Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

The release date for the new Primal Fear album Rulebreaker is approaching.  We've already heard "The End Is Near", and there's another new track available for streaming titled "In Metal We Trust", which can be heard below.  It definitely has that big classic melodic speed metal vibe, which I really dig.

Primal Fear will be touring Europe starting in February with Striker and Brainstorm and will participate in a co-headline tour of North America with Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, starting in late April and running through the beginning of June.  Are you psyched for the new Primal Fear record?  Rulebreaker comes out January 29, 2016 via Frontiers Records.

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

Over a month ago, when Megadeth posted the new track "Fatal Illusion", I was hyped as hell for the new album Dystopia, now after jamming the second new track "The Threat Is Real", I'm even more hyped.  I swear, this sounds like something off Peace Sells, which is just awesome.  There's guitar solos galore on this track, along with blazing riffs, and even though Mustaine's vocals do sound a little forced, there's still plenty of snarl on the track.  "The Threat Is Real" will be released as a 12" vinyl this Friday for Record Store Day at select independent music stores.

Stream "The Threat Is Real" here.  Dystopia is out Jan 22, 2016.

Feb 12 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
Feb 14 - Lethbridge, AB - Enmax Centre
Feb 15 - Saskatoon, SK - Sasktel Centre
​Feb 18 - Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Events Centre

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

2016 is shaping up to be another monster of a touring year for several bands.  It's been announced that Disturbed have announced a run of Canadian tour dates set to take place in February in support of their new album Immortalized.  The trek will start on February 12th in Winnipeg, Manitoba and run through February 22nd in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.  

​Special guests on the tour will be Saint Asonia and Age Of Days.  If you think that these are all the Canadian tour dates, don't worry, the band have said that more Canadian dates are coming.  Check out the list of the Canadian dates below.

Feb 19 - Dawson Creek, BC - EnCana Events Centre
Feb 20 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre
Feb 22 - Moose Jaw, SK - Mosaic Place

The band's upcoming album 'Tales From Adrenechrome' is due out on November 27, 2015 to follow up their 2012 debut EP 'Hideous Appetites' and is their most abstract, spastic, and explosive release to date. This album is established on heavy riffs, roaring drums, smooth bass lines, and wrapped up with lyrical themes that combine personal experience with fantasy, sci fi, and classic literature. This album is reserved for only those who can handle the high velocity heavy metal adventure that is Adrenechrome. 

Album Credits:
Music by: Adrenechrome
Lyrics by: Chris Friesen
Produced by: Dave Sheldon & Adrenechrome
Recorded at Dark Side Sound Studio
Mastered by: Dave Sheldon

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Ontario’s Adrenechrome are hurtling forward like zombies with a hunger for flesh looking to create good old-fashioned rock n’ roll infused with groove and peppered with metal. The group features Chris Friesen dominating on guitar and lead vocals, Tim Kehoe who shreds guitar and haunting vocal work, Matt Copeland thrashing the drums, and Mike Van Dyk creating groovy basslines. Their name inspires a frantic, adrenaline fueled misadventure and is a direct reference to a fictional drug in the film “Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas”.
 
These heavy metal monsters started in 2010 and rode like the four horsemen to devour every audience they could around Canada. Their songwriting swings like an unhinged pendulum between rapid, brief works to heavy, ten-tonne brick tunes. Members are veterans of the music scene, coming from various acts like Gaswitch, Shimmy Rabbits, and The Doug Trucker Band. Live, the band is tight and strictly a “no frills” affair -- this means no make up or gimmicks, just straight-forward, kick-ass metal.

Track by Track explained by the band:
1. A Familiar Face is about our first entirely major song riff, meant to lull the listener into a false sense of security.
2. Lockstep - This song is straight up thrash with a touch of Van Halen inspired riffery and some surf style to boot.
3. Black Brubeck - Def one of our most spastic tunes, lots of riffs and even a nod to Mr. Brubeck himself.
4. God Sized Shadow - This is our most "song" like offering to date with a little black metal in the middle.
5. The Heart And The Feather - This is another major offering with an uplifting theme and some Thin Lizzy inspired bits.
6. Hideous Appetites - This track is hard hitting riffs with some sludge thrown in for good measure and a big rock finish a la Clutch.
7. The Lead Elephant - This is Friesen's personal favorite on the album, thrash/sludge tuned down to A and the riff at the end is one of our best.

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

Nordic Union, the side project of Pretty Maids frontman Ronnie Atkins, has posted audio samples of four tracks from its self-titled debut album. The album will be released on January 29, 2016 via Frontiers Records.  Ronnie teamed up with guitarist Erik Martensson of Eclipse and W.E.T. and drummer Magnus Ulfstedt for this project.  The album also features guest guitarists playing guest solos on some of the tracks.

Musically and vocally, it doesn't sound too much different than Pretty Maids.  It's got the big hooks, heavy, melodic, catchy and epic riffs, amazing vocals, bulldozer bass and pounding drums, which is what I love hearing, and just from the four samples, which can be heard below, it looks like these songs won't be leaving our heads for quite sometime.

Nordic Union self-titled debut album track listing:

01.  The War Has Begun
02.  Hypocrisy
03.  Wide Awake
04.  Every Heartbeat
05.  When Death Is Calling
06.  21 Guns
07.  Falling
08.  The Other Side
09.  Point Of No Return
10.  True Love Awaits You
11.​  Go

Recording lineup:

Ronnie Atkins - Lead & background vocals
Erik Martensson - Guitars, bass, keyboards & backing vocals
Magnus Ulfstedt - Drums

Guest guitar solos:

Thomas Larsson - Guitar solo on "Every Heartbeat" and "Wide Awake"
Fredrik Folkare - Guitar solo on "Point Of No Return" and "Hypocrisy"
Magnus Hendriksson - Guitar solo on "The War Has Begun"

Pretty Maids are in the process of writing new material for the follow-up to their recent album Louder Than Ever (2014), which was a collection of re-recorded tracks from the band's late 90s and early 2000s period, as well as four new songs written from scratch.  Stay tuned for more updates on that.  In the meantime, check out the four Nordic Union samples to the left.

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

Next year, it will be three years since we've heard new music from DevilDriver as the band went on a bit of a break while Dez Fafara focused on a reunion tour and album with Coal Chamber, but now the focus is back to DevilDriver for Dez as the band have a new album entitled Trust No One coming out on May 13, 2016.  This will be the band's second album on Napalm Records and their first with new drummer Austin D'Amond and new guitarist Neal Tiemann.

Dez says about the album:  "Almost three years in the making, get ready for a new DevilDriver record.  'Trust No One' is filled with killer riffs, groove after groove and massive hooks.

Regarding the title 'Trust No One', it's rightly named and done so. There will be no explanation needed regarding what the title means.  The lyrics are volatile and straight to the point.  See you next year with 'Trust No One' and around the world on tour".

We are most looking forward to the album!  Bring on May 13!

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

February 26, 2016 is the date that Anthrax's long awaited new studio album For All Kings will see the light of day.  In a new video, Charlie Benante talks about the album's cover artwork and the artwork is also revealed in the video, which you can see below.

The artwork was done by Alex Ross, who also did the artwork for the past two Anthrax albums:  Worship Music (2011) and We've Come For You All (2003).  At the end of the video, they also pay tribute to Paris after the horrible terrorist attacks this past weekend.