BLOODSTOCK is racing towards the weekend with some heavy metal Easter treats! Six more bands for August’s best heavy weekender, the first wave of club nights and the annual Easter Egg hunt on the BLOODSTOCK website, kicking off Friday 30th March! Check out www.bloodstock.uk.com from 8am Friday for details on …
Read More »Sumo Cyco – Craufurd arms, Milton Keynes – 15th March 2018
Tonight’s gig at the Craufurd arms is another visit from Canadian band Sumo Cyco. Support tonight comes from Uk band Skarlett riot. For this tour they’re without their usual bassist, Martin Shepherd so have got Tim Chambers from Sister Shotgun helping them out by taking his place till his return. …
Read More »Dirt Box Disco – Immortals
Can I get a 7!! Dirt box disco bring their high energy burst of post punk rock fuelled selves back for their 7th release and 6th studio album ‘’Immortals!’’ In line with what you would expect to hear from Dirt Box Disco, this album has more ‘whoa’s’ and nah, nah, …
Read More »Electric Jaguar Baby Unveil New Music Video “El Diablo”
A few days after the official release of its brand new EP ‘Old Songs From Beyond’ for Limited CD & Digital editions, French acid/fuzz-rock/psych/stoner duet Electric Jaguar Baby have just unveiled a new music video for the song “El Diablo” available right now: – In addition to this news, the band have just launched the pre-order for it’s …
Read More »Blaze Bayley – The Redemption Of William Black (Infinite Entanglement Part III)
If you could get an O.B.E for sheer determination then Blaze Bayley would have a drawer full by now. Currently on a fifty three date European tour, he has just released his tenth solo album The Redemption Of William Black (Infinite Entanglement Part III) via Blaze Bayley Recordings, the third …
Read More »Cheap Tissue – Cheap Tissue
Garage Punk ‘n’ Roll band Cheap Tissue from Los Angeles, released their self titled debut album earlier this month via Lolipop! Records. Founded in 2015 when Andrew Taylor and Jesse Youngblood got together and decided to write songs, which they felt, most people wouldn’t like very much! They were soon …
Read More »Spartan Warrior – Hell To Pay
Finally it’s here! The long awaited album Hell To Pay from NWOBHM stalwarts Spartan Warrior who must have felt like Spartan Worriers as it’s been a long eight year wait since their last studio release. Released via Pure Steel Records with stunning artwork by Timo Wuerz, its ten tracks show …
Read More »Wonk Unit Announce New Album Terror
Spearheaded by songwriter Alex Johnson, Wonk Unit are a punk rock band from South London, UK. Having formed in 2006, the band have built a reputation on the underground circuit as one of the most entertaining and successful DIY bands, with a relentless touring, recording and release schedule over the …
Read More »Falling Eden – Falling Eden (Single Review)
Falling Eden, the new kids on the rock block from Crewe impress from the off with their first self penned tune ‘Falling Eden’, due for release on March 23rd 2018 via Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Deezer. Backed by a powerful, thought provoking video (which you can view at …
Read More »The men that will not be blamed for nothing – Craufurd arms, Milton Keynes – 18th March 2018
Tonight is a punk night – two punk bands and one punk/steampunk band. The night opened with Jonny and the mental breakdowns, a local band who were a late addition to the lineup. That meant that they were a man short, so the singer had to play bass, which he …
Read More »Rockin the blues – Garage, London – 17th March 2018
Tonight at the Garage was a celebration of Blues guitarists, with several playing this mini tour organised by Provogue records. Gary Hoey, Eric Gales, Lance Lopez and Quinn Sullivan have been playing the various dates, and rotating the running order so there’s a different headliner each night. The events are …
Read More »One Last Daybreak – Interview
UK post-hardcorers ONE LAST DAYBREAK announce themselves with their new EP, A Thousand Thoughts, out 7th April. We asked the guys to tell us a little more about their formation and background: What is the full band line-up, who plays what? Vocals: Connor Catchpole; Rhythm Guitar/Vocals: Jack Smith; …
Read More »Twisted Illusion – Excite The Light Part One
Excite The Light Part One, the first of a soon to be released trilogy of albums by the cosmic Twisted Illusion shows that the song writing suss of Matt Jones has no bounds with another dazzling array of compositions. Six songs stretch out to just under the sixty minute mark …
Read More »IDestroy – Pure joy of life EP
IDestroy have just released their second EP, Pure joy of life. The Bristol based all-female trio are out on tour at the moment across the UK and Germany. They describe themselves as “party punk”, which really is a perfect description for this EP. It’s got that aggressive and fast paced …
Read More »Venom inc – Islington academy, London – 13th March 2018
Tonight’s Venom inc gig had an early start – always a headache mid-week as it meant I wasn’t able to get there from work till after the first two bands (on a five band bill). Happily though I was in good time to see Brazilian thrash band Nervosa. I’d been …
Read More »Robespierre – Garden Of Hell
Robespierre announce themselves with NWOBHM debut ‘Garden Of Hell’ There are many events throughout history that take time to come to fruition, the universe as we know it is roughly 13.8 billion years old, the Earth, a mere 4.543 billion years. In that time many civilisations have risen and faded …
Read More »Bad Ass Bash 2018 – Black Mass Bar, Wakefield, Day Two
Ears still ringing from day one, we made our way to the Black Mass Bar for the final day of my best Bad Ass Bash so far and any chance of a quiet band to ease us slowly into the day was thwarted by a feisty five piece from Huddersfield …
Read More »Joe Bonamassa- Genting arena, Birmingham- 16th March 2018
Tonight’s stop on Joe Bonamassa’s uk tour saw him playing to 3000 fans at the Genting arena in Birmingham. As always he plays with no support act and comes on stage at 8pm. Luckily these days most people know he does that but I did spot a few people arriving …
Read More »WEDNESDAY 13 Returns to Scotland & Ireland in August
The Duke of Spook, Mr WEDNESDAY 13 is set to play some warm-up shows on these shores around his appearance at Bloodstock Festival in August. Wednesday tells us, “We’re really stoked to be heading back to the UK this summer. We’re hitting Ireland, N.Ireland and Scotland for a few dates …
Read More »Screaming Eagles Release New Live Album ‘Live At Bonfest’
Screaming Eagles will release their new live album ‘Live At Bonfest’ on March 29th 2018. The album will be released on CD and digitally with pre-orders available from March 16th 2018. ‘Live At Bonfest’ captures the bands raw and energetic performance at one of their favourite festivals – the internationally renowned Bonfest …
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