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French/Irish alternative rock-metal outfit MOLYBARON, known for their energetic, hard-hitting sound, are set to release their new album Something Ominous in just 2 weeks, on the 15th of September via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music. Today, MOLYBARON are pleased to share the epic 4th single from the album “Reality Show,” a high-energy […]
NewsPLAYING LIVE IN THE UK & IRELAND NOVEMBER 2023:November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena WembleyNovember 16—Dublin, Ireland—3ArenaNovember 19—Manchester, UK—AO ArenaNovember 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro Greta Van Fleet have unveiled the new video for their much-lauded track ‘The Falling Sky’, directed by the band alongside Gus Black; watch/share HERE. […]
NewsPre-Save / Pre-Order Now The UK’s own Southern Rockers, Sons Of Liberty, are delighted to announce their return to the fray with their first new music for two full years. The new single ‘Time To Fly’ will be released 1 September 2023. The track is […]
NewsCLOAK 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 […]
NewsCheck 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 […]
NewsListen 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 […]
NewsLISTEN 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 […]
NewsChris 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 […]
NewsSo 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 […]
Gig reviewsLooking 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 […]
Gig reviewsI 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 […]
NewsGoing 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 […]
Gig reviewsSaturdays 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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