You can see why Elles Bailey was named artist of the year at the UK blues awards 2020/2021 judging by the quality of her latest single ‘The Game’, the fourth single taken from her upcoming studio album Shining In The Half Light, released on Earache Records February 25th 2022. The …
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Here’s our Spotify Playlist for January 2022.There will be tracks you love, maybe some you don’t like so much, but it’s a new year so a good time to listen to some new tunes.
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With the pandemic etc. disrupting our lives it doesn’t seem like two and a half years since Scarlet Rebels not just released but unleashed their debut album Show Your Colours containing a whopping fourteen songs hammered out by a three guitar line up and thankfully they still hit hard and …
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Rising UK metallers ARCHIVES have now dropped their enthralling debut album, Decay. The beefy quintet have already received enthusiastic support from Kerrang Radio, Powerplay Magazine, and Kerrang! Magazine. With that in mind, we got to know the guys….. What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which …
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Formed or spewed up in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire in 1987, not quite right in the head thrash metal band Lawnmower Deth seem to have caught the eyes and ears of Classic Rock mag and Metal Hammer with some well earned praise so I’ll do the same by reviewing their thrashterpiece new …
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Now this is the way to start a new year as England based thrashers Tailgunner rip through their debut single ‘Guns For Hire’ fast and furiously in just over three fiery minutes to take our minds off all the shit that is currently going on to prove that music is …
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Well it looks like my first review of 2022 is going to be a heavy one as Kreator celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their Violent Revolution album by re-issuing it with a mind and ear boggling array of different formats on January 21st 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Since forming …
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It was a cold foggy December night. A night like so many and yet somehow different. There was a tension in the air. Excitement, trepidation even a small amount of fear.Why you may ask? The truth whether you want to hear it or not was that I was about enter the world of Ward XVI. I had been told there was darkness living in the Ward, unspeakable things in the dark corners. Would I make it out or was I to be trapped inside for an eternity of torment?
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One of the three guises of Sahil Makhija is Demonstealer who have just released their second astonishing EP The Holocene Termination. Over the last twenty years he has pushed the boundaries of Indian metal Worldwide with Demonstealer and Demonic Resurrection. This four track firestorm rages hard, leaving me breathless at …
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Eschewing from my usual heavy metal reviews, I thought for this Christmas Eve I’d tackle something not so straightforward and my train of thought lead me to Chester based Disconnected Souls who have recently released their stunning new single ‘Petrichor’. Petrichor is actually a natural phenomenon, a distinctive Earthly scent …
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Chilean natives Non Residents unleash their latest single ‘Comfortably Tied’, taken from their debut album Against Police Brutality. They formed in 2019 in Brooklyn, New York and this is where they filmed the video for the single on a shoestring budget that captures the feel of their struggle. These four …
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Although included in the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) movement in the late 1970’s, London based Praying Mantis preceded the genre as they were formed in 1973 by brothers Chris and Tino Troy who still remain in the current line up. They chose a more melodic route, point …
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At the end of July 2021, Bernie Marsden released an album of blues covers called Kings that introduced me to songs from Freddie, Albert and B.B King as part of the ‘Inspiration Series’ that came after a backstage conversation with Billy Gibbons about their influences and heroes. It came out …
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Stoke On Trent based bruisers Brutal Ruin bring some yuletide brutality courtesy of their latest single ‘Sideshow’. In just under four minutes they conjure up a feast by channeling the early rawness of Venom, the industrial grind of Godflesh and pummel along on some devilishly hellish grooves, all pinned down …
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Following the release of her stellar debut solo album Diamonds on Tenth Avenue earlier this year 'Trans Revolutionary freedom fighter' Edweena Banger is set to release her follow up album Diamond Rocks.
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There is no stopping UK post-hardcorers ICANTDIE. The trio havejust released a new video for the single, Counter, featuring Sean Smith – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqZFOKYW01w . We had a virtual chat with the guys to find out more: What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which instrument? Kyle …
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So one of my final reviews this year sees 2021 end in a fairytale dream come true courtesy of Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell who fell in love onstage and married following a whirlwind musical romance. Their recently released The Language Of Curiosity album was written, recorded, engineered, played and …
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Adorned with yet another beautifully crafted front cover, OM&M return after two years with their seventh album and it’s an absolute humpdinger. Now let’s get something out into the open before we start. Most of you who know me will know my base genre, and I will admit now that …
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The Hot Damn! Billed as an all-female rock supergroup but judging by their performance on latest single ‘I Didn’t Like You Anyway’ released today on December 3rd 2021 via Rock People Management, I’m inclined to say they are more like a fiesty fantastic four! Their debut single ‘Dance Around’ was …
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With Christmas fast approaching and a New Year on the not too distant horizon it's time to write your Wishlist. Have a listen to our Spotify Playlist. You may well find some Christmas Crackers …… to add to that list and if you have been a good little rocker then Santa might just bring you what you ask for!
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