Many “supergroups” fail to live up to the hype, but one that does is Sons of Apollo. Featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, bassist Billy Sheehan, keyboard player Derek Sherinian and drummer Mike Portnoy it’s one hell of a lineup but more importantly it’s a lineup that …
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Ivory Tower return to the fore with their fifth offering titled ‘Stronger’, and boy does it pack a hefty punch Fancy a riff fest?, then climb the stairs of this ivory tower to the very summit of what melodic hard hitting Metal has to offer. Powering in …
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SICK OF IT ALL RELEASE VIDEO CLIP FOR “SELF IMPORTANT SHITHEAD” ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR WITH COMEBACK KID AND CANCER BATS After wrapping up the first leg of their European summer festivals New York’s SICK OF IT ALL are sharing a brand new video taken from their latest album, “Wake The Sleeping Dragon!”. Watch …
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Dr. Feelgood turns 30 30th Anniversary Edition Featuring New CD And Vinyl Packaging And Deluxe Edition Including Coloured Vinyl, Three 7” Picture Discs and much more Available for Pre-Order Now The world’s most notorious rock band, Mötley Crüe, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album Dr. Feelgood – watch …
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This really is a huge one for the HRH family – the very best in sleaze rock all under one roof for a weekend of bands and booze over the 29th and 30th of August 2020! Tickets here: http://www.hrhsleaze.com/product-category/sleaze-4 HRH Sleaze Cycle IV has gone into overdrive – we are bringing you one …
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Robert Randolph grew up playing Gospel music on the pedal steel guitar, an instrument with a distinctive (and beautiful) sound. He’s backed by the family band – and that’s not just a name, they are members of his family. Visit mysunrise to get more from the band. The album opens …
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Kris Barras released his last album, “The divine and dirty” in March 2018 with a small show at Thousand Island (formerly known as Upstairs at the Garage) in London. Just a few dozen people were there. Since then his career has exploded as he’s played several headline tours with the …
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It was only last year that Danny Bryant released his last album, Revelation, but he’s already back with another album. On “Revelation”, he was joined by the big band he did a tour with and that made the album something a bit different but now he’s back to working with …
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Newly signed to Steamhammer/SPV, French sleaze tock band Blackrain are set to release their new album (their sixth) in September. Formed in 2006 the band have toured playing their own headline shows as well as supporting bands including Europe, Papa roach, Alice Cooper, Ugly kid Joe and Steel panther. Earlier …
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First up tonight was Shooter Jennings and his band. Previously I’d only seen a few minutes of his set at Ramblin Man, so was looking forward to hearing more from him tonight. He plays guitar and keyboards, spending some songs sitting at the keyboard while for others he stands and …
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Sweden’s own sleaze metal pioneers, Crashdïet, are back with a new album, which is set for release on 13th September via Diet Records (Scandinavia) and Frontiers Music srl (World, ex-Scandinavia). ‘Rust’ is Crashdïet’s first studio album in six years and follows their 2013 effort, ‘The Savage Playground’. It is also …
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Another year and another sold out Rockwich Festival to review but this year we are at the Witton Albion Social Club, Northwich. It’s a very welcome change of venue and an acoustic evening of bands on Saturday preceded an electric day of thirteen bands in twelve hours today organized by …
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Saltwater Injection Press-release: Originally formed to create the soundtrack for a film that was never released. After years of legal wrangling, the band will finally be able to release that soundtrack. The film, which cannot be named due to legal reasons, was banned before it even reached the screens. However …
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Next Year are a 4 piece pop punk unit from Loughborough and were formed in late 2017. Similar in vein to the likes of Sum 41, Good Charlotte and Blink 182 etc, they have enough in their music to make their own identity stand out to the forefront. ‘Waterfalls ‘ …
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Following hot on the heels of ‘Hoedown Showdown’ and ‘Ladies’ Man’, the Bandits bring you a bouncy and thoroughly fun little number that will have you grabbing your partner and doing the do-si-do in no time. Accompanying the single release is a riotous live video, shot during a sold out …
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Angel Witch reveals details for new album, ‘Angel of Light’; Launches first single, “Don’t Turn Your Back” On November 1st, Angel Witch will release their fifth full-length, Angel of Light, via Metal Blade Records. Angel Witch‘s 1980 eponymous debut on Bronze records created shockwaves that would resonate throughout the nascent realm of thrash, doom …
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Not to be confused with an Australian band from Melbourne with the same name, Rotherham Sludgers Swamp Coffin deliver us an EP of pure doom and gloom all rolled into thirty four minutes of depression. Musically, it’s not much different to the Sludge kings already out there in the form …
Read More »Brit newcomers YOUTH ILLUSION will set loose their ultra-magnetic debut EP, Terms Of Submission, on Friday 15th November. The rising tunesmiths have also dropped a lyric video for the track, Better Off – https://youtu.be/fFTJgM1vPBU Harnessing emotive drive, contagious choruses and boundless energy, YOUTH ILLUSION pull influence from a variety …
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HAWXX are an up and coming all female heavy metal band, consisting of Anna, Hannah, Jessica and Iman. They’re into things like funny voices, feminism, booze, head banging and knitting. HAWXX originally hail from Greece, Wales, England and Bahrain and found each other in the trenches of Earlsfield, South London. …
Read More »Brit alt rockers TIRADE drop their stunning new EP, Nothing Dramatic, tomorrow. The band have also just released a video for the single, Burned Out – https://youtu.be/14z3UesMDAQ . We caught up with the guys and grilled them about their background and more: What is the full band line-up, who …
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