Comin’ in again with all guns blazin’ – WARRIOR SOUL have a new record ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Disease‘ set for release on June 7th 2019 via Livewire/Cargo Records. The album is the follow up to last year’s very successful and critically acclaimed, raw and raucous ‘Back On The Lash‘ release. ‘Rock n’ Roll Disease‘ promises …
Read More »Avantasia – Forum, London – 16th April 2019
Tonight’s show was an early start – 7.30pm on stage. That’s not so the band can have an early finish but because they play long sets – almost three and a half hours tonight. That’s a pretty impressive set length and is typical of Tobias Sammet’s whole approach to Avantasia …
Read More »MAZIAC DROP TRACK AND ANNOUNCE ALBUM PLANS!
MAZIAC step up with the release of their stunning track, Escapism, taken from their explosive forthcoming new album, Forged, which lands on Friday 5th July. With an empowering and emotional sound that bonds aggression with melancholy, MAZIAC take no prisoners. Rendering influence from alternative rock, modern prog and metal, …
Read More »Cornwall Rocks – Breaking the Sound Barrier!
Brand new three day festival to be launched later this year….. Solid Entertainments is delighted to announce that Cornwall Rocks will be held at Tencreek Holiday Park in Looe on 15th, 16th and 17th November 2019 The line-up for our first rock festival in Cornwall had to tick all the right boxes. With The Quireboys, Diamond Head and Massive Wagons headlining plus fifteen other very different, but …
Read More »CROSSBONES To Release New Album – Title, Coverart and Label Revealed!
CROSSBONES To Release New Album – Title, Coverart and Label Revealed! Albanian CROSSBONES – who entered the Alpha Omega Studios in late 2018 to record their new album – have revealed the first details of the upcoming effort: the title “The Awakening” and the coverart! The album is set to …
Read More »ENFORCER | Olof and Jonas discuss the first five tracks on new album Zenith
OLOF AND JONAS DISCUSS THE FIRST FIVE TRACKS ON NEW ALBUM ZENITH FIRST ALBUM TRACK BY TRACK NOW ONLINE Swedish metallers ENFORCER will release their highly anticipated new studio album Zenith on April 26th. Brothers Olof and Jonas discuss the first five songs on the record in the first track by track trailer. Watch now: youtu.be/8bQzfWwPLG0 01. …
Read More »Falling Eden – Our Time Is Coming
Our Time Has Come sums up Falling Eden perfectly now they have released their debut album that has taken a few years to see the light of day. The Crewe/Stoke On Trent based 5 piece have penned 9 songs that hit hard due to a very in your face production. …
Read More »Cellar Darling – Jazz Cafe, London – 31st March 2019
First up tonight were Swiss band Appearance of Nothing. Due to train delays I arrived part of the way through their set. It’s good Prog metal with some great guitar riffs. Toward the end of their set they were joined on stage by Celar Darling’s Anna Murphy who added her …
Read More »Win a Pair of Tickets to see The Word Alive at London Underworld
It’s Good Friday in more ways than one as PlanetMosh has teamed up with The Word Alive to offer one lucky winner a pair of tickets for the show at The Underworld, Camden on Thursday 23rd May 2019. To be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize just …
Read More »The Membranes Announce ‘What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away’ LP
The Membranes have announced ‘What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away’, a dark and brooding double album of psychedelic post-punk soundscapes set for release on June 7 via Cherry Red Records. Ahead of that, they are previewing lead track ‘A Strange Perfume’. With sixteen epic, powerful and darkly romantic songs on offer, this is The …
Read More »BOKASSA unveil new single & album plans ahead of METALLICA tour
NORWEGIAN STONER PUNKS BOKASSA TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘CRIMSON RIDERS’ ON JUNE 21 HEAR FIRST SINGLE ‘MOUTHBREATHERS INC.’ NOW BOKASSA SUPPORT METALLICA IN JUNE “BOKASSA are incredibly fucking good. The songs they write, their whole energy and vibe is such a breath of fresh air. When I heard their music …
Read More »Some Time Today – The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool – 13/04/18
This was a gig I had been looking forward to for a very long time. Lancashire Pop/Punk quartet ‘Some Time Today’ have been on my radar for almost a year after seeing the video for their debut single ‘Another Way’ on You tube. They are heavily influenced by the likes …
Read More »Black Stone Cherry unveil emotional ‘My Last Breath’ video
BLACK STONE CHERRY today unveiled their brand new video for ‘My Last Breath’, taken from their current studio album, ‘Family Tree’, out now via Mascot Label Group. Directed by Mike Rodway, the clip features both the band and their fans sharing their own emotive stories of what they’d personally use …
Read More »Motionless In White announce new album and reveal two new tracks
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE have unveiled details of their new studio album, ‘Disguise’ which is set for release on 7th June (album art / track listing below). Today the band has shared two new songs from the forthcoming LP, the title track ‘Disguise’ and ‘Brand New Numb,’ which are both available …
Read More »Some Time Today – Interview
I finally managed to catch up with Some Time Today after their gig at The Shipping Forecast in Liverpool on 13th April 2019. A band that I believe have so much potential. We talked about the band, the new EP, Beth Olive, future plans, and Finchy having to leave the …
Read More »Oceans Apart – Interview
Emerging tunesmiths OCEANS APART are lighting up the scene with a sound that has already racked up favourable descriptors likening them to You Me At Six, Deaf Havana and Don Broco. The band have just released a new single, Talk Of The Town, which is backed by a stunning video. …
Read More »Through The Noise – Dualism
Through The Noise are a five piece Hardcore Metal band from Malmo in Sweden. Formed in 2013, the band boast a unique raw and aggressive sound, very similar to Linkin Park and Sworn Amongst, a band who I recently reviewed their latest release ‘Reclamation’. Dualism is the second album from …
Read More »FLAT EARTH release their new single, a live cover of Nirvana’s ‘School’
FLAT EARTH release their new single, a live cover of Nirvana’s ‘School’ If you’ve listened to their debut album “None For One”, you probably agree that it has its Grunge-inspired moments. So it’s no wonder that FLAT EARTH wanted to add a true classic to their repertoire. According to the band, “…we were trying …
Read More »SCOTT STAPP DEBUTS AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL “PURPOSE FOR PAIN” VIDEO
Grammy winning songwriter, powerhouse frontman for Creed, and platinum certified solo artist, Scott Stapp has just debuted the video for his new single, “Purpose For Pain,” revealing an auto-biographical rush of memories, from abuse, to escape, and going from bad to worse before finding the beauty in life’s hard-learned lessons. …
Read More »Mad Spanner – Life Absurd
There must be something other than water in the River Severn as it flows through the normally sedate Shropshire town of Shrewsbury to addle the brains of Mad Spanner when they came to write their latest album, the aptly titled Life Absurd as it seems to have turned them into …
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