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Nightwish have announced a headline show at Wembley SSE Arena on the 19th December 2015, which will be their only UK date this year. The band will be making history by being the first ever Finnish band to headline this famous venue. ‘Who would have thought about headlining at Wembley …

MULTI AWARD-WINNING* BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE JAMES, THE BUZZCOCKS, ALABAMA 3, NEW MODEL ARMY AS 2015 HEADLINERS *[UK’s Best Small Festival, Best Independent Festival & Promoter of The Year (Richard Bryan)] The unique, family friendly festival Bearded Theory are thrilled to announce what is their strongest line-up yet in 2015, …

I spoke to Battle Beast singer Noora Louhimo before the band played their show with Sabaton in London last month. Your new album, Unholy Saviorhas just been released (today in fact).  When did you start writing it? Around a year ago. What’s the song writing process in the band – …

I spoke to Huntress singer Jill Janus backstage at the Assembly in Leamington Spa shortly before they were due to play. You’re currently on tour with Savage Messiah and Amon Amarth.  How has the tour gone so far? It’s amazing, it’s been a great bill for us.  I really feel …

Love them or hate them, Venom turned a lot of heads and eardrums around with their debut 1981 release of  Welcome To Hell and it’s follow up Black Metal in 1982. Although they were tagged in the NWOBHM genre they heavily influenced many thrash and black metal bands. Original guitarist …

If proof were ever needed that certain things get better with age, then look no further than to Michael Schenker, as his re-emergence over these last few years with his Temple Of Rock band is nothing short of staggering. ‘Spirit On A Mission’ is the latest album from Schenker and …

“Time and Trauma” is the sixth studio album by Alaskan metal band 36 Crazyfists. The album will be released in the UK in about a week or so and it is awful; words cannot describe how awful it is. It sounds like something ripped from a failed metalcore abortion from 2006. Avoid …

Preceding the U.K rock giants tonight are heavy metallers Hell; a strangely bizarre band who flirt dangerously between theatrical Satanism and occult metal. Lead vocalist David Bower summoned his five piece band from of the darkest pits of Derby to perform tracks from albums “Human Remains” and” Curse and Chapter”. …

“Where stories unfold” is the third album from Austrian band Illuminata.  They released their debut EP, “Lachrymal” in 2007 and in 2008 followed it with their debut album, “From the Chalice of Dreams”.  In late 2011 they released their second album “A World So Cold”.  Now at the start of …

Internationally acclaimed music legends Black Star Riders‘s ten track “second album, The Killer Instinct, is released via Nuclear Blast. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Rush), The Killer Instinct is hard rock in the classic tradition.” In 2012, the band was formed, and contains three former members of Thin Lizzy: …

When Damon Johnson and Ricky Warwick were writing their previous album, All Hell Breaks Loose, they were unsure whether it was going to be a Thin Lizzy album or something else, something that rose from the ashes of Lizzy.  This time around, and with a couple of years of playing as Black Star …

It’s been a long time since Thunder last released an album – in fact it was a year before their farewell show.  Which one I hear you ask?  I’m referring to the 2009 “20 years and out” farewell shows as opposed to their previous attempt to retire.  Happily retirement didn’t …

British Singer-songwriter Ian Siegal has won seven British Blues Awards and has been nominated twice for the U.S Blues awards.  He released his first album in 2002, but it wasn’t till last year that he released his first live album.  Now he’s following it up with another live album.  Two …

British melodic metal band Control The Storm come from the South West of England.  It’s been 4 years since their demo disc was released, but now with a new singer they’ve finally got their debut album ready to release.  The album was produced by the band’s keyboard player Raedon Mac …

Tonight’s gig seemed to be a long time in arriving – I’d been hearing good reports for several weeks from friends who had been to earlier dates on the tour – this was a pretty long UK tour before the bands head over to Europe.  It’s a great lineup – …

Darking: New Studio Album “Steal The Fire” Out Now! DARKING is an Italian Epic/Heavy Metal act formed in 2005 by Agostino Carpo, who along with Enrico Paoli was founding member of the cult Epic Metal band DOMINE, and recorded with them three demo materials between 1986 and 1991. DARKING’s debut …

As anticipation continues to build for the upcoming debut from Revolution Saints, the band has released a second music video “Back On My Trail” from the eponymous debut album due released on February 20th in Europe, February 23rd in the UK, and February 24th in North America via Frontiers Music …

pre-YES band Mabel Greer’s Toyshop – Friday Teaser Below is the third pre-YES band Mabel Greer’s Toyshop short introductory album teaser…. Check out this brief interview with founder members, Clive Bayley and Bob Hagger on YouTube here: First and second teasers http://youtu.be/HV4CGN29gT0 Electric Funeral is available to download and on …

Hailing from São Paulo, Jupiterian play the sort of funereal doom-laden sludge metal that is darker and denser than the rainforests which surround their home city. This EP was originally released in Brazil last July (and subsequently has been succeeded by a second EP, ‘Proclamation’, in the latter part of …

Victory Records is proud to announce the signing of Texas metal ensemble SHATTERED SUN to their roster.   Hailing from Alice, TX, SHATTERED SUN quickly grabbed the attention of heavyweight management team Breaking Bands LLC, led by Adrenaline PR CEO Maria Ferrero, one of metal’s original architects, Jon Zazula, and …