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Children Of Bodom’s prodigious debut album ‘Something Wild’ was released 20 years ago and thus the mighty Hatecrew were born. Finland’s melodic death superstars will take to the road in 2017 to celebrate 20 years of life in the form of a mind blowing classic set-list. For an entire month, Children Of Bodom will bring their reaper sound …

British Summer Time festival, held in London’s Hyde Park announced today that Tom Petty will headline the Saturday night.  The show will be his only European date in 2017.  Supporting him will be Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks, as well as The Lumineers, with more bands still to be announced. …

Finnish heavy metallers BATTLE BEAST have just announced their first ever full UK headline tour for next March, following the release of their anticipated new album ‘Bringer Of Pain’ which will be released via Nuclear Blast on February 17th. Bassist and vocalist Eero Sipilä commented: “United Kingdom – the holy land …

Roadrunner Records’ group Dream Theater have announced details of the U.K. leg of their monumental European headline tour. The trek, which gets underway January 30th in Rome, visits the U.K. between April 18th-23rd, 2017, and will see the pioneering group celebrating the 25th anniversary of their milestone gold-certified album, “Images & Words”. Each performance …

Let’s face it, 2016 has not been the best of years – turmoil, conflict, rock star deaths, only one Alice Cooper UK show….. So 2017 is already looking up – more Alice, more of the time, in more of the UK with more gore, more fun and more I’m Eighteen, …

Coming off the heels of one of the most celebrated reunions in Musical history, Legendary MISFITS guitarist DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN heads back out with his eponymous solo band, featuring vocalist Alex “Wolfman” Story (Cancerslug), bassist Brandon Strate, and drummer Brandon Pertzborn, this time for a massive European expedition, playing songs from their skull-crushing debut LP ABOMINATOR, (released in 2013 on Doyle‘s own MONSTERMAN RECORDS) …

Harm’s Way announces North American tour with Every Time I Die, Knocked Loose & Eternal Sleep After completing an extensive North American and European trek this past summer, Chicagoan metal/hardcore unit Harm’s Way is ready to head back out on the road again this upcoming February/March, as support for Every Time I Die. …

  BLOODCLOT launches lyric video for new single, ‘Up In Arms’, via Noisey.Vice.com Set to perform at ‘The Power of the Riff’ festival in Los Angeles on December 17th! BLOODCLOT – featuring true hardcore pioneers John Joseph (Cro-Mags), Joey Castillo (ex-Queens of the Stone Age), Nick Oliveri (ex-Queens of the Stone …

DESTRAGE announces European tour in support of PERIPHERY and THE CONTORTIONIST next spring! You can try to put DESTRAGE in a box but you will never succeed. Words such as “progressive”, “cinematic”, “mathcore”, “technical” and “groove-laden”, could be thrown at them, but really the only one you need is DESTRAGE, for they are …

Ronnie Baker Brooks, 49, was born in Chicago, and started playing guitar around age six. At 19, he joined his father, Lonnie Brooks who by then had influenced some of the most well-known bluesman of our history: Jimmy Reed, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter, and Junior Wells. For 12 years …

Birmingham’s award winning 4-piece, Broken Witt Rebels will be touring with Norfolk’s Southern rock band Bad Touch – two of the most exciting new prospects in the UK blues rock music scene embark on a co-headline 13-date UK tour in March and April 2017. Tickets for the tour, priced £14, …

King King are pleased to announce a raft of new UK tour dates in April and May 2017. The tour kicks off on Thursday 20th April at The Cube in Corby, Northants. All tickets are priced £20, are on sale on Monday 12th December from www.thegigcartel.com and the 24 Hour …

Daxx & Roxane released their brand new single ‘Ticket To Rock’ on December 9th via Justice Brothers Records from their forthcoming debut long player ‘Ticket To Rock’ out next year. You can watch the video here – The 10 track album features the undeniable infectious grooves of title track ‘Ticket …

Evil Scarecrow have been added to the bill at Wacken Festival for 2017, joining such luminaries as Amon Amarth, Kreator, Trivium, Lacuna Coil, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Orange Goblin, Europe, Marilyn Manson and many more. Wacken is one of the most renown metal festivals in the world and annually sees a pilgrimage from …

GOTTHARD Album: “Silver” 13th January 2017 THE 25th ANNIVERSARY Quarter of a century ago, Gotthard set out from the idyllic Swiss canton Tessin to conquer the world with pure, straightforward rock and gigantic ballads. In 2016, we can undoubtedly certify that they’ve pulled off the trick: With 15 No.1 albums …

RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW UK TOUR – JUNE 2017 plus support to be announced RAINBOW IN ROCK Playing The Classic Rock Anthems Of RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE HEADLINING THE 2017 STONE FREE FESTIVAL Saturday 17th June at The O2, London Following the triumphant sold-out show at the Birmingham Genting Arena earlier …

HALESTORM WILL “ReAniMate” FOR A THIRD TIME GRAMMY®-WINNING HARD ROCK BAND RETURNS WITH NEW COVERS COLLECTION   Atlantic recording group Halestorm have unveiled details of their third EP of cover songs.  Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Korn),   “ReAniMate 3: The CoVeRs eP” will arrive in …

Greybeards Release New Single ‘Cold December’ “This band is more than just another rock act, it’s a labour of love.”-Powerplay Magazine “Beards are cool…Greybeards are cooler.” Swedish rock band release new single this ‘Cold December’ 2016 will be clearly marked down in the history books as one of the most …

Amsterdam based metalband THE CHARM THE FURY have signed a record deal with the world’s biggest heavy metal label Nuclear Blast. As the follow-up to their debut album, A Shade Of My Former Self, the band will release a new album in March 2017 through the established rock and metal independent. Be sure …

More than four and a half decades after their formation in the Houston area, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ZZ Top are set to begin a new tour in 2017. The legendary rockers will snake their way around the US at the start of the year before heading …