Saturday didn’t start well for me. After getting the bus from Derby, it was time to get the shuttle bus round to the guest and media entrance. Sadly security decided to stop and thoroughly search every vehicle entering the guest car park and that resulted in 2 mile queues causing …

Roger Waters is currently on his “Us and them” tour which started last year and is now making it’s way through Europe including four nights here at the 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. On this tour there is no support, just Roger Waters and his band doing two sets …

After some overnight rain, the forecast for the day (and indeed the entire weekend) was for dry weather. Knowing I’d be at Download festival though I had my waterproofs with me – after all, a dry Download seems too good to hope for, but that’s exactly what we got – …

Max Cavalera’s SOULFLY have added two extra shows to their previously announced clutch of UK dates this August around their festival appearance at Boomtown Fair. After a successful 18 months touring their Return to Roots project together with his brother Iggor, playing Sepultura’s groundbreaking Roots album and other choice cuts by the legendary band they formed in Brazil …

Hot on the heels of their incendiary, festival-stealing, debut UK performance at Download on Saturday, THE FEVER 333 have announced their first UK headline show in London, two days prior to their previously announced set at Reading Festival on Friday.  Dates rack up as follows: Wed 22nd Aug – LONDON’s …

Hot on the heels of their special guest slot to Guns n’ Roses at Download Festival this weekend, BLACK STONE CHERRY are excited to announce a UK headline tour for this December. The Kentucky boys tell us, “As many people know, the UK holds a special place in the hearts …

Music For Nations is proud to welcome Killswitch Engage to its roster! Partnering with Metal Blade Records in the USA and Sony Music Entertainment elsewhere, Killswitch Engage are looking forward to the worldwide release of their upcoming album in 2019. In the UK, this will be via Sony label Music …

Australian powerhouse, THE AMITY AFFLICTION are excited to announce their return to the UK for a string of headline shows this October. The 7 UK dates, starting in Birmingham and wrapping up in Bristol, will form part of a wider European trek, traversing across 14 countries. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 8th …

Megadeth have been around for 35 years now, and are reissuing their classic album “Killing is my business…and business is good”. The reissue carries the title “The final kill” and it’s been restored and remixed by Mark Lewis (Whitechapel) and remastered by Ted Jensen to match Dave Mustaine’s original vision. …

Steve Hill’s new live album is one of the most accurately titled albums ever – he is after all, a one-man blues rock band. If you’ve never seen Steve Hill play live, it’s impressive stuff – he plays guitar and sings (doing both well), and at the same time plays …

My Indigo is a solo project from Within Temptation singer Sharon den Adel. After going into the studio to write songs for Within Temptation and finding she was struggling to find inspiration, she decided to take a break. During that break she started writing again, but the songs she came …

With this year’s Stone Free Festival just over a month away, more exciting additions to the line-up have been announced, in addition to the full running order for the weekend. Pete Spiby & the Beat Alls have been announced to open the Indigo stage on Saturday, before slots from Stone …

After the 3 sold out shows in the 013 venue in The Netherlands, Ayreon Universe is ready to headline the Marquee Stage on Friday, June 22 at Graspop Metal Meeting 2018. This first exclusive Ayreon festival show will be performed by the very best original Ayreon instrumentalists and vocalists, including …

American rock titans POP EVIL have debuted a stunning new music video for their track, “A Crime To Remember.” Directed by Columbia Tatone, who also directed the band’s last two videos, “Waking Lions” and “Colors Bleed,” this is now the third music video installment we’ve seen from the band’s most …

On 13 July 2018, Eagle Rock Entertainment release From The Vault: No Security – San Jose 1999, the latest in the acclaimed and collectable From The Vault series. Mining the previously unreleased treasures of the band’s archive, this is a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray, DVD + 2CD, 3LP and …

Skindred are back with a new album – Big Tings.When they first started out, blending reggae and metal seemed like a crazy idea, but they’ve proved that it works and they’ve built a reputation in the UK for catchy songs and superb live shows. With this new album, Skindred seem …

You’ve got a new album, Fearless due for release later this month. It’s your first solo album since you left Ozzy isn’t it? I think it’s my first post-Ozzy album. On the album you’ve got Dennis Ward on vocals and bass. You’ve worked with him before as a producer havent …

I love the fact that when he’s not busy recording his own music or doing tours of it, Joe Bonamassa does tours or live shows paying tributes to some of the great artists that inspired him. Doing that helps bring their work to a new audience and helps modern audiences …

Download Festival, the UK’s premier rock event has today announced the debut of DO.OMYOGA on-site for 2018. Taking a leap into the world of wellness and fitness, festival revellers will have the incredible opportunity to perfect their downward facing Download Dog and take part in the renowned DO.OMYOGA classes along …

Gold-certified, Billboard chart-topping, five-time Grammy nominated band LAMB OF GOD will release their highly-anticipated covers album as BURN THE PRIEST, Legion: XX, next Friday, May 18 via Nuclear Blast in celebration of BURN THE PRIEST’s upcoming 20th anniversary. Legion: XX is a collection of songs reflecting the greatness of the classic punk, hardcore, crossover and noise artists that …