Norwegian masters of True Norwegian Balkan Metal TrollfesT have unleashed “Claiming the Walk of Fame”, the second and final single from their upcoming tenth studio album “Trollywood”, set for release on November 6th, 2026 via Reaper Entertainment.
Following the festival-ready madness of first single “Day Drinking”, TrollfesT now open the gates to Trollywood even wider. Their latest track offers another glimpse into the bizarre world at the heart of the new album – a place where trolls chase success, Hollywood mythology collides with absurdity, and the promises of the entertainment industry are pushed to their most ridiculous extremes.
At the same time, “Claiming the Walk of Fame” highlights the heavier direction of the upcoming record.Trollywood sees TrollfesT reconnecting with the raw energy and metallic aggression of their earlier work, while expanding their unmistakable sound with bigger arrangements, unexpected twists and the kind of controlled chaos that has defined the band for more than two decades.
The single arrives alongside a brand-new official music video created by TrollfesT’s own Mr. Seidel, bringing another chapter of the wonderfully twisted Trollywood universe to life.
The band comments:
“Our second and final single before Trollywood drops in November is ‘Claiming the Walk of Fame’! Musically, it has everything a respectable TrollfesT song needs: thunderous drums, ridiculously long drum fills, catchy melodies, crushing riffs, and an epic middle section! Beneath all the madness, there’s also a little jab at our obsession with fame, recognition, and beautiful faces.
And of course, what better way to celebrate than with a brand-new music video, created by our very own Mr. Seidel!
Join our three adventurous trolls as they journey to Trollywood to claim their place on the Walk of Fame and become the stars they were always destined to be! Unfortunately, they soon discover that the golden age of cinema is long gone. What remains is a cold, grim world ruled by greed and futuristic technology.
Will our trolls achieve eternal fame and glory, or will Trollywood chew them up and spit them out? There’s only one way to find out!”
At the same time, pre-orders for the new album Trollywood are now officially live. The album is available on CD, various vinyl editions, and—for the very first time—a Deluxe Box Set featuring exclusive bonus songs on a 7-inch vinyl as well as the legendary TrollfesT beer coaster set, making it the ultimate collector’s edition for every Troll. Raise your glass, turn the volume up and join the madness—Trollywood is ready to welcome you.
Album was once again mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen @ Hansen Studios.
Italian psychedelic rock outfit TANGERINE STONED have unveiled the official music video for their latest single, “I Shoot The Moon”. Serving as the captivating opening track to their upcoming fourth studio album, “Faded Dreams” (out November 6 via Go Down Records), the song sets a mesmerizing tone for what is to come.
Speaking about the track, the band shares: “This track opens our new album, pulling you into the Tangerine Stoned universe from the very first note. It drifts through hazy, lunar calm – spacey textures, shimmering reverb, and slow-floating guitars – until everything feels suspended in orbit. The moon hangs overhead as a quiet obsession: distant, luminous, and always just out of reach.“
TANGERINE STONED’s fourth studio album, “Faded Dreams”, was written and composed over the course of a year by siblings Christian J. and Danielle Gasperini, together with Francesco Guerra. This new chapter gathers the images and visions that have long accompanied the band: winter seas, endless roads, motels appearing from nowhere, distant cities burning on the horizon, and nights when everything seems to change shape. More than a story,
“Faded Dreams” is a place where the sacred and the profane share the same path – where reality and imagination coexist without needing to be separated, and where certain visions return year after year. Perhaps “Faded Dreams” existed in the world long before it became an album. Someone, long ago, had already pledged their heart to it. All that remained was to find a way there.
Tracklist:
I Shoot The Moon
Neon Bleeding
Open Sea
Faded Dreams
Let Me Try
Hide In The Fire
A Song For Jeffrey
Hey Lula!
L.A. Gloaming (Fat City) live
Self-recorded at the band’s private studio in Bevano Hills, the album will be out via Go Down Records in vinyl and digital formats on November 6 and is available for pre-order HERE
Line-up: Christian J. – Vocals, harp, guitar Danielle – Guitar, synth, keyboards, bass, backing vocals Francesco Guerra – Drums, percussion, backing vocals
The Swedish band WOLF stands for traditional 80s inspired heavy metal in its purest form. With their upcoming 10th studio album, „Hour of the Wolf“, the cult band cements its importance and high standing within the metal scene.
Today, WOLF release their second new single & video clip for the track “Waltz Post-Mortem“. It is a true heavy metal anthem, that also outskirts of their universe and sounds very fresh and versatile. “Like a waltz, the chorus is in ¾ time, which musically fit the lyrics very well“, says vocalist/guitarist Niklas Stålvind.
„Each section of the song is very different from the other, and the arrangement of the song is unusual as well as the song builds up to a climax, then the song parts are reversed and leads back to the beginning again. The twin guitar harmonies are swirling around in different layers like leaves in the wind on a graveyard. If you want to take a skeleton out of your closet and dance with it – this is the song to do it to“, explains Niklas Stålvind.
The video for „Waltz Post-Mortem“ was directed by Daniel Wahlström of Heavy Groove Media, who also previously did ”Midnight Hour”, ”Feeding the Machine”, ”The Ill-Fated Mr. Mordrake” and ”Shadowland” with WOLF.
Niklas Stålvind comments: ”The video is more of a short film, than a traditional music video, and this is how I see the songs in my head really, like images and little moving pictures. We shot the scenes in a old ghost house in the middle of the woods, not far from where I live. I found this weird place 19 years ago and I always wanted to do something with it for WOLF. This was the perfect opportunity. Enjoy!“
Formed in Sweden in 1995, WOLF was among the first bands to resurrect and rejuvenate the traditional heavy metal sound in the ’90s, when the genre was considered dead. Inspired by classic heavy metal bands from the ’70s and ’80s, WOLF laid the groundwork for the genre’s triumphant return in subsequent years. Over the course of their nine albums, the band has been seen by many as the originators of the new wave of traditional heavy metal.
Their upcoming tenth album, „Hour of the Wolf“, will be released on November 20th, and is an uncompromising release that stays true to the band’s roots while expanding the sound of classic heavy metal. WOLF has never tried to sound modern, or even retro, and has proven time and again that they follow no trends. They simply stick to their vision of what heavy metal should be. “We wanted to make an album that could fit on one side of a 90-minute cassette tape, just like the albums used to back in the day. Our goal was to create an album that you would want to listen to from start to finish and then play again. I think we accomplished that,” comments vocalist and guitarist Niklas Stålvind on the nine new tracks. „It’s diverse enough without losing the classic Wolf sound.“
“Hour Of The Wolf” will be released on November 20th. You can pre-order it on CD and three different vinyl editions: Red/Yellow Marbled, Red/Black Splatter (incl. signed autograph card and Indie exclusive) and Blue Marbled (Scandinavia exclusive), and digital.
Everything about WOLF is authentic. Thomas Holm, who created most of the previous WOLF front covers as well as iconic artworks like „Don’t Break the Oath“ and „Melissa“ (MERCYFUL FATE) and „Abigail“ and „Them“ (KING DIAMOND), once again created the eye-catching artwork. “I told him the album title, the song titles, and the mood of the album.The oil paintings are his visual interpretations of our music. His work is the antidote to the increasingly common AI “art.” We are the real deal, and we want the real deal,” states the frontman.
WOLF keeps it in the family. They recorded the entire album in their own studios and bassist Pontus Egberg took on the role as producer. “We’re fortunate to have so much talent in the band. We don’t need to outsource anything,” says the vocalist. He adds, “Pontus is a very good musician, and he’s much more structured than I am. That gave me the freedom to focus more on the artistic side of it all.”
Egberg’s part, who joined WOLF in 2019, becomes more important than ever. The bassist, who is also a member of KING DIAMOND a.o. is more than happy with the organic result: ”Throughout the whole production process Niklas and I had a very close collaboration, blurting ideas back and forth that I then tried to realize in the mix and the stellar performances from Johan, Simon and Niklas made the production flow very smoothly.”
The lyrical inspiration is totally varied and could come from books, movies, or imagined stories. “I want to write entertaining songs. Often, I see images in my mind from the music and lyrics. I try not to get in the way of the music and let the songs take me for a ride,” explains Stålvind, who founded the band in 1995. The title track „Hour of the Wolf“ is the perfect example: “Pontus sent me a demo with most of the music for ‘Hour of the Wolf,’ and I instantly got images in my head. I live far out in the Swedish countryside and have a Scandinavian forest right outside my door. I take walks in the forest almost every day. There’s a certain feeling on a starlit winter night or an early autumn morning, with the fog rolling in over the fields. I think that inspired me the most for that song.”
“Hour of the Wolf” is the tenth studio album by the quartet and 110% WOLF. “We’ve maintained our musical vision for over 30 years, and we’re thrilled that people enjoy our work. We have developed a lot but stayed true to the Wolf sound. In fact, I don’t even think about it. When I’m part of the songwriting process and sing, it just sounds like Wolf no matter what we do.”
There is still a lot to discover. The album opens with the first single, “Death Satellite,” which contains all the classic elements of a WOLF song: the WOLF style riffs, the twin guitars, Nik’s characteristic vocals and a that certain uptempo groove they are known for. However, there are also songs that explore the outskirts of the WOLF universe, which makes the album truly stand on its own. “My favorite track, ‘The Music of Erich Zann,’ doesn’t have a chorus. Instead, it has a drum solo and unusual harmonies for classic metal, as well as a story that takes you on a journey. Not only do the lyrics tell the story, but the music does too. The song is like a movie, but with sounds instead of images,” reveals the vocalist, who continues: “Another great example is ‘Waltz Post-Mortem,’ with a chorus in 3/4 time, like a waltz. Each section of the song is very different from the others, blending heavy metal riffs with harmonies inspired by classical composers and the song’s arrangement is unusual as well. If you want to take a skeleton out of your closet and dance with it, this is the song to do it to!”
Another exciting track is “Doppelgänger,” a German word that puts a big smile on Niklas Stålvind’s face. “I have always loved that word! I had the beginning of the song for years, and when I started working on it again, the word Doppelgänger came to mind. The concept of doppelgängers has always fascinated me. I was told that I had one in the small town where I grew up, but I never met him. What if you have a doppelgänger who takes over your life and does evil deeds, leaving you with the blame? What if it was really you? Your shadow self… Wouldn’t it be convenient to blame your doppelgänger for your own darkness instead of facing it?”
WOLF is: Niklas Stålvind – vocals and guitars Simon Johansson – guitars Pontus Egberg – bass guitar Johan Koleberg – drums
British blues-rock artist Joanne Shaw Taylor returns today with “You And Me (Rachel’s Song),” the latest single from her forthcoming studio album The Trouble With Love, due Friday October 23rd via Journeyman Records. Released alongside an official lyric video, the song is a deeply personal tribute to Joanne’s best friend Rachel and the kind of friendship that endures through distance, change, and the passing of time.
“A song for my best friend Rachel,” Joanne shares.
Built around a warm, gently propulsive groove and an inviting melodic hook, “You And Me (Rachel’s Song)” finds Joanne looking back on the ordinary moments that only reveal their importance with time. “It’s the big moments that always feel small / Until you look back / Then they’re the ones you wish you could stall,” she sings, capturing the way friendships are often defined by memories that seemed insignificant while they were happening.
That sense of history runs throughout the song as Joanne imagines returning to a familiar rooftop, raising a glass, and revisiting “the ghosts of who we were back then.” Rather than dwelling in nostalgia, the song looks forward with the same affection it gives the past, anchored by the reassuring refrain, “You and me, we’ll always be okay / I’m sure we’ll find a way.” The closing invitation to “meet me at the Met in five years” gives the song an intimate final promise: wherever life goes next, some relationships remain a constant.
“You And Me (Rachel’s Song)” offers another dimension of The Trouble With Love, Joanne’s highly anticipated new studio album produced by longtime collaborator Kevin Shirley. Across the record, Joanne dives headfirst into the beautiful chaos of the human heart, exploring love in its many forms through a blend of blues, rock, soul, Americana, and pop. While much of the album examines romance, heartbreak, longing, and difficult relationships, “You And Me” widens that lens to celebrate the quieter, steadier love found in lasting friendship.
The new single follows a steady run of releases that have revealed the album’s emotional breadth. “The Trouble With Love,” featuring Joe Bonamassa, captured the intoxicating push and pull of romance, while “What Good Is My Love?” featuring Orianthi confronted the pain of love that isn’t returned. “Hell Or High Water” delivered a defiant message of resilience, while “This Is Who I Am” explored acceptance and self-worth. “Tired Of Being Right” examined the difficult clarity that comes with leaving a relationship behind, and “The Girl That You Loved Before” looked back on love through memory, identity, and the ways people change over time.
Together, those songs reveal an album that approaches love from every angle: the kind that excites us, hurts us, changes us, steadies us, and stays with us. Produced by Shirley, The Trouble With Love continues the artistic evolution that has defined Joanne’s recent work, pairing some of her most personal songwriting with the expressive guitar playing and unmistakable voice that have made her one of contemporary blues-rock’s most acclaimed artists.
The release comes as Joanne prepares for the October 23rd arrival of The Trouble With Love and another extensive run of live dates. Following a busy summer of U.S. touring, Joanne will launch her Fall 2026 headline tour on October 28th in Albuquerque, with dates across the Southwest, Mountain West, Pacific Northwest, and California. Select shows will feature Bywater Call, followed by a run with Robert Jon & The Wreck. Known for her commanding stage presence, fiery guitar work, and emotionally immersive performances, Joanne continues to blend new material with fan favorites from across her acclaimed catalogue.
1. The Trouble With Love feat. Joe Bonamassa 2. Hell Or High Water 3. This Is Who I Am 4. Tired Of Being Right 5. Bad Boy 6. What Good Is My Love? feat. Orianthi 7. The Girl That You Loved Before 8. Never Gonna Please ‘Em All 9. You And Me (Rachel’s Song) 10. Death Wish
2026 Fall U.S. Tour October 28 – Albuquerque, NM – KiMo Theatre * October 29 – Flagstaff, AZ – Orpheum Theater * October 30 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre * November 1 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre * November 3 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater * November 5 – Colorado Springs, CO – Phil Long Music Hall * November 6 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre* November 7 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater * November 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room ** November 10 – Boise, ID – The Egyptian Theatre ** November 12 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory ** November 13 – Tacoma, WA – Rialto Theater ** November 15 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater ** November 17 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center for the Arts ** November 19 – Napa, CA – Uptown Theatre Napa ** November 20 – Bakersfield, CA – World Records ** November 21 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre **
* with Bywater Call ** with Robert Jon & The Wreck
2027 Tour Dates February 27 – Vero Beach – Vero Beach Blues Festival March 15-19 – Miami, FL – Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea
SoundsRock Agency is thrilled to announce the signing of LOVE MACHINE!
LOVE MACHINE are one of the most historical and prolific bands in the Italian Hard Rock and Heavy Metal scene.
Founded in Milan in 1987, the sextet has spent nearly four decades forging a powerful sound that blends classic Hard Rock with German style Heavy Metal influences and a strong focus on melody.
The current lineup features Rob Della Frera (Lead Vocals), Frank T Raider (Guitar), Luca “Doc” Pivetti (Guitar), Lele Triton (Keyboards), Yako Martini (Bass), and Andrew Dal Zio (Drums).
Their 1989 self-titled debut immediately launched Love Machine into relentless live touring across Italy, but it was their second, more aggressive album, Hungry For Your Love (1992), that captured international critical acclaim. The album was a hit, sparking a massive promotional tour of over 130 shows across clubs, festivals, and biker shows.
Their constant presence on the live scene led them to share the stage as special guests and supporting acts for absolute legends of the genre, including British metal icons SAXON (during their 1995 Dogs of War Anniversary Tour), GOTTHARD, the legendary W.A.S.P. (on the Kill Fuck Die European Tour), as well as Hard Rock and Sleaze heavyweights such as The Quireboys, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Warrior Soul.
Their third album, The Nite (1997), delivered a grittier, heavier sound that solidified the band’s balance between heavy metal and melodic hooks, preceding a temporary hiatus and the subsequent 2010 remaster of Hungry For Your Love via Steelheart Records.
Following several lineup changes over the years, the band found renewed stability around 2012 with the arrival of frontman Rob Della Frera and bassist Yako Martini. This “musical and spiritual rebirth” brought Love Machine back to their natural element, the stage, resulting in their first official live album, Alive’ N ‘Well (2013).
In 2018, the band marked a defining turning point with their fifth studio album, Universe of Mind. The record charted a new creative direction and was backed by numerous dates in major clubs and venues, including opening slots for Kissin’ Dynamite and Thomas Silver.
In early 2026, Love Machine released their highly anticipated sixth studio album, In Time, introducing Luca “Doc” Pivetti to complete the six-piece lineup. Driven by this solid roster and a catalog that merges pure Metal power with an unmatched legacy on international stages, Love Machine stand firm as true pillars of an ever-evolving Hard & Heavy scene.
In 2027, Love Machine will officially celebrate 40 years together. To mark four decades of music, the band is currently locked in the studio working on a special project, a tribute to their roots reimagined through the power and maturity of their current lineup and sound, crafted for both longtime fans and a new generation of listeners.
KAT have premiered “Waging War”, the opening track from their upcoming full-length album, “Death Is Not Enough”, set for release on October 23rd via Logosound.
Following the recent reveal of the artwork and tracklist, the band has now released the first official single alongside its accompanying music video.
The band has confirmed that the official video premiere for the single “Waging War” is set for Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8:30 PM (CET).
The track “Waging War” stands as the main lead single and proper flagship track of the upcoming full-length album “Death Is Not Enough”. This first release offers a significant preview of the record’s musical direction, blending the band’s signature energy with high-impact visual production crafted to enhance the song’s atmosphere. The upcoming album “Death Is Not Enough” will be available across all major digital streaming platforms, as well as in physical CD and vinyl formats via Logosound.
The exclusive world premiere of the “Waging War” video will take place on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8:30 PM (CET), streamed directly on KAT‘s official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@katofficialtv
Tracklist:
1. Waging War 2. Taste of Pain 3. Dark River 4. Haunted by You 5. Fiery Desires 6. Burn it Down 7. Looking for a Fight 8. Falling Into Darkness 9. Soulless Liar 10. Devil
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
