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US thrash metal group Crazy Mad Ride arrive on the scene with their first E.P entitled Life, Liberty, Death and it proves that the band has what it takes to be raw, powerful, versatile and original. Delivering an immense amount of hook with the first track Lunacy, the listener gets […]
NewsGerman heavy metal group U.D.O. (also performing as DIRKSCHNEIDER) are in the final stages of their 2023 summer festival tour and with the arrival of their highly awaited studio album Touchdown (to be released this Friday — on August 25, 2023 — via Atomic Fire Records) […]
NewsBraveWords.com recently announced the launch of BraveWords Records and now BraveWords Records is excited to announce their debut signing of Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse. Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse will release their first title for BraveWords Records in 2024. The core of the band and founders are Paul Di’Anno, […]
NewsTo continue where Dark Wanderer EP left of last year, Progeny of Sun will release two new singles in the beginning half of 2022. Things are heating up as the new material will sound even more brutal than ever before. The first single, Worthless, is […]
NewsFinnish Rovaniemi-based melodic metal band Hate World Hero released a new single The Beast Has Awoken via Inverse Records. Watch The Beast Has Awoken video: https://youtu.be/KS_qWwMDlMw The band comments:“The Beast Has Awoken is about the awakening or waking up of The Beast. The Beast itself can signify anyone […]
NewsYES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, released their latest studio album The Quest on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music in October 2021. The album was produced by Steve Howe. “Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest […]
NewsSteelhouse 2022 to take place 29-31 July Steelhouse Festival is excited to reveal the full SIX band Friday line-up which offers a potent dose of the very best of the NWOCR. Previously serving as a curtain raiser for the main weekend event, Friday is now a full […]
News‘Recipe For Change’ is The Mentulls’ 3rd album and was released to rave reviews last year. Now the band are embarking on a series of UK dates in both Spring and Winter of 2022. They also have a series of gigs across Europe. The band said, […]
NewsSTREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERELISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE DEBUT ALBUM: ‘STONED WEEKEND’ RELEASED 18 FEBRUARY 2022, VIA PAPERCUP MUSIC PRE-SAVE HERE The latest single to emerge from their upcoming ‘Stoned Weekend’ project, it’s a track that finds the Couple’s holiday-for-the-head taking a supernatural sideroad. Described by […]
NewsVIA CLEOPATRA RECORDS / DEADLINE MUSIC. British rock heavyweights Leader of Down, who are the final band of the late great Würzel (Ex Motörhead), are very excited to unleash their second album entitled “The Screwtape Letters” on April 8th 2022. Mixed by long-time Motörhead producer […]
NewsThe rebellion continues, con gusto! Matt Pearce & The Mutiny announce their eagerly awaited second album. Under the tasty moniker of ‘The Soul Food Store’, the 11-track album brims with funky musical goodness. It’s the kind of sound that Matt adores and set out to create when he first set […]
NewsMarillion share their deep reflection on human interaction in the current global situation with their most upbeat single in many years. The band’s 20th studio album “An Hour Before It’s Dark” will be released on March 4th, 2022. With “An Hour Before It’s Dark”, Marillion […]
NewsIn the silence of early morning, the twilight hours, the in between times, when shadows hang like black pools in the grey light and the fire of day first flickers on the horizon, then they meet beneath the frost rimed branches. Dark shapes of claw, […]
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