Debut UK Album “Once and for All” Released 27thMarch 2020Video For New Single “Smell The Rot” HERE “Bursters: The New Face of Korean Rock” – Kerrang Magazine, July 2019 April 2019 saw a Korean act debut at No. 1 in the UK album charts (the first ever No. 1 by a Korean …
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Bonfire – Fistful Of Fire Due for release on April 3rd 2020 via AFM Records, Fistful Of Fire is described by their founding member guitarist Hans Ziller as “One of the toughest Bonfire albums ever”, and this is no over confident brag as the fourteen tracks here do not outstay …
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Rolling rolling rolling, keep those wagons rolling and Massive Wagons certainly have with ‘In It Together’, the opening track taken from forthcoming studio album House Of Noise released via Earache Records on July 17th 2020. I’ve heard this song twice in the last 18 months at gigs, it sounded impressive …
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Joe Satriani – Big Distortion (single) Joe Satriani, the guitar maestro dazzles us again with Big Distortion, the latest single taken from his forthcoming studio album Shapeshifting, released on April 20th 2020 via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. Even by his high standards, this song definitely whets the appetite for the …
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Bonfire – The Devil Made Me Do It (new single/video) Bonfire, a band who have slipped passed my radar since I saw them give Judas Priest a very hard act to follow on tour in 1988 have just released a brand new single/video ‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ from …
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Renowned producer Marc Urselli (U2, Foo Fighters, Nick Cave, John Zorn, Mike Patton) is mixing three bands for FREE as a part of a giveaway he is hosting to support independent artists during the coronavirus crisis. All bands need to do to sign up is go HERE and enter their bands name. …
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Four Dio albums are being re-released in a newly remastered form. The albums are the studio albums from 1996 to 2004 – Angry Machines (1996), Magica (2000), Killing The Dragon (2002), and Master Of The Moon (2004). The albums have been out of print for a long time so for …
Read More »One thing I love about being asked to review a “Blues” album is the wide range that the blues genre covers meaning that I’m never sure what to expect from the album unless it’s from an artist I listen to regularly. This is the debut solo album from 24 year …
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This is the third album from German/Italian band The unity. The band features former members of Firewind and Gamma Ray – former Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitars) and Michael Ehré (drums) along with Gianbattista Manenti (vocals), Jogi Sweers (bass) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards). It’s a great blend of sounds. …
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Louisiana slide-guitarist Sonny Landreth has a new album, just released via Provogue/Mascot label group. Entitled “Blacktop run” it’s a mix of songs and instrumentals with a wide level of diversity. “Don’t ask me” is primarily accordion and percussion and while acoustic it’s got a more intricate sound than a typical …
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Pulling in from a variety of influences vacillating from Queens Of The Stone age, Foo Fighters, and Black Sabbath, through to Muse, CRIMSON STAR have created a sound that is loaded with vigorous riffs, forceful energy and infectious refrains. The band’s brand new single, Living A Lie, is out now – …
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Disconnected Souls – Warring Elements In their biography, Chester/Manchester-based Disconnected Souls aim to achieve three great pillars of music. Electronic, classical and metal but not only have they created the pillars they have built a whole temple to with their very impressive debut EP Warring Elements. Seven tracks astound with …
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Dirty Sound Magnet Release Their Prophetic Music Video Organic Sacrifice Swiss alternative rockers Dirty Sound Magnet have released their new music video Organic Sacrifice. The song, that might be called the Corona Blues, is yet another one of Dirty Sound Magnet’s prophetic tracks. The music was written in 2018, the video was shot in October 2019, but …
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US hard rock band, BULLETS AND OCTANE, have released a new music video for ‘Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog‘, co-written with ex Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson. The song is taken from the new album “Riot Riot Rock N Roll“, out worldwide physical and digitally on April 24th via Bad MoFo Records/Cargo Records UK. The video can …
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Having had this EP land on my lap at the very same time as Kringer’s big friends Eye licker‘s album, I feel ashamed and gutted that I have not picked it up until now. A lot has happened in five months, and I mean, an awful lot. I finally met …
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Our Dennis sits and chats to Lips from Anvil ahead of their gig at Buckley Tivoli. A great conversation and insight into the band and a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
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Sorcerer reveals details for new album, ‘Lamenting of the Innocent’ & launches video for new single, “The Hammer Of Witches” On May 29th, Sorcerer will release their third full-length, Lamenting of the Innocent, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a video for the first single, “The Hammer Of Witches” (directed …
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Orange Amps Announce Free Online Rock Guitar Course Learn The Orange Way Orange Amplification is delighted to announce their online foundation Rock Guitar Course is now FREE with any purchase of an Orange amp, combo, cab or pedal. Plus, all existing owners of Orange products can now register their products and gain FREE access to the same course. The …
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE COMMISSION OFFICIAL ‘WAKING THE DEMON’ HONEY MEAD Bullet For My Valentine, one of the biggest British metal acts in musical history, have commissioned a honey mead – a drink loved by the band and now available for fans to enjoy too. Mead is the oldest …
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Kim Jennett to stream live show from her lounge! This Sunday 4pm Kim will beat the blues and raise moral, in this testing time we all have to face, by hosting an online party from her lounge via Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/kimjennettvocalist. Photo credit: Mark Shuttleworth. Full statement from Kim: “THIS SUNDAY I will …
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