Moldovan metal icon Lena Scissorhands has released her new single Borderlines, featuring L.A. power metal outfit Death Dealer Union. Embracing the full force of groovy hard rock/arena metal punch, Borderlines packs gnarly riffs and showcases Lena‘s clean vocal prowess. There is still time for a spitting dirty vocal chorus in […]
7 tracks of finest blackened brutal death metal. British death metal trio Infested Angel are set to release their second EP Submit to Death this Tuesday 22nd March. Fresh off their debut release Nourish Me, Satan, the trio are back with a second helping of brutality, straight from the bowels […]
Oh Wow! Back with more garbage music (as the band themselves put it), Scottish Pirate Metal overlords Alestorm have revealed the artwork and track listing from their upcoming album Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, which will be released on June 24th via Napalm Records. We’re yet to hear the […]
Sooner or later, everyone comes to the realisation that all music can be improved with the injection of some piratical plundering. European power metal quintet Visions Of Atlantis have taken the plunge on their latest single Legion Of The Seas, taken from their upcoming album Pirates. Visions Of Atlantis have […]
Rising from the ashes of Dienamic, Die With Fear unleash their first track under their new moniker. To The Wolves is the first track released from their debut album Sonata Di Morte, out March 25th. Die With Fear operated under the name Dienamic from 2010 and by 2019 the band […]
Lebanese groove metal outfit Phenomy are set to release their latest album Syndicate of Pain on March 3rd. Their latest single Lead Me To My Throne has been released alongside an animated video. Lead Me To My Throne tales a serial killer, talking about the things he has done, asking […]
Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska have released the second single from their upcoming sixth album due for release later this year. Kade tells the tale of a Ruoska soldier navigating a world filled with misery and disaster. Doesn’t sound overly different to the world we currently live in. Taking inspritation […]
Power metal has a unique ability to uplift the soul like nothing else. Portuguese band Master Dy may have started life deep the realms of back metal, but took a path to the lighter side with some uplifting power pop infused metal. Still retaining the themes of pain and the […]
The nordic country of Finland has heavy metal in its veins. Some of the very best bands in the history of heavy metal have emerged from Santa Claus’s homeland. From The Land of a Thousand Lakes, Finnish Metal is often dripping in emotion, complexity and often more than a hint […]
Its not all brutal death metal and nihilistic black metal here at The Metal Protocol, sometimes a trumpet here and a trombone there can do wonders to calm a desolate soul. Californian skacore crew 8 Kalacas releases their third single and video, Pudrete from their forthcoming new album, Fronteras, set for […]