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‘Everybody’s Making Lemonade’ is Leeds based The Blind Dead McJones Band 2nd album. Members Ben “Buddy” Slack, Andy “The Cake” Johnson and Steve “Wee-Man” Nixon got together in 2008 and released their debut album ‘Last Resort Mexico ‘in 2012, which received great reviews and a British Blues Award nomination for …

Dangerous Music II is, as if you hadn’t guessed is the follow up to Robin’s impressive Dangerous Music debut, an album that spawned ‘that song’. I will try not to mention it’s title, as even though it is a great track, Robin has a lot more to offer, as is …

Friday night and Finnish monsters Lordi are in town. There were several reasons to go to this gig. One of them – curiosity. I admit, that was my reason, too. Who else if not them will definitely promise the hell of the show and pleasure for your eyes, in combination …

Acid King have been about since 1993 but have quite a sparse catalogue. This being only their 4th Full Length in all these years. Led by the formidable Lori S the band has been through quite a few bass players including Guy Pinhas of Goatsnake and The Obsessed fame amongst …

Orange Amplification presents The Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2015 in association with World Of Warships Rock and metal’s biggest party! Taking place at IndigO2 in London on 15th June 2015, the Orange Amplification presents the Metal Hammer Golden Gods in association with World of Warships once again has the fans …

Skarlett Riot announce a string of uk dates kicking off in Glasgow

Peacemaker, DIE! are no strangers to the big stage. Having toured the world in previous projects, each member has cut their teeth on every circuit imaginable from the toilet circuit right up to the arena stage. Forged in early 2014, Peacemaker, DIE! is a result of members of Funeral For …

International rockers Outloud (now signed to Rock Of Angels Records in Greece) have been speaking about their forthcoming UK tour with Monument, which starts here on Friday April 10th at the Rebellion Rock Bar in Manchester…. “We are really psyched to be touring the UK for the first time,” says …

GINGER WILDHEART ‘Songs And Words’ Tour April/May 2015 Ginger Wildheart returns with his ‘Songs And Words’ tour, an acoustic and spoken word show that will see Ginger entertain the audience with tales spanning his 20+ years in music in The Wildhearts, Silver Ginger 5, Clam Abuse and his myriad solo projects. Ginger …

The Dead Daisies Announce European Tour With KISS, also new Album To Be Released June 2015 After their successful and critically acclaimed US tour in 2014 with KISS & Def Leppard, The Dead Daisies are thrilled to announce their return to Europe supporting KISS on their 40th Anniversary Tour. The …

The Poodles are back with “Devil in the Details”, their sixth studio album and follow-up to the critically acclaimed “Tour de Force”. The evolution of the band’s sound is evident as a result of their continued collaboration with produced Mats Valentin. This is rock n’ roll straight up, no chaser! …

Hailing from London town Stoneghost are a band I have been lucky enough to see a couple of times. Way back in 2009 and 2010 at Bloodstock. 2009 saw the band hit the S.O.P.H.I.E stage and the following year after making a good impression on the main stage. From then …

SOS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 6 MORE BANDS…. SKARLETT RIOT, THE RAVEN AGE, 13 STARS, HEARTBREAK REMEDY, LIZ OWEN & CHARLOTTE HACKETT Formed in 2010 SKARLETT RIOT have quickly earned an enviable reputation on the UK live circuit whilst their debut release has earned glorious praise from Powerplay, Kerrang, Fireworks, Big Cheese, …

The new Whitesnake album is an album of Deep Purple covers.  It’s not just any old Deep Purple songs though, it’s songs from the three albums that a young David Coverdale sang on – “Burn”, “Stormbringer” and “Come taste the band”.  David Coverdale describes this album as a tribute to …

When Adrenaline Mob released their latest EP Dearly Departed in February via Century Media, no-one can have foreseen that drummer A J Pero would tragically be found dead (further information here) on the tour bus in the middle of a tour the following month, and therefore the poignancy of the …

Next week, Sweden’s avid war historians SABATON will kick off their highly-anticipated 27-date North American tour with headliners NIGHTWISH! The tour launches on April 9th in New York City at Hammerstein Ballroom and ends in Silver Spring, MD on May 14th. Opening each day will be Dutch symphonic metallers Delain. …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil native thrash/death metal band SIRIUN recently released their ruthless yet intricate new album, In Chaos We Trust, late last year. The album, which is heavily influenced with thrash and death metal while mixing with progressive and traditional Brazilian elements, is available for streaming now via the …

The Franklys – New Single ‘Bad News’ Released 27th April 2015 The Franklys release Bad News a thunderous piece of sabbathesque Rock’n’Roll on 27th April 2015. To pre-order the Bad News  deluxe CD single on Electric Wood Records from go to  http://www.thefranklys.com/product/epbadnews/ The Franklys are a four piece force of nature – an all girl rock ‘n’ roll band …

New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT are set to release their new album The American Dream Died one week from today in North America on Nuclear Blast.   During the recording process the band filmed a webisode series documenting the production process and the background for the new album The American Dream …

Saturday night brought to a close this year’s first round of heats at the Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses franchise in Ireland. It was an interesting evening that had a few line up changes in the preceding week with replacement band Minor Glitch (ironically) withdrawing the day before.  This left …