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Überkill are a five piece London based rock band whose slick riffs and catchy choruses dominate a sound that heralds the second coming of the guitar based music scene.Rolling Stone Russia wrote about the band “the classic rock in their interpretation has a special soulfulness and lust for life”. Überkill’s …

Shawn Smith (Brad / Pigeonhead ) UK AND IRELAND April / May Tour  2015 Shawn Smith plays an all too rare run of shows in the UK from April 23rd to May 5th.  Shawn has been heralded as “One of the best Rock Vocalists of all time” by Mojo Magazine and this intimate tour will be his …

Von Hertzen Brothers Get Into ‘Trouble’!   Finnish chart-toppers the Von Hertzen Brothers release lyric video for ‘Trouble’ – a track from their forthcoming studio album, ‘New Day Rising’, out March 23rd on Spinefarm Records… Mixed by Juno Award winner Randy Staub (Metallica, Alice In Chains), ‘Trouble’ blends the key elements of VHB‘s music: atmosphere, intelligence, epic feel, progressive leanings and serious riffs. …

Wolfheart release ‘The Hunt’  video taken from their debut album ‘Winterborn’ via Spinefarm Records.   ‘We’re meandering through the dead of winter, dealing with ice, snow, bitter chill, and, well, misery in much of the country. But rather than lament the climate and wish away our lives, thinking about warm weather, …

Sky Valley Mistress, have just been confirmed as the only support for The Cadillac Three on their March UK tour,  starting this week. “Sky Valley Mistress mean business as they come swaggering out of Blackburn to set hips shaking and pulses racing with a blend of dirty blues and raw rock and …

Bad Guys Release Surprise Music Video For ‘Prostitutes (Are Making Love In My Garden)’ London’s hard rockers Bad Guys have unleashed the video for ‘Prostitutes (Are Making Love In My Garden)’ on an unsuspecting public. Bad Guys have teamed up with Rock-A-Rolla to premiere their epic music video for the …

Ian Anderson Celebrates Jethro Tull With a New Show – UK Dates Announced Progressive Rock pioneer Ian Anderson has announced 6 dates of a 2015 UK tour, titled ‘Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera’. The shows will take place in September, with tickets on general sale from 9th March. ‘Jethro …

Steve Hackett Reveals New Bass/12 String Player Roine Stolt Prog visionary Steve Hackett has announced the addition of multi-talented guitarist Roine Stolt to his tour line-up. Stolt, known as leading light of the Flower Kings and for his association with Transatlantic, will play bass and twelve string, occasionally also joining …

  Dire Peril release lyric video for ‘Evolution’s Failed Design’ Based on an independent short story written by Heather Smith, “Evolution’s Failed Design” tells the story of an android uncovering the hidden truth that he was once a human experiment as he copes with human thoughts and feelings. “Evolution’s Failed Design” …

A little different this one, because its not just bands. Everyone knows a band no matter how good, can only sound rocking if they have the right equipment behind them, and with that in mind it gives us massive pleasure to announce the mighty Blackstar Amplification have agreed to supply …

German Heavy Metallers WIZARD To Release First Ever Live DVD German True Heavy Metal act WIZARD will release their first ever live DVD, titled “25 Years Of Heavy Metal – Live In Bocholt”. The DVD will be available on March 10, 2015, and will include complete live show recorded in …

Swedish Heavy Metal foursome ENFORCER will release their new album From Beyond April 7th via Nuclear Blast.  The fourth ENFORCER record consists of ten new tracks; all produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves.   Today the band debuts their video for opening track of From Beyond.  The video …

New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT have posted the first video in the webisode series the band filmed documenting the production process and the background for the new album The American Dream Died. Check out the first webisode HERE.   AGNOSTIC FRONT has announced that as a special bonus in each vinyl …

Mabel Greer’s Toyshop Here’s the last Friday Mabel Greer’s Toyshop album teaser…. Robert Hagger – talks about the album recording 5 of the old songs that they played in the 60s (new versions of them) together with 6 new songs… As I said the other day, Mabel Greer’s Toyshop had a …

It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning… Wrong song, wrong place! But the weather gods smiled on Axel Rudi Pell on that memorable magic evening of July 11th 2014:  There had been a severe weather alert, but in the end the floodgates of heaven opened only …

Swedish rock legends EUROPE will release their 10th studio album, War of Kings, on March 10, 2015 in the United States via Hell & Back Recordings.   In conjunction with the upcoming album release, the band will ship off on the Monsters of Rock cruise on April 18th from Miami, …

VAMPS, the Japanese rock band formed by and featuring HYDE (L’Arc~en~Ciel) and K.A.Z (Oblivion Dust), will release a new studio album, Bloodsuckers, through Spinefarm Records on March 24. The pre-order is HERE.   This 13 track release-produced by VAMPS and Josh Wilbur (whose previous credits include Gojira and Lamb of God) and housed …

Portuguese Gothic Metal pioneers MOONSPELL first brought the dark flames to their native country – and then set the rest of the world aflame with milestone albums including Irreligious and Night Eternal. Now with their eleventh studio album Extinct, the band has erected yet another monument in the realm of …

THE BATTERY ELECTRIC is a rock and roll band based in Asbury Park, NJ.  Formed in the summer of 2012 by three friends wanting to re-create back to basics rock and roll with strong influences of punk, soul, garage, and American classic rock, they have a crafted a sound that’s both …

Ian Siegal releases new live video for “Hard Pressed” (Live & Extended);Available exclusively as a free MP3 download with the CD & Vinyl editions of the forthcoming live album “One Night in Amsterdam” Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Ian Siegal has premiered the new live video recording of “Hard Pressed” from …