David Farrell

General Manager and 'THE' competition guy at planetmosh.com. Manager of The Goddanm Electric www.thegde.co.uk, Tour manager for Serpentine, and ex-general Dogsbody at Hammerfest.co.uk. Media partner to numerous bands. Also takes photos, writes reviews and likes classic rock, with a touch of thrash to get the blood flowing.

Mammothfest 2016 announcement

The UK metal community revels in delight after it’s brightest rising star in the independent festival market makes it’s opening announcements for their next event, MAMMOTHFEST 2016. The 3 day indoor festival based in Brighton has revealed ALL its 2016 headliners.  They have also opened up sales for a limited quantity …

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The Shrine open up a can of badass in new video

Venice Beach, CA‘s purveyors of psychedelic violence, The Shrine, have released the video for “Coming Down Quick” from their upcoming Century Media Records debut, Rare Breed. The record will see a release on January 15, 2016 (with extended content) in North America. Produced by Dave Jerden (the venerated knobsman behind such …

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British Riff Alliance – I.C.O.N and The Heretic Order

British metallers I.C.O.N and The Heretic Order will be joining forces and bringing their music to various corners of the UK in February 2016 in support of their latest releases. In June 2015, I.C.O.N released their second album ‘The Blacklist’ on Metalbox Recordings “A solid second album, and proof once …

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Years Young release incredible new video ‘Sleeping Easy’

Years Young is one of THE most anticipated bands of 2015. The North Lincolnshire rockers spent the first 9 months carefully planning a launch that would instantly stamp their name on the alternative music scene. Drawing influences from bands such as Biffy Clyro, Mallory Knox and Don Broco, they have a live show that …

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Wrathrone to release “Born Beneath” album in January.

Wrathrone plays brutal old school death metal with their own spices. In their early years, from 2008 to 2011 the band was slowly building up their gig experience, though the first self-released EP “Burning Hatred” saw daylight in 2011. The second self-released EP “Left Unburied” was out in 2013. From 2013 they played …

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HRH AOR hits the Road

HRH AOR hits the road in style with The Quireboys, Faster Pussycat, Bonafide and more. Rock n roll royalty and kings of the road to headline the inaugural HRH AOR on the Road Tour 2016. Hard Rock Hell, Europe’s undisputed leader in residential festivals are pleased to announce they are taking their …

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Enter Shikari announce the King Blues as February tour opener

Enter Shikari are today happy to finally be able to announce the opening artist on their The Mindsweep Tour UK 2016 shows. Alongside US label-mates The Wonder Years, the band will be joined by The King Blues who today announced the reformation of their original line-up. Longtime fans and friends, the bands have previously played together …

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X Japan Release Video for ‘Born To Be Free’

X JAPAN premiere music video for their new single “Born To Be Free”. The fan-driven video, released on Yoshiki’s birthday as a gift to X Japan fans, celebrates the worldwide commercial release of the single “Born To Be Free,” released on November 6th. The single is currently available at iTunes …

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Kaotoxin Records to Reissue THE ERKONAUTS’ Debut

Kaotoxin Records has announced the signing of Swiss rockers THE ERKONAUTS and worldwide re-release of the band’s full-length debut, I Did Something Bad. Mixed and mastered by SAMAEL’s Drop at the Downtone studio, I Did Something Bad was independently released in January 2015. The demand for the album was so high, …

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Sumer release final live video from Bloodstock set

Mesmerising post-prog UK metallers band Sumer have released their final live video from their storming Bloodstock Open Air set this summer. The pro-footage, first premiered via Heavy Blog Is Heavy, is taken from ‘Pinch, Cut’, from their critically acclaimed debut album The Animal You Are. Championed by Metal Hammer, Metal Injection, …

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