SKUNK ANANSIE ANNOUNCE 2020 UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES & BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘THIS MEANS WAR’ OUT – FEB 7TH VOCALIST SKIN ANNOUNCES HER FORTHCOMING MEMOIRS PUBLISHING SEPTEMBER 2020 After celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2019 with the release of the 25LIVE@25 album British rock icons Skunk Anansie have announced their return to the …
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Polish/Finnish heavy metallers Exlibris are wrapping up the production of their new release titled “Shadowrise”. Following original guitarist Daniel Lechmański’s departure from the band in early 2019, the band’s been joined by one of Finland’s top axemen – Antti Wirman (Warmen, King Company, Children of Bodom). “Riku first contacted me in spring …
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Dool launch ‘Suphur & Starlight’ exclusive cassette giveaway with sneak preview of ‘Wolf Moon’ music video! ‘Sulphur & Starlight,’ the first single from Dutch dark rockers Dool’s bedazzling second album Summerland (released on April 10th), was published a few days ago – now the band gives away an extremely limited cassette with …
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SHVPES RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE & VIDEO, ‘HOT HEAD’ + PLAY SHIPROCKED (USA), FESTIVALS (EU & UK) + TOUR DATES W/ WHILE SHE SLEEPS (EU) Photo credit: Ryan Chang SHVPES have released a brand new single, ‘Hot Head’, with …
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Yorkshire based Syteria have been making a name for themselves on the live circuit since their formation in 2015, playing a number of festivals including Call Of The Wild and Hard Rock Hell. Their debut album Rant-O-Bot was released in 2017 and they are now set to return with their …
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For the third year running, the now annual event, Abuse Your Confusion came to The Star & Garter in Manchester, on what turned out to be a fairly mild January Sunday. Whilst there was an entry fee for this show it wasn’t in monetary pounds it was in pounds of …
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Minding my own business is a thing I tend to do from time to time. And minding my own business I was, when a messanger ‘ping’ came through on my phone from vocalist Chris Newman asking if I’d like to have a listen to this, Six Sins Til Sunday‘s follow …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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