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. Pet Virus set to release new single ‘Can I Speak To Dirt?’ on Friday, October 12th 2018 via Psycho Boy Recordings   The band will celebrate the release with a headline single release party at Drop The Dumbulls, Liverpool on October 12th and a slew of UK tour dates. …

. Mercyful Fate: ‘Don’t Break the Oath’, ‘Melissa’, ‘The Beginning’ LP re-issues now available via Metal Blade Records   On October 12th, Mercyful Fate will release LP re-issues of the classic albums Don’t Break the Oath, Melissa, and The Beginning via Metal Blade Records. Available as 180g picture discs, these …

After releasing their latest album, The Cicada Tree, last year to critical acclaim, Byzantine is now launching a new video for the record’s title track! Directed by Holly Mollohan / Screaming Butterfly Entertainment, the clip for “The Cicada Tree” can be viewed at:  Vocalist/Guitarist Chris “OJ” Ojeda comments: “Over the …

  If you are fresh to ARKDOWN , the band are a formidable modern metal quintet hailing from Sheffield. The emerging metallers draw from contemporary metalcore and deathcore influences, framed by their own melodic but heavy riff-based style. The Steel City riff beasts have just revealed a new track, Mirrors, which …

Berlin-based rock overlords KADAVAR have announced to release a brand new live album called »Live in Copenhagen«, featuring their infamous show at Pumpehuset in Denmark’s capital in November 2017 during the band’s tour in support of the most recent album, »Rough Times«. Today the band releases the music video for …

Bristol-based producer and creative indie powerhouse She Makes War releases her new single ‘Undone’, the first installment of the double A side ‘Undone \ London Bites’, taken from the forthcoming album Brace For Impact, which is out 5th October. The songs will be released in two stages, with ‘Undone’ available online now …

A formidable, double-pronged tour de force is heading for the UK this November as VILE CREATURE and BISMUTH pair up for a string of dates. The run will kick off in Nottingham on November 23 and finish up in Brighton on December 3. Canada-based VILE CREATURE released their critically acclaimed second full length, Cast of Static and Smoke, earlier this year – and …

Pittsburgh political punk band ANTI-FLAG have premiered the new music video for their cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH.” The show is now available to stream on Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/13/video_world_premiere_of_anti_flag The video is a partnership with Everytown, featuring footage from the March For Our Lives and stats about gun …

BLOODSTOCK are excited to announce their first headliner for 2019!  Swedish metal warriors, SABATON will headline Friday 9th August in what will be their only UK show in 2019!   Check out what they had to say about returning to Catton Park’s hallowed turf to headline the festival this time around …

STONE BROKEN ANNOUNCE FEB & MAR 2019 ‘HOME’ HEADLINE UK TOUR UK AND EURO WINTER DATES ANNOUNCED T0 SUPPORT NEW UK SINGLE “THE ONLY THING I NEED” SECOND STUDIO ALBUM, ‘AINT ALWAYS EASY’ OUT NOW, WORLDWIDE, VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS STONE BROKEN, presently blazing a debut tour trail across the USA, …

. BLACK STAR RIDERS PART COMPANY WITH DAMON JOHNSON AND WELCOME CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI Black Star Riders are proud to announce that their new lead guitar player from January 1st 2019 will be Christian Martucci, from Stone Sour. Christian will replace founding BSR member Damon Johnson, who has decided to part …

Evil Scarecrow are back with a new album, and rather than making us wait five years like they did with “Galactic Hunt”, they’ve been hard at work and are releasing “Chapter IV Antartarctica” just two years after “Galactic hunt”. With most bands it would be safe to assume that a …

WITHIN TEMPTATION – legendary leaders of dark anthemic music, with a career spanning two decades – have signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Germany, partnering with Spinefarm Records for North America and the UK. This joining of forces comes ahead of latest album Resist, scheduled for release on December …

MaYaN are set to release their third album shortly. Founded by Epica guitarist Mark Jansen, this symphonic death metal band is heavier than Epica and as well as having released two great albums, their live shows are always fantastic. It’s more like an ensemble than a traditional band with different …

Joe Bonamassa is back with a new album, Redemption. This is his thirteenth solo album (plus countless live albums, albums with Beth Hart, Black Country Communion albums, and albums from other side projects. It’s fair to say Joe Bonamassa’s output is prolific, but despite this, he never compromises on quality. …

Back in February this year, Saxon released Thunderbolt, which has proven to be one of their best and most popular albums in recent years. Planetmosh reviewer Dennis Jarman certainly liked it – check out his review here. Now the band have decided to release a “Tour edition” version of the …

. Power-pop rockers Last Great Dreamers have just unveiled the video for their new single. ‘Primitive Man’ is the third single to be taken from the band’s widely acclaimed fourth album 13th Floor Renegades which was released this Spring through Ray Records. The album is available now from the band’s website https://www.lastgreatdreamers.com/store It’s been …

THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS announce dates in the USA with The Interrupters Headine Might As Well Fest 4 in London Free flexi in new issue of Vive Le Rock magazine THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS will head to the USA where they will support The Interrupters and Bedouin Soundclashon the West …

An Evening in the Company of Mick Rossi The Peer Hat, Manchester: 18th August 2018 Following a UK Tour which included a show at Rebellion Punk Music Festival in Blackpool. Mick Rossi, guitarist from one of the most underrated bands ever (in my humble opinion) Slaughter and the Dogs (SATD) …

If you are yet to hear ENGLOMANATIC GLITCH then you soon will. The band avoid digital sounds and samples, and look to utilise analogue equipment of all kinds, from guitar pedals and old mixing desks to cooking pots. The experimental prog rockers are now geared up for the release of …