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Die No More a young four piece NWOBHM band from Cumbria formed in  2011, since then they have impressed people with their energetic live shows. They released self-financed, four track, début EP ‘Blueprint’ in 2013 which led to them being signed by Rocksector Records with whom they released their debut …

Ireland’s Shardborne has released a seven song instrumental opus, titled Living Bridges. Formed in 2010, Shardborne released Aeonian Sequence, its four song debut EP, in 2011. Living Bridges is an odd, instrumental hybrid of progressive rock fusion, djent, atmospheric extreme metal, and regular thrash metal. Like listening to a great …

It’s an earlier kick-off today at the Tuska Open Air Festival and even though the heavens opened and spilled their disapproval over Helsinki a few hours before the gates opened, it has cleared up and another pleasant day in the concrete cauldron is assured. First up, death metal “open-door supergroup” …

Summer is here and, as usual, Northern Ireland’s weather just doesn’t know what to do with itself, one minute it’s like being in the Bahamas, the next the Heaven’s open up.  This weekend in particular was a special one, with both Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice happening where thousands …

“Mr. Falwell, you are not my god.” bluntly states Paolo Rossi, at the end of Wasted Youth‘s 1986 release, a six song EP titled Get Out Of My Yard!. Channeling classic punk rock in every sense of the phrase, this disc scratches an itch to hear genuine, vintage high-energy music, …

ColdSpell – New Video For the Song ‘Legacy’ Swedish hard rockers ColdSpell posted a brand new video for the song ‘Legacy‘, out of their album ‘Frozen Paradise‘. The video can be viewed below. ColdSpell are going in the studio this fall, to record their fouth full-length album. The Swedish melodic …

Silent Jack To Release Début Album ‘Play The Game’ Birmingham based hard rockers looking forward to first full-length release. Silent Jack are ready to unleash a hail of hard rock and invite fans to ‘Play The Game’!  The follow up to 2012’s ‘Snakebite‘ EP is thirteen tracks of pure, unfiltered rock straight …

It hardly seems like less than six months ago that the Gasoline Outlaws came roaring out of nowhere and propelled themselves on to the Northern Ireland rock scene with furious intent.  A series of increasingly impressive live shows later, the quartet have now released their debut album, the massive sounding …

Recently I had the great pleasure of reviewing ‘Risk Everything‘, the latest album from songwriting legend Jim Peterik and – despite the pair initially meeting almost 40 years ago – his first collaboration with singer Marc Scherer. It was an even greater pleasure to be offered the chance to chat …

Wildfire Festival in Scotland have announced the set times and final line-up of this years festival. Featuring the Tygers of Pan Tang, Ten and Swedish rockers Coldspell as the headliners, also appearing on the final night are the legendary NWOBHM act Diamond Head. It’s all set to be a rocking …

Miss Behaviour Working On New Album and Announce New Band Management Swedish Melodic Rockers Miss Behaviour are working on their fourth yet-untitled album, for a tentative late fall release. The band is now in the studio with producer/songwriter Patrik Magnusson, who previously worked with, Crashdiet, Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe) and Ace Wilder among others. Miss Behaviour recently signed a …

I spoke to The Cadillac Three at Download to talk about touring, album plans and more….    

I spoke to Tremonti guitarist Eric Friedman about life in the band and playing alongside Mark Tremonti  

I spoke to Tim from Clutch about the band’s appearance at Download, their UK tour which had been announced that morning, plans for a new album and more…  

I spoke to Aaron Keylock about playing Download festival, his upcoming appearance at Ramblin’ Man, and more…  

I spoke to Marco Mendoza, Bassist with Dead Daisies (and formerly with Thin Lizzy) about Download, and the band….  

I spoke to some of the guys from Swedish band H.E.A.T at Download….        

I spoke to one of the guys from Crobot who in between draining cans of beer from the case he kept clutched close to him, managed to tell us about how their Download set went, tour plans and more..

I spoke to Carla and the guys from Butcher Babies to talk about their most recent release, their new album and more..  

I spoke to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick about the bands plans for a new album, touring, and also about his work with the new Metal Allegiance project.