Metal Maidens

Attention Sailors! Prepare for an unforgettable Heavy Metal Vacation onboard the Freedom of the Seas at 70000TONS OF METAL 2024. In just 4 MONTHS, you’ll witness a lineup of 60 of the best Metal bands from around the World rock…

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Baltimore, Maryland black metal quintet NIXIL has shared a guitar playthrough for “Collapsing The Poles,” taken from the band’s second full-length, From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire, recently released via Prosthetic Records. The…

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Four years and one pandemic on from Orificial Purge, VASTUM, the longest running band on the 20 Buck Spin roster, offers up its fifth bludgeoning document of psychic malaise and lost faith with Inward…

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Watch/stream PRIMORDIAL’s “How It Ends” video HERE. 

Dublin, Ireland-based Pagan metal legends PRIMORDIAL have unleashed their moving new video for “How It Ends,” the title track of their tenth studio album, out today on Metal…

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Portland progressive sludge masters LORD DYING will release their long-awaited new full-length, Clandestine Transcendence, on January 19th, 2024 via MNRK Heavy, today unveiling the record’s first single, cover art, and preorders.

LORD DYING transforms tragedy…

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Today, Neurot Recordings celebrates the 20th anniversary vinyl edition of Burden Of Hope, the debut album from multidimensional sonic explorers, GRAILS.

Originally formed under the moniker Laurel Canyon, the name of the group was…

No Echo is hosting an exclusive video premiere of “Tangled Insides,” the new track from New York City-based avant-grindcore/hardcore solo act MANIPULATOR. The song is the second single preceding the outfit’s impending second album, Drawing Secret Circles, nearing…

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Portland psychedelic stoner doom outfit ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD will release their 3737 full-length via Small Stone Recordings on November 17th, today unveiling the record’s cover art, first single, and preorders!

ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT…

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DISGUISED MALIGNANCE is currently premiering their debut album, Entering The Gateways, in full via Decibel Magazine. Alongside the premiere, the band has also shared a full track-by-track breakdown of the album.

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland…

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“…a cinematic synthscape for the coolest gritty sci-fi movie that has yet to be made.” – Toilet Ov Hell

As Oakland, California-based dark cinematic synthwave solo project S.C.R.A.M. prepares to release its filmic new concept album, …

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Everything Is Noise is currently streaming Psychotic Reality, the latest full-length from Seattle deathgrind trio RAT KING. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official release, Friday, September 29th via Satanik…

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German heavy metal icons U.D.O. will return to North America this Fall on the Touchdown US/Canada Tour! The journey will commence on November 3rd in Frenchtown, New Jersey and makes its way through nearly two dozen…

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Midwestern post-black metal outfit CHROME WAVES presents a new single, “Father, I Wait,” which makes its public debut today through a premiere at No Clean Singing.

Bridging the gap between their Earth Will Shed Its Skin …

Dissimulant, the apocalyptic fourth album from New York City-based death/war metal collective RUIN LUST, is now streaming in its entirety ahead of its official release through 20 Buck Spin this Friday.

Having dropped their third album, Choir Of…

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Watch/stream WAR CURSE’s “The Convoy” HERE.

Ohio-based metal masters WAR CURSE today unveil their new single and accompanying video for “The Convoy.” The track comes by way of the band’s Confession full-length, set for release…

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“Each track feels like an opportunity to explore new spaces, but all within GOLLEHON’s curious and evolving sonic world.” – Treble

Cross-genre music portal Treble today presents an exclusive stream of Bite Of The Street…

Watch MOUTH FOR WAR’s “Saturate Me” video HERE.

Brutal metalcore outfit and recent MNRK Heavy signees MOUTH FOR WAR will unleash their punishing Bleed Yourself full-length October 27th, today unveiling the record’s cover art, track listing, and latest video/single!

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Meet Tex Mars McFadden, an inspiring nonbinary model for Metal Maidens magazine. Tex's love for metal and its fashion has driven them towards this creative path, where they have found a family in the community and a supportive group of…

Metal Maidens: What inspired you to become a Metal Maiden?

Killer Kay: My older sister Stella Void🖤She was a Metal Maiden first and I grew up watching her model for the Metal Maidens and I learned a lot from…

In the world of metal music, it's not all about the band members and the music itself. There's also the fans and a group of individuals making waves in the scene, the Metal Maidens. These women promote the local metal…