Music News & Reviews from the Rock, Metal, Blues, Prog, Punk & Jazz Genres as well as stage and festival shows
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 […]
Gig reviewsMartin 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 […]
Gig reviewsChain 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 […]
Gig reviewsCheck out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDVSF6tIvQ ALTERIUM (feat. former members of Kalidia & more!) Release First Single & Music Video Of Upcoming AlbumFollowing their recent signing with powerhouse label AFM Records, ALTERIUM, the new Italian power metal quintet led by Nicoletta Rosellini (ex. Kalidia, Walk in Darkness), has shared […]
NewsAVATAR GET FOSSIL NAMED AFTER THEM; GO #1 IN USA The Swedish madcap visionaries known as AVATAR, have had a fossil named after them. Discovered by Dr. Ben Thuy, a paleontologist at the Luxembourg Natural History Museum, this fossil is now known as Ophiocoma avatar. They’ve also had […]
NewsAtlanta-based rock n’ rollers STARBENDERS release new single ‘We’re Not Ok’ and tackle illness and addiction with the announcement of their new album, Take Back the Night, due for release 11th August via Sumerian Records. Watch the music video for ‘We’re Not Ok’ here.Pre-order Take Back the Night […]
NewsCheck out ‘Fever’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOSYSnSJ4Uc Paris-based alternative rock force, ONLAP, has premiered a lyric video for their new single “Fever”! The track will be part of the band’s upcoming, first full-length album, that is scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2024 via AFM Records. ONLAP comments: […]
NewsWatch Here Lifted From Upcoming Second Album: ‘Come Of Age’, Out 6 OctoberPre-Save Here UK Headline Tour Kicks Off September 26 in Manchester: Tickets On-Sale Now Princess Goes, the trio led by the charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael […]
NewsBand: PANSSARITUHOAlbum: SanansaattajaCountry: FinlandGenre: Death / Thrash MetalLabel: Sliptrick RecordsRelease date: September 26th, 2023 Sanansaattaja is the second full length album from Finnish death metal trio Panssarituho. It contains 10 songs of oldschool death metal. The songs vary from a Deicide-style of shredding to a Bolt Thrower-style […]
NewsNew prog metal sensation TEMIC (international band) is now releasing the second track ‘Falling Away’! The track is accompanied by a beautiful music video which can be viewed via Season of Mist channel HERE. The link may be freely spread throughout your channels. Conquering the location […]
NewsCheck it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTJlOLNEO8 Danish Power-Prog Metal Act PYRAMAZE Premieres “Taking What’s Mine” Studio Video, Taken Off Latest Album, “Bloodlines”, Out Now On AFM Records. Taken off their critically acclaimed, seventh studio album Bloodlines (released on June 23, 2023 via AFM Records, order HERE!) Danish prog-and […]
NewsVinyl Reissue of ‘Fearless in Love’ Includes “Promise”. VOYAGER have been everywhere since landing in the Top Ten at Eurovision. They’ve topped the AIR chart. They’ve chatted with Today and Guitar World and graced the cover of Prog magazine. The Australian progressive pop metal band […]
NewsSUNDAY AT FOXWOODS ARRIVES 20TH OCTOBER 2023 VIA FEARLESS / CONCORD RECORDS VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “CRY” OUT NOW – WATCH The announcement is heralded by today’s release of “CRY,” the fourth preview of the upcoming record, which is available now at all DSPs. Watch video […]
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