Feeling lucky? Damn, right I was. Friday night at the Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield and Diamond Head is the last band I expected to watch gracing the stage of its 200 capacity venue, Jackpot!! Diamond Head have been busy touring Europe for most of Autumn taking in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, …
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First up tonight, not long after doors open is Gorilla Riot. I saw this Manchester based band a few weeks ago at the HRH CROWS festival in Sheffield where they opened the main stage on Sunday with one hell of an impressive set. Given that, my expectations were high and …
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90’s nu-metal band P.O.D are back with a new album – Circles. A Christian metal band, Payable on Death (abbreviated to P.O.D), they’ve had remarkably few lineup changes, with the current lineup being the same as the band had in 1994. For this album P.O.D teamed up with L.A. production …
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In 1987 Jason Becker released his first album, Speed metal symphony as part of the duo Cacophony with Marty Friedman. They released a second album before breaking up and Jason Becker then went on to release several solo albums. Then in 1996 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …
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Support tonight came from Seven Sisters – a London based band with a definite NWOBHM sound. They take a few minutes to really get going but once they do it’s a good solid set that goes down well with the crowd. Next came Japanese band Lovebites. Earlier this year their …
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Metal Blade Records will re-issue the first two albums by Swedish Death Metal legends Vomitory on January 11th, 2019. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the band – expect more releases and live shows next year! Both albums will be re-mastered and released on spinesleeve vinyl in the best quality possible – …
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The Crown announces vinyl re-issues for ‘Crowned In Terror’, ‘Crowned Unholy’ and ‘Possessed 13’; European tour to kick off in December Unholy Swedish Deathrace Kings The Crown have just announced vinyl re-issues for three of their classic albums: Crowned In Terror, Crowned Unholy, and Possessed 13. Available January 11th, fans can pre-order copies now from Indie …
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Polish Death Metal squadron Hate is preparing to head to the studio in December to record the follow-up to 2017’s Tremendum. The new opus, bearing the working title Salve Ignis, is tentatively slated for summer 2019 and will be the band’s debut collaboration with the legendary Metal Blade Records. Details are still surfacing, but the band …
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I spoke to Elize Ryd from Amaranthe shortly after their performance at Koko in London on their tour with Powerwolf. First of all, how do you think the show went tonight? I think it went really good – I loved it. It’s ten years since Amaranthe formed, and seven since …
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Once in a while an album comes out to reaffirm that rock is not dead (so that’s a big middle finger in the air to Billy Corgan and Gene Simmons) as Bridgend based Those Damn Crows do it with ease on the release of their debut Murder And The Motive. …
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Based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Molars are a Midwest Emo/Pop-Punk trio formed in 2018. Their debut EP Tight, But Not Groundbreaking will be released on 14th December. For fans of Tiny Moving Parts, Taking Back Sunday, American Football, and The 1975. What band they fail to add to this impressive …
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Italian progressive metal band, LAST UNION have released a new music video and single for ‘Most Beautiful Day‘ featuring Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) on bass and Uli Kusch (ex-HELLOWEEN, ex-MASTERPLAN) on drums. The track is taken from their debut album ‘Twelve‘, which also features DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie on three songs, and will be releaed on December 21, 2018 through ROAR! Rock …
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Seven More Days stunning debut album Little Dark Pleasures proved to be a big big pleasure when it was released this year. It oozed confidence with ten tracks of hard rock and they played eight from it at Eleven supporting the Scopyons. It was my first time seeing them and …
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German heavy metal band, BLOODY TIMES, have released a 100 copies limited single CD + 2 bonus tracks and a free sticker for ‘Alliance‘ feat. ROSS THE BOSS (ex-MANOWAR) and JOHN GREELY (ex-ICED EARTH). The track is taken from the forthcoming album ‘On A Mission‘. A video trailer feat. ROSS …
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After touring their debut album The Art Of Manipulation to death, Preston based nutters Ward XVI are taking a hiatus to write new material so this gig was to be their last show of 2018 but not even a disrupted train service full of annoying Manchester United fans and even …
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Previously known as ‘Central Station’, Wrexham’s Live rooms have seen some pretty decent bands over the years, and this was a mouth watering line-up starting with the superb ‘I Saw The World Burn’. I reviewed their recent support slot with Skindred and had nothing but praise for them, so I was really …
Broken Witt Rebels Share previously unseen live performance Video of ‘Guns’ as they celebrate a trio of London shows supporting Reef Award-winning Broken Witt Rebels share their video of their live performance of ‘Guns’ ahead of the three London shows at Nell’s tonight Thursday29th Friday 30th and Saturday 1st Dec. Guns Video ‘Guns’ comes from the band’s 10-track album, co-produced …
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SAINT APACHE are releasing their third E.P. Black Days and premiering their ferally-energetic video Tory Man from it. Black Days will drop on 22nd February 2019 and Tory Man is available to buy or stream 14th December 2018. Check out Tory Man Black Days is a strong 4-track EP, featuring Amongst Vultures, The Shameful, Strive to Survive and Tory Man. There’s energy, anger and conviction …
Read More »THC DREAMS pull from many areas – pop punk, indie and emo. The band drop their spanking new single, All My Friends, on Friday 11th January 2019, and had them down for a chat….. What is the full band line-up, who plays what? Nick plays guitar and main vocals, …
Read More »The passage of time becomes very apparent when sitting down with this sprawling cd set. It is strange to hear thank-you for 20 years, I would not have pegged it at anything like that much time. Admittedly I lost touch with Lacuna Coil around the Karmacode album during their ascent. …
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