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Starcrawler kicked the proceedings on second stage at Downoad off with a set where the attention was clearly focussed on their painfully thin singer Arrow de Wilde. I suspect it’s mainly an act as she staggers around and generally comes across like she’s off her head on drugs. She chokes …

COHEED AND CAMBRIA RETURN WITH NEW LP THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES VAXIS – ACT I: THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES LIMITED EDITION DELUXE BOX SET AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER U.S. CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH TAKING BACK SUNDAY BEGINS JULY 6TH THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES ARRIVES OCTOBER 5TH Roadrunner Records group Coheed and Cambria have announced details of their long …

Saturday didn’t start well for me. After getting the bus from Derby, it was time to get the shuttle bus round to the guest and media entrance. Sadly security decided to stop and thoroughly search every vehicle entering the guest car park and that resulted in 2 mile queues causing …

Roger Waters is currently on his “Us and them” tour which started last year and is now making it’s way through Europe including four nights here at the 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. On this tour there is no support, just Roger Waters and his band doing two sets …

Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm have unleashed “Black Vultures” the lead track on their upcoming album, Vicious, out July 27 (see full tracklist below). The song is the second unveiled from the album, following the lead single, “Uncomfortable.” A new companion visual for the song will premiere next Friday, June 29th via …

Swiss hardrock/metal band, MAXXWELL, have announced the release of their fourth album ‘Metalized‘ on September 21, 2018. Metalized says it all – many concerts have left their mark. On the new record, the band rocks harder, catchier and a lot more edgier than on their earlier releases. The lyric video for the title track …

1  Intro 4:25 2  Streetja Man 8:38 3  The Killer 6:38 4  Hide & Seek 5:44 5  Isolation 6:11 6  Blank Soul  4:16 7  Gojira 7:34 video trailer The ancient Greek and Roman amphitheatres were renowned for their sound quality, with claims made about the acoustics being so perfect that spectators watching from …

You know when you see a band for the first time and you know they have the X factor? Well the Takeaway Thieves have the whole alphabet and enough letters left for the Countdown conundrum! This Saturday lunchtime acoustic set recorded for a future CD release at the Waterloo Music …

CLUTCH RELEASE SECOND SINGLE TRACK FROM THE NEW ALBUM “BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS” VERY LIMITED VINYL OUT 22nd AUGUST “BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS” OUT SEPTEMBER 7TH 2018 Maryland rockers CLUTCH are releasing the second single from their upcoming album Book Of Bad Decisions as an instant gratification track. iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/book-of-bad-decisions/1376829212&app=itunes) Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D3CQNTT). Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/album/0uWlwy6wHD7tGV3FfiVBF0) In …

HEAVY METAL GUITAR COMPETITION SERIES SHREDDERS OF METAL TO PREMIERE ON BANGERTV ON JULY 23. CONTESTANTS AND HOST REVEALED The first talent competition series dedicated to heavy metal guitar. Six episodes to be released daily during “Shredders Week” – July 23-28 BANGER FILMS has announced its original webseries SHREDDERS OF …

THE DEAD DAISIES – “DEAD AND GONE” – OR ARE THEY??   “Burn It Down is a five-alarm fire, a strong contender for Album of the Year.” – Brave Words Magazine   THE DEAD DAISIES are releasing a new single and music video this Friday, June 22nd for “DEAD AND GONE”, …

BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce the first details of 2018’s onsite RAM Gallery, one of the more unique elements that sets BLOODSTOCK apart from other festivals.  Festival founder and globally renowned artist, Paul Raymond Gregory created the onsite RAM Gallery in 2014 and each year the purpose-built structure showcases not …

RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM MISERY LEAD SINGLE “IVY (DOOMSDAY)” STREAMING NOW WITH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO AT WWW.THEAMITYAFFLICTION.NET PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE TODAY PERFORMING AT VANS WARPED TOUR 2018 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR THIS AUTUMN MISERY ARRIVES ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 Roadrunner Records band The Amity Affliction have unveiled details of their widely anticipated new album, MISERY which arrives …

We sat down with Oxford mathcore trio MASIRO, who have been captivating listeners with their own blend of math-prog-metal since the tail end of 2011. Although influenced by everyone from Meshuggah and Primus, through to Mars Volta, MASIRO bear their own markings, evidenced in the shape of their brand new …

After some overnight rain, the forecast for the day (and indeed the entire weekend) was for dry weather. Knowing I’d be at Download festival though I had my waterproofs with me – after all, a dry Download seems too good to hope for, but that’s exactly what we got – …

Uriah Heep To Release “Living The Dream” September 14th via Frontiers Music Srl; First Video and Single Streaming Now British Classic Rock Icons Uriah Heep are pleased to announce the upcoming release of their 25th studio album “Living the Dream” on September 14th via Frontiers Music Srl. The first single …

Max Cavalera’s SOULFLY have added two extra shows to their previously announced clutch of UK dates this August around their festival appearance at Boomtown Fair. After a successful 18 months touring their Return to Roots project together with his brother Iggor, playing Sepultura’s groundbreaking Roots album and other choice cuts by the legendary band they formed in Brazil …

SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS ANNOUNCE ‘LIVING THE DREAM‘ NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON THE 21ST SEPTEMBER 2018 THROUGH SNAKEPIT/ROADRUNNER RECORDS GROUP ANNOUNCE U.S. HEADLINING TOUR STARTING THURSDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2018 IN LOS ANGELES ONSALE FRIDAY 22ND JUNE (here) SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS have announced today, 18th June they’ll release …

Lord Ragnar Wagnar from The Heretic Order gives Steve Goldby from Metal Talk a track by track exclusive about the bands upcoming new album ‘Evil Rising’ due out on June 22, 2018 on Massacre Records. Check out the interview and new tracks here: https://www.metaltalk.rocks/the-heretic-order-track-by-track The video for the title track …

Hot on the heels of their incendiary, festival-stealing, debut UK performance at Download on Saturday, THE FEVER 333 have announced their first UK headline show in London, two days prior to their previously announced set at Reading Festival on Friday.  Dates rack up as follows: Wed 22nd Aug – LONDON’s …