Category: Hard Rock

Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.

ASHES OF ARES – New Messiahs 2025


Release date: Friday, July 18th 2025 American band ASHES OF ARES, featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow (vocals) and Freddie Vidales (guitar, bass), will release a new studio album, “New Messiahs”, on July 18 in Europe and August 8 in North America via ROAR Records (a division of Reigning Phoenix Music).