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Discover a world of mind-blowing music, from classic rock to thrash metal. We’ve got something for every metalhead.

Check out our weekly shows below:

Daily Album Premieres

Hear the latest metal and hard rock releases, hand-picked by our expert screeners. Read more about the show here.

The Friday Guest DJ Hour Show

Tune in every Friday to hear your favorite musicians share their musical influences and play their favorite tracks. Read more about the show here.

The 12th Hour Show

Stay ahead of the curve with the latest metal and hard rock tracks. Read more about the show here.

Six Degrees of Progressive Metal

Dive deep into the progressive metal universe and discover mind-bending music. Read more about the show here.

Hairbanger’s Hairspray Show

Join us for a wild ride through the best of classic and modern hair metal. Read more about the show here.

Before They Called It Heavy Metal

Delve into the roots of heavy metal and celebrate the groundbreaking music of the 70s. Read more about the show here.

Thrash Zone

Unleash the fury with the ultimate thrash metal experience, featuring classic and modern bands. Read more about the show here.

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERES Week 50, 2015

December 6, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

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This Week’s Guest DJs Are Gus McArthur!

December 3, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

This week’s guest DJs are Gus McArthur, a young metal band from Huntington Beach, CA consisting of four unique members each from different genres and musical backgrounds. Their music is a blend of different genres like Metal, Rock, thrash and Underground Hip Hop. The band is currently promoting their new self titled EP containing the tracks: 1. Good Evening, 2. Overlord, 3. Slaves Of The North Sea, 4. Succubus All 4 tracks will be played after the band have introduced their 10 most influential tracks of all time. Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 CET/ 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. EST this Friday In the meantime enjoy a the video for Good Evening:

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERES Week 49, 2015

November 29, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

Tune in the Daily Album Premiere Show to hear the finest metal releases just now hitting the streets! DAY BAND ALBUM Monday Honeymoon Disease The Transcendence Tuesday Phantasma The Deviant Hearts Wednesday Carsten Lizard Schulz Syndicate The Day The Earth Stopped Turning Thursday Standing Ovation Gravity Beats Nuclear Songs from these new releases will be featured at 6:00/18:00 CET (Midnight/Noon EST) on the days indicated. All featured albums will have a short review posted the day it’s on the show! The FRIDAY edition of the Daily Album Premiere show contains 3 tracks from each of the Daily Premiere Albums. Be sure to tune in here!

This Week’s Guest DJs Are STARBLIND!

November 25, 2015 Scott Jeslis

This week’s Guest DJs are all the guys from Sweden’s Heavy Metal band Starblind. The band is ready to release their sophomore album Dying Son on December 4th on the Pure Steel Records label. Their music can be described as catchy Heavy Metal with majestic twin guitar leads, pumping bass guitar, dynamic drums and melodic, powerful vocals. No attempts has been made to hide the influences when writing the material for Dying Son. After the band’s playlist they’ll introduce and play some tracks off Dying Son! Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 Central European Time (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Eastern USA Time) this Friday! In the meantime enjoy a video teaser from Dying Son: as well as the track “Lighthouse” from Dying Son:

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERES Week 48, 2015

November 22, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

Tune in the Daily Album Premiere Show to hear the finest metal releases just now hitting the streets! DAY BAND ALBUM Monday Flayed Monsterman Tuesday Silent Knight Conquer & Command Wednesday Horizons Edge Heavenly Realms Thursday Signum Regis Chapter IV: The Reckoning Songs from these new releases will be featured at 6:00/18:00 CET (Midnight/Noon EST) on the days indicated. All featured albums will have a short review posted the day it’s on the show! The FRIDAY edition of the Daily Album Premiere show contains 3 tracks from each of the Daily Premiere Albums. Be sure to tune in here!

This Week’s Guest DJ Is Jason Morley From METASPHERICAL!

November 19, 2015 Scott Jeslis

Metaspherical is a Global Metal Music project created and produced by Jason Morley of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Jason began the project with the intent to demonstrate that artists from around the world could play together, despite working in different countries or sub-genres of Metal. Don’t miss this show as Jason set includes music from some of the artists who are part of the project! After Jason’s set we’ll play the project’s first single “Cloth Of Ought To”. Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 Central European Time (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Eastern USA Time) this Friday! Also check out a few Metaspherical videos: Metaspherical Trailer Metaspherical Cloth Of Ought To video

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERES Week 47, 2015

November 15, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

Tune in the Daily Album Premiere Show to hear the finest metal releases just now hitting the streets! DAY BAND ALBUM Monday Kickin Valentina Super Atomic Tuesday Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall Kingdom of Rock Wednesday Girlschool Guilty As Sin Thursday Threshold European Journey Songs from these new releases will be featured at 6:00/18:00 CET (Midnight/Noon EST) on the days indicated. All featured albums will have a short review posted the day it’s on the show! The FRIDAY edition of the Daily Album Premiere show contains 3 tracks from each of the Daily Premiere Albums. Be sure to tune in here!

This Week’s Guest DJ’s are ABSOLVA!

November 10, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

This week Absolva released their new album Never A Good Day To Die! The album has been co-written by Luke Appleton (Iced Earth), brother of Chris Appleton. Luke and Chris perform some slick guitar sequences on this follow up to Anthems Of The Dead. Don’t miss the show as Chris and Luke play their all time Metal favorites followed by six tracks from Never A Good Day To Die. Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 Central European Time (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Eastern USA Time) this Friday! The bands latest video is “No One Escapes”

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERES Week 46, 2015

November 8, 2015 Stig G. Nordahl

Got some gems coming up for you this week! Def Leppard are finally out with a new album. Listen to it and read the review this Monday! Reverence delivers a great metal album with Riot’s current vocalist behind the stand. Don’t forget to check out the new album by one of Italy’s leading metal bands Eldtrich on Thursday! See the schedule here! DAY BAND ALBUM Monday Def Leppard Def Leppard Tuesday Reverence Gods Of War Wednesday Rose’n Wake Up Thursday Eldritch Underlying Issues Songs from these new releases will be featured at 6:00/18:00 CET (Midnight/Noon EST) on the days indicated. All featured albums will have a short review posted the day it’s on the show! The FRIDAY edition of the Daily Album Premiere show contains 3 tracks from each of the Daily Premiere Albums. Be sure to tune in here!

This Week’s Guest DJ is CHASTAIN!

November 2, 2015 Scott Jeslis

Founder and guitarist David T. Chastain joins us this week as our Guest DJ to help promote Chastain’s new album We Bleed Metal which, coincidentally, releases on Friday as well. “By mentioning the name CHASTAIN, Metal maniacs and lovers of female-fronted Metal bands fall into endless rapture. Active since 1985, the band featuring legendary vocalist Leather Leone and guitarist David T. Chastain has earned an almost godlike status with albums such as “Ruler Of The Wasteland“ (1986) and “The Voice Of The Cult“ (1988). Now, Pure Steel Records has the honour to welcome this band. With the release of the new, now tenth album, “We Bleed Metal,“ the cult act still delivers the old spirit and celebrates traditional Heavy/Power Metal at its best. The unique heavy vocals of Leather Leone and the dark, shredding riffs of the eponym are still full of contemporary impact. Not pandering to any trends, this is pure steel from the U.S.A.!” The line-up on the new album includes: Leather Leone – vocals David T. Chastain – guitars Mike Skimmerhorn – bass Stian Kristoffersen – drums After David’s playlist we’ll play 30 minutes worth of track from We Bleed Metal Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 Central European Time (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Eastern US Time) this Friday! In the meantime check-out the Official Lyric Video for the track “All Hail The King” from the new album.