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The other half of the Scottish duo :) Failing miserably at keeping Sheila in line ;)

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Helloween – HMV Forum – 16/04/13

On the strength of seeing Helloween a couple of years ago dominating Hard Rock Hell 4 in Prestatyn, I jumped on a train and travelled down to London to catch them again on their Hellish Rock Part 2 with fellow countrymen Gamma Ray supporting them for another dose of power metal.

Wilko Johnson Farewell Tour-Glasgow- 09/03/13

A cold Saturday night sees me standing outside the sold out O2 ABC venue in Glasgow to witness what was originally the last date on Wilko Johnson’s Farewell tour, but due to demand to see the Canvey Island bluesman one final time

Joe Satriani unveils track listing and artwork for new album

Legendary performer and the hardest working guitarist in the business, Joe Satriani confirms the release of his 14th studio album, “Unstoppable Momentum” in the UK on Monday May 6 (U.S. release is Tuesday May 7) through Epic Records/Sony Music UK. The album was recorded at Skywalker Sound in San Francisco and was produced by Satriani and Mike Fraser (AC/DC).

France’s 7 Weeks are now streaming their third full-length album “Carnivora” in its entirety at ThisIsNotAScene.   Released on March 1st through Klonosphere/Season of Mist, this new effort follows up their experimental redemption of Bob Clark’s 1972 thriller movie “Dead of Night” from 2011 and blurs the lines between rock, sludge and metal.   Listen [...]

Queens Of Metal Open Air 2013: Line up completed!

The Queens Of Metal Open Air 2013-Team confirms three more bands and completes the line up: With these three acts we complete the program for Queens Of Metal Open Air 2013 which will take place in Naturtheater Steinbach (98667 Schleusegrund) from August the 29th till August the 31st: ABORTED RANZ BÖLLNER AND THE HEAVY METAL WARRIORS [...]

Scottish metal force BLEED FROM WITHIN is allowing for another preview of “Uprising” via the online outlet of Metal Hammer UK, check http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/bleed-from-within-uprising-studio-diary-part-3/ for “The Uprising Diaries Episode 3 (Vocals)”     The single track Uprising is available as a free download on Amazon -   an accompanying video can be seen here: [youtube

Scar Symmetry UK Tour Dates

Swedish melodic death-metal sextet,SCAR SYMMETRY are playing 7 shows in March/April across UK/IRE. This will be the band’s first English dates since May 2012 and the first time the band have ever taken to the stage in Scotland, Wales or Ireland. Currently writing and approaching (as yet untitled) album 6, SCAR SYMMETRY‘s debut album ‘Symmetric In Design’ burst onto the scene back in 2005. Metal-heads knew [...]

Satanic Texans ANCIENT VVISDOM will return to the UK in May to support Norwegian rockers AUDREY HORNE. “We are very excited to be touring with Audrey Horne” says frontman Nathan Opposition. “We just met Ice Dale on our tour with Enslaved – this is going to be legendary! Expect the unexpected! We are set out [...]

A promo clip for the full length album version of Bring On The Rain, the forthcoming new single by London-based Gibraltarian rock act Breed 77, went live on the Metal Hammer website on 5th March and can also be viewed on Muzu.TV : Breed77 – Bring On The Rain on MUZU.TV. The band’s brand new [...]

Randy Blythe Acquited On Manslaughter Charges

Reports are coming in that Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe has been acquitted in his trial for manslaughter in Prague, Czech Republic. Both Novinky.cz and Blesk.cz are reporting this to be the case. UPDATE: Blythe has posted the following on his Instagram account:                       [...]

The return of Nine Inch Nails

News is just coming out that Nine Inch Nails are back! Trent Reznor has announced the official return of Nine Inch Nails with a brand new lineup and has said that there will be NIN shows in 2013! The man himself released the following statement: “Nine Inch Nails are touring this year. I was working [...]