Following the release of the title track from The Tangent’s forthcoming new album ‘A Spark In The Aether – The Music That Died Alone Volume Two’, due out on 20th April 2015 in Europe and 21st April 2015 in the US, the band are now pleased to reveal a lyric …

SLAYER are set to unveil their first new track in nearly a year by way of Record Store Day on 18th April. ‘When The Stillness Comes’, plus a 2014 live recording from Wacken Open Air of ‘Black Magic’ (from the band’s 1983 album, ‘Show No Mercy’) will be available as …

Normally when you have a midweek gig in London, the first band plays to a half empty venue, but when the doors are an hour earlier than usual then its usually an almost completely empty venue, so it was a surprise tonight to arrive at the venue to find a …

The support act tonight was Niall Kelly and his band.  Nially Kelly plays guitar and sings and is backed by his wife on violin and vocals plus a guitarist, bassist and drummer.  By the time they start, not long after the doors open, the venue is already fairly busy and …

Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti has confirmed his second solo release with his band TREMONTI, following the worldwide success of the 2012 debut ‘All I Was’. New album ‘Cauterize’ will be released on June 8 via Fret 12 Records. The record features Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, Wolfgang Van …

As we rock towards Easter, BLOODSTOCK are busy locking in their first round of promotional club nights and confirming Thursday’s kick-off proceedings on the Sophie Lancaster stage.   Military-clad ARNOCORPS are set to headline the Sophie stage on the traditionally fun-filled Thursday evening, so slap on some camo, be prepared …

I spoke to Danko Jones shortly before his band played their first UK show in five years, at Oslo in London.  Hear what he had to say with the player below…    

Tonight’s gig was at Oslo.  No, not the Norwegian capital – it’s actually a music venue in London.  It’s a similar size to the Barfly and being located right next to Hackney Central station it is a bit further out than most of London’s popular gig venues so I was …

Things haven’t gone smoothly for The Agonist’s latest tour.  It was originally supposed to be supporting Otep but they pulled out so The Agonist took over as headliners and brought a couple of other bands along on the tour.  Last time they played in London the Garage was only around …

Tonight was the first night of Joe Bonamassa’s four night run at the Eventim Apollo (or as Joe put it – “it’s the Hammersmith Odeon”).  It’s not sold out, but isn’t far off – which is pretty impressive for a Blues artist as not many could sell enough tickets to …

Primus are set to return to the UK for the first time since 2012 for 3 special shows.   ‘An evening with Primus’ will consist of 2 full sets and encores. All three shows will be extra special as they will be the first UK shows for 18 years to feature …

Tax the heat were the first up on this all-British bill.  The Bristol band have a very smart image with their suits – something you don’t see very often, with Joe Bonamassa being one of the few other acts to dress in a suit on stage. The band have a …

The Amorettes had the job of opening the bill on this tour.  It must be a fairly daunting task opening for two bands of this calibre, but these Scottish ladies showed no sign of nerves as they took to the stage.  It’s a good sign that the venue was already …

Nightwish are set to release their eighth studio album, “Endless forms most beautiful” on 30th March in the UK (three days earlier in Europe).  As the first album since Floor Jansen replaced Anette Olzon on vocals there has been a huge amount of speculation about the album.  I was lucky …

Tonight’s gig was billed as An evening with Night Ranger, and is the first time they’ve been to the UK to do more than one show – as well as tonight’s gig they are also appearing at the HRH United festival in Pwllheli at the weekend.  Tonight’s gig has no …

Not content with headlining the second stage at Download Festival, those hard-working Kentucky boys, BLACK STONE CHERRY have added two additional shows a piece in both the UK and Ireland during their UK visit this June. The extra dates rack up as follows:   Thu 11th Jun – GLASGOW Garage Mon …

BLOODSTOCK is romping into March with 5 more metal monsters to add to the 2015 bill! Recently reformed sludgecore beasts, RAGING SPEEDHORN will be bringing their filthy riffs to the Ronnie James Dio main stage.  The band’s Gordon Morison comments “We’re over the moon to be playing BLOODSTOCK 2015.  It’ll …

Tonight’s gig kicked off with support act Snow White’s Poison Bite.  Even before they start to play, they seem like an obvious choice to support Wednesday 13 as they take to the stage with the faces painted as skulls, so they fit the night’s horror theme.  Once they start to …

First up tonight was Laurence Jones, a very young (21 years old) blues guitarist.  I saw him support Joanne Shaw Taylor at her album launch last year and was impressed by his short acoustic set.  Tonight was a ful eletric set and he was accompanied by his producer, Roger Inniss …

First up were Starset.  The centre of the stage was taken up by a large glass touchscreen with various audio controls that the singer used.  The band are very striking visually – apart from the singer the rest of the band were in black outfits that looked like lightweight versions …