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“BESIDE BOWIE: The Mick Ronson Story” The Soundtrack  Available on CD and Digital, Vinyl and Exclusive Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl  Featuring previously unreleased tracks & “BESIDE BOWIE : The Mick Ronson Story” The Film Available on DVD & Blu-Ray With voice over contributions from David Bowie & exclusive bonus material Release …

10 ROGUE Unleash Debut Album ‘Serpentine’ on 20th October      On 20th October 10 ROGUE, release their ferocious catchy debut album ‘Serpentine’ on BUT! Records through Universal Music. Serpentine’s unmitigated unbridled, and unique energy makes for one of the best debuts of 2017   Multinational band 10 ROGUE, founded in Johannesburg S Africa, based in Belgium, have been a …

The 180gm vinyl re-issues of Rush‘s back catalogue continues with their 7th studio album, Permanent Waves as part of the ’12 months of Rush’ celebrations via Universal Music. Originally released on January 1st 1980, a lot of fans, myself included must have thought it was April 1st as to the …

It would be too easy to say “Hemispheres by Rush is 2 long songs, 2 short songs, go buy it now” but as this is my favourite Rush album ever then it deserves more attention! On buying it at the age of 15 I was so struck by the music …

Solo projects are something of a lottery – whilst allowing an artist the freedom to express their own musical direction in a way they can’t with their main band, the natural comparison to the works of their main project will be inevitable. Spare a thought, therefore, for Richard Z. Kruspe. …

Indian deathsters Reptilian Death have offered a free download of their debut album ‘Total Annihilation‘ to mark it’s 10 year anniversary. The album which was released in 2004 is now a decade old and is a landmark release in the history of Indian Metal. “It’s not a great album but …

In the year that Metallica are announced as headlining the iconic Glastonbury Festival, in addition to Sonisphere (the 40th anniversary of gigs at Knebworth) Universal Music is celebrating 30 years of Thrash music by re-issuing seminal albums from the founding fathers of this sub-genre for the ThrashBack campaign. Thrash music …

Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection have revealed the artwork and track list for their 4th full-length album titled ‘The Demon King‘. The artwork has been done by Michal ‘Xaay’ Loranc who has worked with bands such as Behemoth, Vader, Nile and Necrophagist among others. Commented, Demonstealer “Working with Michal on …

Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection (pictured right) are to release their fourth album, ‘The Demon King’ in July. Released worldwide on Candlelight Records and on Universal Music in India, it will available from July 13 in India, July 14 in the UK and Europe and July 15 in the USA. “We have always played around …

Progressive metal band Midhaven from Mumbai, who recently signed to Universal Music and announced their debut album ‘Spellbound‘ have released a lyric video for the first single ‘Seeking The Divine‘. Commented frontman Karan Kaul “Seeking the Divine is a melodic piece with sludge metal elements. Its story talks about finding …

When my promo copy of Back On The Streets arrived it was like a visit from an old friend! I had the vinyl format many years ago but mislaid it and never replaced it. It is hard to believe it was released almost 35yrs ago,produced by Chris Tsangarides and Gary …

Even though i was brought up on early 1970’s glam rock, I only ever bought the odd 45rpm single by Marc Bolan now and then so after all these years the chance to make up for lost time by reviewing this stunning 6CD boxset was welcomed. The boxset is made …

Dream Evil, the 4th solo album by Ronnie James Dio has been given the deluxe edition treatment by Universal Music as they did last year with Ronnie’s 1st 3 solo albums Holy Diver, Last In Line and Sacred Heart. To some it may seem like a cash in as Ronnie …

Monday October 8th 2012 will be an important day in KISStory as New York’s finest, almost 40 years since they formed, release their 20th studio album titled Monster and it is an apt word to describe it! Released via the Universal Music Group it’s 13 tracks make up probably their …

June 11th 2012 marks the re-release of 6 classic Thin Lizzy studio albums in box set form. All were  originally put out by Vertigo between 1974 – 1979 but the box set  will be out on Mercury Records  via Universal Music. Thin Lizzy were formed in Dublin 1969. Two of …

On June 11th 2012, Sanctuary Records via Uniiversal Music  will be releasing Motorhead’s 6 albums originally released via Bronze Records between 1979/1983. They are the original masters in gatefold wallets with the original artwork, housed in a compact box.   1st release of the 6 is Overkill and is easily …