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“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 return with their brand new album ‘Love Lies Dying’ which is set for release on 31st May 2015 …

Multi award-winning, blues rock band King King have just released a lyric video for a new song “Waking Up” taken from the new album Reaching For The Light (out now). There’s a definite buzz surrounding King King’s highly anticipated third studio album, “Reaching For The Light”. At a time when …

London four-piece Storms have been gathering a lot of attention over the past year, with a palpable buzz building across the industry. Retaining full creative control they recently signed a deal with fast-rising Manchester label MUK and have unveiled their debut, ‘Girl’. A savvy grunge-infused track bathed in 90’s influences …

Italian rock/metal band HERETIC’S DREAM signed a worldwilde deal with Sliptrick Records. Their new album “Floating State Of Mind” is scheduled for a release in fall 2015. The new album marking a real change in sound and songwriting, a deep progressive metal approach revolving around multi-layered vocal melodies, richer guitars arrangements and a rock …

HELLOWEEN are one of the most influential and internationally successful acts of the global metal scene. With the release of their 15th studio album My God-Given Right, due on June 1st, the Pumpkin Heads are set to further cement their title as the founding fathers of German melodic speed metal.  Director …

Multi-platinum US rockers GODSMACK reveal the lyric video for ‘Generation Day’, the second track to be taken from latest / sixth studio album, ‘1000hp’ – the follow-up to 2010’s ‘The Oracle’ and a #1 Rock Album in America, debuting Top 3 on the Billboard charts.     Produced & mixed …

Kobra And The Lotus, the explosive hard rockers fronted by classically-trained vocal powerhouse Kobra Paige, will be returning to UK shores for a headline UK run in June /July. The Canadian outfit have been making a name for themselves with well-received albums, including 2014’s ‘High Priestess’ (out now via Spinefarm …

Amorettes premiere the video for their new single ‘Bull By The Horns’ After the release of their critically acclaimed album ‘Game On’ earlier in the year the band are back with second single and music video ‘Bull By The Horns’ The Scottish all-girl three piece produce boisterous classic rock tunes …

Icelandic classic rock trio THE VINTAGE CARAVAN released their new album Arrival yesterday and in celebration, we spoke to Stefán and Óskar about how the new line up came about (‘it was like going on a date and seeing the girl kiss the other guy goodbye’), classic rock influences and what the guys think when someone …

The Finnish outfit will line up beside Ian Anderson, Focus, Caravan, Arthur Brown, The Enid and others at Hafan-y-Mor, Pwllheli on the weekend of March 17-19, 2016. VBH are riding high after the launch of sixth album New Day Rising earlier this year. Mikko Von Hertzen recently said: “We were …

Camden Rocks Festival have announced their official 2015 headliner. Watch the video to reveal the headliner. The band were last seen headlining Wembley Arena and since, have been away working on a new album. It’s due to be the bands ONLY London show of 2015, so don’t miss out, get …

Australian metalcore masters The Amity Affliction have announced a deluxe edition of their acclaimed new album, “LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME”, via Roadunner Records. The special edition release will be available physically in the UK exclusively via the Roadrunner Records UK store at http://smarturl.it/SLF, together with an exclusive ‘Seems Like Forever’ t-shirt, …

Albatross – Release Debut Album ‘Fear From The Skies’ ALBATROSS (India) – ‘Fear from the Skies’ ALBATROSS, arguably India’s most well-known heavy metal band, release their début full length on Transcending Obscurity India. After releasing two well known albums, one EP and one split, the members have spent years perfecting their magnum opus …

Midlands-based alternative rockers Captain Horizon release their incredible 2nd album “Imitation Sun” on 11th May 2015 via Rocksector Records & celebrate with the release of the new music video ‘The Dark’. The album has already begun to garner critical praise…. POWERPLAY magazine.. ‘riffs are chunky & sharp, modern & retro.. …

Northern Irish heavy metal sensations Stormzone have just released news of their upcoming fifth instalment entitled ‘Seven Sins’. The band released the following statement via Facebook: “And so it begins! There’s no movie trailer to this new release, but if there was one it would have been made by Carlsberg! …

Following the release of her critically acclaimed album “Better Than Home“, and her triumphant May 2015 UK tour, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, Beth Hart will perform a rare, first-time solo concert in the intimate surroundings of the Union Chapel in Islington, North London on Monday 14th December. Tickets, priced £35.00, will …

Irish instrumental prog metallers Shardborne – who play the PlanetMosh-backed Perverting The Innocent festival later this year – are to release their full-length debut, ‘Living Bridges’, via Out On A Limb Records on July 10 . The band said of the album – the follow up to their 2011 ‘Aeonian Sequence’ EP:  “[It’s] progressive metal …

With over 12 million YouTube views for their take on AC/DC’s Thunderstruck, Steve’N’Seagulls bring their unique style to the UK for a run of shows to celebrate the release of their debut album Farm Machine on Spinefarm Records. Barnyard Boogiemen STEVE’N’SEAGULLS, go from Viral Sensation to signed act with over 12 million …

New single ‘Torn Apart – 8th June 
‘Best British Band’ and ‘Best Single’ nominations at Kerrang! Awards Enter Shikari this week release a video for the track ‘Torn Apart’, directed by Mike Tyler who was also responsible for the video for the band’s previous single ‘Anaesthetist’. Check it out here: The track is the third “proper” …

San Francisco Bay Area thrash veterans DEATH ANGEL are pleased to announce the release of ‘A Thrashumentary’. The DVD release was directed, shot and edited by Tommy Jones(KATAKLYSM, SOILWORK, LAMB OF GOD, CARCASS, TESTAMENT) of Videohammer Studios . It will be released on July 17th via Nuclear Blast Records. The …