Welsh post-hardcore quintet BREATHE IN THE SILENCE are thrilled to announce that they’ll be releasing their brand new EP Hold My Heart on the 2nd September 2016 via Crooked Noise Records. To coincide with the announcement the band have revealed the video for the EP title-track, check out ‘Hold My …
Read More »Reading & Leeds Festival 2016 – Russell Howard, Bill Bailey to headline Alternative Stage
RUSSELL HOWARD AND BILL BAILEY MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE, KATHERINE RYAN, LEE NELSON, RUSSELL KANE, SARA PASCOE, JOEL DOMMETT, HOLLY WALSH, OWEN JONES AND MORE TO APPEAR ACROSS THE WEEKEND GRANDMASTER FLASH TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL 5 HEADLINERS ACROSS 3 DAYS AND OVER 250 ACTS ANNOUNCED Reading & Leeds Festival …
Read More »Mötley Crüe: The End – online pay per view
Beginning July 16, music fans can experience the final performance from iconic rock band Mötley Crüe during a month-long online run of “Mötley Crüe: The End.” The once-in-a-lifetime event – held at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve 2015. Fans around the world will be …
Read More »Rolling Stones celebrate 54 years since their first gig
Under the name ‘The Rollin’ Stones’, the boys did their first show at the Marquee Club, 165 Oxford Street London on 12 July 1962. Out of luck they were offered a slot on BBC Radio’s Jazz Club programme, so the Marquee’s owner, Harold Pendleton booked this new four-piece band to …
Read More »John Cooper Clarke and Hugh Cornwell to release ‘This Time It’s Personal’ album
Sony Music is proud to announce the coming together of two influential gents within their own fields of the arts. Acclaimed poet Dr John Cooper Clarke and esteemed singer / songwriter (and founding member of The Stranglers) Hugh Cornwell have teamed up to release their first album, This Time It’s …
Read More »Nervosa – Agony
Let me start by giving you a small introduction to the deadly Nervosa: originating from Sao Paulo, Brazil, they began forming in 2010 and finally became the line up we love in 2013 with the arrival of Prika Ferraz on drums. This created this unit of metal awesomeness, and they began …
Read More »Opeth – Lamentations – Vinyl re-release
I was so excited on hearing that Opeth were putting ‘Lamentations’ out on vinyl; I still can’t quite believe that iconic show was thirteen years ago at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. This is a really special one for me to revisit; fifteen year old me was handed ‘Blackwater Park’ by a friend and …
Read More »The Answer and Dead Daisies announce UK tour
The Dead Daisies and The Answer, two of rocks most celebrated, dynamic and utterly consummate bands to have emerged in recent years, have teamed up to play a ten date UK co-headline tour in November. Dates are:- November 12th ABERDEEN Lemon Tree November 13th GLASGOW Classic Grand November 14th SHEFFIELD …
Read More »Campaign to make Simon Hall do a forward roll on stage at Bloodstock
A campaign has started to get Beholder frontman and Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses organiser Simon Hall to do a forward roll on stage at Bloodstock this year in order to raise funds for the Sophie Lancaster foundation. This is your chance to see Simon Hall make a tit of himself and …
Read More »SYREN CITY unleash new video ‘10,000 Knives’
Syren City express a sound that takes from edgy alt-rock pitched with boundary challenging concepts. With an affection for Taking Back Sunday and Alter Bridge, through to Refused and My Chemical Romance, the angular alternative crew cunningly bond genres, and in doing so, have crafted something that is inventive, progressive and cinematic. The band …
Read More »Power Metal Vets IRON FIRE Releasing ‘Among the Dead’ in September
Veteran Danish Power Metallers IRON FIRE will release their 8th full-length albumAmong the Dead September 26 on Crime Records. The album will be available on CD, cassette, and vinyl LP formats. Check out the Among the Dead Preview Video below. Want to Headbang like it’s 1999? Then Among the Dead should be your obvious …
Read More »VADER Cover Artwork Of ‘Iron Times’ EP Revealed
Polish death metal legends Vader recently announced a special single as part of an EP release, taken from their upcoming album ‘The Empire’. The full EP is titled ‘Iron Times’ and will include the following songs: Side A 01. Parabellum 02. Prayer To The God Of War Side B 01. Piesc …
Read More »Skiltron – Announce ‘Legacy Of Blood – Tour 2016’
Skiltron anounce the dates of the upcoming “LEGACY OF BLOOD – TOUR 2016” The 5th studio album “LEGACY OF BLOOD” will be released on 30.09.16. by Trollzorn Records 2 months, 20 countries, 45 shows… More dates to be confirmed! WARM UP SUMMER SHOWS: 23.07. Ragnard Rock Festival FR 26.07. …
Read More »Tuska Open Air Metal Festival – Sunday, 3rd July 2016
Day three of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2016 is about to begin: today’s big three are Gojira, Katatonia and headliners Children of Bodom. There’s been ominous rain all morning and as we head up to the arena we get a nice respite as the sun glistens over the harbour. Block Buster: …
Read More »Raging Speedhorn – ‘Lost Ritual’
It could be argued that, for a while, Raging Speedhorn could have been regarded as one of the “also rans” of the heavy metal scene. Breaking ground with their use of two vocalists – a combination extremely hard to work effectively effectively, especially in the hardcore subgenre – the band …
Read More »The Dead Daisies – Make Some Noise
It doesn’t seem that long ago since The Dead Daisies came out of the woodwork, and in the space of only four years, the band are back again with their third studio album, ‘Make Some Noise‘, set for release worldwide on Friday 5th August 2016. In such a short period …
Read More »Interview with former Stiltskin and Genesis front man Ray Wilson
They say ‘write what you know’ and with his latest album, Song for a Friend, former Stiltskin and Genesis front man Ray Wilson has certainly taken that advice to heart. This is the Scotsman’s fifth solo studio album and has been warmly received with some critics citing that the mostly acoustic songs it …
Read More »Rich Robinson – Flux
Moody, heartfelt and outstanding. Three words that quite nicely sum up the vibe running through Rich Robinson’s latest solo album, Flux. The Black Crowes founder member and guitarist has more than enough capability to pack so much into the thirteen original songs, broaching a broad spectrum of genres. This is testament not only to his own self-belief, but …
Read More »White Crosses Launch ‘Dead Souls’ Video Single
Polish Punks White Crosses Launch ‘Dead Souls’ Video Single Having recently joined forces with UK indie label Engineer Records, the infectiously heartfelt post-hardcore/alt-punk outfit‘White Crosses’ unleash their ‘Dead Souls’ video single. Hailing from Warsaw (Poland) the quartet, featuring the creative partnership of Konrad Sloka (Vox/Guitar), Sebastian Prokop (Guitar), Stefan Banaszynski (Bass) …
Read More »Gojira Debut New Video for ‘Low Lands’
Gojira Debut New Video for ‘Low Lands’ Roadrunner Records’ group Gojira have debuted their official music video for ‘Low Lands.’ Taken from their acclaimed chart topping new album MAGMA, ‘Low Lands’ and its music video are streaming now on the Gojira’s official YouTube channel. The captivating video – directed by …
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