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PLAYDEAD DUE 27th SEPTEMBER via UNFD Genre-blending Japanese metal, punk, and reggae outfit SiM have dropped their latest offering ‘Sad Song’, which can be found on SiM‘s upcoming new album PLAYDEAD out on Wednesday, 27th September (via UNFD). Watch the music video for ‘Sad Song’ here.Stream ‘Sad Song’ here.Pre-save PLAYDEAD here. After making waves with […]
News‘SONGS OF THE DUSK’ EP DUE 3rd NOVEMBER via CENTURY MEDIA Finnish metal melancholists INSOMNIUM have released their new single and music video for ‘Song of the Dusk’. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming EP Songs of the Dusk, due 3rd November via Century […]
NewsWATCH THE VIDEO HERE || STREAM HERE The latest insight into his debut solo album ‘Notes From The Boneyard’ (out 22 September, via Deltasonic), finds the Irish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist colouring-in the fictional world of the Boneyard with an elegant, if eerie, new composition. Taking […]
NewsVideo: Watch HERE Sweet Poison to be Released October 21, 2022 via Napalm Records | Pre-Order NOW! [photo credit: Vera Friederich Fasten your seatbelts – THE NEW ROSES are back with their fifth studio album Sweet Poison, to be released on October 21, 2022 via […]
NewsSaturday. An intervention of fate meant we sadly had to miss the first day of Steelhouse Festival and by all accounts it was a cracking day on all fronts, so we arrive nice and early on Saturday to make sure we don’t miss any of […]
Gig reviewsYou know you have been to a great gig when people still sing in the venue, and on the streets, once the show is finished. This was the case for Doyle’s performance at The Underworld. Last Tuesday, The Underworld stage gave its way to horror […]
Gig reviewsWelcome to Amplified 2022, this is the third, and final, day of the three-day event; the first two day’s events took place in London before moving up North to the not-so-leafy suburbs of Central Manchester. Nine bands on the menu tonight, starting with Overthrone and […]
Gig reviewsFollowing a couple of years hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, Amplified festival returned last week end, running over three days with two shows in London and one in Manchester, featuring some of the best UK alternative independent acts to date. If you’ve missed this […]
Gig reviewsAfter a 2 year hiatus, Breaking Bands festival returned to Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club for a long bank holiday weekend of new and high energy Rock and Metal. They brought us 55 bands across 3 stages over 5 days in North Worcestershire. Organiser […]
Gig reviewsTo celebrate their first visit to the UK since 2017, The Cadillac Three have announced they will be partnering with a bar in each city they’re visiting on the upcoming Hillbilly Hypnotized tour for official fan pre-show meetups. As well as a chance for gig-goers to […]
News2MUMS release ‘Bushmaster: Side B’ on 26th August, out on Riot Records. Listen to ‘Windows 98′ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzdhHmbCYAA Australian punk rock act 2MUMS are back with Side B of their hard-hitting two-part album – Bushmaster: Side A was released in December 2021 and Side B will be available digitally via Riot Records/Counter Clockwise […]
NewsSwedish rockers HONG FAUX release their fabulous album ‘Hong Faux’ on 26th August, out on Golden Robot Records. The self-titled compilation album summarizes alternative rock band Hong Faux’s best work to date, from their debut “The Crown That Wears the Head” via the mini-album “Hello Neptune” to […]
NewsDerby Southern-rockers These Wicked Rivers have been announced as special guests to Nashville Rockgrass legends Hayseed Dixie on their UK tour this Autumn. They will be joining the tour for 23 of the 27 dates. The tour follows a busy summer for These Wicked […]
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