Metal playlists from the underground
UK gothic punks Lesbian Bed Death serve up a fresh new NSFW music video for the single, “Flesh” on the band’s YouTube channel. This is the second original single from the UK hard rock outfit’s 2019 album Born To Die On VHS. Lesbian Bed Death launched a private fundraiser to produce the new music video […]
Thunder metal band Guardian of Lightning released their debut album Cosmos Tree via Eclipse Records. Cosmos Tree was produced by Eurico Tavares at Stage Record Power Audio Studio. Listen to standout tracks “Cosmos Tree”, “Raise Your Sword”, and “Sound of Thunder” on Spotify with bands such as Shape of Water, Past Five, Tomorrow is Lost, […]
Death Metal rattlers Dark Rites bring on The Dark Hymns on September 11 through Brutal Records. Ferocious old school riffs with fuzzed vocal rage delivers the band’s monstrous wall of sound. Listen to Dark Rites’ new single “The Devils Heroes” on Spotify with bands like Crown the Fallen, Hellpath, Blood Incantation, Devation, In Thousand Lakes, […]
Canada’s surging melodic metal outfit Unleash the Archers announced the upcoming release of their fifth album, Abyss. It hits the streets on August 21 through Napalm Records. The band also released the new single “Soulbound” on digital formats. “This song is what we call a ‘quick-banger’ in the UTA camp. It’s short, fast, catchy, and […]
S&M2 officially hits the streets on August 28th but today Metallica released “All Within My Hands” and “Nothing Else Matters” from September’s San Francisco Symphony shows. Listen to Metallica’s “All Within my Hands” symphony track on the Gears of Rock Top 30 playlist on Spotify with new music by Lamb of God, Power Trip, Machine […]
Canadian prog metal legends Voivod released a new 3-track “The End Of Dormancy” EP on digital and 12” vinyl formats through Century Media Records. “It’s always a great day for us when something we worked on gets to be released. These are strange times but we can still move forward!,” said drummer Michael “Away” Langevin. […]
Virginia’s heavy rock powerhouse Valkyrie will release their first album in 5 years. Fear, as the LP is titled has the band exploring a more diversified and progressive sound than usual. That’s why we have been closely following their most recent singles “Evil Eye”, “The Choice”, and “Feeling So Low” leading up to the Fear […]
Ukrainian metal titans Jinjer are scheduled to stream their Melbourne, Australia set from March 5 at the Knotfest website on July 9. This performance was one of Jinjer’s final concerts before the quarantine and has not been released in full. The show stream is part of Knotfest.com’s weekly streaming events that were set up by […]
NWOBHM band Airforce will release the Strike Hard LP on September 4 via Pitch Black Records. This great old school metal band has been kicking teeth since the 80s, which means riffs, lots of ripping riffs, and then more killer RIFFS! Here’s a sick metal fact: this band was originally formed in 1986 by Tony […]
The Gears of Rock Top 30 playlist on Spotify has been updated with the greatest new songs in heavy metal and hard rock for the week of July 3. Here’s a rundown of the new additions: Aron Scott Earthquake returns with another classic Motörhead-style banger called “High Speed Love.” David HK released the single “Onyx […]