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With a line up that already includes the likes of JINJER, MUSHROOMHEAD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, MEMORIAM and CONAN along with old friends UNZUCHT, SULPHER and THE AMORETTES we think its time we ‘unwrap’ and announce some gifts for you this Christmas… Joining us here at Amplified in 2019 are: Europe’s …

Tonight is the second of three UK arena shows for Nightwish on their Decades tour. It’s a sign of how they’ve grown in recent years as their last proper UK tour was in Academy venues, whereas this year they’ve already played Bloodstock and are doing three arena shows. The turnout …

If you’re busy Christmas shopping, don’t forget that today, Friday 14th December is the last day to snap up Early Bird discount tickets for BLOODSTOCK next Summer! Just £125 (+ fees) for four days of metal fun, so pick up yours today at the ticket store to save a few quid …

Tonight’s show was completely sold out – not a huge surprise really as not only is this Def Leppard on tour, it’s Def Leppard playing their biggest album (and arguably one of the biggest selling rock albums in history) in full – Hysteria. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve brought …

Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater have released the first song from their recently announced 14th studio album, Distance Over Time. “Untethered Angel” is the first new song from the album set for worldwide release on February 22, 2019. The new single is quintessential Dream Theater and …

Last month Amon Amarth released their new documentary and supporting live album, The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm – which includes a retrospective documentary featuring a wealth of live and behind-the-scenes content and extensive band interviews. This film tells the Swedish quintet’s history, through …

Dutch rock sensations DELAIN have today announced the February 22nd release of ‘Hunter’s Moon’. ‘Hunter’s Moon’ is the final part of a trilogy, that also includes DELAIN‘s EP ‘Lunar Prelude’ and album ‘Moonbathers’. The release includes four brand new studio tracks, ten live songs, and a Blu-ray disc of those …

UK’s new classic rock outfit  MATT MITCHELL & THE COLDHEARTS have announced the release of their first single ‘BLACK DIAMONDS’ on JANUARY 25, 2019. The song is taken from the self-titled solo record which was recorded at the iconic ROCKFIELD STUDIOS, Wales earlier this year. MATT MITCHELL & THE COLDHEARTS just launched their brand new website: WWW.MATTMITCHELLMUSIC.COM British Singer/songwriter MATT MITCHELL (PRIDE, FURYON, COLOUR OF NOISE) has recently had the chance to embark on the journey of recording his long awaited debut solo record ‘MATT MITCHELL & THE COLDHEARTS’. MATT MITCHELL & THE COLDHEARTS is: Matt Mitchell – Vocals & Guitars (PRIDE, FURYON, COLOUR OF NOISE) Mauro Laconi – Guitars Dom Ladd – Bass Matt Cherry – Drums Stevie Watts – Keyboards MATT MITCHELL started out singing and writing songs in his late teens learning his craft in several bands early on, he then found himself as the voice of AOR band PRIDE who released two albums in the mid-2000s on EMI TOSHIBA and POINT MUSIC. FURYON was MATT MITCHELL’s next project. Formed out of the demise of PRIDE a heavier style evolved, with much love and praise from The likes of CLASSIC ROCK & METAL HAMMER magazines. FURYON had a great run touring UK/Europe and performed at several major festivals including DOWNLOAD, BLOODSTOCK and Poland’s gigantic WOODSTOCK festival. Not long after the release of the second album the band was put on ice so that the band members could spend more time songwriting and considering their future. At this point, MATT MITCHELL joined LITTLE ANGELS guitarist BRUCE JOHN DICKINSON forming the much lighter bluesy sounding COLOUR OF NOISE. A good two-year run was had with the band. An album was released, followed by lots of touring and yet more major festival slots. COLOUR OF NOISE was to leave things on a high in 2017 and with one door closing another soon opened in the shape of MATT MITCHELL’s solo project with guest players – MATT MITCHELL & THE COLDHEARTS. www.mattmitchellmusic.com www.facebook.com/mmitchellmusic

Walking into a venue like the O2 Academy 2 in Liverpool for the very first time tonight made me realise just how lucky we are that certain bands feel the need to play these small, exclusive places in order to be close to their fans. This was definitely the case with …

The Norse Wind is Rising: HRH Vikings Festival II Announces Their Initial Shield Wall. The Second Coming is upon us: All hail HRH Vikings II. HRH – Europe’s leading residential provider – debuted HRH Vikings last weekend: a stage-storming, genre-crossing, alloy of five – count ’em: FIVE! – forms of …

  King Diamond announces new DVD/Blu-ray, ‘Songs For The Dead Live’; new video “Sleepless Nights (Live at The Fillmore)” now online On January 25th, King Diamond will release a new DVD/Blu-ray, Songs For The Dead Live, via Metal Blade Records. There is only one King Diamond, and for more than …