I’ve followed the progress made by Birmingham based, formed in 2022 band Vanitas with their now well used cinematic djent style for quite some time, getting heavier and heavier with each release, point proven by their major raging new single ‘E.D.G’, third track, that follows ‘Grey Morality’ and ‘Lies’, taken …
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Tonight is the second show of Troy Redfern’s eleven-date ‘Invocation’ Headline tour at Retro Bar in Manchester. It’s great to see a few familiar gig-goers out supporting Troy. Telling them I’ve never been to Retro bar before, I’m giving a bit of a history lesson; apparently, the bar was known …
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Yee haw! It’s time to get lowdown and dirty as Orange County, California based Blues rock band and Southern rock band Robert Jon & The Wreck release their ninth studio album Red Moon Rising on June 28th 2024 via Journeyman Records! An old saying of “If it ain’t broke, don’t …
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Brit hard-hitting newcomers, DRENCHED, are set to make their mark with the release of their hugely striking debut EP, Grey, out Friday 23rd August. The EP is backed by their powerful new single, (in)sane, which is out now https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dbL3o2ukEyzu8Ty4rjsRi . Watch the video, here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaSvnQuFnow . With a sound …
Read More »Powerful UK heavy rockers, PYROFOX, are set to rise with the release of their enthralling new single and video, Colourblind, out now. Watch the video, here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOd3W23o7kg and listen to the track at https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GkFOfrDwaOKAbw7mnPBcw . Drawing influence from contemporary rock and metal heavyweights, Shinedown, Alter Bridge, and Halestorm, PYROFOX …
Read More »Rising Hard-hitters ROCKABYE REAPER announce themselves with their hugely striking new single and video, Betrayal, which is out now. Check out the video, here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3yiAeko6yE Bridgend in Wales has produced an array of musical talent over the years, notably Bullet For My Valentine, Funeral For A Friend, and more recently, …
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1978, fifteen years old listening to the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1 and a song called ‘School Love’ by Anvil comes on, immediately drawing my attention to the Ted Nugent influences from the guitar work by Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow and I was hooked immediately. Fast forward to 1982 where …
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Global Mongolian rock phenomenon THE HU bring forth their riveting live album, THE HU LIVE AT GLASTONBURY, recorded at their groundbreaking debut performance at the legendary Glastonbury festival in Somerset, UK in 2023 in front of over 210,000 festival goers and streamed a record-breaking 50.3 million times across the UK and Europe via BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Available now on all …
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The Black Vultures swoop back in with their 3rd single ‘Every Part of Me’. The Newest outing from the Welsh flyers will be released for international Radio Airplay from MAY 24th & released to all streaming platforms on June 14th. Having previously shone brightly through their earlier releases ‘Treat Me …
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Toronto, Canada based roots rockers The Commoners, release ‘Shake You Off’, the final single taken from their highly anticipated third studio album, Restless, released by Gypsy Soul Records, Friday, July 5th,2024. To my ears this is four fiery minutes of cocksure, chest beating bravado that walks the walk, and talks …
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Swansea, South Wales based noisemongers Scarlet Rebels return with new single ‘Streets Of Fire’, taken from new studio album Where The Colours Meet, due for release via Earache Records on August 16th 2024. It’s another full on number from them, point proven from a laid back guitar intro that lights …
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Blues songstress Elles Bailey releases ‘If This Is Love’, third track taken from her forthcoming studio album released on August 9th on Cooking Vinyl Records, Beneath The Iron Glow. To my ears it’s a shout it out loud and proud song as she writes wrongs through the power of music, …
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PIGDUM DUM BULLETfeaturing the PIG ChoirEmily Kavanaugh, Burton C Bell, Chris Connelly, Marc Heal,En Esch, Susannah Doyle, Anita Kyoda, Chris Hall, I Ya Toyah,Jim Davies, Mark Alan Griffiths, Mike Watts, Jimmy Livingstone PIG | Dum Dum Bullet video: directed by E Gabriel Edvy for Blackswitch LabsRaymond Watts aka PIG has just announced a mammoth ‘Heroin …
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Acclaimed US singer-songwriter Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) recently added a third Irish show to his previously announced UK & RoI tour that takes place next month. He will play the Roísín Dubh in Galway on 20th July. Support on all dates will be provided by compatriot Nate Bergman (except 13th …
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THE MARCH VIOLETS: ‘Hammer The Last Nail’ – single from upcoming album by UK post-punk/goth band out today on Metropolis Records First-generation post-punk/goth legends The March Violets signed to Metropolis Records in early 2024 and will release a brand new studio album entitled ‘Crocodile Promises’ on 19th July. A single and video …
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Irish Hard Rockers, Vendetta Love continue their rise with another stand-alone single that packs a serious punch! Never a band to rest on their laurels, Dublin/Portlaoise, four-piece, Vendetta Love continues to raise the bar with their latest single, ‘Glue’ which gives off Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Frank Carter vibes, and is …
Read More »DIE EGO have returned to the fold with their magnetic and hugely melodic new single and video, Anywhere We Are Going, out now. Watch the video, here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxg5GkIfdQQ , and stream the track via – https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Yrsxw1DTctEeGRgPjAYRd . While DIE EGO draw influences from metal and hard rock icons such as Metallica, Pantera, Alice …
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UK prog grunge quartet, KARMEN FIELD, charge on with the release of their mesmerising new track and video, Sticky Jam. Stream the single – https://open.spotify.com/album/5vWMPuHCvkeoELTo7jt7fE , and feast your eyes on the alluring new video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL4FqMoRHIE . Ever since their formation at the end of 2019, KARMEN FIELD have worked tirelessly to stretch, shake, and shift …
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A good few years ago it seemed like Black Country Communion were no more after the “big fallout” – that would have been a huge shame. Fortunately they kissed and made up and the result was the cracking IV. Fast forward another seven years (their longest gap between albums) and …
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Brit Progressive black metallers, AKLASH, are braced to release their engulfing new album, Reincarnation, which arrives on Thursday 20th June. The dark lords have also just released the single and video for the album’s namesake, Reincarnation. Watch the video, here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A3koc7B8_E . The original seeds of AKLASH were sown in 2010 …
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