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The German based hard rock legends MAD MAX from Münster are currently in full swing, as they are working on two special releases at the same time. The focus is on the 45th anniversary of the band, which was renamed MAD MAX in 1981 and formed the previous year as a cover band before quickly switching to their own material.

In 1994, having left Iron Maiden for a time (he rejoined in 1999), Bruce Dickinson released his second solo album, entitled Balls To Picasso. Named in honour of the cubist pioneer whose representations of spherical objects were as squares, and reflected on the cover in graffiti style on a tiled bathroom wall, the album belied its irreverent title by solidifying Dickinson’s reputation as a serious solo artist.

The mighty Airbourne are back in the game with ‘GUTSY’, the band’s first new song in six years; bristling with attitude and intent, this is Airbourne on steroids – “fired up & pissed off” and ready to take on the world…

Swedish supergroup Crowne are pleased to announce the release of their third studio album “Wonderland”, set for release on August 22nd, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. The band share the first single and official video “Waiting For You”, available now.

The weather is glorious and I’m in North Wales for a long weekend, however all I can think about is the gig on Sunday night. After a two-hour mad dash I’m outside the Ritz and there is a sizeable crowd already gathered. Once inside you can sense the night is going to be special – it doesn’t get much better than my all-time favourite musician performing my all-time favourite live album in full.

With over 3.3 billion global streams under their collective belt, GRAMMY Award winning hard rock band Halestorm are steadily taking over the world. Today, the riff dynamos reveal “Everest,” the title track from their forthcoming album out August 8th, 2025 via Atlantic Records.

Scarborough rockers This House We Built release of their new single, “Addiction”. This is the first taste of their second album, ‘Get Out of The Rain’, set for release in Autumn 2025.

Following their truly appreciated and reputable debut album KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT in 2023, which received massive cheering from the fans and high scores among reviewers both in Sweden and around Europe, Swedish lightkeepers and hard rockers EDGELAND now releases the first single of two from their highly anticipated second album set to release this fall.

Experience, energy, fun and quite a show... that is TIFFANY KILLS! The six members have earned their spurs in the world of Rock'n'Roll. Combined they play on a few dozen records, have toured the world and decided in 2023 to throw each and everyone's catalogue in the middle with one goal in mind: an entertaining classic, heavy rock show. Since then TIFFANY KILLS supported VANDENBERG and TYKETTO and played several shows on their own.

Rocker, singer/songwriter Bryan Adams has announced his brand new album Roll With The Punches. Adams’ 17th studio album is his first full length record of brand new material to be released via his own independent label Bad Records. Roll With The Punches will be available on vinyl, CD, 2XCD (including acoustic bonus disc), Deluxe Boxset and digitally on August 29th 2025 and is available to pre-order now here.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Wolfgang Van Halen is back with the latest single from the band he masterminds, Mammoth.

The original Alice Cooper Group – its surviving members Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, and Neal Smith – have reunited to release their first album in over 50 years, ‘The Revenge of Alice Cooper’. With Bob Ezrin joining the band as producer in an old-school Connecticut studio, rekindling the magic from the 70s, this is truly a full-circle moment for the legendary band, and earMUSIC is especially proud to present this historic masterpiece.

Yes, part of this album talks about the way not so many people buy The Darkness albums any more, and it feels like since they returned in 2012 with the wonderfully named ‘Hot Cakes’, their albums have been sadly overlooked but fantastic quality.

Sign Of The Wolf is the brainchild of Fireworks Editor Bruce Mee, who along with Fredrik Folkare (Eclipse, Nordic Union) set out to write an album in the style of the seminal classic Dio-fronted albums of the mid-seventies and early-eighties.

Full of great songs and skits, blistering riffs and melodies, it’s fair to say that Lapland’s foremost Metal group have released an absolute monster with their latest album!

Gotthard are certainly a band that divide opinions these days, since vocalist Nic Maeder joined the band in 2014, but I have always had a soft spot for them.

What's better than big wagons? MASSIVE WAGONS! And the chief rock squad are rolling across the UK this May for four select dates through England and Wales with support from alternative metallers InMe.

Legendary drummer Mike Portnoy, renowned for his work with Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, and The Winery Dogs

Ricky Warwick has announced a UK headline tour this September with CJ Wildheart joining as special guest.

With their fifth studio album, “Sinister Thing”, to be released via Mighty Music in May, Danish hard rock/metal band STATEMENT