SATAN Announces New Album ‘Cruel Magic’

English NWOBHM legends SATAN announces new album ‘Cruel Magic’ for September 7th! Releases video for first single ‘The Doomsday Clock’ and starts pre-order! On September 7th Metal Blade Records will release ‘Cruel Magic’, the brand new studio album by English NWOBHM legends SATAN! For a preview of ‘Cruel Magic’ surf …

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Wolves Don’t Sleep – Interview

We reached out to UK Metalcore crew WOLVES DON’T SLEEP, who release their new single, Hope Won’t Set You Free, on 3rd August. ——– What is the full band line-up, who plays what? Steev Bond- Vocals, Chayce Swain – Guitar/ Vocals, Dan Bradley – Guitar, Dan Bingley – Bass, Connor MacLean …

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Dorrian Sorriaux – Hungry ghost

.           Blues Pills guitarist Dorrian Sorriaux has won plenty of praise for his playing in the band, but for his solo EP release, he’s taken a very different direction musically. It’s not Blues rock – it’s psychedelic Folk. It’s quite a laid back pace, and …

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Wacken 2017 – 28 years louder than hell

As this year’s Wacken festival approaches it’s time for their annual CD/DVD release featuring some of the best performances from the previous year’s event. These releases are a great souvenir for fans who were there and also are great releases in their own right. The sound is always crystal clear …

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Big boy bloater and the limits – Pills

It’s hard to believe that “Luxury hobo” Big boy bloater’s last album came out 2 years ago. It’s a sign of how good it is that I still listen to it regularly, but he’s now got a new album – Pills. The big question is – how can he follow …

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Stone Free Festival 2018 – Sunday

In contrast to the first rock n roll day of Stone Free, the second day was a more prog oriented affair of bands. Along with a wide set of bands playing again in the Indigo, The Orange Amps Stage and All Bar One in the O2, with almost 12 hours …

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Stone Free Festival 2018 – Saturday

Gates are open for the third annual Stone Free Festival in the O2 and the line-up for the first day of the weekend in the main arena seems pure lush. For people who wanted to enjoy a whole day of live music, the O2 offered three different stages during the …

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Download 2018 – Sunday

Starcrawler kicked the proceedings on second stage at Downoad off with a set where the attention was clearly focussed on their painfully thin singer Arrow de Wilde. I suspect it’s mainly an act as she staggers around and generally comes across like she’s off her head on drugs. She chokes …

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Download 2018 – Saturday

Saturday didn’t start well for me. After getting the bus from Derby, it was time to get the shuttle bus round to the guest and media entrance. Sadly security decided to stop and thoroughly search every vehicle entering the guest car park and that resulted in 2 mile queues causing …

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HALESTORM UNLEASH “BLACK VULTURES”

Halestorm - Vicious

Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm have unleashed “Black Vultures” the lead track on their upcoming album, Vicious, out July 27 (see full tracklist below). The song is the second unveiled from the album, following the lead single, “Uncomfortable.” A new companion visual for the song will premiere next Friday, June 29th via …

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CLUTCH Share Second Single from New Album & Release on Vinyl

Clutch Album Cover

CLUTCH RELEASE SECOND SINGLE TRACK FROM THE NEW ALBUM “BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS” VERY LIMITED VINYL OUT 22nd AUGUST “BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS” OUT SEPTEMBER 7TH 2018 Maryland rockers CLUTCH are releasing the second single from their upcoming album Book Of Bad Decisions as an instant gratification track. iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/book-of-bad-decisions/1376829212&app=itunes) Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D3CQNTT). Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/album/0uWlwy6wHD7tGV3FfiVBF0) In …

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