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Status Quo’s bass player, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards, will release the album ‘Just Sayin’’ – again produced by long term collaborator Mike Paxman – through Molano Music on 1 March 2024, preceded on 9 February by two new songs from it. The pairing of the songs ‘Never Too Old To Rock And Roll’, featuring a guitar solo […]
NewsTHE EXPANSIVE, INTERNATIONAL TOUR WILL HIT 35 CITIES IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE THIS SPRING.TICKET ON SALE TO BEGIN JANUARY 26TH AT 10 A.M. LOCAL TIME; HAPPINESS BASTARDS IS SET FOR GLOBAL RELEASE ON MARCH 15. Fresh off the heels of announcing their first album […]
NewsGrammy-nominated band SUM 41 has shared their newest single “Waiting On A Twist Of Fate”, out now via Rise Records, from their upcoming final album Heaven :x: Hell. The second single from the double album’s pop-punk Heaven side, “Waiting On A Twist Of Fate” harkens back to the earliest days of […]
NewsBritish guitar sensation SOPHIE LLOYD has dropped her brand new single and video for ‘Runaway (Feat. Michael Starr)’. Teaming up with the STEEL PANTHER frontman, the collaboration tells the story of a young girl born to rock and her metalhead parents, who goes on to […]
NewsAlbum issued November 10th, 2023 via Atomic Fire; preorders available. It is impossible to talk about experimental or avant garde metal without mentioning long-running metal icons, MESHUGGAH. Since forming in 1987 in Umeå, Sweden, MESHUGGAH has developed into one of the most technically complex and […]
NewsAt its best, prog can be a safe haven from the storm outside, a soothing experience with healing and escapist qualities. Genuine musicianship, pure emotion and a penchant for supreme melody make this music a journey, an experience for which records and headphones were invented […]
NewsListen here: https://youtu.be/y08XJXS8gd8 Daedric Offers Up Debut Album Mortal The Altar Of Electronic Metal, Available For Pre-Order For Fans Of Northlane, Spiritbox, Bad Omens, SleeptokenPurchase/Stream: https://link.fixtmusic.com/Mortal Daedric has announced their upcoming Alternative Industrial Metal album Mortal is now available for pre-order from FiXT. The Texas-based metal venture […]
News‘Central Park’ is part love letter to New York City, part introspective analysis of what one is willing to do to make a relationship work. The single is supported by a music video shot, of course, on location in Central Park. Listen to the track […]
NewsSeducer premiered via Invisible Oranges here: AT THIS LOCATION “a refreshingly novel combination of nasty death-doom and fantasy horror aesthetic” — Invisible Oranges“alludes to high fantasy sword-and-sorcery tales” — Decibel Magazine“music is fully immersive, creating its own architecture both sonically and narratively” — Hate Meditations“monster […]
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 […]
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