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As they barrel towards their upcoming tour dates, Canadian melodic metal outfit LUTHARO are excited to announce they have joined new label home, Atomic Fire Records! We are incredibly excited to announce that we have officially joined the Atomic Fire Records family!” say the band […]
NewsIt’s a Saturday night in Manchester, and Hot Mulligan are kicking off this show at a sold out New Century Hall. With a room full of alternative people in their 30s, they’re ready to belt their hearts out to sad emo music that their inner […]
Gig reviewsIt’s a warm Thursday night in Manchester, and this crowd of metalheads are ready for an insane night of crowd surfing and mosh pits for tonight’s sold out show at Rebellion! First up on the line up to get this crowd warmed up is London […]
Gig reviewsCheck out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJksOe1aBhg Following the band’s recent announcement, to release their forthcoming, eighth studio offering I Am The Storm on March 17, 2023 through AFM Records, today, Los Angeles-based progressive metal masters Redemption have unleashed a brand new single! By the end of 2022, […]
NewsThe Masters of melancholic metal, Katatonia, are back to carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, with their brand new studio album Sky Void of Stars! Founded in 1991, Katatonia have continually embraced the dark and the light alike […]
Album reviewsIMPERIAL AGE UK TOUR 2023: VISAS RECEIVED, JANUARY DATES CONFIRMED! Tickets are available at https://imperial-age.com/tour This tour should have happened in March 2020, but was since delayed 5 times due to the pandemic and the war. After 5 postponements and huge visa delays it seemed doomed. […]
NewsHello Sick Things! Just Announced: Alice Cooper’s “Too Close For Comfort Tour”! Pre-sale tickets + VIP Packages available now (use code SICKTHINGS), tickets go on general sale on Friday, January 20 at 10a local time. Too Close For Comfort Tour4.29 – Youngstown, OH (Covelli Centre)5.02 […]
NewsAndy Shauf returns with “Telephone,” his new single/video off his forthcoming album, Norm, out February 10th on ANTI-. With Norm, Shauf upended his songwriting methods, creating a deeply haunting and unpredictable universe. “Telephone” follows the “jaunty” and “existential” (Stereogum) lead single “Wasted On You” and […]
NewsWATCH REALLY, REALLY LIGHT HERE Continue as a Guest, the new album from The New Pornographers, is set for release on March 31st via Merge Records – their first for their new label. PRE-ORDER HERE The first single, “Really Really Light,” is out today with an […]
NewsNorwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS have just launched a brand new “Live in Studio” video-clip for their song “On Hold”, taken from their current album “Aphelion”, in order to promote their upcoming European tour starting February 1st as well as the special ‘Tour Edition’ of “Aphelion”, to be […]
NewsSUASION – New Album “The Infinite”Release Date: January 27th, 2023 Label: Atomic Fire Records Distributed by ADA worldwide, ex. GSA by WARNER, ex. Japan by WARD. Branching from modern alt-rock, electronic-shaped metalcore, and cinematic orchestrals, Belgium’s Suasion is a rising name in the European metalcore scene. […]
NewsAEGIS OF LONDON… LIVE!BRAND NEW ALBUM OUT FEB 17THPRE-ORDER HERE ‘GHOUL’BRAND NEW LIVE SINGLE OUT NOWLISTEN HERE Japanese metal band Bridear release their first-ever live album on February 17th, via Setsuzoku Records. Recorded in front of a capacity crowd on September 10th 2022 at Boston Music […]
NewsSHARE “IT’S IN THIS LIE” + “IT’S OK TO BE AFRAID OF THE UNIVERSE” VIA YOUTUBE STREAM THE SINGLES VIA ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS Nashville atmospheric, post-rock duo Hammock have released their latest double single “It’s in This Lie” w/ “It’s OK to Be Afraid of the Universe” today, off their upcoming […]
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