Interview – Introducing Kinjiru

Recently, I had a quick word with Roger B, formerly of Demons of Old Metal and now the force behind one-man project Kinjiru about his debut solo EP [forbidden], who he’d love to open for on tour and why self-producing a record maybe isn’t all that’s it’s cracked up to …

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Interview – The Night Suns

In the last couple of weeks I spoke to the frontman of dark rockers The Night Suns Radu Constantin about the band’s new EP ‘Human’, the themes surrounding their latest video for the title track and how the rest of the year is looking for them. For those who may …

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Interview – Introducing Pennan Brae

I had a chat with Pennan Brae recently about his recent soundtrack work for ‘The Astronot’, why it’s got that title and the story behind it… For those who may not know who you are, introduce yourselves quickly. My name is Pennan Brae & I’m a singer-songwriter in Vancouver, Canada. …

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SPEAKER FIRST Announce Debut UK Single Break My Soul

Indonesian phenomena SPEAKER FIRST announce debut UK single ‘Break My Soul’ & 3 shows in May. On 1st June Speaker First release their debut UK single Break My Soul, an explosion of raw, raucous and ballsy rock’n’roll. Watch now the video for Break My Soul, shot in Berlin, after they played at the Woodstock Festival …

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Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain

Witch Mountain return from a three year break with their spellbinding new album ‘Witch Mountain’ The band not only return with new material but also with fresh blood amongst the ranks in the form of vocalist Kayla Dixon and bass player Justin Brown, a decision that has certainly given an …

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Anthrax – Kings Among Scotland

Anthrax - Kings Among Scotland

As live albums go this is as damn near as good as being at the gig itself as Anthrax thrash their hearts out to a vociferous crowd at the Glasgow Barrowlands Ballroom on this double CD Kings Among Scotland, due for release by Nuclear Blast Records on April 27th 2018. …

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MONUMENT Release ‘William Kidd’ Music Video

Monument

British Heavy Metal Band MONUMENT have released a new music video for ‘William Kid‘. It’s the second single off their upcoming album “Hellhound“, including the Rainbow cover song ‘Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll‘. The song tells the tale of the infamous privateer of the same name and finds the band in incredible form giving some of their …

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Ryan Roxie interview – London, April 2018

I spoke to Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie during his visit to London earlier this month to discuss his new solo album as well as working with Alice Cooper. You’re about to release your first solo album (under your name rather than band). You’ve been playing on albums for over …

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DeWolff – Thrust

DeWolff are a Dutch band, from the town of Geleen, right in the South of the country near Maastricht. They’re a three-piece psychedelic rock band that formed in 2007. Since then they’ve released six studio albums and a live album with them all reaching the Dutch music charts and have …

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Scream serenity – Eye of the storm

Eye of the storm is the debut album from British band Scream Serenity. Based in East Anglia, they’ve released a debut album that’s both heavy and commercial – not an easy thing to do. On the one hand it’s loud, fast and heavy, but at the same time it’s got …

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The Exploding Boy – Alarms

The exploding boy are a Dark Indie band from Stockholm, Sweden. Alarms is their 5th studio album, but in the UK they’re still fairly unknown. Dark Indie – a strange genre description, and Indie is a fairly vague genre anyway which seems to be overrun with more oasis clones than …

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Bonfire – Temple of lies

German rock band Bonfire have been around since 1986 (a decade or so longer if you count the band Cacumen which evolved into Bonfire), and over that time have released a steady stream of albums – by my count, this is their 15th studio album, but they’ve also released half …

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Gus G – Fearless

For his new album, Fearless, Gus G has gone with a power-trio setup, working with Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69/Unisonic), not only as producer, but also playing bass and doing vocals, while Will Hunt (Evanescence, Black Label Society) plays drums. It’s the first time that Gus G has played in …

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JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE ANNOUNCE UK TOUR & NEW ALBUM IN MAY

Jizzy Pearl All You Need is Soul

Stevie R Pearce rejoins Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate for a 21 date UK  ‘Sticks N Stones’ Tour, Including 4 special acoustic shows to mark the release of the new Jizzy Pearl Album ‘All You Need Is Soul‘, which will be released May 11th, 2018. The Number One HOOLIGAN says “Playing for Jizzy is an honour, and to go and play all his amazing music, new …

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