Opening tonight’s bill were Pop Evil from Michigan USA, and here in the UK for the first time.  Straight away they impressed me – they sounded great and put everything they had into their performance.  The band members were constantly running around the stage, jumping, and generally burning off more …

Hard Rock Hell, Europe’s leading residential rock festival, is pleased to announce Blue Oyster Cult, Krokus & Vardis added to its 8th cycle. It’s with extreme pleasure, that HRH announce the arrival of New York Rockers, Blue Oyster Cult to lead the Saturday night at this year’s Hard Rock Hell. …

Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Argia, Diabulus in Musica singer Zuberoa Aznárez took some time to answer a few questions for us… OK for anyone who isnt familiar with Diabulus in Musica, can you tell us a bit about the band? We are an, I would say …

London Punk-Blues trio The Bermondsey Joyriders are releasing a double A side single in April.  The single pays tribute to two rock icons, Johnny Thunder (New York Dolls) and Brian Jones (Rolling Stones).  The band will be following the single with the release of their third album, “Flamboyant thugs” at …

New York rock band The Cringe are currently on tour in the UK supporting Steel Panther so will be hoping to impress fans with their live show before they release their new album in April.  The band formed in 2004 and consists of John Cusimano (vocals/guitar/keyboards), ex Air/Mr Bungle guitarist …

I spoke to Erik Grönwall and Eric Rivers from Swedish melodic rock band H.E.A.T at their hotel in London to talk to them about their forthcoming album “Tearing down the walls”, their tour plans, festival plans and more… Your new album, “Tearing down the walls” is due to be released …

It’s almost four years since one of the true legends of rock and metal died from cancer.  Ronnie James Dio had a career that spanned several decades and included singing for Rainbow, Black Sabbath, his own band Dio, and Heaven and Hell. Now a tribute album is being released with …

*** NY Rockers’ Massive Steel Panther March UK Tour Support Slot Confirmed Prior To Release Of Hugely Accomplished ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ Album on April 14th Via Sony/RED*** “Accomplished alt rock … Watch. Listen. Love” – The Huffington Post “the perfect mix of blistering energy and thoughtful contemplation for these …

In between touring and writing for Nightwish, Tuomas Holopainen hasn’t been taking things easy.  Instead he’s been working on his solo album, Music inspired by The life and times of Scrooge.  Your first thought would usually be of the famous literary character created by Charles Dickens, but if you’ve seen …

Having been very impressed by Butcher Babies when they supported The Defiled in the UK in February I decided to head over to Europe to see one of their headline shows, so with the Amsterdam show falling on a weekend, cheap ticket prices and being the last night of the …

First up were Norwegian Black Metal band Svarttjern who got this night of black metal off to a great start.  The very early start (the band were on stage at 5.30 – 90 minutes before doors open for most gigs) on a weeknight meant the audience was smaller than they …

First up was Mishkin Fitzgerald, who normally performs with her band, Bird eats baby, but tonight she’s performing solo.  Sat at a keyboard she sings and plays keyboards.  It’s a simple but effective performance and she sounds great.  For me the highlight of her set was her cover of the …

Blues singer/guitarist Robert Cray is certainly a man who can be called a music legend.  In a career that has spanned forty years he’s released sixteen studio albums (“In my soul” will be his 17th); sold over 12 million records; been nominated for a Grammy award fifteen times and won …

In my opinion, one of the best albums of last year was the second collaboration between Guitarist Joe Bonamassa and singer Beth Hart, “Seesaw”.  Like the first album they did together it was a collection of cover versions of songs by classic artists, and I was just blown away by …

Swedish Melodic Rock band H.E.A.T are set to release the follow up to their 2012 album “Address the nation” in Mid April.  The band formed in 2007 and released their debut album in 2008.  Since they they’ve been rapidly gaining fans impressed by their great live performances and their albums.  …

With Delain’s new album, The Human Contradiction due out in just over a months time, I spoke to singer Charlotte Wessels to talk about the album.  We discussed the guests who appear on the album, their touring plans and more.  Listen to what she had to say using the player …

Guitarist Gus G is set to release his first ever solo album (I am the fire) in a few weeks time.  I spoke to him recently in London to talk about the album, how it differed from a Firewind album, the guests he’s worked with on the album, his plans …

Alongside their normal studio albums, Halestorm released a covers EP (Reanimate) in 2011, and then in October 2013 released a second one, (Reanimate 2.0) .  At the time it was only released in the US, but happily Atlantic are giving it a long overdue release in the UK to coincide …

Apparition performed at the Robin 2 in Bilston on Sunday night supporting Edenbridge.  It was only the second show for Apparition with their current guest vocalist, American singer Grace Meridan.  The band opened the night and went down well with the fans.  Check out these photos of their performance…

Dutch band Seventh Sin played the Robin 2 in Bilston as the last night of their UK tour supporting Edenbridge.  The band put in an excellent performance and made a lot of new fans on the night.  Check out these photos from their performance..