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Steve Rothery, highly respected guitarist and founder member of UK prog giants Marillion, is proud to present his long awaited solo album ‘The Ghosts of Pripyat’. Rothery comments, “This album has been a long time coming. I had an offer to record a solo album during the recording of ‘Misplaced …

UK metalcore’s SILENT SCREAMS have just announced they will be supporting ATTILA on their forthcoming UK tour.   “We’re very excited to be going out on tour with Attila, they are blowing up massively!  So it’s awesome to be a part of this tour. These shows will be the first …

After announcing the first leg of their world tour, Sleeping With Sirens & Pierce The Veil, two of the most exciting and compelling forces on the music scene are proud to announce EU & UK dates for Spring 2015 in conjunction with Rockstar Energy Drink. Sharing the stage for the first time since their completely …

MACHINE HEAD release their long awaited eighth studio album, ‘Bloodstone & Diamonds‘ later this year.  The opus will be their first for new label home, Nuclear Blast.  The record was once again produced by Robb Flynn himself and Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, VILE), and like the last 7 out of 8 …

Riotous Aussie lads MASSIVE have announced dates for an extensive 15-date UK tour supporting Cambridge rockers THE TREATMENT. The tour kicks off on October 6th in Newcastle and also includes support from Lords Of The Riff alumni BUFFALO SUMMER.  The tour marks the first ever European shows for MASSIVE – …

Following on from the deafening and monstrously successful first instalment of Metal Hammer and Classic Rock’s own Lords Of The Riff tour, which took place earlier this year and starred Scorpion Child, Monster Truck and Buffalo Summer, it’s happening all over again. This autumn, venues around the UK will resound …

.@officialskidrow announce UK tour with support from .@THELASTVEGAS and .@SISTER_official by .@louelladeville_ for @planetmosh ‘RISE OF THE DAMNATION ARMY – UNITED WORLD REBELLION: CHAPTER TWO’ EP TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 6th Hot on the heels of their triumphant appearance at this year’s Download Festival, SKID ROW will return to the …

While circuses may fascinate many – either in terms of the tongue-in-cheek grotesquery of the ‘carny’ or the slapstick farce of clowns chucking water over each other – personally I’ve never quite seen the attraction.  They’re often facile and meaningless – and those which inflict needless cruelty on animals just …

Russian Pagan Folk Metal band ARKONA with amazing Masha “Scream” have just released their brand new album ‘Yav’ on Napalm Records.. The band is hitting the road for a big tour beginning in October and running through December all over Europe. To get a first taste of their powerful live …

ROADRUNNER RECORDS are thrilled to announce the signing of British prog-metal band EMPRESS AD. Formed in 2011, and until now known simply by the monicker EMPRESS, brothers Ollie (guitar and vocals) and Alex Loring (bass), together with Edd Unwin (drums) and Tom Meadon (guitar) have crafted a sound that belies …

US pharaohs of technical brutality NILE are heading back to UK shores this summer for a string of live dates in June. The band have just announced an additional date at Glasgow, Audio on 24th June. Full list of tour dates are below (including ticket links): Sun 22nd June – Southampton, The Brook …

Bay Area metal titans, MACHINE HEAD return to the UK this summer with an unexpected move set to delight their rabid ‘Head Case’ fanbase. The band are set to play a short run of five super-special underplays, in much smaller clubs than they usually play. Frontman Robb Flynn explains the …

UK rock band THE BREW have announced a series of UK live dates in May 2014. The ‘Control’ tour follows the release of their critically acclaimed new album ‘Control’ and music video ‘Repeat‘ ‘Control’ was produced by Toby Jepson – Little Angels, The Answer, Saxon and Classic Rock Magazine 2013 …

Pomona, California’s BONDED BY BLOOD have announced a string of headlining UK dates, following their upcoming European tour with classic thrashers HIRAX. Due to kick off on May 18th in London, the UK tour features support from FLAYED DISCIPLE and SEPREVATION. BONDED BY BLOOD bassist JESSIE SANCHEZ comments: “We’re very …

CONAN start their UK tour tonight in Nottingham. The full list of tour dates is as follows: March 2014 14th         NOTTINGHAM – Stuck On A Name 15th         BOURNEMOUTH – The Anvil 16th         BIRMINGHAM – The Asylum 2 17th         GLASGOW – Audio 18th         ABERDEEN – Downstairs 19th         MANCHESTER – Kraak Gallery …

WINGER have released a new single and video for ‘Rat Race’ which is taken from their forthcoming studio album ‘Better Days Comin” to be released in the UK on 21st April by Frontiers Records. The high-energy song and video alternates between black and white performance footage and colour montages of …

On an evening where darkness has well and truly taken over the late afternoons in the Black Country, the queue of black garbed rockers has been gathering outside Birmingham’s O2 Academy for one of, if not THE finest tour packages of 2013. Opening proceedings are Walking Papers. A band formed …

Music journalists are not supposed to get personal about things – but, then, a review is a personal opinion on the subject thereof, so we can’t really help but do what we’re not supposed to do, can we?  So, to speak personally at the outset, I find compilation albums both …

With a 37 year career and at least 30 major releases behind him, influential guitarist Pat Travers knows a few things about music, guitar, and ‘the business’. PlanetMosh’s Iris North was delighted to have the opportunity to pick his brain, regarding his fantastic new album Can Do, his upcoming tour, …

Klaus Eichstadt: In His Right Mind Ugly Kid Joe officially disbanded in 1997 after seven years together, racking up record sales exceeding five million worldwide. “20 years after their last hit”, these California rockers have reunited and returned to reclaim a spot among rock’s elite. With a recent blockbuster concert, …