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‘Assorted Marvels’ by My Glass World is released on 15th January 2023 on Luxury Noise Records. The new album veers from the sax-driven stomp of ‘White Out’, the first single, to the almost soulful slant of ‘Genghis Khan’, via the claustrophobic plaintive bump of ‘Citizen of Nowhere’. This latter track, […]
NewsUNBROKEN; BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM – OUT JAN 26TH 2024 VIA EARMUSIC – PRE-ORDER HERE ‘FIRST SUMMER AFTER’ THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED NOV 3RD & FIRST TOUR DATES FOR 2024 ANNOUNCED The brand-new studio album Unbroken, released on January 26th, 2024, on earMUSIC, is the modern […]
NewsWATCH THE TRAILER HERE AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AND BLU-RAY FROM DECEMBER 4TH PERMISSION TO LAND… AGAIN; 20TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF CHART-TOPPING DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW VIA WARNER MUSIC, STREAM / PURCHASE HERE SOLD OUT UK ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN DECEMBER Lightbulb Film Distribution are excited to share first […]
NewsTimes have changed, instead of playing in Satan’s Hollow to Manchester’s local metalheads, Avatar have blown up to a whole new level with a sold out show at The Academy. Mastiff are first up on tonight’s line up, and there is just something about them […]
Gig reviewsCLOAK 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 […]
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