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The latest heavy music news

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The latest heavy music news

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HMTV 9 Mar 17 Zao

HM PREMIERE: Zao unleashes new music video for ‘Xenophobe,’ unveils new guitar pedal, gets beer named after them

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HMTV 6 Mar 17 Final Surrender

HM PREMIERE: Final Surrender unleashes new lyric video for ‘Tear Down the Walls’

HM Album Reviews

Theocracy

Ghost Ship

Theocracy’s fourth album, Ghost Ship, is probably the band’s most ambitious work to date. What started as a solo effort for lead singer Matt Smith has evolved into a...

HMTV 22 Feb 17 The Death in Me

The Death in Me posts new music video for ‘Evergreen,’ download the single for free

HM Album Reviews

Hands

New Heaven / New Earth

I must admit, I was caught by surprise when Facedown Records alumnus Hands announced their reunion and an upcoming performance at the label’s annual showcase, Facedown Fest. This spring’s...

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HMTV 17 Feb 17 Thirteen Minutes

HM PREMIERE: Thirteen Minutes gets down with new music video for ‘This Life’

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HMTV 16 Feb 17 Death Therapy

HM PREMIERE: Death Therapy releases new single, ‘Self Mind Dead,’ featuring the first-ever guest vocal from Project 86’s Andrew Schwab

News 15 Feb 17 Switchfoot

Switchfoot stops by CURE to help raise money, is giving away trip to Philippines to a donor

HM Album Reviews

Final Surrender

Nothing but Void

It’s been nearly four years since progressive metalcore trio Final Surrender released their debut album, Empty Graves. Again releasing through Rottweiler Records, they’ve marked their return with an EP...

News 28 Jan 17 Scare Don't Fear

Scare Don’t Fear offer track-by-track explanation of new EP, ‘Trillogy’

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HMTV 20 Jan 17 Becoming Saints

HM PREMIERE: Becoming Saints releases new lyric video for ‘Vox Mortem’

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HMTV 20 Jan 17 Meadows

HM PREMIERE: Watch ‘Likewise,’ the first music video and title track from Meadows’ upcoming album

HM Album Reviews

Becoming Saints

Oh, the Suffering

Hard riffs, harsh vocals, carefully placed melody, and contentious (but inspiring) lyrics are factors expected from the metalcore formula. They are all accounted for on Becoming Saints’ freshman LP,...

News 17 Jan 17 Strengthen What Remains

LISTEN: Strengthen What Remains drops new track, ‘Liberation of the Spirit’

News 4 Jan 17 rock on the range

Rock on the Range adds Live, Of Mice and Men to lineup, sells out in record time

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HMTV 3 Jan 17 Final Surrender

HM PREMIERE: Final Surrender releases new lyric video for ‘Nothing But Void’

HM Album Reviews

Holy Gold

Feral Children

Some albums just leave you speechless, and Holy Gold’s debut EP, Feral Children, will do exactly that. This powerful collective (with history, weight and pedigree behind all the band’s...

HM Album Reviews

Those Who Fear

State of Mind

The mind is powerful. It’s the genesis of actions and words, governing character and impacting daily life, bridging our thoughts and decisions, creating a world of good and evil....

HM Book Reviews

Mike Hranica

Three Dots and the Guilt Machine

Have you ever wondered how people would respond if they could actually read your mind? If you’re like me, the silence of internal quandary feels safe and is generally...

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HMTV 25 Dec 16 rapture

HM PREMIERE: Rapture drops new music video for single ‘Convictions’

HMTV 25 Dec 16 Ecclesiast

Ecclesiast unleashes new music video for ‘Naysayers’

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HMTV 13 Dec 16 Thirteen Minutes

HM PREMIERE: Thirteen Minutes debuts Christmas-themed lyric video for ‘Mary, Did You Know?’ from free-to-download compilation

News 30 Nov 16 rock on the range

Rock on the Range 2017 lineup announced, to feature headlining sets from Korn, Soundgarden

HM Album Reviews

Zao

The Well-Intentioned Virus

Zao has returned after what felt like an eternal absence. Seven years have passed since the West Virginia metal pioneers released the well-received Awake; it’s easily been the longest...

HM Album Reviews

Memphis May Fire

This Light I hold

It’s rare to see a band hold true to their identity throughout five studio albums. Especially so after multiple member changes. After a year of writing and recording new...

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News 18 Nov 16 Softspoken

HM PREMIERE: Softspoken drops new song, ‘Wanderer,’ from upcoming EP, ‘Pathways’

HM Album Reviews

Wolves at the Gate

Types and Shadows

When a band’s sophomore album drops, the fans can comfortably approach the music with a certain sense of expectation. By the third LP, the band’s sound is typically established,...

HM Album Reviews

Wovenwar

Honor is Dead

The band's sound and message is best served hot, firing on all cylinders and blasting with their unique combination of aggressively catchy metal. Capitalizing on their surprisingly melodic 2014...

HMTV 31 Oct 16 Fallstar

WATCH: Fallstar releases new crowdfunded music video for ‘Radio (NW Hesh)’

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HMTV 28 Oct 16 Hand of Fire

HM PREMIERE: Hand of Fire drops new lyric video for ‘Let the Killings Begin’

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Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage releases ‘Forever Aligned’ video from upcoming album, ‘This Consequence’

20 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

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Memphis May Fire announces new album ‘SHAPESHIFTER,’ shares video for title track

20 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

Architects drops new single and video, ‘Whiplash,’ off new album, ‘The Sky, The Earth & All Between’

19 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

Spiritbox announces new album, ‘Tsunami Sea,’ unveils single, ‘Perfect Soul’

17 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

HM PREMIERE: InTheosis releases gripping new single, ‘Iconoclast,’ feat. Damien

14 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

HM PREMIERE: Visitor Pass unleashes new single, ‘Bad Habit,’ feat. Idle Threat’s Zeke McKinney

14 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

Until I Wake drops ‘Messenger’ lyric video

7 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

Skillet’s new album, “Revolution,” is out now, along with lyric video for ‘Not Afraid’

1 Nov 24 By Nao Glover

HM PREMIERE: Divine Grave unveils new single, ‘Grief’

31 Oct 24 By Nao Glover

SharpTone signs No Cure, band announces new EP

30 Oct 24 By Nao Glover

Haste the Day makes triumphant return with video for new single, ‘Burn’

18 Oct 24 By Nao Glover

Memphis May Fire

Memphis May Fire shares ‘Hell Is Empty’ music video

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Imminence announces Spring 2025 U.S. headline tour + share new ‘Continuum’ video

8 Oct 24 By Nao Glover

Brandon Dabbs forever: Meadows partners with KingdomCore and Ritual Print Co. to honor their brother and bandmate

8 Oct 24 By Nao Glover

HM founding editor Doug Van Pelt announces new book release on HM Press

3 Oct 24 By HM Staff

Fallstar launches crowdfund for new record, ‘PLEASE SET ME ON FIRE’

1 Oct 24 By Nao Glover