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American heavy metal band Fozzy landed in Manchester for night three of their UK tour. The band formed in 1999 when lead vocalist Chris Jericho was just known as the wrestling superstar that he is. After their huge performance at AEW’s All In Pay Per […]
Gig reviews40 spectacles in 14 countries across the continent: Finnish hard rock / metal group LORDI are about to start haunting Europe with the eerily beautiful with tunes that can be found on their current album »Screem Writers Guild« (released on March 31, 2023). In anticipation of […]
NewsCurrently confirmed to perform is Chris Holmes Mean Man, the very special Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper Tribute, Fury, Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters, Desolation Angels, The Darker My Horizon and Tysondog. TICKETS The life of one of Swindon’s most famous residents will be celebrated […]
NewsBAND RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘RED’ FOR ANIME KENGAN ASHURA & ANNOUNCE ALBUM, ‘PLAYDEAD’, DUE 27th SEPTEMBER via UNFD. Japanese genre-bending powerhouse SiM have announced their forthcoming new album Playdead, due out on 27th September via UNFD. In celebration, the band have released new single ‘Red’ taken from the […]
NewsMidwestern metal act OF VIRTUE have released their brand new single and music video for ‘Sober’, a cautionary tale on substance abuse taken from their upcoming full-length album Omen, due 29th September via Arising Empire. Watch the music video to latest single ‘Sober’ here.Pre-order Omen here. On the […]
News‘CLOUDS (Ft. VIOLETTE WAUTIER)’ STREAMING NOW. Boundary-breaking Thai alt-metal outfit DEFYING DECAY have returned with the release of their new single ‘Cloud’, accompanied by a superbly-shot ethereal music video. Mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, Blink-182, Yungblud), and available in Dolby Atmos, the track is the […]
News‘REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL DIE’ OUT NOW. Genre-bending outfit POLYPHIA have release a summer-inspired music video for their track ‘Reverie’. The video, which shows behind-the-scenes footage of the quartet’s wholesome life on the road, is taken from their latest album Remember That You Will Die, out […]
News“DREAM MACHINE” DUE 25th AUGUST via SUMERIAN RECORDS. Today, NYC native DES ROCS releases ‘I Am The Lightning’, the third song to be pulled from his forthcoming sophomore album Dream Machine out 25th August via Sumerian Records. Produced by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Them […]
News‘MORGÖTH TALES’ OUT NOW via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOÏVOD celebrated 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 with the release of their special anniversary studio album entitled Morgöth Tales, out now via Century Media Records, which entered the official album sales charts in Germany at #36 […]
NewsLORNA SHORE CELEBRATE TWO YEARS OF …AND I RETURN TO NOTHINGNESS WITH ‘OF THE ABYSS’ MUSIC VIDEO. Latest album Pain Remains out now via Century Media Records. Two years ago, LORNA SHORE unleashed their groundbreaking …And I Return to Nothingness EP – which features the smash-hit […]
News‘SHADOW TO SHINE’ STREAMING NOW TENSIDE have released their stand alone single and music video for ‘Shadow to Shine’, streaming now via Ivory Tower Records. ‘Shadow to Shine’ is a furious groove monster urging the listener to transcend their comfort zone of self-pity and self-sabotage. […]
News‘HARD RESET’ DUE 25th AUGUST via THRILLER RECORDS THE WORD ALIVE have shared their frenzied new single, ‘Hate Me (Ft. Loveless)’, produced by Hiram Hernandez, (As I Lay Dying, Blessthefall, AVOID) Erik Ron, (Nothing.Nowhere, Too Close To Touch, I Prevail) and Matt Good, (Asking Alexandria, Hollywood […]
News‘SEVERANCE’ DUE 22nd SEPTEMBER via MLVLTD. Manchester’s GUILT TRIP have dropped new single ‘Broken Wings’ and announced the release of their second album Severance which is due 22nd September. ‘Broken Wings’ is their third output since joining MLVLTD MUSIC, a label operated by UK metal elite MALEVOLENCE. […]
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