Fastball Music

12/06/2026

⚡ OUT NOW !! BLiTZ – "BITTER ME" ⚡

The wait is over! The debut album "Bitter Me" by Boston-based industrial metal project BLiTZ is out now on all major digital platforms.

Set in a dystopian world of the year 2066, "Bitter Me" delivers a powerful mix of industrial metal, NDH, modern metal and electronic elements. Driven by crushing guitars, cinematic synths, relentless rhythms and a story of rebellion against a totalitarian regime, BLiTZ creates a sonic experience that is both mechanical and intensely human.

Prepare for Sonic Warfare – aggressive, precise and impossible to ignore.

🔥 Stream it now and join the uprising!

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11/06/2026

In 2020, Crown of Glory released their third album "AD INFINITUM". Musically, the Swiss band operates within the melodic metal genre, drawing influences from AOR and power metal. Their strengths clearly lie in their highly catchy hooklines - melodies that refuse to let go after just a single listen. Their compositions cover an incredible range of the aforementioned styles yet consistently surprise the listener with completely unexpected passages. In short: a veritable fireworks display of metal anthems!

"AD INFINITUM" is the result of the uncompromising path taken by a band that started at the very bottom and—against all odds—never let anything shake its love for music or its belief in heavy metal.

The album is available as CD, Download, Streaming and double 12" white vinyl edition.

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11/06/2026

BLiTZ' debut album "Bitter Me" will be released tomorrow, and Midlands Rocks is full of praise for it:

"With no two songs inhabiting the same sonic space, Bitter Me is an album in constant motion ... it is quite easy to lose yourself in the soundscapes the band create. ... with this album on your playlist you’ll be able to smash through any obstacles life might throw in your path."

https://themidlandsrocks.co.uk/blitz-bitter-me/

04/06/2026

In 2016, the CHRISTIAN TOLLE PROJECT released a special album, "Now & Then": Christian Tolle re-recorded some of his best songs with new singers and in a new outfit, plus he threw in some new songs. As a result, the musical range is widespread combining the whole array of handmade classic rock. Simply put: pure variety, powerful songs.

As for the previous albums, Christian was again able to engage numerous excellent rock singers and musicians for the project. John Parr, Philip Bardowell, Rick Riso, John Cuijpers, Michael Voss and David Reece refine the classic AOR compositions with their charismatic voices just as the technical skills of exceptional musicians like Steve Lukather (guitar), Michael Landau (guitar), Tim Pierce (guitar), Doug Aldrich (guitar), Chuck Wright (bass), Lauren Scheff (bass), Raymond Herveille (drums), Morris Adriaens (keyboards, backing vocals).

The twelve album tracks plus the CD bonus track "Changed (Alternative Version)" present an all-round successful and homogenous, but nonetheless full-on rock trip into the classic and also timeless AOR.

Shops: https://www.fastball-music.com/ean/4260101568403

02/06/2026

New album from michael schinkels Eternal-Flame due this autumn!

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with the German melodic heavy metal band Michael Schinkel’s Eternal Flame for the release of their brand-new album thisWe are delighted to announce our collaboration with the German melodic heavy metal band Michael Schinkel’s Eternal Flame for the release of their brand-new album this autumn.

The band’s fifth album to date follows seamlessly on the heels of its 2021 predecessor, “Gravitation”. In addition to founding members Michael Schinkel (guitar / vocals) and Helmut Kohlpaintner (keyboards), the record features an impressive international lineup: Mark Boals has been enlisted as lead vocalist, while Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of Forever, Hardline, Sunstorm, Vanden Plas, Jorn) and Göran Edman appear as guest musicians.

Further details regarding the specific release date, upcoming singles and videos, as well as planned tour dates, will be announced in the coming weeks and months.

30/05/2026

🔥 PILEDRIVER DROP NEW VIDEO 🔥
There Comes A Time (Official Video)

While the German classic rock band PILEDRIVER gave an impressive statement of their decades-long live presence with the release of the opulent Live CD / Blu-ray / DVD box set "Live In Europe" from 2023, the band now celebrate their 30th anniversary with their new album "FIRST NATIONS ROCK", seven years after the release of their last studio album "ROCKWALL".

During the recording of their fifth album, band founders Michael Sommerhoff and Peter Wagner welcomed three new additions to the PILEDRIVER lineup: keyboard player Tom Frerich, bass player Jens Heisterhagen, and drummer Dirk Sengotta. Musically, the 14 new songs are truly a force to be reckoned with. PILEDRIVER demonstrate an impressive joy of playing throughout the entire recording, sure to delight any classic hard rock fan. Each song features catchy hook lines with a high degree of recognition. Rocky, always melodic, at times ballad-like and melancholic, and occasionally garnished with surprising elements, "FIRST NATIONS ROCK" represents a comforting consistency in a world – not just musically speaking – that has not always changed for the better, especially in recent years.

Stefan Kaufmann as producer, alongside Michael Sommerhoff, and Martin "Mattes" Pfeiffer, who was responsible for the mix and mastering, together ensure an excellently balanced, powerful, yet never overpowering, sound that such an album must have.

The new PILEDRIVER album is released as a CD in a lavish 6-page digipak with a 24-page booklet, as well as on a double gatefold 12" vinyl with a duplex-printed poster. On Saturday, December 13, 2025, the band will play an exclusive album release show at the Börse in Wuppertal.

Music videos for all 14 songs on the album were also shot at the Börse in Wuppertal. These will be released gradually over the coming months starting at the end of September on the official PILEDRIVER YouTube channel, accompanying the album release well into 2026.

Hard rockers PILEDRIVER (PILEDRIVER) have unleashed a brand-new video for the keyboard-driven rocker “Back To Back”! 🎹⚡
Blending classic hard rock vibes with a strong melodic edge, the track delivers groove, energy, and plenty of attitude. 🔥

taken from the album "First Nations Rock"
Download, stream & order "FIRST NATIONS ROCK" in one of these stores:
https://www.bob-media.com/ean/4262522210077

video produced by BOB-MEDIA / www.lensflareclips.de
camera by : Jörg Tochtenhagen, Jörg Scheuer, Barbara Zimmermann
edit by : Jörg Scheuer
location : Die Börse / Wuppertal

🎧 Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9btZc9yCezU

taken from the album "First Nations Rock"Download, stream & order "FIRST NATIONS ROCK" in one of these stores: https://www.bob-media.com/ean/4262522210077vid...

28/05/2026

THROWBACK THURSDAY

In spring 2016, the Australian power metal band Darker Half released their third album "Never Surrender".

The 10 track album provides everything that classic power metal can offer. Melodic, soaring choruses, galloping riffs, furious double kick bass drums, explosive solos and a matching production to crank up the volume.

The band succeed in varying playfully between crisp and short speed tracks and dark songs and present a tremendous enthusiasm for playing which especially gives the longer songs an essentially epic character.

Shops: https://www.fastball-music.com/ean/4260101567703

28/05/2026

are part of this week's "Battle Of The Bands" on Metal Devastation Radio with their upcoming album "Bitter Me".

The band who wins the weekly battle takes part in the monthly "Battle Of The Bands". So, go over there and vote for BLiTZ. We already did.

https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/29028/who-will-rise-as-this-weeks-champion-on-the-mdr-battle-of-the-bands-05-25-26-05-29-26

🔥 Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands? 🔥And who will dominate next month as Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio? Last month’s winners, ANTIPOPE , crushed the competition with a staggering 721,717 VOTES, claiming the title of Band of the Month on ...

23/05/2026

JIMMY MARTIN – “A WOMAN LIKE YOU”

22/05/2026

OUT NOW !!
BLiTZ – “SUDDEN DEATH” (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

Boston-based industrial metal project BLiTZ unleashes “Sudden Death” — the explosive second single from the upcoming debut album “Bitter Me.”

Driven by crushing drums, aggressive guitars and relentless electronic energy, the track throws listeners straight into a deadly dystopian duel where only one survives.

A powerful fusion of industrial metal, hard rock, NDH and electronic aggression — pure sonic warfare.

Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf58FIbkEwc
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