The Treatment today embark on the second leg of their ‘Running With The Dogs’ UK headline tour in support of the album of the same name, available now via Spinefarm Records. The band are also confirmed for the Soundwave Festival run in February / March 2015 – this will be …
Read More »Jonestown – Cut Throat Lane single.
Following on from their raging 4 track EP The Erebus and the Terror, Brighton based Jonestown follow it up with their next release ‘Cut Throat Lane’ and have recently strengthened their line up with the addition of new bassist Tony Hardwick. The song was originally planned to be on the …
Read More »EXODUS Fourth Album Trailer For ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ Revealed Online
Bay Area thrash metal provocateurs EXODUS are set to unleash their new album Blood In, Blood Out on October 13th via Nuclear Blast. Until then, the band are whetting fan’s appetite by revealing a series of trailers about the making of the new album. The fourth trailer is now online and features bassist …
Read More »American Hi-Fi – Blood & Lemonade
Full disclosure: these were the very first band that I ever saw live. They supported Sum 41 in Dublin and I’ve had a huge soft spot for them ever since. Their brand of sugary sweet pop-punk is a refreshing throwback to the early 2000’s and holds up along with the …
Read More »Virgil and The Accelerators – The Borderline, London – 29/09/14
It has been two years since I saw Virgil and the Accelerators live and they have used them wisely, honing their talent, which is on full technicolour display for tonight’s audience. The ten song set lasted approximately 105 minutes and was an amalgamation of new and old with, as singer/guitarist Virgil McMahon …
Read More »The Texas Flood live in Nottingham
Catching up at last with the guys of ‘The Texas Flood‘ for a quick interview at a local two day festival in Nottingham. I asked them about their recent dis-closer of signing a two album deal with Off Yerr Rocker Recordings! During the interview Leeds based band ‘Faith In Violence’ …
Read More »Stereo Nasty interview – Belfast 04/10/2014
Dublin retro metal crew Stereo Nasty played their first ever live gigs this weekend, when they opened for Darkest Era on the latter’s first homesoil headline gigs for more than two years… talk about a baptism of fire! PM grabbed a quick chat with the band following the second of …
Read More »Whitesnake “Live In ‘84 – Back To The Bone” cd
Back To The Bone (Best Of The Bootlegs) contains 9 tracks recorded during the 1984 Slide it in tour, and If I remember correctly, this was the third time I had seen Whitesnake, though the first with new guitarist John Sykes. Opening with the trademark shout of “are you ready” …
Read More »Manimalism – Manimalism (Adversum)
What is post black metal really mean? It is a tag that provides a convenient and lazy description for music which deserves much more analysis and respect. This is what has been said about this band, it is far from the reality. As far as taking your time to put …
Read More »FINCH stream new album ‘Back To Oblivion’
Finch have released their new studio album, Back to Oblivion, this week via Spinefarm Records and you can now listen to a stream here. Back to Oblivion marks the return of Finch with the band’s first full length album in over nine years. The Southern California band has undeniably created …
Read More »Guns ‘n’ Roses to release 3D Concert – “Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live At The Hard Rock Casino – Las Vegas”
In November 2012, with a team of 3D cameras rolling, the legendary, multi-platinum selling rock band Guns N’ Roses took the desert by storm, performing a blistering set at The Joint in the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Clocking in at just under three hours, the band’s explosive set …
Read More »HAND OF MERCY announce album details + premiere new video for ‘Desperate Measures’
HAND OF MERCY will release their new album Resolve on the 3rd November via UNFD. Resolve is the first album to feature the vocals of Nick Bellringer, who replaced original vocalist Scott Bird in June. Fans can hear Nick’s incredible vocals for the first time via the new music video …
Read More »JACKIE D stream debut album ‘Symphonies From The City’
Set for release this Saturday through Infected Records, “Symphonies From The City”, the debut full-length album of Portuguese sleazy punk-rockers JACKIE D is now streaming in its entirety via Pure Grain Audio. Check out the full release here. Formed in 2013 by members of Grankapo, Custom Circus and Barafunda Total, …
Read More »Gibson release the ES-Les Paul
The solidbody Les Paul Standard and semi-acoustic ES-335 are the two most influential electric guitars ever to hit their respective genres. Now Gibson brings them together in the ES-Les Paul, a stunning “meeting of minds” that blends the most important aspects of form and function from two immensely popular designs. …
Read More »KROKODIL to release debut album in November + new track revealed
KROKODIL, the new signing to Spinefarm Records, featuring members & previous members of Cry For Silence, Hexes, Gallows & SikTh – will be releasing their debut album, ‘Nachash‘, on the 10th November via Spinefarm Records. Following this, the band will embark on a tour guesting with US metal giants Mastodon, …
Read More »Two Part BLOODSTOCK 2014 Special on Scuzz TV!
SCUZZ TV‘s 2-part show from this year’s BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL premieres at 9pm TONIGHT Fri 3rd October, with the second part going out on Saturday 4th. The show will be repeated at various times on the channel during the coming weeks. Packed with a selection of live performances and interviews from …
Read More »Revocation – Deathless
.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews “Deathless” by @Revocation The year of 2014 is definitely very productive for so many metal bands – so many to choose from picking up the best ones of the year. After the first couple of times listening to the brand new full-length album from the Revocation camp, …
Read More »Bloodshot Dawn release video for ‘Smoke And Mirrors’
After debuting the track at Bloodstock earlier this summer, Bloodshot Dawn have now released ‘Smoke And Mirrors’, the first track to be taken from their forthcoming second album, ‘Demons’, which itself is due for release on October 26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBapV_1JAeE Frontman Josh McMorran said of the video: “It’s a play through …
Read More »Wildfire Festival announce partnership with RACPA UK (Rock Against Child Pornography and Abuse UK)
Wildifire Festival, Scotland’s rock and metal festival has today announced its support to charitable organisation RACPA UK on an ongoing basis. Founded in 2006 in response to the lack of support and understanding being offered to the victims of childhood sexual abuse, RACPA UK began as an awareness campaign to …
Read More »Relapse Records launches Free 2014 Fall Sampler
Relapse Records have released a 26 song label sampler for free download via Bandcamp and Amazon MP3. The sampler showcases the label’s eclectic roster across all realms of dark and heavy music including death metal, grindcore, thrash metal, stoner rock, shoegaze, drone, black metal, sludge metal, doom metal, hardcore, and experimental music. …
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