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Notorious Swedish black metal collective Watain is proud to unleash ‘The Howling‘ – the first single from their upcoming new studio album, The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain, which will be released on April 29th 2022. ‘The Howling‘ sets the tone for what will be offered on the band’s 7th full-length, an unsettling blackened voyage in 10 chapters …

The mighty KREATOR are proud to announce their fifteenth studio album, “Hate Über Alles,” which will be released on June 3rd, 2022. Five years after their highly acclaimed album “Gods Of Violence” (2017), peaking at #1 in the German album charts, the genre-defining band are proud to present this 11-track behemoth. For 37 years, KREATOR has …

Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) has just added extra live dates in London and Manchester to his upcoming UK tour, with previously announced shows on 29th March and 1st April respectively having sold out. The revised itinerary is as follows:28.03.22  BRIGHTON Green Door Store29.03.22  LONDON Omeara31.03.22  BRISTOL Exchange01.04.22  MANCHESTER Night & Day02.04.22  LEEDS The Key Club05.04.22  MANCHESTER Night & Day  NEW DATE06.04.22  LONDON Omeara  NEW …

The UK’s critically acclaimed blues-rock band KING KING kick off their February 2022 UK Tour with special guests The Damn Truth on Thursday, February 10th at the York Opera House. Tickets are available from www.thegigcartel.com and www.kingking.co.uk.  King King has also been nominated for “Blues Band of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards 2022. Vote for King King at www.ukblues.org/awards.  King King will …

Poised to become a genre-shaping staple with the release of two major-label albums in the ’90s, rustbelt Blues singer and guitarist Larry McCray proves he’s been hiding in plain sight with today’s announcement of his first album in nearly seven years, Blues Without You, set for release on March 25, 2022. Produced by …

SCARLET REBELS – NEW ALBUM SEE THROUGH BLUESMASHES INTO UK OFFICIAL TOP 10 AT #7 UK TOUR 2022 – NEW & REVISED DATESTICKETS AVAILABLE HERE SUPPORTING LOCAL FOOD BANKSAT ALL HEADLINE SHOWS #7 UK Official Album Chart Feb 2022#2 UK Official Rock Album Chart Feb 2022#1 Welsh Official Album Chart Feb 2022#2 …

Glastonbury rockers REEF have released their new double A-side single ‘Wolfman’, taken from their eagerly anticipated new album Shoot Me Your Ace, which will be released on April 15th The two songs illustrate both sides of the acclaimed British band. ‘Wolfman’ is a huge groove-laden track, as heavy as it is …

Dom Martin, When Rivers Meet, King King and Brave Rival are just a few of the UK’s leading blues artists who have received nominations at the UK Blues Awards 2022. If you haven’t voted yet, cast here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2022UKBluesAwards.  Voting closes at 23.45 on Tuesday, February 15th.  Dom Martin is nominated in five categories including “Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year”, “Best …

Pre-orders have opened for Adam Norsworthy’s exciting 4th solo album ‘Infinite Hotel’, and Adam is sharing a video teaser for the album, dubbed “A contender for Album Of The Year 2022″  by Blues in Britain Magazine Check out the video teaser here: Adam Norsworthy – INFINITE HOTEL – Album Trailer Adam himself is …

It’s a super-busy and exciting time for award-winning Elles Bailey and her fans. Not only is Elles about to release her eagerly awaited, brand-new album ‘Shining in the Half Light’, but she’s announcing a special album launch show at the live music venue OMEARA (London). What’s more, Elles will be undertaking a special record store …

Life’s Machine is the stunning debut album from Portsmouth-based five-piece rock, blues, and soul band Brave Rival featuring the hypnotic lead vocals of Lindsey Bonnick and Chloe Josephine. The album is released on Friday 6 May 2022 and is available for pre-order from www.braverival.com/music. The first single Guilty Love, released Friday 11 February 2022, is available to pre-save from https://bit.ly/3G9BnsX. Recorded in the …

A Canadian darkwave ensemble who incorporate elements of electronica, goth and new wave into their lush and atmospheric dark-pop sound, The Birthday Massacre have enjoyed success over the last decade with albums such as ‘Hide And Seek’ (2012) and ‘Under Your Spell’ (2017), both of which charted at home and …

Rock band Plush has premiered it’s brand new single and video for ‘Better Off Alone’ a track from their self-titled debut album. This song follows the previous single ‘Hate’ which hit number 24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and camped out there for a total of 17 weeks straight. …

Tyrannosaurus Nebulous premiere ‘Deal With My Evil’ music video The Black Country rock/metal group have overcome odds and seemingly impossible situations to deliver their anticipated debut album ‘Tyrant Lizard King’ this coming March.  Ahead of the album’s release Tyrannosaurus Nebulous have premiered a new music video for lead track ‘Deal …

WARRIOR SOUL, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, is back with the highly anticipated NEW album ‘Out On Bail’, out on March 4th, via Livewire/Cargo Records UK. The first single ‘We’re Alive’ was released in December ’21 and ‘Out On Bail’ is a statement of considerable intent from …

If you’re anything like us, you can’t wait to be back in the green fields of Catton Park watching some world-class heavy metal at BLOODSTOCK – and we’re well over halfway there! Is it too soon to start a count down yet?! (136 days to go, in case you were wondering… yes, …