Mother Feather to Appear on Warped Tour This Summer; BBC Session with Mother Feather Now Online   New York City’s self-described “pop cock rock” band Mother Feather has announced today that they will appear on Warped Tour all summer, in support of their eponymous debut album due out May 13th worldwide via …

HATEBREED Tease New Album – Special Pre-Orders Now Live HATEBREED‘s long-awaited new album, The Concrete Confessional is set for a May 13 release via Nuclear Blast Records.  The band are teasing the album and their upcoming tour dates with a video clip featuring three brand new songs; ‘A.D.,’ ‘Looking Down The Barrel of …

Cold Snap Cover ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, New Single Out Now Croatian groove-metal masters COLD SNAP pay homage to Nancy Sinatra with this cover version of ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’. The song (originally written by Lee Hazlewood) was produced by the iconic Danish metal producer, Tue …

Black Stone Cherry Showcase ‘Soul Machine’ BLACK STONE CHERRY have released a new track, ‘Soul Machine’ from their hotly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘Kentucky’, set for release Friday 1st April via the Mascot Label Group. Check out the new track and lyric video: Recording the album outside the confines of record label …

It had been quite a pleasant day for mid March in Manchester when I headed to Club Academy to see Sanguine, our featured band for March (see here). This was to be the opening night of their UK tour supporting Mushroomhead and American Head Charge but after the latter had …

    SCARBLADE is a Greek female fronted Heavy Metal band, founded in May of 2012 in Athens, as RUTHLESS STEEL. Their debut EP titled “Die In The Night” came out in 2013, and included 4 tracks that can be labelled as traditional Heavy Metal, inspired by such classic acts …

Rock’n’Roll Spirit With a Passion for Funk and Energy – Bull Funk Zoo to Release New Single ‘Would You’ Bull Funk Zoo is set to release his inner animal with a solid blend of rock and funk elements in his new single ‘Would You’. Time Out Dubai has described Bull …

Alien Ken’s New Album and Video Out Now! The new video for “Dualstar” The wait is finally over! The new Alien Ken album was released 21st March 2016. Eight brand new hard rocking tracks straight outta Norway. “Change is Constant” follows up the debut album  “Contact” from 2014. The new …

Iron Maiden – Ed Force One Flies Again Band’s Plane Repaired After Major Accident in Chile VIEW THE FULL PHOTO GALLERY ED FORCE ONE ONWARDS AND UPWARDS AGAIN   MAIDEN PLANE SET TO REJOIN THE BOOK OF SOULS TOUR IN BRASILIA TOMORROW AFTER MASSIVE REPAIRS COMPLETED IN JUST 10 DAYS   TWO 5000kg, FOUR …

LILITH AND THE KNIGHT Unleash Debut Single ‘WAKE UP’  Out April 22nd on Red Vixen Records  On April 22nd  Lilith and The Knight release their ferocious debut single ‘Wake Up’ on Red Vixen Records. Describing themselves as ‘Exciting, Sexy and Loud!’ Lilith and The Knights’ Wake up is a dark and seductive full on assault …

MOONSPELL Hit The UK and Ireland Next Week! MOONSPELL play three shows in the UK and one in Ireland starting at Doom Over London at The Dome, Tufnell Park on March 26, 2016. Frontman Fernando Ribero comments: “We are thrilled to get back on the road to extinction, our destiny …

  Anti-Clone Mushroomhead UK shows + New song ‘Astaroth’ now streaming PHD 29 April 2016 Anti-Clone announced for Mushroomhead UK shows – New song ‘Astaroth’ now streaming online – Debut album produced by Matt Hyde (Slipknot) Art by Mister Sam (Rob Zombie) – Out 29.4.2016 via Phd “Likely to be …

Rock’n’Roll Desperados The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers Unleash Crazy New Video “Summer Spleen” on The Obelisk. France’s galvanizing heavy rock’n’roll foursome THE TEXAS CHAINSAW DUST LOVERS are unveiling today the video for their haunting new song “Summer Spleen”. TTCDL’s audacious debut “Me And The Devil” will be released on March 28th on …

SLAYER Unveil Visceral New Video for ‘You Against You’ SLAYER have returned with a violent and visceral new video that prequels their hugely popular, gore-filled ‘Repentless’ clip that has to date, racked up over 7.5 million views on YouTube. In ‘You Against You,’ vocalist Tom Araya screams; “Your perfect world is ending …

 SANGUINE share new video for latest single ‘Empty’ (ft. Jesper Stromblad), and hit the road with Mushroomhead from March 18th  Fast-rising female fronted alt. metallers Sanguine have shared a new video for their latest single, ‘Empty’, which is released on March 18th, to coincide with the start of a 15 …

                  Once seen, never forgotten, could be said of Spunk Volcano the larger than life guitarist from Midlands Punk Rock band Dirt Box Disco. He of the one-eyed, safety pinned balaclava with inbuilt orange woolly mohawk does his bit to keep the …

EUROPE ANNOUNCE SPECIAL FINAL COUNTDOWN 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOWS & LIMITED EDITION VINYL RELEASE In 1986, Sweden’s biggest Hard Rock act EUROPE released their milestone album The Final Countdown.  The album went on to worldwide success and continues to be a mainstay in playlists all over the world.  2016 sees this …

Robert John Godfrey to Stand Down From Live Performance With The Enid   Founder and keyboardist with The Enid, Robert John Godfrey will play his last live UK show with the band on 2nd April at The Cadogan Hall, London.   Godfrey was diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s in 2014 …

Ruthless And Hexx To Join Forces For The First Release In The TYRANTS OF STEEL Series Two legendary US Metal acts, HEXX and RUTHLESS, joined forces for the “TYRANTS OF STEEL” 7″ vinyl single, which will be released this summer on High Roller Records. The single, which is the first …

New digital single ‘Hatebomb’ out now UK-based crust legends Discharge announced their signing to Nuclear Blast late last year. After the release of their ‘New World Order’ EP, the time has arrived to finally unleash a new studio album (their first in over  8 years) on an unsuspecting world. The …

All Hail The Yeti Unveil ‘Before The Flames’ Video and Concept Album Southern-fried metal outfit, ALL HAIL THE YETI release their new album, ‘Screams From A Black Wilderness’ on 13th May in the UK via minus HEAD Records.  The album concept features classic ’round the campfire’ horror stories, presenting a different …

For the first time in my life I actually got off the train at Wolverhampton rather than just passing through on the way back from Birmingham! The violent hailstorm and grey miserable skies did little to dampen my spirits as I was there to see two Finnish rock bands Reckless …

I first came across Anti-Nowhere League (ANL) five years ago when I was in Glasgow for a few days. I had a look to see if there were any gigs on, saw that they were playing, watched the video to So What and thought well so what, they’ll be a …

LAST GREAT DREAMERS *** Resurgent glam power-pop rockers release new single ‘Glitterball Apocalypse’ on April 15th, via Ray Records, and announce April UK tour as guests of Tigertailz ***       Brit rock dandies Last Great Dreamers are continuing their resurgence this Spring, with the announcement of a new single, …

WAYNE HUSSEY Announces Marian Limited Edition 7″ Single & Solo Tour In April Wayne Hussey will be playing a handful of South American & European shows to promote the release of a limited edition double A side 7 ” vinyl single in conjunction with Record Store Day. The single features Wayne’s stunning and …

Sanguine – Featured Band March 2016 Sanguine a four piece metal/rock band from Exeter are going to head out on tour later this month with Mushroomhead and American Head Charge (see here for further information and tour dates). PlanetMosh’s Louise took the opportunity to ask Sanguine’s Tarin and Nick a few questions …

Saint Diablo Supporting Ill Nino on Upcoming ’15 Years of Revolution’ Tour SAINT DIABLO have been confirmed as support for Ill Nino on select dates of the upcoming ‘15 Years of Revolution’ tour. Also supporting Ill Nino are Bobaflex and Terror Universal. The band will jump on the tour starting May …

A Thousand Horses Announce Debut Visit To The UK at This Year’s C2C Festival Live At The C2C Festival – The O2, March 13th Intimate London show – The Barfly, March 15th Latest single ‘First Time’ “A Thousand Horses are your new favourite Nashville band …their sound is a lively, swaggering …

                        Reckless Love are a Finnish Glam Rock band who, these days, perform their own music and songs, after initially starting out as Reckless Life, a Guns N’ Roses tribute. They release their fouth album InVader via Spinefarm records on …

POEM – Album Details, Videoclip and Tour Dates Revealed Greek progressive-rock/metal-band POEM will release their new album “Skein Syndrome“ on March 18th, 2016 via ViciSolum Productions. With a wide range of influences, their love for experimentation and a wonderful amalgam of progressive metal, hard hitting riffs and intricate atmospheres, POEM will …

Allegiance Of Rock To Play Stockholm Rocks Festival The new Swedish supergroup ‘Allegiance Of Rock‘ is a collaboration consisting of Gus G (Ozzy, Firewind) – guitars, John Leven (Europe) – bass, Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, Yngwie Malmsteen) – drums and Mats Leven (Candlemass, Gus G) on vocals. This all star alliance will be united for the very first time …

Darkyra Announces European Headline Tour Dates Australian symphonic metallers DARKYRA will play for the first time live in Europe, announcing a headline tour in April 2016 through the Netherlands and Germany. The following dates have been confirmed: 07. April – Jack’s Music Bar, Zwolle (NL) 08. April – De Engel, Den Helder (NL) 09. April – De Driesprong, Aalten (NL) 10. April – …

RIMFROST – New Video Available – Album Details Revealed Swedish black-deathers RIMFROST have unleashed a new video and therefore another new track from for their third and self-titled album which will be released on March 25th 2016 via Non Serviam Records. Check out the clip for “Witches Hammer” Formed back in 2002, the three-piece band explores …

Alien Ken To Release New Album ‘Change Is Constant’ in March New Single ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ Available Now Norwegian hard rockers Alien Ken recently released their brand new single called “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (Meaning “I came, I saw, I conquered”). The single is available on spotify here . This is …

If I mention the name Wendy James to any hot blooded male of a certain age the reaction ranges from Cor to Phwoar!!! Usually with a reference to the iconic video for I Want Your Love by Transvision Vamp. Wendy did indeed have the good looks to rival Marilyn Monroe …

WAGONS ROLLING IN 2016 BULLISH BRIT ROCKERS DROP MASSIVE NEW ALBUM AND HIT THE ROAD On revved up anthem Tokyo the fighting spirit at the very heart of Massive Wagons shines through. ‘You won’t play us on the radio’ blasts frontman Baz Mills. But this time we just might. Because …

TAX THE HEAT | BAND RELEASE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK ‘ANIMALS’ Bristol’s original blues rockers Tax The Heat recently announced the release of their full length Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut, Fed To       The Lions. The band are today premiering an official video for the track ‘Animals’, which features on the …

After the death of Terry Horbury in December VARDIS unveil new bass player: MARTIN CONNOLLY. Martin has been in the business for 40 years, playing bass for Rick Wakeman and Paul Fox, releasing two albums with hard rockers Scarlet, performing on Nicko McBrain’s ‘Rhythms of the Beast’ and as The …

MATTY JAMES   NEW SINGLE ‘STICKS & STONES’ OUT FRIDAY 18th MARCH   ​ Sticks & Stones is the uplifting lead single taken from N. Irish troubadour Matty James‘ forthcoming second album; The Road To No Town. This infectious country rock anthem will be released as a digital single through iTunes on Friday 18th March. Those who …

Rockmantic now in it’s fouth year is an annual mini festival, hosted around Valentine’s Day (hence the name) by Raz White. It might be the fourth event but this was my third Rockmantic as I missed Rockmantic 2. Valentine’s Day 2016 fell on on a Sunday so this year’s event …

SCORPIONS “Return To Forever (Tour Edition)” The current studio album released with seven additional bonus tracks and two DVDs March 11th 2016      The Scorpions are on the move! After last year’s massive sold-out world tour, the band is back to rock stages even harder. On their gigantic 50th Anniversary World Tour that kicked …

Biters Release Video for ‘1975’ and Begin UK Tour Atlanta’s rock n’ roll punks, BITERS have unleashed their tongue-in-cheek new video for the track ‘1975’, taken from their ‘Electric Blood’ album to coincide with their UK tour.  Check out the clip over at Vevo: http://vevo.ly/Rzovqs.  ‘Electric Blood’ was rated by Classic …

Announce new album ‘End Of Days’     UK based crust legends Discharge announced their signing to Nuclear Blast late last year. After the release of their ‘New World Order’ EP, the time has come to unleash their new studio album (their Nuclear Blast debut) on an unsuspecting world. It …

THE GINGER WILDHEART SHOW Announces Stellar Supporting Cast for April 1st O2 Forum , London   On April 1st ‘The Ginger Wildheart Show’ debuts at the O2 Forum in London, with an impressive supporting cast.  Along with The Ginger Wildheart Band, four special guests have just been confirmed for this planned annual event. As Ginger …

Orca continue to explore the space of prog rock with new single ‘Aquarium’ Described as a “cracking band” and praised for their “excellent production values” by music blog Progrockmusictalk, UK-based alt-rockers Orca have proven to be on top of their game. As pioneers and creators of the mysterious domain of …

THE REBELLES *** Rock ‘n’ roll harmony trio release their take on ‘All The Young Dudes’, feat. Ian Hunter, on 18thMarch, via Turtle Recordings ***      The Rebelles is the sound of three stunning vocal talents paying tribute to the songs that inspire them.  Formed of Tracie Hunter, Elizabeth …

Colour Of Noise are a classic rock band from Brighton, England! In their own words ‘We are steeped in the spirit of the late 60’s British Blues Boom and early 70’s Stadium Rock, but cannot escape the urge to deliver songs with a steam-powered intensity.’ At the tender age of eleven …

Darkology Premier ‘Fated To Burn’ Music Video US power metallers DARKOLOGY, featuring ex and current members of Firewind, ex-Solstice, ex-Leather, Arch Rival, Outworld, Zierler, Beyond Twilight and Medieval Steel in their ranks, have been making waves with their latest album ‘Fated To Burn‘, it was produced by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy). Hot on the heels of their cult video …

BURY THE MACHINES TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD February 27th , 2016    “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” – Friedrich Nietzsche  Bury The Machines releases its self-titled full length album at www.burythemachines.com as a digital download. Bury The Machines, brainchild of …

*** SANGUINE Join Mushroomhead and American Head Charge on 15 date UK Tour in March ***      Exeter alt. metallers Sanguine have announced they’ll be joining American heavyweights Mushroomhead and American Head Charge on a 15 date UK tour, which kicks off in Manchester on March 18th.    The news …

BLACK STONE CHERRY have unveiled their video for ‘In Our Dreams’, the first single taken from their forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘Kentucky’, which is set for a 1st April release via the Mascot Label Group.  Check out the clip here: The video is set in a post-apocalyptic underwater world, ‘Hydros’, …

GINGER WILDHEART Unveils Short Film & Releases New Album ‘YEAR OF THE FANCLUB’ on February 12th Ginger Wildheart and Director Mark Haldor unveil a powerful and thought provoking short film to accompany ‘Don’t Lose Your Tail, Girl’ from Ginger’s  forthcoming new album Year Of The Fanclub  released on February 12th through the Round Records Records label.  …

Unhinged a punk rock band from Stourbrige in the West Midlands released their debut album Nostalgia on 11th December 2015, having formed in the summer of the same year. On their facebook page they site their influences  as “Oasis, H2O, The Offspring, Linkin Park, Pennywise, Agnostic Front and Clutch.” Nostaligia with …

Wolfmother Reveal Intergalactic Video for ‘Victorious’ “Victorious is as cock sure as its title suggests.” – Q “Victorious positively growls with big bastard guitar lines …this is bustling rock’n’roll that doesn’t think about much else.” – Uncut Grammy winning rock band WOLFMOTHER have revealed the kitschy tongue in cheek sci-fi …

 THE ENID ANNOUNCE FINAL TRILOGY ALBUM ‘DUST’ Prog pioneers The Enid have announced the release of new album ‘Dust’, the third and final chapter of their trilogy started in 2010 with ‘Journey’s End’ and followed by ‘Invicta’ in 2012. ‘Dust’, The Enid’s 14th studio record, is out on 1st April on …

Anti-Clone Hit Pledge Music Target – New Lyric Video ‘Mechanical Heart’ Premiere Boston, UK nu-metal band ANTI-CLONE have hit their Pledge Music campaign target (101% at this time) and to celebrate they have premiered a brand new lyric video ‘Mechanical Heart’: The new song is taken from the band’s as …

INCITE, the Arizona based metal outfit led by Richie Cavalera, are set to release their new album, ‘Oppression’ on 22nd April and to tie in with their current UK dates they’re debuting new song, ‘Stagnant’ over at Soundcloud here ‘Oppression’ was recorded at the Omen Room Studios, Garden Grove, CA …

New Album “Cradle The Rage” 11th March 2016 UK Tour “Cradle The Rage Tour” March 2016BBC Documentary “True Grit” feat. James Toseland – Spring 2016 The brand new Toseland album, “Cradle The Rage”, will be released worldwide on the 11th March 2016. The band are setting out on a 10 …

Saxon Release a Video Trailer for EAGLES AND DRAGONS their Exclusive 9LP Box set of all studio albums between 1991 – 2009 Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary Saxon Box Set containing vinyl LPs of the band’s nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. “Eagles and …

Redemption Festival 2016   Target 86 Management & Promotions proudly presents the 2nd annual Redemption Festival held at Warehouse 23 in Wakefield.  The venue is 1000 capacity, equipped with a 30k sound system, over £40,000 of stage lighting plus excellent facilities for artists and the general public. After the success …

COLOUR OF NOISE ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE AND MARCH 2016 UK TOUR Colour of Noise will be supporting Toseland on tour this March, kicking off March 16 at The Hope in Brighton and will be releasing their single ‘Can You Hear Me’ Friday 26th February. Colour of Noise are a classic …

Swedish Street Metallers Gehennah Premiere New Track, “All of the Decadence, None of the Success” Swedish street metallers Gehennah have finally returned with a new album, Too Loud To Live, Too Drunk To Die – their first full-length since 1997’sDecibel Rebel! Due out worldwide on February 12th via Metal Blade Records, the band has …

RAM Gearing up for Live Dates in Germany and the Benelux!   Swedish Heavy Metal defenders (of the faith) RAM are up and ready for their first live shows in Germany and the Benelux since the release of their critically acclaimed new album ‘Svbversvm‘ last October! Make sure to attend and spread …

GOATWHORE announce Bloodstock 2016 appearance New Orleans’ favourite road demons, GOATWHORE have announced they will appear at Bloodstock 2016 along with Stuck Mojo, Metal Allegiance and loads more still to be announced.   Ben Falgoust comments:   “In August we will be making our first appearance at Bloodstock Open Air. …

BRIMSTONE COVEN Streams New Album, ‘Black Magic’ in its Entirety   This Friday (January 29th), West Virginian dark occult rockers BRIMSTONE COVEN will release their new album, ‘Black Magic‘, via Metal Blade Records! To pre-order the record in various formats – and to hear ‘Black Magic‘ in its entirety! – please visit: metalblade.com/brimstonecoven …

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME to Headline Tech-Fest 2016   BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have been announced as headliners at Tech-Fest 2016 along with Protest The Hero. They will join Textures, Fallujah, Fit For An Autopsy, Aegaeon, Destiny Potato, Disperse, Shields, Cold Night For Alligators, Vitalism, The Hirsch Effekt, …

The ‘Boys Are Back In Town! Rock n Roll Royalty are Kings of The Road Hard gigging, hard living, hard rocking: homegrown heroes The Quireboys have reinforced their reputation as kings of the road after announcing a slew of new dates for 2016. The band will spring back into action …

London based singer songwriter Millie Manders released her third EP Obsession Transgression via JTV Digital on 20th November 2015. Millie has a wide and varied musical background ranging from classical to jazz, punk to soul and, as well as singing, she also learnt to play the clarinet, saxophone and ukulele. …

Formed in Tamworth, Staffordshire in 2013. Heavy Metal band Hidden released their debut EP True Mercian Metal last year. Containing a short intro track  False Ones Must Die and three tracks packed with the classic NWOBHM sound of bands like Saxon and Judas Priest. Lots of screaming guitars and vocals …

Elixir To Start Skol Records’ Series Of The Replicas Of The NWOBHM Singles SKOL RECORDS proudly presents the first release in the series of the CD replicas of the legendary NWoBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) singles: ELIXIR “Treachery (Ride Like The Wind)”, which will be out on January …

EXORCISM Recruit Ex JORN Bass Player NIC ANGILERI Heavy Doom metallers EXORCISM featuring RAVEN LORD and METAL MACHINE’s CSABAZVEKAN (vocals) as well as featuring HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR‘s JOE ‘SHREDLORD’STUMP(guitars) have recruited ex JORN, IAN PACE, KHAOS, TORE ST. MOREN bassist NIC ANGILERI to their ranks. The band is currently …

STEVEN TYLER  ‘RED, WHITE & YOU’ BRAND NEW SINGLE – out now!! LISTEN HERE January 22nd, 2016: Aerosmith frontman – and globally-renowned rock icon – Steven Tyler has today announced the details of his forthcoming solo single ‘Red, White & You’, which is available at all digital partners and streaming …

INTIMATE & EXCLUSIVE SHOW 100 CLUB, LONDON – JANUARY 27th in aid of Childline and the NSPCC WATCH THE ENTERTAINING VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT HERE UK arena dates – February 2016 including London Wembley Arena ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT’ DVD – out Jan 29th 3-disc set documenting the story of ‘Wonder Days’ …

The Mission Announce 30th Anniversary Tour Dates  2016 sees The Mission celebrating 30 years since they first set foot on the stage at the intimate Alice In Wonderland club in London on January 20th 1986. To celebrate The Mission set out on their most extensive and ambitious tour since they reformed …

Darrell Bath released his latest album Roll Up via Livewire/Cargo Records last month. Darrell is an accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter having played with many well known Punk/Rock bands including stints in UK Subs, and The Dogs D’Amour contributing to their 1993 release “More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace“. He appeared on …

Wendy James Studio Album: “The Price Of The Ticket” Release date: 19th February 2016 Featuring Members of The Patti Smith Group, Sex Pistols, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Iggy & The Stooges. “Wendy James’ new album ‘The Price Of The Ticket’ is brave and tender, artful and wild, …

Doom Odyssey in 3, 2, 1. . . SLABDRAGGER come back with a new album on Holy Roar Records this February. As much as “space odyssey” could be an accurate term to describe London doom/sludge unit SLABDRAGGER’s forthcoming second album “Rise Of The Dawncrusher” on Holy Roar Records, you’d better be warned that a …

Rivers of Nihil Announce New Drummer; Launch Drum Play-Through for “Perpetual Growth Machine” Online photo credit: Simon Girard Progressive death metal outfit Rivers of Nihil have amicably parted ways with drummer Alan Balamut. Regarding the split, Alan comments: “Hey everyone. I’m sure many of you already know and some may not but …

Swedish street metallers GEHENNAH releases 2nd single ‘Life Metal Must Die’ via website of Rock Hard Germany! GEHENNAH is back to stink up the scene once again, with their fourth full length album “Too Loud To Live, Too Drunk To Die“, set for release February 12th 2016. This marks the bands …

Ketzer Premieres New Track ‘When Milk Runs Dry’ via Zero Tolerance Set to release their new full-length, ‘Starless‘, on January 29th via Metal Blade Records, Germany’s KETZER has just launched a new track, ‘When Milk Runs Dry‘, via Zero Tolerance. To hear the latest from the five-piece, head over here: http://www.ztmag.com/blog/news/zt-premiere-new-ketzer-track-now-streaming/ For another preview of …

Act of Defiance Announces North American Headlining Tour, Plus Select Dates with Hatebreed After recently completing a North American tour with label-mates Allegaeon, plus some shows with Killswitch Engage right before the new year, Act of Defiance is ready to get back on the road again, for another headlining trek! Shawn Drover (drums) comments: “After just …

 German Thrash Metallers EXUMER launch new single ‘Sinster Souls‘ via website of Rock Hard Germany and announce “The Raging Tides” as their fourth album to be released 29th January 2016 via Metal Blade Records! You can now listen to the 2nd single ‘Sinister Souls‘ via Rock Hard Germany at THIS location! Comments singer Mem von Stein: “As …

Russia’s Answer to Metallica? Mechanical Man Set to Release Their Powerful Debut Album Quoted by webzine Prog Sphere as an album that “is comprised of everything an album must include, and that is energy, powerful performance, melody, [and] well-thought songwriting” Mechanical Man’s eight track release moves between the spheres of …

Hammerhead To Release Special “Brofest Exclusive” 7″ single in February 2016 HAMMERHEAD originally formed in the late ’70s and played throughout the ’80s, becoming known as part of the NWOBHM scene, after releasing the single “Time Will Tell c/w Lonely Man” in 1981, which reached No 5 in the British …

Metal Church Announce Track Listing and Cover Artwork for New Album ‘XI’ Hard rock titans Metal Church have announced the track listing and unveiled the cover artwork for their latest album ‘XI’, due for release on March 25th via Nuclear Blast. The band’s 11th studio release also marks the return …

NWOBHM Legends Saxon To Release 9 Album Vinyl Box Set via Demon Records on 18th March 2016 Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary Saxon Box Set containing vinyl LPs of the band’s nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. “Eagles and Dragons” will be released on …

  Seminal prog pioneers YES has announced an extensive UK and European tour for April 2016. The band will be performing 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’ in their entirety, the latter for the very first time, plus other seminal tracks including ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Starship Trooper’.   …

Fish Announces April Headline Tour Due to Phenomenal Demand Iconic Scottish singer, songwriter and ex-Marillion frontman FISH has announced new tour dates in April, as part of a re-scheduled series of European shows. These dates come straight off the back of a hugely successful sold-out run of the UK with …

In 2014, after four highly successful fan funded album album campaigns (555%, Hey! Hello!, Mutation and Albion) Ginger Wildheart looked at what could be the next step in fan connectivity and the answer was G*A*S*S (Ginger Associated Secret Society) an immersive subscription, digitally based fanclub platform that saw Ginger delivering a new 3 …

DEVILSKIN Announce New Single START A REVOLUTION & Debut UK HEADLINE February Tour Supported by SKARLETT RIOT‏ Devilskin, a phenomenon in their native New Zealand, release the new single Start A Revolution on February 26th to celebrate their first ever UK tour. The anthemic Start A Revolution from their debut album We Rise is a “call to …

Exorcism to Re-Release “I Am God” New Artwork and Tracklist Revealed Doom heavy metallers EXORCISM will re-release their debut effort, “I AM GOD”, on  February 13 2016 via Dream Records. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Gragoth and Zvekan.   Recordings: All drums by Garry King recorded …

  Hordes Of Belial Announce Lifer and Others for 2016   On October the 1st (a change from the usual last Saturday in September), the Beat Generator Live! venue, which has played host to Hordes since its early days, will be yet again invaded by a host of rising talent …

                  Mike Peters and his Welsh alternative rock band, played their first gig in 1981 as The Alarm. After changing their name from Seventeen to Alarm Alarm, the former having toured extensively, the latter only doing one gig before they became The …

Mortiis Reveals New Video for ‘The Shining Lamp of God’ Mortiis has launched a new video for the track ‘The Shining Lamp of God’, taken from the new album ‘The Great Deceiver’ penned for release via Omnipresence on 4th March. This is the second single from the forthcoming Mortiis album. …

The devil’s due this January as U.S rock band Venrez return to the UK on tour with Michael Schenker. Following the release of their latest album ‘Children Of The Drones’, American hard rock act Venrez have released a new lyric video ahead of this month’s UK tour as special guests …

Alter Bridge Announce Long-Awaited Studio Return and Launch Fan Packages Rock powerhouse, ALTER BRIDGE are pleased to reveal they are hard at work on the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2013 album, ‘Fortress’. The as-yet-untitled fifth album is tentatively set for release Autumn 2016 with producer Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette …

All Girl Bristol Three-Piece IDestroy Reveal Debut Single & EP ‘Vanity Loves Me’ Blasting straight into 2016 comes Bristol three-piece IDestroy, mixing teenage rock’n’roll rebellion with riot grrrl sensibilities, bubblegum pop melodies and a whole heap of sneering, yet charming attitude. Their debut EP, ‘Vanity Loves Me’, is released on …

Following their explosive debut single ‘Bonfire’, The Hunna kick off what looks set to be a massive 2016 for the band, with the release of a stunning single entitled ‘We Could Be’, out now via High Time Records. The Hunna’s rise has been nothing short of spectacular. Since launching in …

Real Life Punks Healthy Junkies Fighting the Devils of Trauma and 21st Century Captivity with New Release Healthy Junkies are an antidote to a generation that’s numbed by televised talent shows by reviving the punk ethos of a time when Johnny Rotten walked down Kings Road with safety pins in his …

Beholder Premiere New Music Video ‘Frozen Steps Of Utøya’   BEHOLDER have premiered the first single / video from their highly anticipated third album ‘REFLECTIONS’ (release date to be confirmed). The track ‘FROZEN STEPS OF UTØYA’ is a pre finalised and as yet unmastered mix, nevertheless it is a powerful …

Matty James & The Irregulars It was a busy Saturday night in December when Matty James brought his band Matty James & The Irregulars to Tiger Lounge, Manchester for the final night of his first UK tour with a full band. What had been a very rainy day in Manchester …

Winter Rocks 2015 – Corporation, Sheffield A very windy day in December heralded the second ever Winter Rocks Festival at Corporation, Sheffield . After a successful event in 2014. There was a bit of a queue when I arrived and the event didn’t kick off at 12.15 with Skarlett Riot …

Selcouth to Release New Album Flummox via Tridroid Records on 12th February 2016 Tridroid Records are pleased to announce that they will release Selcouth by Flummox on February 12 2016. The band has been both critically hailed and incredibly divisive for their mix of sludge/heavy metal and Zappa’esque tendencies, a sound …

Curezum One Hundred Years/The Top [Single] Static Tension Recordings 8 January 2016 “It doesn’t matter if we all die”   The Cure has long been a source of inspiration for the dark side of music, and their nihilistic, gloomy earlier works provided a template for musicians across a wide spectrum …

Fishing With Guns Stream New Album ‘…But The Dawn Will Come’ A few weeks after the singles “It’s poutring” and then “Moshpute”, French independent rock/stoner/southern-hardcore/metal outfit, Fishing With Guns just released its brand new full-length album  ‘…But The Dawn Will Come’, available right now for digital and full stream thanks to the courtesy PureGrainAudio, W-Fenec …

  Pelican, Asteroid, Blood Ceremony and More Added to the DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 Lineup! The DESERTFEST LONDON promoters have announced thirteen more bands, who are confirmed to play the festival in Camden this spring, including the Old Empire Stage lineup that will be hosted at the Electric Ballroom on the Sunday. …

Ukrainian Heavy Kings STONED JESUS Release Electrifying Video for “Wound” via The Obelisk Kiev-based heavy rock titans STONED JESUS have teamed up with The Obelisk to unveil their “Wound” video, another anthem taken off their latest album “The Harvest”, released in February. This video shows the band doing what they do best: putting …

Ulan Bator To Release New Full-Length Album ‘Abracadabra’ in January 2016 More than twenty years of career and still the same faith in music, French avant-rock/experimental long-time project Ulan Bator will be back next year with a brand new full-length called ‘Abracadabra’. The official release is planned on January 26th through Acid Cobra Records/Overdrive …

Helium Horse Fly Offer Self-Titled Album for Free Download Two years after the release of its last effort : experimental rock, venomous noise, progressive baroque hardcore Belgian band Helium Horse Fly will be entering the studio to record the successor of their eponymous album today! To celebrate this, the musicians are offering their previous record for …

Rivers of Nihil Announce Winter Headlining Tour with Black Fast and Dark Sermon After completing a North American trek with Hate Eternal, Misery Index and Beyond Creation in November, Rivers of Nihil are ready to get back on the road again – this time, with Black Fast andDark Sermon as support! Set to kick off in February 2016, the …

Hail of Bullets Announces David Ingram (ex-Bolt Thrower/Benediction) as Vocalist for Maryland Deathfest As previously reported, Hail of Bullets and front-man Martin van Drunen have parted ways. Today, the band has announced David Ingram (ex-Bolt Thrower/Benediction) as his live replacement for Maryland Deathfest on May 28th in Baltimore, USA – the only …

Metal Blade Re-Signs Chilean Thrashers CRIMINAL   We are very happy to welcome back CRIMINAL to the Metal Blade roster. CRIMINAL have released four albums in the past via Metal Blade before they moved on to different shores and are now preparing their return to the Blade with a major blast to drop in …

Vesania Premieres New Video for ‘Notion’ via NoCleanSinging.com Poland’s Vesania has launched a new video for “Notion“, directed by Aleksander Ikaniewicz and taken from their 2014 album, Deus Ex Machina! To watch the 6+ minute video epic from the symphonic black metal act that features current and former members of Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Vader, and Decapitated, head …

Black Stone Cherry Detail ‘Kentucky’ Album and Unveil First Track BLACK STONE CHERRY are set to release their fifth studio album, ‘Kentucky’, through new record label home, the Mascot Label Group on 1st April 2016.  Named after the band’s home state, the new album is very much a ‘back to …

In This Moment Postpone UK/Euro Tour 2016 IN THIS MOMENT have announced that their UK/Euro tour scheduled for January is being rescheduled to May, due to a health matter that frontwoman Maria Brink is currently dealing with.  All tickets sold for January will remain valid for the new shows in …

A Thousand Horses New Single ‘First Time’ A Thousand Horses have revealed the video for their new single ‘First Time’ taken from their highly acclaimed debut album Southernality. The video was premiered on The Independent who say, “A Thousand Horses are your new favourite Nashville band. Fresh from releasing their …

  ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT’  3-disc set documenting the story of ‘Wonder Days’  + 3 limited edition 12” vinyl albums WATCH THE FILM TRAILER  5 UK arena dates – February 2016 The sensational return of UK rock legends Thunder, who had a Top 10 UK album earlier this year, continues …

SAINT DIABLO Tapped to Support Avatar & September Mourning on Upcoming ‘Hail the Apocalypse’ Tour SAINT DIABLO have been confirmed as support for Avatar and September Mourning on select dates of the upcoming ‘Hail The Apocalypse’ tour. The band will jump on the tour starting January 26 in Birmingham, AL. …

Italian progressive rock metallers HERETIC’S DREAM to announce the signing with ALPHA OMEGA Management. The release of their third album “Floating State Of Mind” is scheduled for February 2016 via Sliptrick Records and the band will be unleashing a new video in January 2016. Vocalist Francesca said: “Getting part of the Alpha Omega family is a huge honor to us. We will do our …

American Head Charge to tour UK with Mushroomhead AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE will head out on an extensive 15 date in the UK with Mushroomhead next Spring kicking off in Manchester on March 18, 2016. Chad Hanks can’t wait: “We are very excited to return to our strongest territory overseas , …