Ant May

I spend half my life at gigs or festivals and the other half writing the reviews and editing photos, and somehow find time for a full time job too. Who needs sleep - I've got coffee.

The Amity Affliction share video for new single Drag The Lake

Roadrunner Records band The Amity Affliction have shared an official music video for “Drag The Lake,” which is featured on their acclaimed new album MISERY. The music video for “Drag The Lake” is streaming now on The Amity Affliction’s YouTube channel. MISERY arrived last summer, topping Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart, giving The Amity Affliction …

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Tremonti debuts video for Throw Them To The Lions

Rockers Tremonti have just released a new music video for the latest single from the band’s Napalm Records release, A Dying Machine. “Throw Them To The Lions” is an up-tempo metal beast, something that Tremonti has come to be known for. The video was filmed in the UK at a …

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Arch Enemy – Covered in blood

This isn’t a normal Arch Enemy album – it’s actually an album full of cover versions – 24 of them in fact. There’s a wide range of artists covered including Tears for fears, Pretty maids, Judas Priest, Mike Oldfield, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Manowar, Carcass, Discharge, GBH and Scorpions. The songs …

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King 810 – Suicide king

It’s less than five years since metal band King 810, from Flint, Michigan, hit the scene with the release of their debut album, “Memoirs of a murderer”. Initially they divided opinion among metal fans in the UK but a 2017 appearance at Bloodstock open air saw them win over a …

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King Diamond – Songs for the dead live

For over 35 years King Diamond has been releasing albums, first with Mercyful fate and then under his own name. Among a strong catalogue of albums, a firm favourite among fans is the 1987 album “Abigail”. This new live release from King Diamond sees him perform that album in full …

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Lacuna coil announce tour with Eluveitie

After the release of “The 119 Show – Live In London” LACUNA COIL are proud to announce they’ll be sharing stages with Swiss Folk Metal band Eluveitie and their friends in Infected Rain in Autumn 2019. “Transformation is a process and as life happens you need tons of new music! That’s why we …

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Within Temptation – Resist

So, the new Within Temptation is finally almost here. Originally due to be released in December it was announced just a couple of weeks before the release date that it had been postponed till February 2019. It’s not a good start to their new record deal and to be blunt …

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Incite unleash new song ‘Poisoned By Power’

INCITE, the Phoenix based metallers fronted by Richie Cavalera, are set to release their upcoming fifth full-length album, Built To Destroy, on 25th January via minusHead Records.  Produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence) and mastered by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed), Built to Destroy is a visceral …

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Dream Theater release new track ‘Fall Into The Light’

Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater have released another song from their recently announced 14th studio album, Distance Over Time. “Fall Into The Light” is the second new song from the album slated for worldwide release on February 22, 2019. The new song builds upon the excitement that …

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Jinjer – Micro

Ukrainian band Jinjer formed in 2009 and released their first EP the same year. I first heard them in 2013 and loved their albums but was disappointed in my hopes to see them when in 2014 their drummer Yevhen Mantulin fell out of a window and broke his back leading …

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Bloodstock announce 4 new bands for 2019

BLOODSTOCK welcomes in 2019 by announcing four new bands for August’s best metal weekender. If you’ve dropped all your money on Christmas and are counting the pennies, the popular ticket payment plan is also now open, breaking that weekend ticket cost into five much more manageable chunks.  First things first …

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Eric Gales – The bookends

Over the last 28 years, blues-rock guitarist Eric Gales has released 18 studio albums – a fact made more impressive by the fact he’s only 44 years old now, making him just 16 when his first album was released. Needless to say, he’s a superb guitarist but on this album …

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Wille and the bandits – Paths

Wille & the bandits will release their new album, “Paths” on 1st February 2019 and are due to follow that with a 19 date UK tour in March with Rainbreakers as special guests. If you’ve seen them live you’ll know Wille & the bandits are a superb live act with …

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