British Heavy Metal legends Diamond Head will release their 8th studio album, The Coffin Train, on Silver Linings Music on May 24th, 2019. Pre-Orders are available here http://hyperurl.co/TheCoffinTrain “PIONEERS”, an adjective to be used carefully. Many wish they were, most are not. …
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BLOODSTOCK have locked down the last handful of Ronnie James Dio main stage and Sophie Lancaster stage bands, as the Metal 2 The Masses finals roll through the UK to find the best of the grass roots to flesh out the New Blood stage. BLOODSTOCK can also reveal that a …
Read More »In just one month, Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, is set to welcome approximately 100,000 music fans to the hallowed grounds of Donington for a jam-packed weekend of legendary bands, entertainment, comedy, WWE wrestling and mindfulness at the UK’s largest single site festival. The three-day extravaganza headlined by …
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Ding ding! Round 1 of day 2 and first band of the day, London based District 13 gave us a highly entertaining nonet of songs considering they had been on the road since 4am. A dizzying array of musical dishes was served up for Sunday lunch as they kicked off …
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Festival organizer Martin Short has a change of name for his annual festival and venue for 2019 so the Badass Bash now became Rockforce Festival and it was certainly a force to be reckoned with as 16 bands, all playing for free shook the rafters of the Waterloo Music Bar …
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Gatherers of the world, Killing Joke are delighted to announce a fresh run of headline shows, including a performance at the intimate Subterania in London on August 10th. These dates coincide with Killing Joke playing the Town Centre Stage at the Boomtown Festival on August 9th. Very much music as ritual – raw, uncompromising and precisely-targeted lyrically, Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth & Big Paul, the original Killing Joke personnel, are …
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Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION announce 100 Club headline show on June 12th TICKETS ON SALE NOW VIA LIVE NATION https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1263503/man-with-a-mission/london/2019-06-12/en ‘FLY AGAIN 2019’ NEW SINGLE OUT NOW WATCH THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO HERE ALSO PLAYING DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION has announced a headline London show …
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RYAN HAMILTON AND THE HARLEQUIN GHOSTS have announced a UK tour for June 2019 in support of the new album ‘THIS IS THE SOUND’ THIS IS THE SOUND is released on 31st May 2019 on WICKED COOL, the label run by LITTLE STEVEN / STEVEN VAN ZANDT, a long-time supporter …
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Continuing my reviews of recorded releases from bands that performed at Hammerfest 2019 that I covered, it’s the turn of the awesome Bloodyard. Whilst stood at the corner of the bar at Stage 2 on the Saturday evening, catching ten minutes ‘me’ time after an all day effort of watching, …
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A message from UK festival BLOODSTOCK… Following along from 2018’s ‘Drastic On Plastic’ initiative, this year we’re committing to the ‘BLOODSTOCK Goes Greener’ campaign which got the best price skip bins services! This year we aim to recycle at least 50% of the festival’s waste and send nothing at all …
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I had the ultimate pleasure of watching, photographing, meeting and interviewing one of Nottingham’s finest at Hammerfest in March. Their set was full of Black Doom, galloping beats and low lighting. The three combined set the perfect aura for their set. I’ve been keen to review a studio recording of …
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On previous headline shows, Battle Beast have either played the Underworld, or Borderline, so tonight’s show at the Dome is a definite step up. For the band it’s got a much better stage and lighting, and it’s a good venue for fans as it’s got plenty of space and everyone …
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The last time Samantha Fish played Milton Keynes it was two years ago and it was a great night. People clearly remembered how good she is as tonight’s show is sold out. By the time the support act, Curse of Lono were due on, the place was completely full – …
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SPOOKSHOW INC. have just revealed a stunning video for the track, Virtual Insanity, which is plucked from their recently released double album, Visions of The Blinded World pt. I & II, out via their own label, Thunder of The Distant Planet. We grilled the band about the sound and background: …
Read More »Unstoppable UK merry makers and noise makers TV COMA drop their engulfing new EP, Body Negativity, on Friday 31st May through Wiretap Records. The band have also just revealed a stunning new video for the single, Unemployable, which is out now – https://youtu.be/dpzzIDMX6-s . With all of this in mind, …
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ROCK’N’GROWL RECORDS, a division of ROCK’N’GROWL PROMOTION have announced the release of a digital Rock/Metal Sampler ‘RAWKAHOLIC Volume 1‘ with 15 exclusive – unreleased studio and live tracks for June 2019. The first three bands to be announce are SYTERIA, AIRFORCE and DESOLATION ANGELS. There are still free slots available and bands can send their songs to: promo@rockngrowl.com #1 SYTERIA featuring Jax …
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With Download festival just over 5 weeks away (it’s scary how fast it’s approaching), we thought we’d take a look at a few of the bands playing. As always we’ll all be waiting nervously for the stage times to start planning who to see on the various stages and hoping …
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Final Coil are a three piece unit from Leicester and are signed to WormHoleDeath Records. Combining elements of post-rock and progressive, the band’s acclaimed debut, Persistence of memory, drew comparisons to Tool & Pink Floyd. This, their second album, therefore has a lot to live up to. The album spawns …
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In it’s makeshift home of Presthaven Sands in Prestatyn, North Wales, Hammerfest has excelled yet again in delivering another stomper of a three day festival. The line-up alone was one of the tastiest I’ve seen. Having the likes of Overkill, Flotsam & Jetsam, and Paradise Lost performing on a caravan …
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The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band release their new album, “The Traveler” at the end of May. UK readers will probably query the spelling of the album title as we’d write “The traveller” but as is so often the case, in the US they have a different spelling, so it’s not …
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