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A patriotic Welshman, and one quarter of Manchester hardcore/punk band Eye Licker.

Download 2020 Headliners Announced!!

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, the world’s premier rock event, has announced IRON MAIDEN, KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2020 headliners, plus DEFTONES, KORN, THE OFFSPRING, DISTURBED and more of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and metal yet to be announced. The three-day festival takes place 12 – 14 …

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Crapfest 2019

Being born from a concept and dream by two Scouse lads, Crapfest introduced itself at Phase One Records in Liverpool, on a sunny late August Bank Holiday afternoon, in front of a packed house. And if anything came from this day alone, it is that Crapfest is here to stay. …

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Henry’s Funeral Shoe release new single

Welsh Duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe have just released a brand new single “Same Boat Different Sail” from the forthcoming album “Smartphone Rabbit Hole”. Listen to the track on the video link above. Links: Official Website   Facebook   Twitter   Youtube

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PSOTY – Sunless

PSOTY, formally known as Pet Slimmers Of The Year, are a 4 piece heavy rock band from Peterborough, releasing this their 2nd full length album after 2014’s ‘Fragments Of Uniforms ‘. They play dark, heavy anthems that suck you into another world and I just love albums like this. For …

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Prophets Of Rage Share new track!!

Revolutionary musicians Prophets Of Rage: Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Chuck D, B-Real and DJ Lord have shared the piercing brand new track and video ‘Pop Goes The Weapon’. Watch it on the link above.

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Life Of Agony release new music video for ‘Lay Down’

Following their hit single, ‘Scars ‘, released last month, LIFE OF AGONY has just unleashed its infectious follow-up ‘Lay Down ‘ from their forthcoming concept record, ‘The Sound of Scars ‘, due October 11, 2019 on Napalm Records. Lead vocalist Mina Caputo’s intense delivery of the chorus lyrics “I won’t lay down and …

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Next Year – Waterfalls

Next Year are a 4 piece pop punk unit from Loughborough and were formed in late 2017. Similar in vein to the likes of Sum 41, Good Charlotte and Blink 182 etc, they have enough in their music to make their own identity stand out to the forefront. ‘Waterfalls ‘ …

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Introducing………HAWXX

HAWXX are an up and coming all female heavy metal band, consisting of Anna, Hannah, Jessica and Iman. They’re into things like funny voices, feminism, booze, head banging and knitting. HAWXX originally hail from Greece, Wales, England and Bahrain and found each other in the trenches of Earlsfield, South London. …

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Cruickshank – Cruickshank

Canadian Sludgers Cruickshank hit us with their debut self-titled album, and it’s a strangely clever one. There’s a mixture here of Sludge and doom riffs, and expect the unexpected when it comes to drumming, demonstrated perfectly in album opener ‘Clouded ‘. Sporadic surges of speed litter this track but it …

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Lindsay Schoolcraft releases ‘Where I Fall’

Cradle Of Filth’s Lindsay Schoolcraft, has just released her new single ‘Where I Fall ‘. The song is from her upcoming album ‘Martyr ‘ which will be released on October 7th 2019. Watch the lyric video for the track on the link above. Links: Facebook   Twitter   Instagram   Bandcamp

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Fateful Finality – Execution Tour dates 2019

German Heavy Thrash Metallers Fateful Finality have released dates for their upcoming ‘Execution Tour ‘ this year. You can catch the guys at the following dates and venues: 2019-10-04 – DE – Tübingen | Metal Night 2019-10-12 – DE – Leonberg | Thrash Reunion 5 2019-10-26 – DE – Stuttgart …

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Eva Bartok – Self Titled

Post-punk merchants Eva Bartok release their self-titled debut EP this Friday 23rd August, and I have to say this feels like a very risky EP, in all the right ways of course.  Clocking in at just over ten minutes, this EP comes and goes within the blink of an eye. …

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Detherous – Hacked To Death

Canada’s Calgary based thrash quartet Detherous embrace us with their debut full length album, ‘Hacked To Death ‘.  Formed in 2014, they released an initial demo in 2017, and followed this with a live album last year. This is actually a breathe of fresh air for me and it’s very …

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Krysthla – Worldwide Negative

Northampton extreme metal group Krysthla, release this their third album, and the follow up to 2017’s critically acclaimed ‘Peace in Our Time’  album. Having not heard any previous material from these guys, I’m reviewing this album with new ears. Album opener ‘Negative ‘  is right up my street. If you …

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