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Twisted Illusion return with alluring new single!

TWISTED ILLUSION are back with a glorious new album, Upstairs to Optimism, which arrives on Friday 28th April. The critically acclaimed prog unit have also unveiled a captivating new single and video, Totality, out now – https://youtu.be/XmfqoiFsyW8   TWISTED ILLUSION’s creative output is both prolific and exemplary. Since their formation …

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Blue Stragglers unleash killer new single and video!

Pulsating three-piece, BLUE STRAGGLERS, have unleashed their explosive new single and video, Reactor, via Hassle Records (Brutus, Casey, Press Club, Ithaca). Watch the video, here – https://youtu.be/HTDFdyyRNhQ . The single is lifted from the band’s hugely impressive forthcoming debut album, Cautionary Tales of Excess, out later this year. BLUE STRAGGLERS, consisting of …

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Glenn Hughes – Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of the album “BURN” – October 2023 UK Tour!!

Glenn Hughes, the former bassist, and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the ‘Voice of Rock’, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is pleased to announce, ‘Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the album BURN’ October 2023 UK tour.Glenn will perform Deep Purple’s legendary rock …

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Sari Schorr – Acclaimed Blues Sensation Announces Her UK Freedom Tour

Red-hot, powerhouse, New York Blues Rock singer/songwriter Sari Schorr announces her exciting new UK Freedom Tour, which features 7 dates during April 2023. Sari has recently been nominated for the International Artist of the Year Award in the UK Blues Awards 2023 and deservedly so: RawRamp Magazine called her “one of the best contemporary blues-rock singers in the world” Regarding her …

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CARCASS has announced a non-stop, two-week run of intimate UK club shows this May/June

CARCASS ANNOUNCE ‘BLOODY BLIGHTY 2023’ UK TOUR DATES CARCASS has announced a non-stop, two-week run of intimate UK club shows this May and June, dubbed the ‘Bloody Blighty 2023‘ tour, followed by a performance at Download Festival. Support will come from Unto Others (June 1st onwards) and Conjurer (all dates). CARCASS, who will also be playing three shows in …

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EMBRYO’s New Video “Highest Fame” ft. Drummer George Kollias (Nile)

Italy’s Embryo is sharing the next glimpse of powerhouse melodic death metal from their forthcoming fifth album “A Vivid Shade on Misery”, which features the pummeling drumming George Kollias (Nile) whom the band recruited for the full-length’s recording. Due out on March 17th, 2023 via Rockshots Records. Watch and listen to the intense sheer energy this …

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SICK N’ BEAUTIFUL – UK APRIL TOUR

Hailing from Italy and other mad planets, intergalactic metallers Sick N’ Beautiful are part of a three-band bill touring the UK in April. The group will be presenting a brand new live show to promote their ‘Starstruck’ album released in 2022 via Frontiers.“We’ve been primed and ready to go for …

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YAKI DAH DROP SCORCHING DEBUT TRACK!

Emerging UK rock crew, YAKI DAH, are braced for ascension, and are armed with their captivating new single and video, Do Me Wrong, which is out now. Watch the gripping video, here – https://youtu.be/jfkDIheseV8 . Drawing from the grooves and vigor of Led Zeppelin, Wolf Mother, and Pink Floyd, through …

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THE RHUBARB RELEASE ABSORBING NEW SINGLE & VIDEO

THE RHUBARB are poised to step up with the release of their debut album, Symptom of Failure, which is available via streaming services and vinyl from Milky Bomb Records, on Friday 24th March. The album is preceded by the alluring new single, Awful Deed, out now. Check out the video, …

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Esprit D’Air Shizuku (feat. Misstiq)new animated video + U.K. Tour this February!

Esprit D’Air releases 雫 (‘Shizuku’) in collaboration with Misstiq Japanese metal solo project Esprit D’Air, led by award-winning producer and composer Kai, has their new single, 雫 (‘Shizuku’), featuring Australian producer Misstiq on synthesizers.  About the track, Misstiq says: “I’ve worked with many talented artists around the world, but Esprit D’Air… damn son. One of my absolute …

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SLIPKNOT: SHARE NEW SONG,’BONE CHURCH’ COMPANION VIDEO YEN – DIRECTORS CUT (BONE CHURCH) 

GRAMMY Award-winning Iowan icons SLIPKNOT have shared Bone Church, a surprise standalone single available today on all streaming platforms.  The new song arrives with a M. Shawn ‘clown’ Crahan directed video piece titled Yen – Director’s Cut (Bone Church), which finds the multidisciplinary artist and founding member refreshing footage from the band’s Yen music video.Says clown about the …

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COPEHILL DOWN ARE BACK WITH EP & VIDEO!

South Wales newcomers COPEHILL DOWN release a gauntlet with their towering debut EP, The Design, The Disaster: Part One, out Friday 21st April. The UK riff merchants have also just delivered a blistering new single and video, World One – https://youtu.be/h68wQZ6KL40 . Formed in 2020 and hailing from Newport, Wales, …

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Motörhead – Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC!

Motörhead, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, released their 23rd (and final) studio album Bad Magic in 2015. Instantly hailed as one of the best the beloved trio had recorded in many years, Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC enjoys a bonus-packed refresh, adding two previously unreleased tracks from those furious sessions: “Bullet in Your Brain” and “Greedy Bastards” …

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