BLACK SABBATH REUNITE FOR FINAL SHOW!
The news we’ve all been waiting for, heavy metal institution Black Sabbath will reunite with t…
CHEMICIDE THRASH IT UP!
Costa Rican underground thrashers Chemicide have pummeled us senseless over the course of four album…
BEHEMOTH’S BLASPHEMOUS RETURN!
It’s been a wild ride watching Poland’s Behemoth go from laying down shrieking black met…
W.A.S.P. RETURN TO THE STAGE CELEBRATING DEBUT ALBUM!
We can’t get enough of W.A.S.P., and it seems they can’t get enough of us! After their s…
LED ZEPPELIN ON THE BIG SCREEN!
Considering they are one of the biggest rock bands of all time, not to mention a foundational act fo…
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS RISE FROM THE DEAD!
Out of Olympia, Washington, came one of the underground’s most intriguing classic metal bands.…
SPIRITWORLD HEADS BACK OUT WEST!
Once a country/punk outfit, Las Vegas Wild West wrecking crew SpiritWorld have become one of the str…
BOKASSA HIT THE ROAD!
Norway’s premier stoner power-trio Bokassa are back to slay UK audiences for the first time si…
SAVAGE MASTER GET DARK AND DANGEROUS!
Coming out of nowhere (Kentucky, really, but close enough), US sword-bearers Savage Master are one o…
BEWITCHER RETURN TO THRASH THE UK!
Black/speed metal seems to be a strange genre to latch onto a new trend in the metal underground, bu…
KING DIAMOND RELEASE CREEPY NEW SINGLE!
We’ve been waiting for this one for a while, but at long last we finally have a brand new sing…
LORDI RISE FROM THE DEAD!
Who remembers the night that the Finnish freak moshers won over the judges at Eurovision and became …
BLITZKRIEG LEGEND MICK MOORE HAS PASSED AWAY
A sad day for NWOBHM enthusiasts, we say goodbye to former Blitzkrieg and Avenger bassist Mick Moore…
HOW GOJIRA CRUSHED THE OLYMPICS!
A momentous day for the metal community, Gojira’s startling performance at this year’s O…
THE WILDHEARTS GET SATANIC!
An unexpected turn from the punk-metal overlords, there’s a new single from Geordie troublemak…
DONKERKARNUFFEL AREN’T CLOWNING AROUND!
What’s this? Clown-obsessed groove/death metal coming over the hill with hatchets in hand? You…
SKELETAL REMAINS HIT THE ROAD WITH OBSCURA!
Who doesn’t love some Skeletal Remains? The Californian metal machine have been killing it for…
AVANTASIA FLY WITH DRAGONS!
Holy power metal, Batman! Tobias Sammet, mastermind of Edguy and the now gigantic metal opera that i…
KILLSWITCH DROP NEW SINGLE!
The undisputed kings of metalcore are back with their first new piece of music since 2019, the blist…
MACHINE HEAD DROP MASSIVE NEW SINGLE!
Californian groove metal icons Machine Head are hitting the road in the US with In Flames, Unearth, …
SABATON ANNOUNCE THE LEGENDARY TOUR 2025!
Swedish power metal mainstays Sabaton have almost conquered the mainstream with their fierce, poundi…
NEW BANDS – BLOODSTOCK WANTS YOU!
The almighty Bloodstock wants to find the hottest new metal talent to appear across the festival wee…
DELAIN DROP NEW SINGLE AND EP!
Dutch symphonic metal masters Delain suffered a huge blow when vocal maven Charlotte Wessels stepped…
THE METAL GOD ANNOUNCES 2025 EXTREME MUSIC AWARDS!
Could we love Rob Halford any more? Not only is he one of the greatest vocalists in metal, he’…
MAGNUM TO RELEASE FINAL LIVE ALBUM!
It was a sad end to a good thing when Magnum guitarist and chief songwriter Tony Clarkin passed away…
CRADLE OF FILTH BRING THE SPOOKS FOR HALLOWEEN!
One of the cornerstones of British extreme metal, Ipswich fiends Cradle Of Filth have a new tune for…
BLOODYWOOD RELEASE NEW TUNE AND ANNOUNCE UK TOUR!
Indian folk metal crew Bloodywood are one of the hottest new bands in metal right now, a rising act …
SEVEN KINGDOMS MAKING POWER METAL GREAT AGAIN!
Unsung heroes of the US power metal scene, Florida’s Seven Kingdoms have quietly been going ab…
HELLOWEEN TAKE OVER JAPAN!
Do power metal legends come any bigger than Helloween? We don’t think so! Pioneers in the Euro…
DREAM THEATER WIDE AWAKE!
After what feels like an interminable wait, US prog metal pioneers Dream Theater have announced thei…
ARCH ENEMY OUT FOR BLOOD!
Swedish melodic death metal merchants Arch Enemy have announced a brand new album in the form of …
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR LACUNA COIL!
Pioneers of gothic and symphonic metal, not to mention one of the most commercially successful bands…
SPIRITBOX DROP CRUSHING NEW SINGLE!
Rising metalcore crew Spiritbox are one of the hottest new acts on the scene right now. Fronted by f…
AVATARIUM BRING THE DOOM AND GLOOM!
Originally the brainchild of Candlemass maestro Leif Edling, Swedish doomsters Avatarium have been h…
RATT – OUT OF THE CELLAR TURNS 40!
It’s a bona fide glam metal classic, packed with great tunes that signal a generation like no …
VICTORY RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND ALBUM!
Legendary German melodic metal band Victory have just released their storming new album, ‘Circ…
WHITECHAPEL RETURN WITH A KILLING BLOW!
It’s been a long time coming, but Tennessee’s Whitechapel are finally back to splitting …
WITHIN TEMPTATION COLLABORATE WITH BLIND8 ON MASSIVE NEW TRACK!
It’s no secret that Dutch symphonic metal warriors (and our current cover stars!) Within Tempt…
TRIBULATION UNLEASHES POWERFUL NEW TRACK!
One of the strangest cases in gothic metal, Swedish maestros Tribulation began life as a turbulent d…
ENFORCED SET TO DROP NEW EP!
One of Century Media’s hottest new bands, Virginia’s thrash/crossover kings Enforced hit…
SABATON HIT THE BIG SCREEN!
Sabaton fans, rejoice! Your favourite power metal battle warriors are excited to announce that over …
TONY IOMMI SOLO WORK GETS THE VINYL TREATMENT!
A lot of people have been asking for this one, and now it’s finally here! Black Sabbath riff m…
DRAGONY BRING POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Vienna might not be your first stop shop for quality power metal, but rising Austrian metallers Drag…
PITCHSHIFTER RELEASE LONG LOST SINGLE!
Anyone remember Pitchshifter? Of course you do! Nobody sounded like these guys when they burst onto …
NIGHT DEMON GET THE REISSUE TREATMENT!
Ventura, California’s true metal heroes Night Demon are currently electrifying audiences a…
DEVIN TOWNSEND BRINGING POWER TO THE NERDS!
Who doesn’t love prog metal goofball Devin Townsend? The Canadian multi-instrumentalist has be…
IN THIS MOMENT RELEASE RAPTUROUS NEW VIDEO!
Ah, In This Moment. One of the leading lights of modern US metal, with much genre-bending under thei…
SERIOUS BLACK GET BACK TO BUSINESS!
It’s time for some power metal pomp, this time courtesy of international stars Serious Black, who wi…
CEMETERY SKYLINE DROP NEW VIDEO!
The concept of the supergroup is a good one, but so often the results are underwhelming, although th…
OPETH TO TOUR THE UK!
It’s been a pretty exciting week to be Opeth fans. Not only have the Swedish death metal turne…
BLOODSTOCK COUNTDOWN – 2 DAYS TO GO!
With so many metalheads heading down to Catton Park on Thursday for 4 days of metallic mayhem, we th…
RAVEN RECORDS FLYING HIGH!
A killer new record store has opened in Camden, London, that caters to all your metal needs. Raven R…
SATAN IN THE KEY OF CRIMSON!
Watch your back, prepare for a NWOBHM attack! If you loved classic Satan works such as ‘Court In The…
ARMORED SAINT LOST GEMS REISSUED ON VINYL!
While we all wait with baited breath for a new album to drop from L.A. legends Armored Saint, Metal …
AMORPHIS REVISIT A STONE COLD CLASSIC!
Amorphis, one of the earliest bands to introduce keyboards in extreme metal, have been around since …
SWALLOW THE SUN GIVE US SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT – IN A GOOD WAY!
Finnish death/doom sensations Swallow The Sun are an unlikely success story, in that they’ve managed…
VIRGIN STEELE TO REISSUE FIRST TWO ALBUMS!
Just about one of the very best USPM bands to ever walk the earth, Long Island’s Virgin Steele will …
GOD DETHRONED ARE BACK IN BLACK!
Ah, God Dethroned, the Dutch black/death war machine that gave us classic works like 1992’s savage ‘…
PAUL DI’ANNO RIDES IN ON A WARHORSE!
Those of you who fiercely clutch copies of Iron Maiden’s first two albums when the British metal tit…
ENSIFERUM UNLEASH SOME FROZEN FINNISH FURY!
A band that has been instrumental in the proliferation of folk metal, not to mention melo-death, Fin…
DD Verni Goes Back To His Roots!
M-Theory Audio is proud to present the second album, and first for M-Theory Audio, from Verni. …
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER REMAIN IN THE AFTERMATH!
Detroit melodic death metal fiends The Black Dahlia Murder will release their tenth studio album,&nb…
LAMB OF GOD’S ‘ASHES OF THE WAKE’ TURNS 20!
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since ‘Ashes Of The Wake’, Lamb Of God’s storming third album was…
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM GO PRIMAL!
One of the most underrated bands in the US metal scene, Flotsam And Jetsam are constantly overlooked…
ARION DROP TWO NEW TRACKS!
If Finland is known for one thing other than breath-taking scenery, it’s producing quality melodic m…
AXEL RUDI PELL UNVEILS NEW VIDEO!
We all love a bit of Axel Rudi Pell. The German guitarist has released an astonishing 21 albums to d…
WITHERING SURFACE PUT THE MELODY BACK INTO MELO-DEATH!
Big things coming from one of melo-death’s great unsung heroes, the Danish entity known as Withering…
PORTRAIT GET EVIL FOR ALBUM NUMBER SIX!
Swedish dark metallers Portrait, masters of the Mercyful Fate lick, with a total command of King Dia…
DEICIDE ARE ONCE MORE UPON THE CROSS!
Unlucky 13 for Tampa death metal fiends Deicide, who have a wicked new video for us from their demen…
ZEAL & ARDOR TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM!
There’s absolutely no metal band on the planet that sounds like Swiss avant-garde metallers Zeal &am…
CANDLEMASS UNEARTH NEW LIVE ALBUM!
Absolute legends of the doom metal scene, as well as the literal creators of it outside of Black Sab…
LEPROUS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM!
Norwegian progressive metallers Leprous have announced a new album entitled ‘Melodies Of Atone…
WAKE ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES FOR MAY!
Canadian genre-benders WAKE have announced touring plans for May. Originally a crust/grindcore band,…
TYR BRING THE HAMMER DOWN!
We love a bit of TÝR here at FOM Towers, and they have a deliriously cool new album on their hands i…
BILLY MORRISON AND OZZY DO CRACK COCAINE!
Billy Morrison, Billy Idol’s rhythm guitar player for the past 15 years, joins forces with Ozzy…
SEBASTIAN BACH IS BACK!
May 10th, mark it in your diaries Seb fans, as the former Skid Row frontman has just announced a new…
SLAYER RETURN…FOR GOOD?
So what’s the deal with Slayer? Are they really retired if they keep signing on for new gigs, …
HAKEN TAKE TO THE STAGE!
Flag-bearers of British progressive metal, Haken are one of the best in the business, and if you mis…
CANCER RETURN WITH A KILLING BLOW!
Shropshire death metallers Cancer made metal history with 1990’s classic ‘To The Gory En…
BLOODSTOCK UNLEASH WINTER GATHERING!
Coming to rock your socks off at KK’s Steel Mill on December 6th, Bloodstock have announced a …
PELICAN BACK ON A WING AND A PRAYER!
Chicago noisemakers Pelican have made a surprise return, with ‘Flickering Resonance’, th…
CREMATORY’S FINAL DESTINATION?
German genre-benders Crematory seem to have been around since time out of mind, shifting effortlessl…