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Welcome back young upstarts Jayler who blew me and many friends away when they fired out a two hour set with no break at my local venue, the Cosey Club in Haslington on March 31st 2024. When the last note ended and the applause subsided, there was an eerie hush …

Invocation is the title of the highly anticipated new 11-track album from slide guitar virtuoso Troy Redfern. The album, released by RED7 Records on Friday 17th May 2024, is available in limited edition coloured vinyl, black vinyl, plus two different CD cover artwork designs. Pre-order the album from www.troyredfern.com.The fifth single taken from the …

Lodestar unveil Hammer inspired gothic horror video featuring Peter Cushing for the phenomenal new single ‘Bring Me The Head’ Experimental rock band Lodestar proudly release their brand new single Bring Me The Head. The lean, grinding and vengeful, Bring Me The Head is taken from their forthcoming album, Zonen, released on 17th May. “Bring me the head is …

Rock n’ roll is loud, reckless, and all about the moment. Few modern bands know this like Nashville, Tennessee based  Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. On the band’s exhilarating new album, Electrified, out May 10th on the band’s own Rattle Shake Records, the group raises a glass high to its wildly fishtailing …

Welcome back to Midlands based thrashers Vicious Nature. Their title lives up to its name throughout their new five track EP Shadowlands, independently released on May 10th, 2024, on the same day as heading off to play European dates in Poland, Belgium and Germany. Opening track ‘And So It Begins’ …

It amazes me that Collateral are still a support band considering the amount of coverage they have gotten along with regular touring.  The crowd is cheering loudly as the band enter the stage followed swiftly by the energy ball that is Angelo Tristan the band launch into Glass Sky, a …

THE CHAMELEONS | Where Are You? EP cover artworkTHE CHAMELEONSWHERE ARE YOU?new EP12″  |  digitalout 24.05.24(Metropolis Records)Bandcamp pre-order  |  pre-save/add “It’s exciting to finally be putting out fresh Chameleons material for the first time in over twenty years, although initially I found it quite daunting,” admits Mark Burgess, the vocalist/bassist of iconic post-punk band …

‘Stay Strange’ is a song included on ‘Trickery’, the magnificent seventh album by Swedish post-punk/goth trio Then Comes Silence. Also home to the singles ‘Ride Or Die’ and ‘Like A Hammer’, plus several other future anthems, the record has been collecting accolades worldwide and seen the group favourably compared to …

Hot on the heels of their hugely successful ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ American Tour, Progressive Rock legends, YES, are poised to hit the road in the UK once more on a 9-date trek across the country starting on 23rd May at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and ending in London …

Polish death-metal maniacs DISLOYAL will return this summer with their fifth full-length album, Divine Miasmata.Marking the band’s natural progression, Divine Miasmata is a proposalthat simply cannot be ignored. This is easily the band’s most complex, catchy, atmospheric, groovy, and dark record to date. Combining hard-labor musical craftsmanship with top-notch artistic finesse, this release …

THE HU has shared the live shot performance video of their marching, chant-inducing single “Tatar Warrior” filmed during their recent U.S. co-headlining tour with British rockers Asking Alexandria. Watch “Tatar Warrior” streaming below or directly via YouTube  “During our performance at the Glastonbury festival in 2023, the crowds were extra lively and energetic, …

The Rhythm of the War Drum Tour‘ begins May 8th running through June 1st New full-length album Where I Begin is available everywhere now! Listen at this location Hot off the heels of their recent critically acclaimed third full-length album release entitled Where I Begin, American NWOCR band Hearts & Hand Grenades are gearing up to hit …

Raymond Watts aka PIG has enjoyed a stellar career since starting out as a pioneering member of the mid-1980s industrial rock scene. As well as releasing fourteen albums as PIG, he has toured with KMFDM (he was a member of the band in their early days), Nine Inch Nails and Einstürzende Neubauten, …

August 9th 2024 cannot arrive soon enough as blues sensation Elles Bailey releases her Beneath The Neon Glow album via Cooking Vinyl Records, and has just released ‘Leave The Light On’, second single taken from it, and another bonus is a 16 date UK Autumn headlining tour! To my ears …

Taken from his last studio album, the chart topping Battles, comes Jack J Hutchinsons most melodic track to date from it, Said track is ‘Love Is The Law’ that still packs a punch from the lumbering grooves that drives this laid back bombast of a belligerent, bluesy ballad along that …

Once again, the resurgence in the blues comes up with another quality release, point proven by ‘Saratoga’, latest single on Ruf Records from Eddie 9V (9-volt), but you can add another two zeros to that due to the party starting energy it unleashes! At the tender age of 15, he …

Massive Wagons announce a 9-date headline tour across the UK and Ireland. Kicking off at Nottingham’s Rock City on 22nd November and finishing at Belfast’s Limelight 2 on 7th December, the tour will see them headline their biggest venues to date and will follow a run in Europe with Kissin’ …

To coincide with the Friday May 3rd release of legendary British AOR rock band FM‘s fourteenth studio album Old Habits Die Hard, the band have released their new single “Whatever It Takes.” Both album and single celebrate FM’s 40th Anniversary (1984-2024).  Old Habits Die Hard is available to order from https://orcd.co/oldhabitsdiehard. Watch the official music visualiser for “Whatever …