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 Cradle Of Filth – Announce UK and Ireland Shows March 2016 Cradle Of Filth, one of the greatest and most influential British metal bands of all time are very pleased to announce a run of three UK and Ireland shows this upcoming March. These dates will follow a highly anticipated headline performance at …

I sat down with Ken and Hiro from Crossfaith on Thursday night ahead of their gig in Bristol supporting Skindred and discussed all manner of things including new album Xeno, their own festival and what they REALLY think of Babymetal…          

The night kicked off with Divine Ascension, an Australian band here on their first trip to the UK. Sadly as is often the case with opening acts at midweek gigs, the venue was only half full for their set, but the fans who were there were definitely the lucky ones …

ALUNAH to play Doom Over London VI ALUNAH have announced they will play at Doom Over London VI in March 2016. They’ll join Moonspell, In The Woods, Impaled Nazerene, Black Moth, Mourning Beloveth, Ataraxie, Sea Bastard, Sardonis, Autumnal, Coltsblood, Slabdragger, Bathsheba, Eye Of Solitude, Officium Triste, Darkher, Bossk, Faloch, The …

Saint Diablo Release New Album ‘Devil Horns and Halos’ Virginia modern metal veterans SAINT DIABLO released their new sophomore album “Devil Horns and Halos” on 13th November 2015.  The album was produced by Tim “Rumblefish” Gilles (Anthrax, The Misfits, ill Nino) at Big Blue Meenie studios in Jersey City, NJ.  “Devil …

MYTHRA – Two Songs Available For Streaming First Official Anthology Out In November Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) act MYTHRA will release the “Warriors Of Time: The Anthology” compilation via Skol Records. The limited edition CD album will include all classic MYTHRA tracks from 1979 through to …

For the band and fans alike, Y&T‘s annual end of year UK tours have become something akin to a pilgrimage.  Despite being more than four decades into their career – and not having released any new material in a little more than five of those years – Dave Meniketti and …

STONE SOUR are set to celebrate Black Friday’s Record Store Day with an all-new EP gathering together five cover versions. ‘Straight Outta Burbank’ will be available at selected record stores as a coloured vinyl-only exclusive on Friday 27th November. ‘Straight Outta Burbank’ sees STONE SOUR take on five immortal tracks …

Swedish hardrockers COLDSPELL has been confirmed for the new ‘Norrlandsvrål‘ rock festival, set to take place May 27-28, 2016 in Luleå, Sweden. COLDSPELL is scheduled to play on Friday, May 27th, alongside with bands like Pain, Hoffmaestro, Thundermother, Corroded, Amaranthe, to name a few. The new indoor festival will be located at Coop Norrbotten Arena and tickets can be obtained via Luleå Ice Hockey/the Arena. More …

Flying Colors is the band founded by former Dream Theatre drummer Mike Portnoy and Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse. Alongside them are Neal Morse (Spocks beard, Transatlantic), Dave LaRue (dixie Dregs), and Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev). So you’ve got a mix of musicians with backgrounds in classic hard rock, prog …

Today, Friday the 13th, Belgian death metallers ABORTED have launched the pre-order for ‘Termination Redux’, the band’s brand new 20th anniversary EP release penned for a 15th January 2016 release via Century Media Records. In celebration of the release, ABORTED posted a brand new live video for the song ‘Necrotic Manifest”’ shot …

It was like Halloween in Manchester for this second time this year when German Horror Punk band The Other played at Tiger Lounge, a small basement venue on Cooper Street, near Manchester Town Hall and conveniently close to one of Manchester’s Wetherspoons pubs The Waterhouse. Although The Other have been …

Hey! Hello! Announce Headline December UK Tour   Hey! Hello! embark on their first ever headline tour in December, following their hugely successful dates with The Wildhearts, in September. Hey! Hello! have been creating their first studio album as a band and these shows will give audiences the first opportunity …

Up today I have Phantasma’s upcoming release The Deviant Hearts for review, ‘Phantasma is a project sprung from the collective energy of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain)’ When this project was announced there was a lot of excitement amongst the Symphonic Metal Music fans, and …

Previous Classic Rock Magazine ‘Best New Band’ award nominees & Planet Rock ‘Presents’ Headliners, BlackWolf are back; this time as a part of a series of shows previewing their entire brand new sophomore album live. Watch the teaser: This will be the first time BlackWolf have performed their yet-to-be-released second …

Impaled Nazarene Announced for Doom Over London VI     Following our previous additions, Doom Over London 2016 – The Sixth Edition are ecstatic to bring you the next line up announcement for the event, and one that will bring some more misery and a fair amount of filth to …

at The O2, London featuring ALICE COOPER RICK WAKEMAN performing ‘The Myths & Legends Of King Arthur & The Knights Of The Round Table’ for the first time since 1975 plus MARILLION / STEVE HACKETT / BLACKBERRY SMOKE  and many more to be announced Kilimanjaro Live and The O2 are proud …

Heavy metal band TRIAXIS release their first lyric video, a poignant visual and auditory offering of the timely ‘Lest we Forget’. The track is taken from their most recent album ‘Zero Hour’ released on 18th May 2015 via Rocksector Records.            The skills of Andy Pilkington …

Bloodstock Open Air has confirmed that it will be running its annual ‘Metal 2 The Masses‘ competition in 2016. ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ offers venues, promoters and bands – as well as fans – a chance to be part of the Bloodstock Festival experience at local level. Amust4music Ltd, along …

The combination of it being a Monday night – and the coldest and stormiest one of the year so far – and the fact that half of Belfast’s metallians had decamped south of the border for the first of the Megahuff/Lamb Of God co-headline arena shows did not initially bode …