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OCTOBER 2023 HEADLINE UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TICKETS ON SALE 9AM ON FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THEGIGCARTEL.COM “The Damn Truth are an out of body experience!” – Planet Mosh, 5 Stars “With a near sell-out crowd eagerly awaiting their arrival, the […]
NewsNEW SINGLE ‘COBRA’ UK HEADLINE TOUR and PLAYING WITH FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND THS AUTUMN “We have found the most accomplished band out of Scotland yet” – Jack Saunders, Radio 1 “Big things are coming for Dead Pony” Kerrang! “Dead Pony are set to continue their meteoric rise […]
NewsLORD OF SHADOWS – ECHOES OF YORELABEL: MEUSE MUSIC RECORDS / TRAGEDY PRODUCTIONSRELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1st 2023 “…a new vortex of melancholy and blackness…”– ACTA INFERNALIS Bowed beneath the weight of sorrows I walk into the sunset, with the ghosts of love and loss waltzing sadly […]
NewsUK Metal Music Scene Welcomes New Outdoor 3 Day Venue: 27-29 May 2022 Flying high from hosting the likes of Grand Magus, Orange Goblin and Phil Campbell at their previous indoor site in West Yorkshire, Manorfest opens in May 2022 at Whittlebury Park near Silverstone race […]
NewsNEW SINGLE: “PSILOCYBERMAN” OUT 11 FEBRUARY 2022, VIA MAL LOCO RECORDINGS –PRODUCED & MIXED BY STEPHEN STREET Readying their first new music for 2 years – HEAVY SALAD – will release a brand new single: “Psilocyberman” on 11 February. Around the release, the Manchester collective […]
NewsThe accelerator is flat to the floor and we’re hurtling towards the brick wall at the end of the corpse-strewn road. The world’s in flames and we keep on feeding dry bones to the fire. Absolute violence reigns supreme and there’s no better way to […]
News29 MAY 2022 @ EARLHAM PARK, NORWICH This new festival, organised by Kilimanjaro Live, features: THE KOOKSDMAS || SEA GIRLS || DODIEYONAKA || KAWALA || LOTTERY WINNERSCRAWLERS || THE GOA EXPRESS DECO || NOISY || RATS || THE ROYSTON CLUBWITH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED TICKETS ON […]
NewsEmma Wilson is born and bred on Teesside and is proud of her heritage. For a number of years Emma has worked, as a collaborator on recordings and in concert, for bands such as the UK Southern Rock giants “Pig Iron” and she was in […]
Album reviewsThe Urban Voodoo Machine return to the West Midlands with Aled-Wyn Jones (AKA Candy Mountain; no, I don’t know either) and Jo Carley & the Old Dry Skulls in tow. It’s been a while since the UVM had visited this part of the world so […]
Gig reviewsSTREAM HERE || LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE NEW EP, COMING LATER THIS YEAR Hitting the ground at pace this January – MEXICAN DOGS – are back with the electrifying new single: “Run, Run, Run”. STREAM HERE || LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE Blasting away the cobwebs, […]
NewsFRANK’S NEW ALBUM ‘FTHC’ TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 11TH VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS / POLYDOR PRE-ORDER HERE WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER HERE FRANK TURNER has announced a run of intimate independent record store shows to celebrate the release of his ninth studio album, ‘FTHC’. Released on February 11th via Xtra Mile Recordings / Polydor, ‘FTHC’ is his first […]
NewsNew single from ‘No Charge’ singer. ‘Who Told The Band To Pack’ from J.J. Barrie will be released as a digital single through Angel Air [Cat No SJPCD649] on 28 January 2022. This new track features on a forthcoming album entitled ‘Remember’. In 1976, J.J. […]
NewsNew Album Released on January 28th Scarlet Rebels is a 5 piece classic hard rock band from Llanelli, South Wales. They consist of Wayne Doyle (vocals/guitar), Chris Jones (lead guitar), Josh Townshend (guitar), Wayne ‘Pricey’ Esmonde (bass) and Gary Doyle (drums). Formed in late 2017, […]
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