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New Jersey’s COGNITIVE will be hitting Full Force Studio to record its second full length album Deformity. The band will be working with ‘Smoking’ Joe Cincotta who has worked alongside bands such as SUFFOCATION, BODYCOUNT and INTERNAL BLEEDING. Artwork for the album will be created by renowned illustrator Par Olofsson (SPAWN OF POSSESSION, IMMOLATION, …

North London four piece Knights have revealed the video for brand new single ‘Borderline’. Though relatively ‘new’ to the scene, Knights have been performing their passionately crafted brand of pop/rock in London since 2013 with bands such as EofE  and have not only perfected their live set of soaring anthemic …

Today Northern Irish death metallers Rex Shachath release their latest offering, Revocation Of The Blood Elect, via French label Great Dane Records, and to mark the occasion are streaming the EP in full right here! https://rexshachath1.bandcamp.com/album/revocation-of-the-blood-elect Tackling social issues such as the state of modern society and man’s exorbitant desire for wealth at the …

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. This week the band debuted their first new song, “Raindance,” unveiled the record’s artwork and track list and launched a …

London four-piece Paves have unveiled the video for their neo-psychedelic debut single  ‘Dancing ‘til The End Of Time’, which premiered over on Fred Perry Subculture. The video sees the band in an extravagant townhouse mansion. Greeted by a mysterious masked lady, she escorts them around the striking dwelling where they …

California groove metallers Devildriver have confirmed that they will release their recently completed seventh studio album, ‘Trust No One’, via Napalm Records on Friday 13 May 2016. Frontman Dez Fafara said of the album: “Almost three years in the making, get ready for a new Devildriver record!  ‘Trust No One’ is filled with …

The Kluster-Fux, a hardcore punk bank based in Co. Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland formed in June 2015, by former members of Corrosive Machine and Strichnine, released their debut E.P. Kill The President earlier this year and have played extensively in their home country with bands including GBH and DOA. With …

Friday the 13th of November is the date Paradise Lost chose to end their extensive European tour in Nottingham’s Rock City. Braving the fierce winds outside the venue a small queue of stalwart fans lined the side of the building chatting eagerly while seeking shelter where they could. Rock City …

Given the horrendous events that unfolded in Paris on Friday night, you’d be forgiven for expecting that all gigs in the UK for a period of time would have smaller audiences, earlier finishing times and filled with a certain air of unease. However, in a true tip of the hat …

Dødheimsgard, Norway’s premier experimental extremists who released their fifth album, titled ‘A Umbra Omega’, earlier this year are set to tour Europe in March 2016 with Secrets of the Moon, Thulcandra and Our Survival Depends on us.   One of the top bands and boundary-pushing visionaries of the mid-90’s Norwegian …

Following their explosive UK headline tour this month, Central Pennsylvania-based retro rockersCROBOT have released another of their trippy visualisers for the track ‘Queen Of The Light’ ( see below ). The track features on the special edition version of their latest album, entitled ‘Something Supernatural – Full Moon Edition’. CROBOT have spent the past …

Tonight is about respect. Not just for each other – which we’ll get to later – but also between band and punter. It’s well known to frontmen and women that if you can earn the respect of a crowd, they’ll be putty in your hands and do pretty much anything you …

Hot off the back of their stint supporting SKINDRED, Japanese heroesCROSSFAITH have announced their return to the UK for an extensive headline run. Says frontman Kenta Koie: “We can’t wait to bring XENO back to the UK and all our fans! We’re going to bring the noise in a serious …

Debut album – ‘Back In The Morrow’ Out early 2016 “Matt Grocott & The Shrives are unafraid to experiment, with their music veering from solid indie to pop to punk-funk.” – NME  “There are rushes of power-pop energy and acoustic tracks that fall somewhere between Johnny Cash and Violent Femmes, all …

INTRONAUT are celebrating the release of their new album, ‘The Direction Of Last Things’, with a new music video for their song ‘Fast Worms’. The band is currently on the road in North America to support the release of the album, and will be joining Between The Buried And Me …

Kvelertak are back! The Norwegian titans return to the UK in support of Anthrax and will also play two headline shows in Liverpool and Gloucester. 23rd November Gloucester, Guildhall 26th November Liverpool, Academy 2

Original DIO Members Vivian Campbell, Vinny Appice and Jimmy Bain Reunite To Form New Band With Vocalist Andrew Freeman On Friday 19 February, Frontiers Music SRL will release one of the most highly anticipated Hard Rock releases of 2016: the debut album from LAST IN LINE, “Heavy Crown”.  Formed by …

The opening act of the night was local band Enkelination.  They haven’t been playing many gigs this year as they are currently focussing on working on their second album, but tonight is a rare show for them, and judging by the number of EnkElination T-shirts being worn by people in …

WINTER ROCKS FESTIVAL 2015 Saturday 5th December 2015 – Corporation Sheffield. UK After the huge success of Winter Rocks festival 2014, the rock all day event returns on Saturday the 5th December with an even bigger line up of international and rising artists. Keeping to its Sheffield roots, the event …