The psychedelic progressive rock group Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, which sprouted the first shoots of YES, have reunited and announced a new album entitled New Way Of Life, which will be released on 9th March through RSK Entertainment. The opening track Electric Funeral premieres on YouTube today.   New Way Of …

Ian Siegal – ‘One Night In Amsterdam’, award-winning songwriter’s first full-band live album released on CD and Vinyl on March 9th 2015 dovetails with nationwide March uk tour  You wait a whole decade for one Ian Siegal live album – then two arrive in the space of a year. For …

Award-winning, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker releases a new studio album entitled “Spirit On A Mission” in the UK on Monday 23rd March. Released by in-akustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker’s Temple of Rock band – ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) and …

PERIPHERY hailing from Washington, DC have just launched ‘Alpha’, the title track from the band’s forthcoming release ‘Juggernaut: Alpha’ which is simultaneously released with ‘Juggernaut: Omega’: “’Alpha’ is the title track from the first ‘Juggernaut’ album and I’m particularly proud of how this one turned out,” explained guitar player Jake Bowen. “I …

Who will be playing on what day at Blastfest 2015? The time has now arrived and Blastfest organisers have now released the day schedule! Day passes have also been released and are available here: http://blastfest.no/?page_id=60 Kicking things off in true KVLT style with metal up your sea born asses! Blastfest …

“5ft 2 in her high heels, but a pocket powerhouse with a voice which makes Janis Joplin sound like a choir girl” – John Drummond, Promoter “Passionate, determined and sexy sounding vocal performances” – Ryan’s Gig Guide New UK blues sensation Rebecca Downes is set to release her much anticipated debut album ‘Back To The …

With just 19 weeks to go until the start of the inaugural Breaking Bands Festival its all getting very busy behind the scenes. Promotions manager for the festival Allen Edwards says how exciting it is that at the start of 2015 there is already 30% tickets sold for the weekend …

Multi-million selling veteran classic British hard rock / metal band UFO are set to release their awesome 22nd studio album, ‘A Conspiracy Of Stars’, recorded, produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides, (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy , Gary Moore etc), as a Digipak (including poster and bonus track), jewel case CD, …

Secret Rule release second video from the upcoming “TRANSPOSED EMOTIONS” album We’re excited to present “Secret Place” which is the second music video by Secret Rule from their “Transposed Emotions” album set for release on Rocksector Records on 16th February 2015.Directed by Marco Gallo, the video is a fast-paced follow-up …

Award-winning British songwriter, Ian Siegal, is set to release “One Night In Amsterdam”, his first full-band live album on CD and vinyl on March 9th. Released by Nugene Records, the new album dovetails Siegal’s nationwide March UK tour which kicks off at the Chester Live Rooms on March 17th. Fans …

One for fans of female vocals – we have a pile of CDs for one lucky winner. We have albums from Battlelore, (pictured below) Battle Beast, Elis, Katra and Mortillery, plus an Epica poster. All you have to do to win is answer this simple question… [like_to_read] Battle Beast will …

Earache Records was founded in 1986 in Nottingham, helping to kickstart a global music revolution in the process. The label was responsible for some of the very first extreme metal recordings ever released, launching the careers of metal pioneers such as Napalm Death, Morbid Angel and Carcass and ushering in …

Foreigner’s newest live album, “The Best of Foreigner 4 & More” was released December 16th, 2014. Here is a clip of Foreigner performing “Juke Box Hero” at the Borgata in Atlantic City on Oct. 3 & 4. They are universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in …

Frontiers boss Serafino Perugino has put together another one of his ‘supergroups’ and this time it’s a trio made up of Journey’s drummer Deen Castronova, Night Ranger’s bass player Jack Blades and former Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich. Guest musician is Frontiers in house maestro Alessandro Del Vecchio, who provides the …

The highly anticipated final line up for Brighton’s MAMMOTHFEST 2015 has been confirmed! This immense event is somehow giving head bangers even more metal for their money than the previous year with a mighty line up that reflects the huge demand and support MAMMOTHFEST has received since the long awaited …

Sweden’s Miss Behaviour have just released their third full-length record called ‘Double Agent’ and is by far the best work they have done to date, the debut CD ‘Heart Of Midwinter’ was released in 2006, while follow-up ‘Last Woman Standing’ was released in 2011. This latest release is full of …

Apparently we are having a “weatherbomb” here in the UK this week. This means high winds, rain, hail, snow, basically the worst the sky can throw at us. So what else are you going to do on a cold Wednesday night in December than take a 150-mile round trip along …

H.E.A.T. ‘Live in London’ is a bold statement of intent, as this is a killer live album. H.E.A.T.s most recent release ‘Tearing Down the Walls’ album, the bands 4th, is something special, it is in my top 10 albums of the year 2014. ‘Live in London’ was recorded at The …

IMPERICON Festival is very excited to announce SUICIDE SILENCE (UK Exclusive), STICK TO YOUR GUNS and BLACK TONGUE joining its Manchester UK leg. Having easily sold-out the 1500 cap Ritz in its first year, IMPERICON FESTIVAL 2015 will be at the 2500 cap Manchester Academy. With even more killer bands …

Saxon are back at the Ritz, the first time since the release of ‘Saxon- St. George’s Day Sacrifice – Live in Manchester’ back in March of this year. The set list that time was pure fan driven magic, however this time around the tour is dubbed ‘Warriors of the Road’ …