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Legendary rock guitarist Steve Hackett is set to release his new studio album ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’ on 16th February 2024, via InsideOut Music. A rite-of-passage concept album with a young character called Travla at the centre of it, ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’s’ […]
NewsSTREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO “She is a guitarist with a special magnetism. She is an absolute professional, serious, and solvent.” – Billy Gibbons “Susan Santos is a guitar hero. She is a monster in the studio, overdubbing well performed layers of guitar that […]
NewsThe band announce debut album ‘Hang Wave’ for 26th January release and UK / EU tour dates. Band to play for 8 hours straight via livestream on 13th Jan on to raise money for Gaza Sunbirds. ‘Sleaford Mods, without the cringe’ – Louderthanwar ‘What the […]
NewsSeptember 1, 2023 sees hard rock power metal titans FIREWIND release their epic anniversary live album, titled “Still Raging”, through AFM Records. Recorded in 2022 at a frenetically-acclaimed hometown show in Thessaloniki, Greece, “Still Raging” will be available on Blu-Ray and as a 2CD edition, the […]
NewsFrench prog rock band Nine Skies unveil a new pre-released track from their forthcoming album ‘The Lightmaker’. ‘The Lightmaker’ is due to be released on September 18, 2023. So far, Marco Minnemann, Adam Holzman, Kristoffer Gildenlow, John Mitchell, Riccardo Romano and Martin Wilson have been […]
NewsSunday. Sunday at El Dorado is Gold Day. It’s plain to see that those embracing the Gold theme have vivid imaginations, there are a vast amount of variations on the theme; some sights are extremely pleasurable, whilst others are extremely shocking, and should not be […]
Gig reviewsSaturday. El Dorado Festival? Nope, never heard of it before, wonder what that’s all about? A conversation that I had with myself as I drove past a noticeboard on the side of the road, on the way home from Malvern late one eve that was […]
Gig reviewsThe Hollywood Vampires put on a terrific show at the Swansea Arena last week, the show review with selected photographs can be seen here: https://frame-music.uk/the-hollywood-vampires-with-the-tubes-swansea-arena/ Here, however, is the full set of images – enjoy (please)!
GalleryOn the 14th of May, Indie-staple Circa waves played their sold out headline show at Bristol’s O2 Academy after the release of their 5th album ‘Never going under’. Supported by both Courting and Cassia, it was a showcase of some of the finest Indie tracks […]
Gig reviewsIt’s 45 years since I bought The Tubes’ “What do you want from Live” and was keen to hear either ‘I was a punk before you were a punk’ or ‘White punks on dope’ played live; one out of two wasn’t bad! Mr. John Waldo […]
Gig reviewsListen HERE UK Tour on-sale now A DIY ethos is at their core, with the band championing their Northern origins. A project formed off the back of teenage friendship and a New Year’s Eve party, it’s hard to put a finger on exactly how long […]
NewsBand to release new album, “Tempest”, out on August 11th, 2023. Swedish Heavy Metal commando LANCER will release their fourth, new studio album “Tempest” worldwide on August 11th, 2023. Today, the band reveals their second single and a music video, for the song “Entity”. “Musically […]
NewsCheck out the video for ‘Hear The Drum‘: https://youtu.be/lWb1kee9z9Y With 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 […]
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