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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 …

Letheria are a hardcore thrash band from Finland. Formed in 1998 these guys have released seven demo’s, three E.P’s and now finally a full length album, Death Principle, only the 20 years later! At first I’m finding it hard to work out what it is Letheria are about. The first …

On their current tour, Skindred have taken the decision to play smaller venues than normal. Whereas their last tour saw them playing the larger academy venues including Brixton academy in London, on this tour the venues are far more intimate – tonight’s venue, The Craufurd arms in Milton Keynes holds …

Tyla’s Dogs D’amour – INVINO VERITAS  – album out now Back on the juice or is that just irrelevant?!  In Vino Veritas is the latest album from Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour.  But as we know  Tyla J Pallas has been a hard-working underdog since becoming part of The Dog’s D’amour and …

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, …

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 …

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 …