U.D.O. Announces Dates For Upcoming North American Tour

Sept. 27 — U.D.O. will make its way to North America this fall. The band announced Wednesday, it will launch a new North American tour Nov. 3 in Frenchtown, NJ. The tour, which runs more than a month, is in support of the band’s latest album, Touchdown, and is scheduled to run through Dec. 7 in Manchester, NH. The band released …

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Primal Fear’s ‘Code Red’ Is Musical Gold

Veteran power metal outfit Primal Fear released its latest album, Code Red over the weekend.  The band’s 14th album and its first for Atomic Fire Records, Code Red offers much for audiences to appreciate, not the least of which is its featured musical arrangements.  Said content will be examined shortly.  The lyrical themes that accompany the album’s 11 total songs make for their own interest …

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U.D.O.’s Latest LP Lives Up To Its Title

U.D.O. front man and namesake Udo Dirkschneider and his band mates have been notably busy in the past few years or so.  In 2020, the band released its then latest album, We Are 1.  Roughly a year later the band released a new live recording, Live in Bulgaria.  Front man and band namesake Udo Dirkschenider then followed up that release with his …

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U.D.O. Premieres Latest Single’s Lyric Video; Tour’s Next Leg To Launch Next Month

Aug. 25 — U.D.O. dropped its latest album, Touchdown, Friday, and along with it, premiered the lyric video for the record’s new single, ‘Fight For The Right.’ The video features the song’s socio-politically charged lyrics over various images of warfare around the world as the driving metal arrangement at the song’s base plays over the visualization. At the video’s end, the band presents …

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Jag Panzer Debuts Video For New Single, ‘Prey!’

July 28 — More than a month after releasing its new album, The Hallowed, Jag Panzer has premiered the video for another of the album’s songs. The band debuted the video for its new single, ‘Prey!‘ Friday. The song and its video are the album’s fourth behind its most recently release single, ‘Edge of a Knife,‘  ‘Stronger Than You Know‘ and ‘Onward We …

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Meshuggah Announces Details For ‘Chaosphere’ Re-Issue

July 28 — Meshuggah will re-issue its 1998 album Chaosphere later this year. The band will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album’s release by re-issuing the album Nov. 10 through Atomic Fire Records. The re-issue will come nearly 25 years to the day since its original release Nov. 9, 1998 through Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s third album, it produced three …

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U.D.O. Premieres New Single’s Video

July 27 — Fans of U.D.O. got their latest preview of the band’s new album, Touchdown, this week. The latest preview came Thursday in the form of the video for the album’s title track, which is also the record’s second single. The two-part video is a familiar style presentation. One half of the video features the band performing its new single on a sound …

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Primal Fear Premieres New Single’s Video

July 20 — Primal Fear gave audiences a new preview of its forthcoming album this week with the debut of the video for the group’s new single. The band premiered the video for its new single, ‘Deep In The Night‘ Thursday. The video and its single are the second from the band’s forthcoming album, Code Red, which is scheduled for release Sept. 1 through …

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Meshuggah Announces New Live Dates

July 11 — Meshuggah announced a new slate of headlining dates this week. The band announced the dates, which are in support of its 2022 album, Immutable, Tuesday. The album was released through Atomic Fire Records. The band’s latest tour schedule is a 19-date North American run that is set to launch Nov. 21 in San Diego, CA and to run …

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U.D.O. Debuts New Album’s Lead Single, Lyric Video

June 23 — U.D.O. gave audiences their first preview of its new album, Touchdown this weekend. The band debuted the album’s lead single, ‘Forever Free‘ and the song’s lyric video Friday. The song’s musical arrangement is a catchy composition that throws back to the power metal songs of the 80s from the likes of Judas Priest and Saxon. That is meant in the best …

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