Metal Maidens

Article by: Amy Asche

HATCHET, the renowned Bay Area metal band, has finally released their first new song in five years titled "Leave No Soul," much to the delight of their eager fans. Known for their high-energy live shows and…

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20 Buck Spin presents The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024, the extreme metal label’s first-ever sponsored national tour. The month-long trek features label acts WORM and HULDER, the latter of which is headlining the trek.

Running…

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Metal Injection is currently streaming “Wormridden Piety” from Portland deathgrind quartet DRIPPING DECAY. The ravaging new single comes by way of the band’s forthcoming Ripping Remains EP, set for release on January 26th, 2024 via…

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Creator-Destructor Records welcomes Oakland, California-based brutal death metal outfit IRON FRONT to the label for the January release of their violent second LP, Hooked.

Originally formed in 2016, then named Dire Wolves, the band reformatted…

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Following their Summer run crisscrossing the continent with their metal comrades in Ghost, Swedish heavy metal icons AMON AMARTH will return to US and Canadian stages this Spring on the Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 produced…

This announcement marks an exciting moment for those who follow the Metal Maidens Calendar Contest. Now that the online portion of the contest is completed, the action moves to the in-person event, which is shaping up to be an electrifying…

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US heavy metal titans RIOT (V) are finally back with a brand-new studio album titled Mean Streets, set for release February 16th, 2024 through Atomic Fire Records! The record…

20 Buck Spin’s first release of 2024 will arrive in the form of Lower Form Resistance, the debut by Montréal, Quebec’s DISSIMULATOR.

While DISSIMULATOR will be a new name to most in 2024, with the release of razor-sharp…

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Earlier this month, Brazilian progressive power metallers ANGRA released their Cycles Of Pain full-length via Atomic Fire Records. Today, they are pleased to present a video for the track “Vida Seca.” Featuring guest vocals by legendary…

The countdown to the Heavy Metal event of the year continues! Join us in 2 months for 70000TONS OF METAL 2024, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise – With five days and four nights of non-stop Metal! We’ll…

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