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Multi award-winning video game artist Megan McDuffee produces stunning electropop debut, “Inner Demons” After securing two Annual Game Music Awards, being featured on the front page of Bandcamp, and receiving a nomination for a Music+Sound Award, Megan McDuffee debuts with the sultry Inner Demons dropping May 21st.

Old school thrash metal solo artist RETCHED just release their new single “Horrific”. This is the first single from Retched upcoming album set to be released in 2022. “Horrific” is available on all digital platforms.

ECLIPSE RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO ‘SATURDAY NIGHT’ (HALLELUJAH) OUT NOW NEW STUDIO ALBUM COMING THIS FALL Coming off their most successful album yet, “Paradigm” (which includes the massive single ‘Viva La Victoria’ that has 15 million streams and counting), Sweden’s Eclipse are putting the finishing touches on their upcoming new studio album, which will be released this fall. In the …

SODOM To Release New EP “Bombenhagel” In August!!! Following yet more official appreciation, as acknowledged by the presentation of the German Record Critics’ Award, for their current album Genesis XIX (having garnered the prize once before with its predecessor Decision Day in 2016) and prior to their upcoming 40th band anniversary next year, Sodom have rarely been as energetic as …

With their recent comeback to metal after temporarily transforming into a pop boyband, NANOWAR OF STEEL are back with their beloved brand of comedy infused heavy metal, taking their fans on a journey through the roots of their beautiful homeland of Italy on their new album, Italian Folk Metal, out July 2 via Napalm Records! NANOWAR OF STEEL have proven themselves to be on the frontlines …

Alternative metal band Awake Again join forces with Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain on ‘Busy Doing Nothing’ The alternative metal band Awake Again from Turku, Finland, are releasing their long-awaited debut album this autumn. The band has dropped several killer tracks so far, and ‘Enmity’, ‘Look Around’ and ‘Into Two’ will now be followed by the fruit of a great …

FANTASIA’S 25TH EDITION ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF PROGRAMMING FOR UPCOMING VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL Richard Bates Jr.’s KING KNIGHT, Tsutomu Hanabusa’s KAKEGURUI 2: ULTIMATE RUSSIAN ROULETTE, Mark O’Brien’s THE RIGHTEOUS, Daigo Matsui’s REMAIN IN TWILIGHT, Edoardo Vitaletti’s THE LAST THING MARY SAW, and Shunji Iwai’s THE 12 DAY TALE OF THE MONSTER THAT DIED IN 8 among the first titles announced …

Baltimore, Maryland-based melodic metal band Dead Atlantic has released the official music video for the single “Falling into the Grave”, taken from their upcoming album “Lost”, which will be released this year via Zombie Shark Records. The video was directed by Jared Bell and features a special cameo appearance by the actor Julio Bana Fernandez, from series such as “House …

Rockshots Records: Feel The Demonic Possession w/ KARPENTER’s New Single “Mechanical Sense” New Album “Sleepless” Out May 28th KARPENTER (named in tribute to horror master John Carpenter) will be releasing their debut album “Sleepless” on May 28th via Rockshots Records. The album will be a gateway to a hostile and tormented world, where space and time are perceived in a …

Fight The Fade Drop Truth Bomb With Heavy New Rock Track “Matter Of Time” Out Now Via FiXT Fight the Fade have released their heavy new rock single “Matter of Time” today across all DSPs along with an official lyric video, via independent electronic-rock label FiXT. “This song goes out to anyone who thinks they’ve gotten away with a two-faced lifestyle. It is …

DEADLIFE Releases Steely, Industrial-Synth Track, “North Inertia” Out Now via FiXT Neon DEADLIFE’s “North Inertia” is a ferocious track with gritty, industrial-like attitude, its steely atmosphere punctuated by powerful percussion and understated synth melodies that permeate the track with a haunting ambience. “North Inertia” is available now on all platforms from independent retro synth label FiXT Neon.

QDK is excited to share with you our latest recording, Jimmy Brown (the news boy of the town) featuring a very special guest, Linda Gail Lewis! Produced by QDK bassist Kenny Aaronson , who also plays dobro and steel on the track, with Quentin Jones on guitars and vocals and David Uosikkinen on drums. Joining the band on the piano …

HANDSOME ABOMINATIONS Get Sleazy With Debut LP, Embrace The Condemnation “Sleaze-dustrial” band HANDSOME ABOMINATIONS have dropped their debut album, Embrace the Condemnation out NOW on Cleopatra Records. Says Von Schnell, “When I heard the strong, primeval beat that Tufty Hacka had programmed, I instantly knew that we had to write a writhing, sleazy anthem that would suite a fetish club.”

Metal! Live in Bahrain Vol. 2 is the second installment of the series featuring the best original music from the Arabian Gulf’s heaviest bands. Volume 1 was released in December 2019, the first live metal compilation album to come out of the region. The project was put together by Hani Taqi of Studio 77 Bahrain who recorded and mixed all the …

HANNES GROSSMANN Releases New Single “In The Glacier’s Eye” – Premiering on Metal Sucks New Studio Album ‘To Where The Light Retreats’ Out June 1 Acclaimed Tech-Metal drummer HANNES GROSSMANN is excited to share another track off his upcoming solo album. The musician has partnered with Metal Sucks to premiere his new single “In The Glacier’s Eye”. LISTEN HERE: https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/05/19/song-premiere-hannes-grossmanns-in-the-glaciers-eye/ …