Music For Nations announce Speed Kills VII

Almost 25 years after Speed Kills VI, Music for Nations are releasing Speed Kills VII on Vinyl and digitally on 28th October 2016.   If ever there were a compilation series of LPs that defined a genre, it was the Music for Nations / Under One Flag series, Speed Kills. These …

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Ramblin’ Man Fair – New Line Up Announcement

23rd to 24th July 2016 New Line Up Announcement Saturday Prog Stage Headliner FAMILY Main Stage The Answer Country Stage Whiskey Myers Hogjaw Road Dog Blues Stage Pat McManus   Following from a hugely successful inaugural year in 2015, Ramblin’ Man Fair returns in 2016. The festival is pleased to announce …

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Babymetal unleash brand new song ‘Karate’

New song “KARATE” from metal dance unit BABYMETAL’s new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, was last night premiered on Radio One’s Annie Mac show and has now been made via iTunes. Pre-orders of the album, with ‘KARATE’ as an instant grat track, are available here:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metal-resistance/id1087055715 The new album “METAL RESISTANCE”, which features …

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Jonestown – Aokigahara

It is hard to believe that the English seaside resort of Brighton could give birth to a band as vicious sounding as Jonestown. Their debut July 2014 release EP The Erebus And The Terror showed promise but their debut album Aokigahara raises the bar even higher. Available digitally from March …

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VESPERIA Cross Canada Tour (April 4-24) w/ KALMAH + Launch Album Crowdfunding Campaign

 Conquerors of epic metal, VESPERIA will be supporting Finnish metal masters KALMAH‘s 2016 cross Canada tour from April 4th – 24th (dates listed below). The Oshawa based band has been rising up the ranks after winning the Canadian and International 2015 edition of Wacken Metal Battle crowning them the best in the world against other competing independent bands …

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New deal for Knock Out Kaine

BRITISH HELLRAISERS KNOCK OUT KAINE RAISE THEIR UNIFIED VOICE LOUDER THAN EVER BEFORE, WITH THEIR ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ANTHEM ‘CRUEL BRITANNIA’, THE TITLE TRACK OF THE NEW EP RELEASED WORLDWIDE VIA ROCKSECTOR RECORDS   “We are totally stoked to sign a new long term lucrative deal with Manchester based Rocksector Records that …

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Reckless Love – InVader

                        Reckless Love are a Finnish Glam Rock band who, these days, perform their own music and songs, after initially starting out as Reckless Life, a Guns N’ Roses tribute. They release their fouth album InVader via Spinefarm records on …

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Anthrax – For All Kings

Let’s all be honest with ourselves here: Anthrax are forever going to be the runt of the Big 4 litter. There was never any question that they would open the shows with Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica back in 2011/2012, and they will always be lower than them on festival bills. …

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Wolfmother – Victorious

Back in September I reviewed Wolfmother’s 10th anniversary release and commented that it seemed as if they had been around for a lot longer than a single decade.  I also mentioned that the new album to be released early 2016 would be only their fourth studio album in that time.  …

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Rick Springfield – ‘Rocket Science’

As I sat down to write this review of this, the hard-to-believe-it’s-actually-his-20th-album, from Rick Springfield, a little note popped up on my Facebook feed, pointing out that the very date on which I started typing marked the 35th anniversary of the release of his breakthrough album. ‘Working Class Dog’… For …

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Wildfire Festival proud to announce Balbex endorsement

Wildfire Festival, Scotland’s ONLY Rock and Metal Festival are delighted to announce their first new endorsement for 2016, Czech Republic’s high quality drum stick manufacturers Balbex. www.balbex.cz/en Supplied exclusively in the UK by Black Cat Drum Distribution! www.blackcatdrum.co.uk Owned and run by experienced drummer John Clelland (Eden’s Curse) the company …

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POEM – Album Details, Videoclip and Tour Dates Revealed

POEM – Album Details, Videoclip and Tour Dates Revealed Greek progressive-rock/metal-band POEM will release their new album “Skein Syndrome“ on March 18th, 2016 via ViciSolum Productions. With a wide range of influences, their love for experimentation and a wonderful amalgam of progressive metal, hard hitting riffs and intricate atmospheres, POEM will …

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