live:

Jun 25 - Lions Park - Brantford, ON (WT Fest)
Jul 1 - Eastside Bar & Grill - London, ON
Jul - 2 - Fitzrays - London, ON
Jul 15 - SPOT 1 - Brampton, ON
Aug 12 - Riffs Music Lounge - Woodstock, ON
Sep 16 - Hespeler Legion - Cambridge, ON More...

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Dying Fetus Posts Album Update

U.S. brutal death metal band Dying Fetus is now working on the follow-up to 2012's "Reign Supreme" album. An update video was just released via Facebook discussing the coming studio effort, which can be seen below. Need a refresher on the band? Check out our look back at the entire history of Dying Fetus right here> More...

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Religious Fanatics Shut Down Metal Festival

The Tbilisi Jam Fest in Georgia (the country, not the state) was apparently shut down last night by religious protesters. The Ukraine-based band Jinjer comments:

"Well, friends, there is some bad news worth sharing!!! For the first time over several years Jinjer's performance was cancelled today due to the attack by religious fanatics. Tbilisi JAM Fest was disrupted because the monastery not far away (about 1 km away) didn't like it, the priests brought an angry crowd of believers and assaulted the festival area!!!

"Even though the festival had all necessary permissions by local authorities, the fanatics just cut off the electricity. The most shocking was that the police was just standing aside and watching... It is sad to realize that in Georgia, the country which seemed to be civilized, RELIGION has MORE POWER than the LAW.

"We really hope that the orginizers will be able to find an alternative location and JINJER will be albe to play tomorrow before we fly back to Ukraine."

The show is apparently being rescheduled for tonight, however, with the organizers of the festival posting this message online: "Tbilisi JAM! Fest 2016 WILL be held tonight! Preventive measures (during preparational period) make us reveal the location a bit later. Get ready to have fun and lots of good music!" More...

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Without Mercy Posts Guitar Playthrough

After unleashing new EP "Mouichido" week on May 27th, Vancouver, BC's Without Mercy just dropped a guitar playthrough by DJ Temple for the track "Burn."

"Mouichido" is a rebirth for the band as it's a re-release of re-recorded material from the 2014 EP "Reborn" (Mouichido is the Japanese word for “repeat” or “to do one more time”). These new versions feature new vocalist Alex Friis and bass tracks recorded by Tristan Martin, along with a guest appearance by vocalist Mark Hunter of Chimaira on the "In Waves" track. More...

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Bloodway Posts Live Show Footage

Bloodway - the band lad by renowned Romanian graphic designer Costin Chioreanu - just released footage of a May 28th show at Fabrica Club in Bucharest, Romania.

This performance marked the band's return to the stage after an eight month absence and saw the group playing with Norwegian outfit Aura Noir. Check out the clip below.

If you haven't heard it yet, all of Bloodway's "Mapping The Moment With The Logic Of Dreams" album is online for streaming at this location.

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Scarlet Canary Posts "Bottles And Anchors" Video

Scarlet Canary has released a music video for the single "Bottles and Anchors," taken off the 2015 "Arise" EP. The video was directed by Martin Schroeder and Eric Everhart - check it out below.

Hannah Maddox comments: "'Bottles and Anchors' is a hard hitting rock song that's lyric content pulls from my past to inspire our future. It's a high energy song that is one of my favorites off of Arise and one of my favorites to perform live."

You can also catch Scarlet Canary live:

06/11 @ Billy and Renees - Tulsa, OK
06/17 @ Zombiez - Amarillo, TX
06/18 @ BFE Rock Club (Insane Fest) - Houston, TX
06/23 @ The Nick - Birmingham, AL
06/24 @ Daisy Dukes - Nashville, TN
06/25 @ Rock House Live - Memphis, TN
070/8 @ Gothic Theater - Denver, CO
07/09 @ Lookout Lounge - Omaha, NE
07/10 @ The Chesterfield - Sioux City, IA
07/22 @ Rocks Sports Bar - Colorado Springs, CO
07/23 @ Ned's Bar and Grill - Albuquerque, NM
08/06 @ Trail Side Saloon - Denver CO
08/12 @ Locofest - Algona, IA More...

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Sunday Old School: Baron Rojo

We're back! After a long hiatus, save only for a very welcome contribution from xFiruath, Sunday Old School has returned. I could bore you with the details of the red tape that's caused such a long delay and the hassles that emigrating can bring, or I could tell you all about one of my new homeland's most revered bands in their contribution to heavy metal. A band that took their name from one of the most legendary figures of the first world war, Manfred von Richthofen. A band by the name of Baron Rojo.

Baron Rojo were formed in the Spanish capital of Madrid in 1980 by brothers Carlos and Armando de Castro, originally going by the name of Coz, though an internal split led to two versions of the band going at the same time for a period, before CBS Records, who owned the rights to the name demanded the version with the de Castro brothers change their name, with the siblings picking the more familiar, and frankly better, moniker. More...

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Rammstein Performs New Song "Ramm 4"

German industrial metal outfit Rammstein premieres video footage of themselves performing a brand new song, so far only known as "Ramm 4", during their June 3 performance at the "Rock In Vienna" festival in Vienna, Austria can be seen below. The track contains lyrics that seem to be a combination of various titles of previous Rammstein songs.

Check it our now below.

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