Tommy Harrison Group is an Orlando, FL based hard rock band. Originally starting as an instrumental trio with diverse influences in classic hard rock, metal and jazz, Harrison’s first, self-titled album was released in 2017. Since, Harrison has moved towards his hard rock roots and enlisted the vocal talents of Mark Kaleiwahea for a new 2025 EP release, Fight to Survive (From the Ashes Records). Kaleiwahea is most recognized as the long-time vocalist and guitarist for Honolulu based Sacred Rite, a powerful force in the underground metal scene in the 1980s and 1990s, a group still active to this day.
Like Kaleiwahea, Harrison is native to Hawai’i and are both now residents of Florida. Harrison is best known for his time in the Denver band, Dogs of Pleasure, and time in the Hollywood club scene in the early 1990s with Aristocratic Trash, voted a top band by Music Connection magazine in 1992. Harrison is also known as an academic – this rocking professor is on the faculty at the University of Central Florida.
Joined by drummer Joshua Priest, Tommy Harrison Group’s powerful riffs coupled with melodic sensibilities makes ‘Fight to Survive’ accessible by a wide audience, while bringing appeal to a classic hard rock and metal fan base. Tommy Harrison Group will be releasing a series of singles in summer 2025, beginning with the release’s title track on March 21st. Ideal for playlists suited towards their classic metal influences of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, Fight to Survive will also be a good fit for playlists that include hard rock groups ranging from Breaking Benjamin to Three Days Grace.
After more than 5 years since their last full-length album, DEKADENT released their 7th full-length album DIONYST. The band focused on the production quality of this new album after careful preparation. The result is a powerful and expansive metal album that combines brutal romanticism with emotional contrast. The band also released a music video for one of their first two singles, Zástor. The latest album has already received very positive reviews and is likely to become a fan favourite.
Watch below their new lyric video ‘Vorteks Strupa’.
Throughout their career Dekadent performed extensive and mainly headline shows in towns across their homeland, while played in numerous cities across Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, …
The band will be on tour from April 29 to May 1 in Greece and Bulgaria. They will be the special guests for the mighty American black metallers Blackbraid in Athens & Salonica and later will headline a show in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Chicago-based HARM’S WAY will return to the road this Spring on a co-headlining tour with Full Of Hell with support from Kruelty, Jarhead Fertilizer, and Clique. The journey runs from May 10th through June 8th and includes several HARM’S WAY solo dates as well as performances at Sonic Temple, Welcome To Rockville, and Milwaukee Metal Fest. The tour will commence in advance of a special HARM’S WAY EP release with details to be unveiled in coming weeks.
Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
HARM’S WAY w/ Full Of Hell, Kruelty, Jarhead Fertilizer, Clique: 5/10/2025 Lincoln Factory – Detroit, MI w/ Converge 5/11/2025 Sonic Temple – Columbus, OH ^ 5/13/2025 Eulogy – Asheville, NC ** 5/14/2025 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC ** 5/15/2025 Welcome To Rockville – Daytona, FL ^ 5/16/2025 Georgia Theater – Athens, GA w/ Full Of Hell, Sanguisugabogg 5/18/2025 Milwaukee Metal Fest – Milwaukee, WI ^ 5/19/2025 Blueberry Hill Duck Room – St Louis, MO 5/20/2025 Portal – Louisville, KY 5/21/2025 Exit/In – Nashville, TN 5/23/2025 Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX 5/24/2025 Empire Garage – Austin, TX 5/25/2025 Secret Group – Houston, TX 5/27/2025 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 5/28/2025 Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC 5/30/2025 The Canal Club – Richmond, VA 5/31/2025 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD 6/01/2025 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA 6/02/2025 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY 6/04/2025 AMH – Amityville, NY 6/05/2025 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT 6/06/2025 The Middle East – Boston, MA 6/07/2025 Theatre Fairmount – Montreal, QC 6/08/2025 Axis Club – Toronto, ON ^ Festival Date ** HARM’S WAY only
HARM’S WAY‘s most recent album, the critically lauded Common Suffering, was released in September 2023 on Metal Blade Records.
For nearly two decades, HARM’S WAY has evolved from whispered underground favorites to their own globally adored force with an arsenal of songs that helped shape heavy music’s trajectory creating a roadmap for legions interested in “reinventing” themselves. HARM’S WAY has never stayed complacent and constantly morphed, shape-absorbing and reapplying influences in new and creative ways to create some of the most well-executed songs in hardcore, punk and metal.
And yet, considering the changeling that they and their previous efforts are, Common Suffering is easily the most musically diverse undertaking in their catalog. The album beams with incredibly memorable riffs, breakdowns, and impeccable songwriting. The title is a clear nod to the collective experiences of the past three years of chaos, misanthropy, paranoia, disorder, confusion, and anxiety, with the band exploring themes ranging from personal struggles with mental health, relationships, political upheaval, corruption, and political power.
Progressive metal innovators Wind Down have unleashed the official music video for “Without Doubt And Illusion”—a hauntingly introspective track from their highly anticipated concept album, The Burning Past, set for release on April 18, 2025, via Wormholedeath Records.
“Without Doubtand Illusion” takes you on a powerful introspective journey, where silence and solitude lead to a profound self-realization. The track explores themes of breaking free from past doubts and misconceptions, confronting uncertainty, and ultimately seeing things as they truly are. As the fog of illusion lifts, the protagonist embraces clarity, shedding old beliefs and discovering a new truth within themselves.
The Burning Past: A Concept Album Ignited by Ancient Wisdom
Wind Down’s debut album is a bold narrative steeped in Native American traditions and shamanic rituals, exploring themes of rebirth, ancestral memory, and the cyclical nature of truth. Tracks like “Without Doubt And Illusion” showcase their self-coined “Progressive Groove Metal” sound—a fusion of polyrhythmic precision, soaring melodies, and seismic riffs that bridge the cerebral and the primal.
Formed in 2021 by Damian “Blady” Jurek and Wojciech “Świerszcz” Wojtyczek, founding members of Thetragon, Wind Down quickly grew into a formidable unit with the additions of Kuba Czubik, Władysław Zawojski, and Marcin Borula. The band’s journey began with the release of their debut EP, Uśpieni Ludzie (Euthanised People), which garnered widespread praise, thanks to its title track and accompanying music video.
Building on the momentum, Wind Down toured extensively, sharing stages with international metal heavyweights like Necronomicon (Germany), Stonecast (France), and 3000AD (New Zealand), alongside prominent Polish acts such as Iscariota, Styxx, and Subterfuge.
In 2023, the lineup evolved, bringing in Franciszek Trybus and Tomasz Wiśniewski (formerly of Thetragon and Kruk) to solidify their sound. By April 2024, the band began recording their debut full-length album at Hertz Studio, with the final touches—mixing and mastering—handled by Ergosphere Studios. Their album The Burning Past, is set for release on April 18, 2025, via Wormholedeath Records.
BraveWords Records is pleased to announce the digital release of ASKA “Knight Strike”. To accompany the digital release ASKA release the latest single and brand new music video for the track 1944.
ASKA talking about their new video 1944, “This song is a work of historical fiction which takes a pivotal point in world history and posits the question: “What if….?”
Controversial? Maybe. Yet there have been many books, films and television series written on the same premise. To say we find it a bit preposterous that we were forced to remove all symbology and iconography of one side’s combatants and leadership from our video to meet YouTube’s censorship standards would be the understatement of the year. Especially when one can see far worse on any documentary dealing with the actual events, not the fictionalized ones we were originally portraying here.
It goes without saying, the song is a work of historical, military fiction based on actual events. ASKA does not condone war, discrimination or persecution of anyone based simply on religion, gender or race.
Now crank up the volume, hit play, share with your friends and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments section.”
Reviews of “Knight Strike”:
The new album is just straight ahead classic heavy, heavy metal and features George Call who also sang in Cloven Hoof, Omen, and a few other bands. – The Metal Command Show
“Knight Strike”… exceeds expectations, offering a tour de force of U.S. heavy/power metal replete with vigor, melody, and fervor. – Metal Zone
In essence, with “Knight Strike,” ASKA not only meets but exceeds expectations, offering a tour de force of U.S. heavy/power metal replete with vigor, melody, and fervor. George Call’s vocals, a sublime fusion of Coverdale’s grit, Defeis’s range, and Lizzy Borden’s theatricality, further elevate the sonic tapestry, infusing it with depth and resonance. This album is a masterful amalgamation of diverse sounds and emotions, inviting listeners on a captivating sonic journey. – Metal Zone
94 out of 100, so what does this mean, well if you are an ASKA fan you will get it, if you love metal an essential purchase, if you have never heard of ASKA this is a good one to get you will not be disappointed! – Lance Souther Metalholics, Rock, Punk & Comedy for Eternity
About ASKA: ASKA, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas-based, long-running heavy metal band has, as the title they gave their 3rd international tour can attest, “been there, done that”. And how! In 1992, just a short year after the release of the group’s self-titled debut album, they began touring the world performing at military bases, embassies and satellite installations around the globe for the U.S. Dept. of Defense/USO entertainment services. For nine years the group maintained a steady course, playing for U.S & foreign military troops in well over 56 countries and territories globally before turning their focus to the civilian world. There, they promptly played festivals around America and Europe and furthered their exposure in no small way. From inception to present, ASKA released seven full length albums on both national and international labels.
During the process, ASKA’s triple-threat frontman/vocalist/guitarist, George Call, came to the attention of cult, US underground metal pioneers, Omen, where he was promptly recruited to take over the lead vocalist slot for three years while still maintaining his role in ASKA. When that association dissolved, George was immediately snatched up by former Atlantic Records/Metal Blade, Midwestern, MTV veterans, Banshee, where he’s been front and center on the band’s two newest top notch releases. While helming both bands after a fateful meeting at a festival performance with ASKA in Germany, Call, was further enlisted to join U.K. legendary, cult NWOBHM band, Cloven Hoof, where he proceeded to record and release three critically acclaimed, fan-favorite albums. ASKA drummer Danny White joined George on two of these endeavors while the band’s long-serving bassist/vocalist, Keith Knight, engineered and recorded a high percentage of George’s extra-curricular activity at his Knight Recording Studios, keeping the three working together even when it was outside of the band.
ROCK HARD FESTIVAL GREECE 2025 -team is very happy to announce the final bands that will play at the first edition of Rock Hard Festival Greece, taking place on the 12th and 13th of September in Athens, Greece.
Full lineup:
CANDLEMASS ft. MESSIAH MARCOLIN (Sweden) – WORLD EXCLUSIVE REUNION PERFORMANCE
OVERKILL (USA)
GUS G. & FRIENDS (Greece)
INNERWISH (Greece)
THE CRYPT (Sweden)
BATTLEROAR (Greece)
ROY KHAN & TORE ØSTBY of CONCEPTION (Sweden) – ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE EXCLUSIVE TO V.I.P. TICKET HOLDER
DANIEL GILDENLÖW & JOHAN HALLGREN of PAIN OF SALVATION (Sweden) – ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE EXCLUSIVE TO V.I.P. TICKET HOLDER
Available for purchase NOW are: 2-Day standard tickets (only 3700 tickets available) 2-Day VIP tickets (only 300 tickets available)
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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Visionary artist KIMMO KUUSNIEMI's ANCIENT STREAMING ASSEMBLY (ASA) have released “Aurora Nuclearis”, a powerful 12-minute audiovisual experience, dedicated to the Late Keyboardist Esa Kotilainen. - Click image to watch the video
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