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WATCH THE VIDEO HERE CD RELEASE WITH BONUS LIVE TRACKS ‘AFTERGLOW OF RAGNAROK’ / ‘ABDUCTION’.OUT NOW VIA BMG – ORDER HERE TAKEN FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM THE MANDRAKE PROJECT – LISTEN OR BUY HERE Bruce Dickinson released the limited-edition CD of his new single ‘Resurrection […]
NewsListen to “Tunnel Lights (††† Remix)” Chelsea Wolfe, whose latest album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She “stretched gothic sounds and themes beyond the boundaries of genre” (New Yorker), announces the UNDONE EP, out August 30th via Loma Vista, featuring remixes from […]
NewsOUT 18 OCTOBER, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS: PRE-SAVE HERE LISTEN TO THE LEAD SINGLE TODAY: “WATCHING WAX”: STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE || WATCH VIDEO HERE + UK HEADLINE DATES THIS AUTUMN BERRIES are back! Today, the trio are pleased to confirm details of their […]
NewsAn 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 […]
Gig reviewsWatch 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 […]
NewsListen 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 […]
NewsPRIMAL 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 […]
NewsWatch 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 […]
NewsFrench 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 […]
NewsVILLE 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 […]
NewsAs they barrel towards their upcoming tour dates, Canadian melodic metal outfit LUTHARO are excited to announce they have joined new label home, Atomic Fire Records! We are incredibly excited to announce that we have officially joined the Atomic Fire Records family!” say the band […]
NewsIt’s a Saturday night in Manchester, and Hot Mulligan are kicking off this show at a sold out New Century Hall. With a room full of alternative people in their 30s, they’re ready to belt their hearts out to sad emo music that their inner […]
Gig reviewsIt’s a warm Thursday night in Manchester, and this crowd of metalheads are ready for an insane night of crowd surfing and mosh pits for tonight’s sold out show at Rebellion! First up on the line up to get this crowd warmed up is London […]
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