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Joanne Shaw Taylor added to Planet Rockstock 2015 line-up

Celebrated British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has just been added to this year’s Planet Rockstock Festival line-up alongside The Darkness, DanPatlansky, Danko Jones. Crobot, Heaven’s Basement, Scorpion Child, and many more. Rockstock takes place from December 4-6 in Trecco Bay, Wales. For more information, visit: www.planetrock.com/rockstock. …

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Perfect Crimes – release Black Cloud music video

Perfect Crimes formed in early 2011. The four members each bring diverse influences to create a compelling mixture of electrifying riffs, thrilling breakdowns and captivating choruses; while striving to write unique hard rock songs that translate well onstage. PC have gigged heavily around the Sheffield area, playing the popular local …

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The Graveltones – Announce UK Tour September/October 2015

“The Graveltones live are a phenomenal experience. Watching them bulldozes any presumption of a new White Stripes or Black Keys thanks to their Bonham-esque thunder drumming and cocooning vocals.”  The Graveltones released their brand new album ‘Love Lies Dying’ in May 2015, through Lagoon Dog Records. To promote this great …

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Gibson – To Celebrate Les Paul 100th Birthday

Music fans who enter will have a one-in-ten chance to win a free  GIBSON LES PAUL ELECTRIC GUITAR. (NASHVILLE, TN) – Gibson, the producer of the world’s most iconic electric guitar model, the “Les Paul,” will celebrate the 100th birthday of musician and inventor Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – …

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Attila Frontman Set To Release Solo Album

Your new favourite rapper has arrived! Attila frontman Fronz will release his long-gestating and much-anticipated rap album Party People’s Anthem on 30th June via Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie. As a rapper, Fronzilla is best described as the Eazy-E of the Tumblr generation, mixed with the recklessness of Schoolboy Q and the fashion-forward freshness of …

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High On Fire – launch new song ‘The Sunless Years’

World-renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE will release its highly-anticipated new album, Luminiferous, on June 22 via Century Media Records in Europe. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the record is the follow-up to the group’s 2012 release, De Vermis Mysteriis, an album hailed as “not …

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Chronocide announce new album

Blackened Grind Crust outfit Chronocide are returning with a new album, ‘Meditations’ is coming out on 14th August via Human Jigsaw Records. Formed in 2008 with the sole intention of creating harsh, abrasive music without category or limitation, the UK based duo spat out an album of non-stop of blast …

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Buckcherry to release 7th studio album, ‘ROCK ‘N’ ROLL,’ On August 21st via F-BOMB RECORDS

June 2, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles’ notorious, multi-platinum-selling rock band, Buckcherry, will release their 7th studio album, Rock ‘n’ Roll, on August 21st via F-Bomb Records/Caroline. In anticipation for the upcoming record, the band will premiere a new track/video for their first single, “Bring It On Back,”Pre-order Rock ‘n’ Roll now at …

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Riverside announce album and tour

6 UK dates in October will tie in with launch of 6th album Riverside have confirmed six UK dates as part of a European run to support the launch of their sixth album. The follow-up to Shrine Of New Generation Slaves is entitled Love, Fear And The Time Machine, and …

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Soulfly to release new album in August

Soulfly will release their tenth studio album, ‘Archangel’, via Nuclear Blast Entertainment on August 14.  It will feature guest performances from Todd Jones of Nails, Matt Young of King Parrot, as well as Richie and Igor Cavalera. “I am so proud to be releasing Soulfly’s tenth album,” commented founder/vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera. “I …

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