Bruce Dickinson / Black Smoke Trigger – Manchester Academy.
Black Smoke Trigger Initiating proceedings tonight is a four-piece hard rock outfit from New Zealand. Straightforward, driving mid-tempo guitar with stomping beats was the vibe, and they achieved this well, the Sunday night crowd quickly warming to them during their solid but brief set. At […]
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Martin Turner at the Robin 2 along with Small Changes.
Martin Turner returned to the Robin 2 to play the Live Dates Volume II album in its entirety plus some additional favourites. This was a very early start for a Sunday gig, with doors opening at 4pm and before Martin and the band take to […]
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Sick Of It All + Going Off + Chain of Survival, Rebellion, Manchester.
Chain of Survival from Liverpool were the first band on and warmed things up with a short and tightly played set of fast punk and thrash-influenced hardcore. They ended with an excellent cover of ‘Victim in Pain’ by Agnostic Front. Up next were young local […]
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CATCH YOUR BREATH release reflective new single ‘Mirror’.
‘SHAME ON ME’ due 20th OCTOBER via THRILLER RECORDS. Four-piece hard rock band CATCH YOUR BREATH have shared their reflective new track ‘Mirror (Ft. Ekoh)’, taken from their long-awaited debut album Shame On Me, due 20th October via Thriller Records. Fans will find previously released singles, ‘Y.S.K.W’, ‘No Evil‘, ‘Savages‘ and ‘21 Gun Salute‘ on […]
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Albert Hammond: Returns with new single “Don’t Bother Me Babe”.
Listen to “Don’t Bother Me Babe” on all digital platforms HERE When the world needs to push aside all the bad things and find the strength to search for blue skies again, what better resource to turn to than the music of Albert Hammond? Albert […]
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Robert Jon & The Wreck release electrifying new single “Stone Cold Killer” with animated music video.
New Music Out Now On Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records, Available On All Digital Platforms. Robert Jon & The Wreck, the high-energy rock & roll collective from Southern California, have been tirelessly pushing the boundaries of rock and roll, earning accolades and passionate fans in the […]
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Martin Turner at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester.
An unusual acceptance to cover the show at Huntingdon Hall, having the press along, particularly photographers, is not usually their thing. I’m glad they made an exception! Early entry meant I could look around for places to photograph from even with the knowledge that the […]
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ASH release new album ‘Race The Night’, out today via Fierce Panda. Instore / Outstore shows begin this week with UK headline tour incoming.
Watch the video for ‘Oslo (feat. Démira)’ HERE Praise of new album Race The Night:“A heady collection of anthems and proves they still have it after 30 years of nuclear sound” – Louder Than War ★★★★ ½“The kind of grandstanding solos and punky dramas that made 1977 such an […]
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Boston based rockers LANSDOWNE release new single ‘Safeword’, out now on AFM Records.
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhjhKjhLOUc Following their latest, much-acclaimed studio album, Medicine (released in February 2023 through AFM Records, order HERE), Boston-based rockers LANSDOWNE have shared a brand new single, ‘Safeword’. “We wanted to give our fans that familiar sexy dirty rock sound they love from Blue Collar Revolver, but […]
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PRIMAL FEAR – new studio album »Code Red« hits album charts worldwide. Band to tour Latin America later this year, Japan in January 2024 & Europe w/ U.D.O. in February/March 2024.
PRIMAL FEAR – »Code Red« — Out Now Via Atomic Fire! — ORDER/LISTEN: https://primalfear.afr.link/coderedPR September 2023 seems to be a month for the books of German metal commandos PRIMAL FEAR! On September 1, 2023, the band unleashed their 14th studio album, »Code Red« via Atomic […]
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CANTERVICE release stunning new single ‘The Masquerade’, out now on FiXT.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_KHEiZjfjY In their most savage track to date CANTERVICE unveils the ‘The Masquerade’ a defiant and rebellious manifesto. Purchase/Stream: https://link.fixtmusic.com/WhereWeDisobey From the very first hard hitting note, “The Masquerade” establishes its strength with a fierce layer of synthesizers, coupled with the thunderous heartbeat of […]
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Nine Skies: The Lightmaker – new album out on Monday, 18 September!
French prog rock band Nine Skies released their new album ‘The Lightmaker’ on 18 September. Marco Minnemann, Adam Holzman, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, John Mitchell, Riccardo Romano, Martin Wilson, Charlie Bramald, Arnaud Quevedo & Laura Piazzai are guests on the album. Riccardo Romano has also been announced as […]
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The Noise Cartel – Weekly News Roundup.
VILLE VALO ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR TO END NEON NOIR ERA AND RETURN OF HELLDONE FESTIVALVILLE VALO is commencing the end of his Neon Noir era with a 2024 world tour, that also includes a historic appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, as well as dates […]
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