HEAVY PETTIN‘ have announced the release of their first new EP ‘4Play‘ on Valentines Day – February 14, 2020. The first batch of new HEAVY PETTIN‘ songs recorded in over 30 years. Pre-order the EP here: https://heavypettinofficialmercandise.bigcartel.com Track Listing : 1. Get Back To You 2. Tell Me Why 3. Who We …
Read More »Raging Speedhorn – Chester Live Rooms – 30/01/20
Tonight’s venue is Chester’s live rooms, which claims to be one of the north wests premier live venues. I’m afraid I have to take that claim with a huge pinch of salt. The sound is atrocious, barely able to hear the vocals in all the bands this evening and the …
Read More »Tarja – Obecní Dum – Smetana Hall, Prague – 21st January 2020
Ahead of her tour to promote the new album, Tarja Turunen made time to do two special shows. The first was at Obecní Dum – Smetana Hall in Prague, a beautiful historic venue. The second show, two days later was in Bucharest and was performed in the round with the …
Read More »SYTERIA release their new album ‘Reflection’ on 21 Feb 2020
SYTERIA release their new album Reflection on 21st February, out via Syteria Records/Cargo Distribution SYTERIA have produced an absolute ripper of an album Reflection and one that should see them rise through the ranks at speed. Blending classic rock stylings with a punk fuzz, great tunes with heart and feel, …
Read More »LICANTROPY release brand new music video!
Punky Garage Rock outfit LICANTROPY release brand new music video! “Extrabiliante” to be released February 7th on Go Down Records LICANTROPY do not stand to musical clichés, rather they prefer to take unexpected and destabilizing drifts and to tell you an ironic point of view, bizarre episodes and adventures on lycanthropy, …
Read More »JOE SATRIANI announces The Shapeshifting Tour May 2020
JOE SATRIANI announces The Shapeshifting Tour May 2020 World-renowned guitar virtuoso, JOE SATRIANI, announces a string of May 2020 UK tour dates to support the release of his 18th solo album. Travelling under the moniker of “The Shapeshifting Tour”. The six-date UK run will start at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea …
Read More »ANVIL to release new album Legal At Last on 14th Feb 2020
ANVIL to release new album Legal At Last on 14th February 2020, out on AFM Records ANVIL have released their new music video ‘Legal At Last’, the title track from their upcoming album Legal At Last it’s our way of telling the public: ‘It’s okay, Anvil are okay, you’re allowed …
Read More »Lindsay Schoolcraft nominated for Juno Award for solo album “Martyr”
LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT NOMINATED FOR JUNO AWARD Internationally acclaimed recording artist Lindsay Schoolcraft has been nominated for the 2020 JUNO Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards) for her debut album Martyr, which released on October 7th via her newly founded and totally DIY label, Cyber Proxy. Martyr is nominated for the Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year along with …
Read More »Monster Magnet Powertrip Tour Leeds Uni Stylus 23 January 2020
Monster Magnet Powertrip A CelebrationTour at Leeds Uni Stylus 23 January 2020 with support from Those Damn Crows. Legendary rockers Monster Magnet ‘Powertrip A Celebration’ Tour arrived in town today to celebrate the 21st birthday of the album Powertrip, released in June 1998. Monster Magnet lead by space lord …
Read More »POISON BOYS BLAST INTO 2020 WITH RAUCOUS ‘BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT’ SINGLE
Chicago glam-punks Poison Boys start their year with a bang with the release of their scuzzy new single ‘Been Here All Night’. The stomping track is lifted from last year’s triumphant debut LP Out Of My Head (via Dead Beat Records), and follows sold out hometown and West Coast shows. …
Read More »Thy Art Is Murder – Manchester Academy 2 – 26/01/20
There’s always been a stigma when it comes to Sunday concerts. Especially one on a bitter night in January. A month notorious for everyone being broke due to last months events. However you wouldn’t think it was such a night, as the sold out venue was packing in metalheads of …
Read More »SATURDAY’S HEROES release video for “I Will Be Right There”
SATURDAY’S HEROES release video for “I Will Be Right There” single Saturday’s Heroes release a new single and music video! “I Will Be Right There” is the fourth in a series of seven singles that will be released during the upcoming months by Swedish punk rockers Saturday’s Heroes. “I Will …
Read More »Wacken Open Air plants 5,000 trees in Brazil
Wacken Open Air plants 5,000 trees in Brazil… and more are to be planted! In view of the horrifying images of burning forests, the team of the Wacken Open Air decided in December 2019 to refrain from sending the usual physical Christmas greetings. Instead, the metal festival joined forces with the German branch of World Wide Fund for …
Read More »DAVEY SUICIDE Debuts Music Video for “Animal”
DAVEY SUICIDE DEBUTS MUSIC VIDEO FOR “ANIMAL” FEATURING GUSTAV WOOD (YOUNG GUNS) NEW ALBUM “ROCK AINT DEAD” OUT NOW Los Angeles-based industrial/hard rock outfit DAVEY SUICIDE‘s thunderous new album ROCK AINT DEAD was released last Friday (January 24, 2020) via Out Of Line Music/InGrooves along with a brand new music video for the single “Animal” featuring …
Read More »Toundra – Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari – film score album review
2020 is the Centenary anniversary of seminal movie The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The film is a fine example of German expressionism, often seen as the first horror movie and the first film regarded as high art. It is a popular film that still gets featured at Goth and film …
Read More »The Burning – British Lion
Mr Steve Harris, bass player with Iron Maiden is a busy fella. After finishing a lengthy tour he has released an album with his side project British Lion, and booked a mini UK tour followed by loads of dates in the US. British Lion has been a project he’s been …
Read More »From Under Concrete Kings release ‘Snakecrusher’
Modern death metal band FROM UNDER CONCRETE KINGS have released their pulverizing new single “Snakecrusher”. The song is from their upcoming EP Modus Exodus which will be released on February 14th 2020. Watch it on the video link above. Links: Facebook
Read More »Krvsade – Judgement Day (EP)
Krvsade from North Carolina, USA, drop this brutal 3 x track EP next Friday and my lord does it pack a punch, and for £2.97 from Amazon, it’s worth every penny. My initial thoughts when the title track opener kicks in is Death and Morbid Angel. It boasts that same …
Read More »Shakra – Mad World
Despite celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, Switzerland’s Shakra are a band who have never truly got near to dining at the top table of rock ‘n’ roll. Sharing stages with heavyweights like Iron Maiden and Guns ‘N’ Roses gave them a wee snifter of how the other half live, …
Read More »LUCIFER STAR MACHINE launch video for “The Void”
LUCIFER STAR MACHINE launch video for “The Void” single ‘The Devil’s Breath’ out on April 3, 2020 Hamburg based rockers Lucifer Star Machine have just released “The Void”, the first single taken from their fourth album “The Devil’s Breath”, set for release April the 3rd on The Sign Records. …
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