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Freelance Journalist/Photographer. Covers Liverpool/North West of England.

Joe Bonamassa adds Glasgow date to 2012 UK Tour

Award-winning blues rock star, guitar hero, singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa has just announced a new concert on Wednesday 4th April 2012 at the prestigious Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. To mark the news of this special Scottish concert, www.planetrock.com will launch a special ticket pre-sale from 9am on Wednesday November 30th. Tickets for the Glasgow Royal Concert [...]

ELIMINATION: The Blood of Titans

One of the best bands at the moment truly representing all that is British and Metal is due to be release their debut album with Transcend Music, on November 28th 2011. After the success of their 3-track EP released earlier this year, ELIMINATION took to the road supporting Evile on their UK Tour and have [...]

LOCK UP – UK TOUR!!!

Ready to have your brains blown out just before Christmas? Here is your chance! Grindcore super heroes LOCK UP will be touring the UK to promote their new masterpiece – NECROPOLIS TRANSPARENT Support will be from The Rotted and Dripback Dec 21st – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms Dec 22nd – London – Underworld Dec 23rd [...]

BASICK RECORDS sign 2 new acts: The Algorithm & Skyharbor!

BASICK RECORDS is extremely happy to welcome two exciting new international acts to its ever expanding roster: French electro-metal producer THE ALGORITHM and Indian progressive metal band SKYHARBOR! The signing of these two new acts further cements BASICK’s reputation as a solid choice for some of the world’s most progressive and forward thinking artists. The [...]

IMPERIAL VENGEANCE INITIATE A TOTAL ROCK TAKEOVER

It has not gone unnoticed that the Gilbert & Sullivan of Metal, Imperial Vengeance, have a wealth of knowledge behind the musical genius they possess. The insurmountable depth of insight and knowledge of all that they apply themselves to as attracted fans and media alike and held them, fixated …intoxicated, as they get taken on [...]

Progressive metal multi-instrumental virtuoso Paul Antonio Ortiz, aka Chimp Spanner, will be further raising the bar of the sonically epic with the release of his stunning new ‘All Roads Lead Here’ EP on 6 February 2012, via the pioneering BASICK label. In addition to the CD and digital formats, a strictly limited edition clear transparent [...]

JIMI JAMISON REJOINS SURVIVOR

  WORLDWIDE TOUR, NEW SONGS SET FOR RELEASE IN 2012 Jimi Jamison has rejoined Survivor, after leaving the band in 2006 to focus on his solo career. The band’s first album with Jamison, VITAL SIGNS, is still praised by fans and critics alike as one of the best AOR albums of all time. Survivor – [...]

New Savage Messiah album available as a FREE Download

Plague Of Conscience features 10 ripping tracks of modern heavy metal from one of the UK’s top bands to watch for 2012. Track listing: 01. Plague Of Conscience 02. Six Feet Under The Gun 03. Carnival Of Souls 04. In Thought Alone 05. All Seeing I 06. Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt 07. Architects [...]

Everyone’s favourite Liverpool based punk as fcuk nutters have now released their “”The Return of Necroquegcuntcore”” e.p as a FREE DOWNLOAD so there is no excuse for you not to listen to the cult legend that Dr AIDS are. It is available from: http://www.mediafire.com/?j6bkxzzr35z48n4 Follow the adventures of Dr AIDS on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-AIDS/174666436997

PYTHIA ANNOUNCE ALBUM AND SINGLE RELEASE

PYTHIA have revealed details of their long awaited second album. ‘The Serpent’s Curse’, will be released on 27th February 2012 on Golden Axe via Genepool/Universal in the UK. Just in time for Yule Tide, PYTHIA will release advance single, ‘Betray My Heart’, on 19th of December on an extremely limited edition coloured vinyl 7”, with [...]

“Of Love and Death”, the second full-length album from German Epic Metallers CROM is set for release on Pure Steel Records on the 25th November. Formed in 1997 by former DARK FORTRESS guitarist Walter “Crom” Grosse, the new album will be CROM’s sixth release and a follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed “Vengeance”. Produced by [...]

  UK based metallers SILENT SCREAMS have announced they are to release a new video later this month for their track ‘Til There’s Nothing Left’ taken from their debut album ‘When It Rains’. Whilst on set the band put together exclusive footage that not only takes you through the making of the video for the [...]

Manchester based ALIASES have released live video footage filmed at their recent Euroblast Festival appearance, as they get ready to take their unique brand of progressive tech metal on the road for their first full UK tour in little over a weeks time – with Textures and The Ocean (sponsored by Terrorizer Magazine). View the [...]

Ex Man Must Die drummer joins Scottish Underground legends Zillah

Drummer Matt Holland (ex Man Must Die) has joined underground Scottish extreme band ZILLAH. Alongside Matt, the band has announced the additions of a new guitarist, Rob Coverdale who joins existing members Roddy Anderson (Vocals/Guitar) and Tim Rasmussen (Guitar). Matt commented: “I’m looking forward to working with ZILLAH, a band that has stuck to its [...]

Deicide – Whiplash! at The Liverpool Masque 27/06/2011

Welcome to Whiplash Promotions presenting Deicide Opening up tonight’s proceedings are The Amenta. The Australian black metalers start the night off in a blinding fashion, with opening track Vo1d paving the way with a killer opening to tonight’s proceedings with frontman Cain Cressall on top form. Intense, ferocious and brutal sum this bands performance up [...]

Debut release from Six Hour Sundown: Jekyll & Hyde

  SIX HOUR SUNDOWN have taken their time to get things just right prior tosetting their first track free in to the public domain. The dynamic front woman of this band is none other than Lauren Harris who has already cut her teeth in the business touring the World with Iron Maiden, playing some of [...]

Airrace Forced To Cancel Upcoming Tour

Airrace have issued the following statement: We are absolutely gutted to announce that the forthcoming Smokehead Rocks Tour has been cancelled due to situations totally beyond our control. We have fought tooth and nail to make this tour happen since the problems arose due to the mismanagement by the tour co-ordinator.   Since we found [...]