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Trans-Siberian Orchestra formed 22 years ago and have been massively successful selling over 10 million albums, and playing around 1600 concerts (selling 12 million tickets in the process).  What makes them so sucecssful?  Well their albums are a superb blend of classical and rock music and that appeals to a …

  Ahead of their February 2016 headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace that closes their UK tour, Enter Shikari went into the venue in December 2015 to visit the site and to record a short acoustic set for a small audience of friends and competition winners. Rather than use the 10,000 capacity …

GHOST RIDING NEW ALBUM Released March 4th via Dine Alone Records Lead Track: ‘STRAY’ WATCH THE VIDEO HERE RNDM (the side-project of Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur and The Fastbacks/War Babies drummer Richard Stuverud) have announced their second album Ghost Riding, due for release on March 4th through …

New Album “Cradle The Rage” 11th March 2016, UK Tour “Cradle The Rage Tour” March 2016 BBC Documentary “True Grit” feat. James Toseland – Spring 2016 The brand new Toseland album, “Cradle The Rage”, will be released worldwide on the 11th March 2016. The band are setting out on a 10 …

UK NUMBER 1 – MUSIC DVD CHART ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT’ TOPS OFFICIAL UK CHART IN JUST TWO DAYS! UK arena dates – February 2016 including London Wembley Arena 3 limited edition 12” vinyl albums – out Feb 19th Following the critically acclaimed UK Top 10 album ‘Wonder Days’ last year, UK …

After having played a first show of this year in Tokyo / Japan, Norwegian prog metallers LEPROUS are kicking off a tour of Australia today in support of their newest studio album “The Congregation”, which was released worldwide via InsideOutMusic last May. More shows have now been confirmed for the …

Dark Alternative Rockers, Antimatter, are bringing ‘The Judas Tour’ to  The Castle Hotel, Manchester, on the 26th of March and to Bristol’s Exchange on the 27th of March in support of the newly released 6th album ‘The Judas Table’ released in October by Prophecy Productions. (5/5 examiner, 9.5/10 empirezone, 9.5/10 maximumvolumemusic, 93/100 lordsofmetal, 9/10 progressivemusicplanet). ‘’The …

For the 30th Anniversary / 30years live on stage they present the long desired double-album „PEARLS“ (UDR-Music / Home of the Legends www.udr-music.com ) on 03/18/2016- it’s the first CD of that kind since the foundation of the band in 1986. All “classics” are recorded right now in Milano (Italy) and arranged in a completely new way, as a …

Taking us back to the roots of true Blues, ‘Devil On The Loose’ is the debut album from Black River Delta set for release on 4th March 2016. Hailing from Sweden, this strong trio spent their summer locked away in a small wooden cabin near their hometown, using borrowed equipment …

Saturday night saw the arrival of the Night Life Religion tour, with Whiskey Myers and The Cadillac Three bringing a taste of the South to a freezing cold Glasgow.  I had the opportunity to chat to Whiskey Myers’ lead singer Cody Cannon before the show and you can listen to …

I had a chat with Cody Cannon, lead singer in Whiskey Myers just before he went on stage in Glasgow.  The band are supporting The Cadillac Three on the Night Life Religion tour and it’s well worth getting down to a show near you.

The Qemists have been confirmed as main support for the upcoming UK Crossfaith tour. The band will miss the first 5 shows due to the fact that they are already on tour with Enter Shikari in Europe but are extremely excited to be joining Crossfaith on their UK run, especially …

Unhinged a punk rock band from Stourbrige in the West Midlands released their debut album Nostalgia on 11th December 2015, having formed in the summer of the same year. On their facebook page they site their influences  as “Oasis, H2O, The Offspring, Linkin Park, Pennywise, Agnostic Front and Clutch.” Nostaligia with …

Currently on a European tour, German thrash metal merchants Exumer are still playing with the intensity shown on their 1986 debut studio album Possessed By Fire with their recently released monstrous The Raging Tides. Released via Metal Blade Records it consists of 10 fierce originals and 2 inspired cover versions. …

London boys Karybdis step up the game and then some with the first release since their debut From The Depths. Their latest album Samsara is due to be released on the 19th February. Samsara features a dirty groove fused with melodic death that just…works. Every musical component in this release is perfectly entwined within …

Hardcore mob Lock & Key are ready to tear 2016 a new one with their debut full-length release, Peaceless, to be released on April 08 via Crooked Noise. The band have also dropped the first video for the album, ‘Unclear State of Mind’. First premiered by Metal Hammer, you can …

Northern Germany’s infernal extreme metal duo Mantar have revealed the cover artwork and tracklist for the band’s forthcoming album, ‘Ode To The Flame’. You can view the artwork below.   The tracklist for ‘Ode To The Flame’ reads as follows:    Carnal Rising  Praise The Plague  Era Borealis  The Hint  Born Reversed  Oz  I, Omen …

HEVY FEST 2016 is very excited to announce its first wave of bands, continuing the reinvigoration of one of the UK’s most exciting festivals. With both headliners still to come, announced today are: punk titans REFUSED, technical metal frontrunners SIKTH, metalcore heavyweights WHILE SHE SLEEPS and instrumental legendsANIMALS AS LEADERS. They join …

Southern California’s rising underground alternative-rock band Silver Snakes will make their much anticipated return in 2016 with the release of their third studio album, Saboteur, via Evil Ink Records (U.S.) and Pelagic Records (Europe) on February 12th.   Vocalist/guitarist Alex Estrada comments, ‘Glass’ was one of the first songs written for ‘Saboteur.’ It’s was the light …

A phenomenon like no other, one of the world’s biggest rock acts-Over 10 Million albums sold, performing for over 12 Million fans, includes the single “FORGET ABOUT THE BLAME (MOON VERSION)” withHALESTORM front woman LZZY HALE Unthinkable in the beginning Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) has become one of the most unlikely success …