1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (391+ words) Crown Lands send an old-western murder ballad hurtling through outer space on “Blackstar,” a towering piece of cosmic prog metal from the Canadian duo’s album ‘Apocalypse’. “Blackstar” and its official music video are available now, opening a window into the…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (418+ words) Seether have opened up another side of the sessions surrounding ‘The Surface Seems So Far’ with ‘Beneath The Surface’, an EP that combines previously unreleased studio recordings with live performances. The collection is out now and features two previously unreleased…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (462+ words) Spread Eagle have channelled years of touring into ‘The Brutal Divine’, a 10-song blast of hard rock, metal and punk led by the snarling guitar attack of “Flat Earth Vultures.” The band’s fourth studio album is out now, with “Flat…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (388+ words) Judas Priest have spent more than five decades helping define what heavy metal sounds and looks like, and 16 songs from that enormous catalogue have been brought together on ‘The Best Of Judas Priest’. The career-spanning collection is out now, moving…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (379+ words) Mark Knopfler has played some enormous stages over the course of his career, but his 2007 performance inside Berlin’s Meistersaal offered something very different: a small room, a carefully chosen set and enough space to hear every detail of one of…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (364+ words) Sepultura arrived at Pinkpop Festival in 1996 with ‘Roots’ changing the shape of heavy music and one of metal’s most celebrated lineups still intact. The full performance is available to watch now through the official Pinkpop Archive, capturing Max Cavalera on…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (371+ words) INNER AXIS want “Midnight Hunter” to sound like speeding down a highway at 2 a.m., headlights slicing through the darkness while danger closes in behind you. That image gives the German metal band a perfect foundation for four and a…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (429+ words) The Ordinary Boys have returned with “Peer Pressure,” reconnecting with the indie-ska sound that helped define their rise in the 2000s while taking aim at some very current anxieties. The track is out now and marks the Worthing band’s first new…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (364+ words) Brazilian band Mad Sneaks turn the numbing repetition of everyday life into something visual on “Coma,” pairing their alternative-rock intensity with a dark video centred on routine, emotional disconnection and the feeling of moving through life without really being present....

7+ hour, 36+ min ago   (435+ words) South Wales rockers King Kraken have turned one of science fiction’s defining stories into a full-throttle heavy anthem on “Call To War,” drawing inspiration from H.G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ for a song packed with thunderous riffs,…...