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Innerstrength Records is pleased to announce the signing of Misgiver.   The band is currently in pre-production of their third release.  Having previously released an EP “Loathing” in 2015 and a split EP in 2014.   A Spring release is planned for their new album.   Misgiver formed in 2014 in Elmira, NY …

To celebrate the XENO World Tour hitting the UK & Europe, Crossfaith are excited to release a special five-track EP featuring their tour-mates drum‘n’bass‘n’riffs pioneers The Qemists, genre-mashing wrecking crew The One Hundred and the utterly ferocious Counting Days. LINK: https://soundcloud.com/unfdcentral/sets/xeno-uk-euro-tour-2016-ep The EP features Crossfaith’s storming new single Wildfire, a …

“…soaring piece of psych-inflected guitar pop, recalling the majesty of the Doors.” – Clash Psychedelic rockers Paves have revealed the video for their latest single ‘Take Me While I’m Here’.  The video features a montage of footage from recent performances including This Feelings ‘Big In 2016’ show in January. Attitude-fuelled …

Just shortly before the release of their upcoming album, Houston, Texas based progressive metal powerhouse OCEANS OF SLUMBER premiere another track off ‘Winter’. OCEANS OF SLUMBER are also proud to announce that they will be supporting none other than the mighty MY DYING BRIDE on their upcoming European tour. See …

The British connoisseurs of guitar driven alternative rock release news of their forthcoming April 2016 UK tour. Joining the Bath (UK) based Scout Killers on their crusade across English cities are support acts Amongst Thieves and The Loose Cut. The 5 piece outfit of Scott Cox (Vox), Julien Morrez (Guitar/vox), Beau Stevens …

One of the UK’s best breaking bands is preparing to make their mark in 2016 with the release of their highly anticipated debut album. Notoriously named as ‘murder captial of Britain’, the sleepy town of Boston, Lincolnshire is home to apocolyptic nu-metal mob ANTI-CLONE. Since bursting onto the scene in 2013, …

3 Doors Down have revealed the official video for their latest single “In The Dark,” starring none other than RJ Mitte [Emmy Award®-winning Breaking Bad,Switched At Birth] and directed by the duo of Magnus Jonsson and Martin Landgreve of Gaucho Film [Azealia Banks]. Check it out below.    “In The …

“Find yourself a quiet place to relax. Now close your eyes, take a long slow deep breath in through your nose…“(‘Eye Closure’, RIDEAU) It’s not quite standard procedure for a rock record to start off with a hypnotic, soothing voice, commanding the listener to relax. Then again, swedish collective RIDEAU …

They’ve just returned home from a two week welcome back party with their fans at sold out shows across the UK. Now, anyone who thought they might have to wait another couple of years for another dose of Bowling For Soup in the flesh is about to get very exciting news. …

February 23, 2016, Everywhere In The World: Record Store Day is thrilled to announce its Ambassador for 2016, Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees… METALLICA! Metallica is no stranger to Record Store Day, this year set for Saturday, April 16th, a special day in support of independent …

August 2015 saw the release of Vintage Trouble’s first album for Blue Note Records – 1 Hopeful Rd.  – to widespread critical and commercial acclaim. 1 Hopeful Rd. includes the first single “Run Like The River”, the deep soul ballad “Another Man’s Words,” “Angel City, California,” a stomping, joyous ode …

RIMFROST – New Video Available – Album Details Revealed Swedish black-deathers RIMFROST have unleashed a new video and therefore another new track from for their third and self-titled album which will be released on March 25th 2016 via Non Serviam Records. Check out the clip for “Witches Hammer” Formed back in 2002, the three-piece band explores …

Alien Ken To Release New Album ‘Change Is Constant’ in March New Single ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ Available Now Norwegian hard rockers Alien Ken recently released their brand new single called “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (Meaning “I came, I saw, I conquered”). The single is available on spotify here . This is …

“And lo, the [heathen] hordes from the East did descend up the city at the mouth of the river called the Farset… and they did lay waste onto the same with their furious vengeance and the spilling of much ancestral blood.” OK, forgive the pastiche of sub-Biblical phraseology, but it …

On revved up anthem Tokyo the fighting spirit at the very heart of Massive Wagons shines through. ‘You won’t play us on the radio’ blasts frontman Baz Mills. But this time we just might. Because on brand new record Welcome To The World, Massive Wagons carry all the passion, power …

Brighton-based, classic rock band, Colour Of Noise release their single ‘Can You Hear Me’ on Friday 26th February. The song originally appeared on their proudly ballad-free, self-titled 2015 debut album. ” ‘Can You Hear Me’ tells a story of a person who is lost and crying out for help. Depression …

It’s heat 4 of 7 in Dublin tonight at the Metal 2 The Masses Ireland showcase; the half way point, the fulcrum of the heats but will it be the pivotal heat about which all others will revolve. PlanetMosh is here to see if Alpheidae, Devolted, Emigra, Ten Ton Slug …

Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum played Belfast for the first time this past weekend, when they brought their ‘Burden Of The Fallen’ tour to the UK and Ireland. PlanetMosh took the opportunity to catch up with bassist/vocalist Sami Hinkka to chat about all things to do with the band, including his views on …

Formed in India in 2003, death metal band Third Sovereign, certainly have their genre down to a refined art which can easily compete on the world stage. Opening with the time honoured tradition of eerie intro, the band are straight down to business with the raging ‘Grave of Humanity’. This …

The first heat of the 2016 round of the Metal 2 The Masses competition’s Northern Ireland leg was so tight it squeaked.  Just four points separated all four bands.  It couldn’t have been any closer.  Well, that’s what we thought until the second heat, when, at the end of the …