Music News & Reviews from the Rock, Metal, Blues, Prog, Punk & Jazz Genres as well as stage and festival shows
Well, what a night this turned out to be with the fabulous Kira Mac, complete with line-up changes, and a swerve in their musical direction, along with newcomers, Jayler, who have been compared to Greta Van Fleet or, as I like to call them, Led […]
Gig reviewsTime for something completely different – and, no, it’s not Monty Python but it is pretty damned funny at times. Comedy, burlesque, magic, circus – this show had it all as the fabulous Hundred Watt Club returned to the Gloucester Guildhall for the first of […]
Gig reviewsFollowing the announcement of the soon to be released second musical observation in the form of The New Normal from Trifecta, the collaboration of singer songwriter Nick Beggs, keyboardist extraordinaire Adam Holzman and internationally renowned drummer Craig Blundell; the fearless trio have released a new single – […]
NewsGerman heavy metal group U.D.O. (also performing as DIRKSCHNEIDER) are in the final stages of their 2023 summer festival tour and with the arrival of their highly awaited studio album Touchdown (to be released this Friday — on August 25, 2023 — via Atomic Fire Records) […]
NewsBraveWords.com recently announced the launch of BraveWords Records and now BraveWords Records is excited to announce their debut signing of Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse. Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse will release their first title for BraveWords Records in 2024. The core of the band and founders are Paul Di’Anno, […]
NewsWith eleven irresistible, compact and catchy songs, the band’s colossal debut unleashes anthemic, straightforward metal that has international class. Under the banner of ALL FOR METAL, metal enthusiasts Tim “Tetzel” Schmidt (known as the singer of Asenblut as well as a strength athlete and fitness influencer) and […]
NewsALKALOID are mad scientists. With each album, the extreme metal concocters have poked and prodded at mysterious phenomena both of this world and far beyond. The band are now proudly presenting the title track of their upcoming album “Numen”. The new offering is now streaming via the […]
NewsSee FEARING’s Shadowy Music Video for “Destroyer” The moody, brooding, darkwave banger appears on the album of the same name out September 29th. See FEARING on tour with Portrayal of Guilt. “…a bold voyage into auditory landscapes that beautifully balance contrasting tones—pairing the sombre and […]
NewsOCTOBER 2023 HEADLINE UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TICKETS ON SALE 9AM ON FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THEGIGCARTEL.COM “The Damn Truth are an out of body experience!” – Planet Mosh, 5 Stars “With a near sell-out crowd eagerly awaiting their arrival, the […]
NewsNEW SINGLE ‘COBRA’ UK HEADLINE TOUR and PLAYING WITH FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND THS AUTUMN “We have found the most accomplished band out of Scotland yet” – Jack Saunders, Radio 1 “Big things are coming for Dead Pony” Kerrang! “Dead Pony are set to continue their meteoric rise […]
NewsLORD OF SHADOWS – ECHOES OF YORELABEL: MEUSE MUSIC RECORDS / TRAGEDY PRODUCTIONSRELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1st 2023 “…a new vortex of melancholy and blackness…”– ACTA INFERNALIS Bowed beneath the weight of sorrows I walk into the sunset, with the ghosts of love and loss waltzing sadly […]
News“RUNAWAY MASSACRE” – WATCH VIDEO HERE – TAKEN FROM A NEW EP: ‘TEACHERS’ + UK LIVE DATES THIS AUTUMN Spanish indie-rock band – LAGUNA GOONS – have shared new track “Runaway Massacre”, taken from their EP ‘Teachers’. An indie-rock freight train that pins together livewire […]
NewsSHARE NEW SONG & VIDEO “WOULD YOU EVEN” — WATCH NEW TRACK FOLLOWS PREVIOUS SINGLES “SPAGHETTI TATTOO” + “HAPPY” Two-time Grammy-nominated rock group Plain White T’s are back with their latest single “Would You Even,” out now. Listen here or watch the video HERE. Leaning back into their pop-punk roots, Plain White […]
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