Tyr reveals details for new album, ‘Hel’; launches first single, “Fire and Flame” On March 8th, the Faroe Islands’ Tyr will release their eighth full-length, Hel, via Metal Blade Records. Hel is a collection of ruthlessly melodic and irresistibly compelling progressive folk metal that will immediately resonate with any who have followed the band at any point …
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Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will unleash their 19th studio record, ‘The Wings Of War’, on February 22, 2019, via Nuclear Blast. The band have just launched part 2 of their multi-part documentary series entitled ‘Welcome To The Garden States‘. Watch as each of the band members detail their early influences and how it has helped shape …
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With a diverse and broad spectrum of influences sweeping from Leonard Cohen to Black Sabbath, and from The Doors to Soundgarden, DESERT CLOUDS pull you in and wash you over with their own brand of atmospheric alt-rock. The band release their engulfing new album, Nothing Beyond The Cage, on Friday …
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‘Babylon Boulevard’, the new video from Prophets of Addiction and HighVolMusic is out now and is the fourth video from the band’s latest release ‘Nothing But The Truth’ featuring Lesli Sanders and Glenn Gilbert. The video was filmed and produced by JBaca Studios. A video for each track on the album is planned to …
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SUZI QUATRO ***The “Queen Of Rock N’ Roll” signs with SPV/Steamhammer*** ***New Album ‘No Control’ out on 29 March 2019*** ***Lead single ‘No Soul/No Control’ out on 15 February 2019*** ***Major UK/Australian/European tour in 2019*** Suzi Quatro more than lives up to her name as the “Queen Of Rock …
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BLOODSTOCK welcomes in 2019 by announcing four new bands for August’s best metal weekender. If you’ve dropped all your money on Christmas and are counting the pennies, the popular ticket payment plan is also now open, breaking that weekend ticket cost into five much more manageable chunks. First things first …
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THE TREATMENT ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR “POWER CRAZY TOUR” MAY/JUNE 2019 NEW SINGLE “BITE BACK” DUE 25th FEBRUARY 2019 NEW STUDIO ALBUM DUE SPRING 2019 The Treatment returned in late 2018 with a brand-new singer Tom Rampton, a single ‘Lets Get Dirty’ and a sold out September co-headline tour with …
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Over the last 28 years, blues-rock guitarist Eric Gales has released 18 studio albums – a fact made more impressive by the fact he’s only 44 years old now, making him just 16 when his first album was released. Needless to say, he’s a superb guitarist but on this album …
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As someone much wiser than me once said, “Never judge a book by its cover” and this certainly rings true with my first impression of The Heretic Order before I had heard any music from Evil Rising released via Massacre Records. Photos of the band and song titles suggested …
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The German Doom Metallers, Nailed To Obscurity (NTO), return with their fourth full length album and their first on the Nuclear Blast label, and I have to say I’m not disappointed. There’s a nice eerie start to this album in the form of the title track. Drums, slowly followed by …
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Sunday night at The Corporation, Sheffield and Last Great Dreamers are putting on a Christmas show with special guests Leeds own Boomville which features guitarist Mark Yates of Terrorvision fame. And they’ve also brought along with them compere and comedian Pete K Mally. It’s not every day you have a compere …
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This was the first HRH Vikings event. Like HRH Metal, CROWS and Sleaze, it’s held at an O2 Academy venue rather than a holiday camp. Despite being the first one, it’s proved popular with the place being busy right from the start of the first day. With headliners Turisas and …
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Tonight I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and chatting to Andy & Mike AKA Crapsons before their gig at The Skerries, Bangor. Two cracking guys who gave me a good and informative insight into their first year as a band, together with their future plans and aspirations going forward. …
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Wille & the bandits will release their new album, “Paths” on 1st February 2019 and are due to follow that with a 19 date UK tour in March with Rainbreakers as special guests. If you’ve seen them live you’ll know Wille & the bandits are a superb live act with …
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Sometimes you have to knock on a few doors to get on in the music business but with Show Me Your Teeth, the second studio album from Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters to be released on 25th January 2019, these twelve songs are taking a demolition ball to the whole …
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Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Plague Years are an unsigned Thrash / Death Metal outfit who are unleashing their first full length album upon us. Released at the end of October in the US, we British have had to wait until 4th January to grab a copy of this album which follows 2017’s …
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RELOAD, REWIND & RECALL ROCK N ROLL – Swedish glam boogie blue-eyed soul rockers DIAMOND DOGS are back to set things straight! After the loss of saxophone player and longtime band member Magic Gunnarsson (who died in a drowning accident 2014) Sulo and the rest of DIAMOND DOGS called it …
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Country/Southern rock band The Steel Woods released their debut album “Straw in the wind” in 2017. Now as 2019 starts they’re releasing their second album – “Old news”. There are nine original songs on the album plus several cover versions – “Changes” (Black Sabbath), “Whipping post” (Allman brothers), “The Catfish …
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Slim Chance is the band founded by Ronnie Lane after he left the Small faces. Although Ronnie died many years ago, the band lives on, and it’s latest incarnation dates back to 2011 when some former members reunited to restart the band. Between them the current members have an impressive …
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Dutch band Mozes and the Firstborn are described as unpredictable – and they see that as a compliment. It’s certainly a good description of their new album – Dadcore. It’s a mix of grungey garage rock and pop The press release for the album had this to say…”Ask an average …
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