“5ft 2 in her high heels, but a pocket powerhouse with a voice which makes Janis Joplin sound like a choir girl” – John Drummond, Promoter “Passionate, determined and sexy sounding vocal performances” – Ryan’s Gig Guide New UK blues sensation Rebecca Downes is set to release her much anticipated debut album ‘Back To The …
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Here’s one of life’s most critical questions. Who’s ready to shred? The answer is quite simple. It’s those Finnish rockers in SANTA CRUZ, a quartet of long-haired, leather-clad, Motorhead-shirt wearing young turks who aspire to one thing in life and that’s to R-O-C-K. The band will release …
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Brit metallers Rise To Remain, have announced their split, and from the ashes, have given birth to the brand new As Lions. The 5-piece have unveiled their debut track ‘The Fall’, a ferocious, no-holds-barred blast of melodic metal. Available to download for free, ‘The Fall’ showcases the band’s heavy, crushing riffs, …
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Poland’s death/ black metallers HATE are known for their highly dramatic soundscapes, which see menacing blastbeats, melt into pure elegance! Their upcoming album Crusade:Zero will definitely prove what they are made of! Today the band has released the first video from Crusade:Zero for the song “Valley of Darkness”. The …
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36 CRAZYFISTS will release their new album Time and Trauma via Spinefarm Records on February 17. The band has premiered the video for “Also Am I” on Metal Injection today. Watch it HERE. The clip is largely performance-driven, so it’s 36 CRAZYFISTS in their most natural state. The clip …
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Frontiers Music Srl has announced a March 20th release date for TOTO XIV in Europe, with The UK and Oceania on March 23rd and North America on March 24th. The album will hit retail globally, with specific dates for territories in Asia, South America and others to follow. Configurations include …
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Ukrainian doom metallers Apostate are to release their second album, ‘Time Of Terror’, through Ferrrum on March 2. Originally formed in 1993, the band released one EP, ‘A Song Of The Dead Lake’, in 1997, before splitting up the following year. Following the release of a retrospective, ‘From Consign To …
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UDR, The Home Of Legends, is set to release guitar legend ULI JON ROTH’s brand new double album of 19 re-invented Scorpions tracks, entitled Scorpions Revisited, on March 10, 2015. Pre-orders for the album will be available soon. For over four decades, ULI JON ROTH has forged new frontiers …
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There are a number of significant features, which help to distinguish a good metal act from an outstanding one. Musical skills, strong songwriting qualities and a professional performance are some of the prerequisites which every band should have, but much more important is an individual style, an independent artistic signature, …
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Post-metallers A Light Within from Kansas City, MO, have released “Between Shores” on a Name Your Price basis on their Bandcamp page. The track comes as the next step in the band’s evolving sound from their début EP Preface. In an interview with Dutch Metal Maniac (read here), guitarist Jeff …
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Multi-million selling veteran classic British hard rock / metal band UFO are set to release their awesome 22nd studio album, ‘A Conspiracy Of Stars’, recorded, produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides, (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy , Gary Moore etc), as a Digipak (including poster and bonus track), jewel case CD, …
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Secret Rule release second video from the upcoming “TRANSPOSED EMOTIONS” album We’re excited to present “Secret Place” which is the second music video by Secret Rule from their “Transposed Emotions” album set for release on Rocksector Records on 16th February 2015.Directed by Marco Gallo, the video is a fast-paced follow-up …
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UPON A BURNING BODY is set to head out on their co-headline “Slow Your Troll and Know Your Role” tour with labelmates Veil of Maya this week, beginning on Thursday, January 8th in Atlanta, GA! To commemorate the kick-off, the band has released the official tour trailer here: Presented …
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Award-winning British songwriter, Ian Siegal, is set to release “One Night In Amsterdam”, his first full-band live album on CD and vinyl on March 9th. Released by Nugene Records, the new album dovetails Siegal’s nationwide March UK tour which kicks off at the Chester Live Rooms on March 17th. Fans …
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Canadian death metallers Kataklysm have revealed that their new album – tentatively scheduled for a summer release via Nuclear Blast – will be called ‘Of Ghosts And Gods’. The band are currently in the studio recording the album – the follow up to 2013’s ‘Waiting For The End To Come’ …
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Swedish heavy metal icons AMON AMARTH will be returning to Europe in January/February for a month long tour in regional UK, regional France and Spain/Portugal. The band comments: “UK, Portugal, Spain, France and UK…get ready this January for a Viking invasion! We’ll be making an extensive UK expedition where we’ll be pillaging …
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Relapse Records have announced details of the first deluxe final re-issues, being released to mark the label’s 25th anniversary. Throughout 2015, the label will be commemorating the milestone with an extensive reissue campaign, featuring many of their classic and underground titles on deluxe vinyl. The first batch of four albums …
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Swedish powerhouse BOMBUS is joining forces with Amercian heavyweights MONSTER MAGNET to spread some massive riffs over Europe in February 2015. Check out BOMBUS‘ latest music video “Let Her Die” from the current album “The Poet And The Parrot” at the link below. The video was produced by their former …
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Belgium’s finest, anthemic grooving rock/metal machine DIABLO BLVD have released the second official video trailer for the band’s upcoming album, Follow The Deadlights: The band will release their Nuclear Blast debut on January 26, 2015. Pre-order the album: http://smarturl.it/DIABLO-BLVD-NB Recently an extensive digital EP has been released – the Rise Like Lions digital EP includes: 01. Rise Like Lions …
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Straight out of the blocks for 2015, Enter Shikari unveil ‘Anaesthetist’, the latest track to be released from their forthcoming album ‘The Mindsweep’ (out January 19th 2015), and one of the most fan-anticipated new pieces of music from the St Alban’s quartet since it’s UK live debut at Reading / …
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