Brent Enman is a multi-instrumentalist who comes originally from just outside Boston, Massachusetts.  He’s played in various bands and shared stages with the likes of Britny Fox, Ratt and REO Speedwagon.  On this album he demonstrates his multi-instrumentalist status by playing all the instruments himself as well as writing and …

Switzerland is a country typically associated with Mountains, Chocolate, cuckoo clocks and banks, but they do actually produce some great bands – Gotthard, Krokus and Celtic Frost being prime examples, and The Vibes being another (lesser known) case.  The vibes play what they describe as T.C.B Rock’n’Roll (I’ve got no …

Manchester band Babylon Fire formed in 2007 as a five-piece but are now a four-piece band.  They released their debut EP in 2009, and are now ready to release their debut album.  The band got a lot of attention when Bruce Dickinson raved about the band on his BBC6 radio …

 I spoke to Jill Janus, lead singer of Huntress shortly before they played the Metal Hammer Halloween party in London at the end of their short UK tour.  I asked her about the bands debut album, their future tour plans and festival dates and more.  

Lacuna Coil played Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton on Tuesday night with support from American band This is she.

When I arrived outside the venue it was clear that tonights show was either sold out or pretty close – the queue was enormous.  Once inside it was pretty packed and was already getting quite warm even before the support band came on. Tonight’s support act (and indeed the support …

I spoke with Lacuna Coil singer Andrea Ferro shortly before the band’s show at Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton to talk about the bands tour, their latest album and more..    

Black Country Communion release their third album at a time that rumours are rife that the band may split in the near future, with Glenn Hughes wanting to tour more and Joe Bonamassa wanting to spend the time on his solo career instead.  How much truth their is in these …

Tonight was Richie Sambora’s only UK show on his short European tour.  When I arrived at the venue, there were huge queues outside for this sold out gig – the longest queues I’ve seen for any gig at this venue (and I’ve been to a lot of gigs here).  Everybody seemed …

Beverly McClellan may not be a household name in the UK but she certainly is in the US where she appeared on the US version of the TV show “The Voice”.  The Blues rock powerhouse vocalist has released her album “Fear nothing” to coincide with her touring the UK with …

Americal female fronted punk band Mongrel come from theBoston (Massachusetts) area..  They were founded in 2003, and have toured extensively, playing with bands such as FEAR, Blitzkid, Trashlight Vision, Michale Graves, and shared stages with the MISFITS, GWAR, Korn, Otep, Prong, Wednesday13, Luchagors, Fu Manchu, Psychostick, Dizzy Reed (Gn’R), Piggy …

Photos from the Reckless Love gig at the Barfly in Camden featuring a guest appearance by Matt from The Treatment.  Support came from New Device and Mallory Knox.  See the slideshows below – one for the Reckless love photos and one for the two support bands…   %%wppa%% %%slide=477%%   …

Absolva are a new band, having only formed in May 2012.  Despite this they’re already releasing their first album.  The band was formed by Chris Appleton and Martin McNee – two thirds of Fury UK, after their band mate and brother of Chris, Luke Appleton left to join Iced Earth.  …

Canadian folk metal band Scythia released their latest EP “For the bear” at the end of September.  The stated aim of the EP is to give the EP the sound the band have live, so they’ve opted not to use any guest musicians or to use post-production sound effects and …

Tonights pouring rain seemed to have put some fans off attending the gig – the venue was only around a third full which was disappointing for a Friday night gig, but none of the bands let it bother them and the fans who did brave the rain got to see …

I spoke to Stitch D and The AvD from The Defiled shortly before they played Shepherds Bush Empire with Cavorts, Alestorm and Dragonforce to talk about albums, touring and more.  

I spoke to young rockers LostAlone shortly before their gig at the Crauford Arms in Milton Keynes where they were playing with Tonight Alive as part of their European tour.  We talked about touring – their next dates are supportin Evanescence, their album, their playing Download, and more…   http://www.lostalone.com …

Tonight was the first night of the Reckless love tour, during which they are making weekly appearances at the Barfly in Camden – playing every Thursday night, each time with a different support act.  Tonights gig was sold out with a large queue forming well before the doors opened, and …

Mexican band Neural FX formed in 2007 and after undergoing various lineup changes settled on the current lineup in 2010.  In 2011 the band started recording their debut album – Abreaction, which has now been released in 2012. Musically, Neural FX are a Prog metal band. Brief comments on a …

Boyjazz were founded in California in 2002.  They released their debut album “In the city tonight” in 2004.  In 2006 they entered the studio to record their second album – “Unlimited nights & weekends”, but due to problems with record labels the album got shelved and has only received a …