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An interesting night in prospect, not least because this would be the first time I’d seen Lordi live. I struggled to see how the larger than life figures, in their costumes, would fit on a stage as small as the one given to them tonight. […]
Gig reviewsTICKETS AVAILABLE FROM PLANETROCK.COM, THEGIGCARTEL.COM & WWW.KIRAMAC.COM Celebrated British rock band Kira Mac are pleased to announce that 4-piece Midlands rock and roll band JAYLER will be their special guests on their their 12-date Spring 2024 UK Tour. Tickets are available from planetrock.com, thegigcartel.com and […]
NewsSkindred, the Welsh legends, are in Manchester on their short UK tour. Skindred for me is a band that should’ve been massively popular way earlier on, before the days of TikTok. I’ve seen these guys before at Download Festival with my shirt in hand whipping […]
Gig reviewsAtlantea, the new project of TEN keyboard player Darrel Treece-Birch, unveils the details of their debut studio album entitled “Choices”, which will be released on October 6, via Lion Music Record Label. According to Darrel Treece-Birch, “Choices”, as a concept album, is about situations and […]
NewsOhio quartet The Plot In You — Landon Tewers [vocals], Josh Childress [guitar], Ethan Yoder [bass], and Michael Cooper [drums] — continue to share new content. The band has recently dropped the video for “Forgotten.” Watch it here. The song is a gnarly anthem with plate-shifting breakdowns, and finds Tewers spewing angrily cathartic lyrics rom the […]
NewsRelease: Piper – What Is The Heart For?Format: CD/DigitalRelease Date: May 26th 2023Record label: Concorde Music CompanyGenre: Singer-songwriterCountry: Finland Through the passing of time and emotions, a sense on wholeness gets channelled into music in Piper’s debut album “What is the heart for?”. The noise of the world, the sudden silence, […]
News‘Forever Is Nothing’ released by the South East London Alt Rock artist. Forever Is Nothing the long awaited follow up to the 2021 debut album ‘Cherry’, although a more guitar driven record then its predecessor, Tizane has lost none of her ethereal magic, it just wouldn’t be […]
News‘TAKE BACK THE NIGHT’ due 22nd SEPTEMBER via SUMERIAN RECORDS. Atlanta-based rock n’ rollers STARBENDERS release the sultry new single ‘Body Talk’ taken from their newly announced album, Take Back the Night, due for release 22nd September via Sumerian Records. Watch the visualiser for ‘Body Talk’ here.Pre-order Take […]
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 […]
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