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 …
Read More »Final Coil – The World We Left Behind For Others
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 …
Read More »Hammerfest XI 2019 – Prestatyn, N.Wales
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 …
Read More »The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band – The Traveler
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 …
Read More »Charlie Sheen Gives A Big Shout Out To Hookers & Blow!
HOOKERS & BLOW Led By Guns ‘N’ Roses Keyboardist, Dizzy Reed Gets A Big Shout Out From Charlie Sheen! Announces More Tour Dates Hookers & Blow, the now legendary project formed by long time Guns ’n’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently announced a global merchandise and recording deal with the world’s …
Read More »Nine Shrines – Therapy
When should your child see a speech pathologist? Speech pathologists can work with children on speech, language and feeding issues. Learning to eat, speak and use language make up a huge amount of baby and child development. They’re really important skills and take years of practise to master. Even in …
Read More »THE BRINK : ‘Are You With Me’ – New Single from Forthcoming Debut Album
The Cambridge based hard rock band The Brink have just released a new single entitled ‘Are You With Me’. Taken from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Nowhere To Run’, singer Tom Quick describes the song as “an anthem for anyone. We’ve all made mistakes, we’ve all been wronged, we live and learn. Whatever …
Read More »Bloodred Hourglass – New Album: “Godsend” Out On 28th June 2019
Bloodred Hourglass New Album: “Godsend” Release Date: 28th June 2019 Bloodred Hourglass are thrilled to announce the global release of their 4th studio album “Godsend” on June 28th 2019, via Out On Line Music. “Godsend” is a ten-tracks relentless melodic death metal record, in perfect Finnish tradition: fast and hard-hitting, whilst creating an almost …
Read More »Stray Cats – 40
“40” is the new album from Stray Cats. It came as a surprise for many fans as after a 26 year gap since their last album I doubt many people expected the band to ever record a new album, even after they performed their first live shows for a decade …
Read More »Paul Gilbert – Behold electric guitar
Although to many he’s best known as the guitarist in Mr Big, Paul Gilbert has actually released far more solo albums than Mr Big albums. Following a recent move to Portland, Oregon, he set out to make a new solo album working with some of the other musicians in the …
Read More »Savoy Brown – City Night
Savoy Brown are a rare band – one that has been going constantly for over fifty years. Formed in 1965 as the Savoy Brown blues band, the lineup has changed many times over the last 54 years with singer/guitarist Kim Simmonds being the only remaining original member. Over the years …
Read More »JOANovARC – JOANovARC
JOANovARC release their new album at the end of May. The self titled album is their fourth album and follows several EPs and debut album “Ride of your life” as well as “Live in the studio” and their covers album “Under the covers”. Formed in 2004 as a trio, the …
Read More »Axel Rudi Pell – XXX anniversary Live
The title of this album is fairly self explanatory – it’s a live album to mark 30 years since German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell released his first solo album. In the last 30 years he’s released 17 studio albums, various compilations and four live albums (6 if you include DVDs). …
Read More »Introducing…Ethyrfield
I was recently approached and asked if I would be interested in doing a feature on an up and coming band from Newton Abbot in Devon, and I’m glad I was asked. Despite two thirds of the band still being below the UKs legal drinking age, Ethyrfield have already achieved …
Read More »Deiphago – I, The Devil
Founded in 1989, Costa Rican thrashers Deiphago return with another onslaught of insane thrash, ‘I, The Devil’, their fifth full length album. Fuelled by incomprehensible speed and accuracy, these guys remind me of when Napalm Death introduced themselves with their classic debut ‘Scum’ in 1987. To say this album is …
Read More »FORLORN HOPE DROP NEW TRACK & ANNOUNCE ALBUM PLANS
Historical metal five-piece FORLORN HOPE have just revealed an explosive new track, Rifles, which has been taken from their forthcoming debut album, Over The Hills, out on Friday 26th July. FORLORN HOPE hail from Merseyside and intriguingly combine history and heavy metal with epic results. The band use punchy, hook-filled …
Read More »‘Crooked Shapes’ break out and release third single ‘Let It Go’
Crooked Shapes were born of a perfect storm in early 2018. Based in Reading, consisting of George Twydell (Vocals & Guitar), George Ives (Vocals & Bass) and Craig Carlaw (Drums).They spent much of 2018 working on new songs, new skills and new sounds, ready to launch with a bang in …
Read More »UK’s SYTERIA Get Equipment Robbed, Jackie Chambers Reaches Out!
UK rockers SYTERIA, featuring Jackie Chambers of Girlschool and previously Blitzkrieg in their ranks, have new songs ready for their 2nd album Reflection, gigs booked to test them out, the Kickstarter campaign up to 200% in just 3 days …couldn’t be better, then SYTERIA play the Lounge in London. The next morning they wake up and go down to the Archway Premier Inn hotel car …
Read More »MAN WITH A MISSION release ‘FLY AGAIN 2019’ video
Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION have announced the release of their brand new single ‘FLY AGAIN 2019’. The band have released an amazing video for the song, filmed at their recent 50,000 capacity headline show at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium, capturing the huge scale of the Japanese rock phenomenon …
Read More »Hollowstar – Hollowstar.
Once again another bunch of young upstarts prove that rock isn’t dead, but is well and truly alive and kicking, with the self titled debut album by Hollowstar! The St.Ives based quartet have been causing a bit of a stir on the live circuit playing support slots and all this …
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