CLOAK release first track and music video for ‘Invictus’.

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CLOAK release first new track and album details of ‘Black Flame Eternal’. Blackened heavy metal masters CLOAK will be releasing their third full-length “Black Flame Eternal” on May 26, 2023! To celebrate this release, the Atlanta quartet is now sharing the blistering first single ‘Invictus’ along with scorching […]

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REDEMPTION release new album ‘I Am The Storm’ on 17th March, out on AFM Records.

Check out their latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJksOe1aBhg  There are few progressive metal bands who command as much admiration from fans and critics alike as Redemption. Their unique blend of an impressive heaviness (not exactly a daily occurrence in this genre), irresistible melodies and great emotional urgency is […]

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FIGHT THE FADE release blistering new single ‘Scratching’ (feat. Daedric), out now on FiXT.

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc8rGs6NCpA Fight The Fade Drops Fierce New Metalcore Industrial Single  “Scratching” (feat. Daedric) For Fans Of Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park,  and Falling In ReversePurchase/Stream: https://link.fixtmusic.com/ScratchTheWall Five-piece midwest rockers Fight The Fade are back with a driving new rock industrial single “Scratching” (feat. Daedric). The track […]

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boygenius release track ‘Not Strong Enough’ ahead of album ‘the record’ out 31st March + announce debut UK shows.

LISTEN HEREWATCH OFFICIAL VIDEO HEREPRE-ORDER THE RECORD HERE boygenius – the acclaimed trio comprising Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, have today released ‘Not Strong Enough’, the fourth track taken from their highly anticipated debut album the record. Through soaring harmonies and the band’s signature candid lyricism, the song is about paradoxically experiencing […]

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CHRIS SHIFLETT HEADLINE TOUR OF THE UK & IRELAND CONFIRMED FOR MARCH 2023; BRAND NEW SINGLE, ‘BLACK TOP WHITE LINES’, OUT NOW

Chris Shiflett returns to the UK for a run of headline dates this March, the guitarist’s first solo shows here since 2019. In advance of the tour and as a hard-drivin’ taste of things to come, long-time Foo Fighters member Shiflett releases the brand new single / video, ‘Black Top White Lines’; produced by Jaren […]

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Black Star Riders with support from Michael Monroe & Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons – KK’s Steelmill, Wolverhampton.

So much black in view, everyone was in black but the imagery on the t-shirts was very well split between all three acts due on tonight. KK’s Steelmill has become one of THE venues to go to for music of all types – tonight it […]

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Planet Rock – Winters End 2023, Trecco Bay. Day 3.

Looking around the venue on the Sunday ‘morning’ there are certainly some there who may have drunk slightly more than they anticipated they were going to the previous evening (again?), some even have facial bruising, gained apparently by successfully face planting whilst falling off the […]

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Focus get back on the road – UK dates announced for April, June & July.

I saw Focus play live in Liverpool around the time that Focus II (aka Moving Waves) [not to be confused with Focus 11 – see below] was released . This album, and the iconic single, Hocus Pocus, got played to death during the university years […]

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Katatonia with Solstafir & Som: Twilight Burials – Manchester O2 Ritz

Going into this review is going to be a weird one, you have three bands here that kind of differ from each other in quite a few ways but also bring each other together at the same time. We have Solstafir along with Katatonia supported […]

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Planet Rock – Winters End 2023, Trecco Bay. Day 2.

Saturdays festivities started with The Forged Hearts, who hail from Northern Ireland. They describe themselves as a ‘female fronted, classic rock inspired band’ and had travelled just to be at Winters End. The first two tracks (I Touched The Fire and Stupid Games) rattled the […]

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