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California based metalcore legends Atreyu are back in the UK for their own headline tour! Originally booked for Club Academy, they take the stage at the upgraded Academy 2 for an insane Sold Out show! The entire room is packed and there is barely room […]
Gig reviewsXandria, the incredible symphonic metal band from Bielefeld, Germany are back in Manchester on their own headline tour. Last year the band toured on a joint tour with Visions of Atlantis but they’re back again with support from Phantom Elite and Skarlett Riot. Tonight is […]
Gig reviewsReleased November 17 2023 I have a theory about the evolution of our musical taste, we grow up listening to the music our parents love, it’s what we emulate; as teenagers we find our tribes and are influenced by our contemporaries, but there also the […]
Album reviewsNEW ALBUM NOT WITHOUT MY GHOSTS OUT 12TH MAY VIA PURE NOISE RECORDS. WATCH Australian metalcore trailblazers THE AMITY AFFLICTION — Joel Birch [vocals], Ahren Stringer [vocals, bass], Dan Brown [lead guitar], and Jon Longobardi [drums] — recently announced their new album Not Without My Ghosts, out 12th May via Pure Noise Records. Pre-order it here or here. Today, the band has shared the video […]
NewsBergen, Norway- Blood Command have announced the second single ‘Decades’ (recorded and mixed at SpaceKraft Studios by Simon Jackman, produced by Yngve Andersen and mastered by Dag Erik Nygaard) taken from a forthcoming album. “The song is about giving up on love.” says the band. “There […]
NewsCheck out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzuEY4lJGU July 7, 2023 sees up-and-coming, heavy metal sensation ALL FOR METAL release their hotly-anticipated, first full-length album, entitled Legends, via AFM Records. With eleven irresistible, compact and catchy songs, the band’s colossal debut unleashes anthemic, straightforward metal that has international class. Under the […]
NewsThe cold winds race across the surging waves, casting a cutting spray of salt water into the faces of every man aboard. We pursue a lonely path through the storm, yet to port and starboard I can almost see them still, sailing with us, the […]
NewsFans had to wait 6 years but now veteran US heavy metallers JAG PANZER are back with full force and yet another sonic preview of their highly-anticipated new album The Hallowed which will see the light of day on June 23rd, 2023 through Atomic Fire […]
NewsPre-sale for limited Picture-Vinyl has started. HOLY MOSES and their label Fireflash Records expected many things, but not a chart entry of this magnitude – “Invisible Queen” manages the sensation and enters the official German album charts at a grandiose #14! “I’m crying tears of […]
NewsTHE PEARL HARTS LET LOOSE ON NEW TRACK: “BABY CHAOS” WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE. TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM ‘LOVE, CHAOS’ OUT NOW, VIA DOUBLE BANG RECORDSSTREAM IN FULL HERE + LIVE DATES THIS MAY. SE London rock duo – THE PEARL HARTS – have […]
NewsDESTRÖYER 666 are announcing the vinyl re-issue of their 1994 legendary work ‘Six Songs With The Devil’. The album is being re-released via Season of Mist on June 23, 2023 in various vinyl colours. Pre-orders can be found HERE! How legendary was the release of […]
NewsTHE BAND ANNOUNCE WESTERN CANADA SHOWS AS PART OF 2023’s THE FUTURE PAST TOUR. Following the recent announcement of IRON MAIDEN’s headline performance at Power Trip Festival in Coachella on October 6th, alongside Guns’n’Roses, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica and Tool, the band will also be […]
NewsHailing from Hamburg, Germany, REVAIRA has been delivering their unique brand of modern metalcore since their formation in 2016. With a sound that blends heavy, crushing riffs with ambient and atmospheric elements, the band has quickly made a name for themselves in the national music scene. Their debut album “In […]
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