Brit Punk Rockers OVER TO YOU make their mark with the release of their new single ‘Storm Chasing’, which is out on 6th October. With that in mind, we asked the guys to introduce themselves: -What is the full band line-up, who plays what? Sam Yesner – Main …
Read More »Dan Reed – St Pancras old church, London – 14th September 2017
Tonight was my first time seeing one of Dan Reed’s solo shows. With his band, Dan Reed network the shows are full of energy, but his solo material is quite different. Tonight’s sold out show was at the lovely St Pancras old church, just behind St Pancras station. It’s a …
Read More »Ayreon – 013, Tilburg – 15th September 2017
When Arjen Lucassen announced on Facebook earlier this year that for the first time in 22 years, Ayreon would play some live shows, the fans understandably went nuts. With no promotion or advertising, the two dates at 013 in Tilburg sold out within the hour (that’s 6000 tickets sold with …
Read More »Vardis – First three album reissues/remasters.
I’ve been a fan of Vardis for a long time, well over thirty five years. Bought 100MPH, The World’s Insane and Quo Vardis on vinyl back in the day so the grumpy old man side of me raised his eyebrows when I saw the press release for these reissues but …
Read More »Black Stone Cherry – Black to Blues
At first glance, it might seem a little odd that Black Stone Cherry have chosen a sextet of blues standards for their next outing. Fear not though, because what the Kentucky rockers have done with the classics from Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Freddie and Albert King is nothing short …
Read More »10 ROGUE Unleash Debut album ‘Serpentine’
10 ROGUE Unleash Debut Album ‘Serpentine’ on 20th October On 20th October 10 ROGUE, release their ferocious catchy debut album ‘Serpentine’ on BUT! Records through Universal Music. Serpentine’s unmitigated unbridled, and unique energy makes for one of the best debuts of 2017 Multinational band 10 ROGUE, founded in Johannesburg S Africa, based in Belgium, have been a …
Read More »Kinasis – Pariah
Another week and another amazing underground band discovered. Bridgewater, Somerset based Kinasis have created a crushing four track EP titled Pariah, due for release on September 29th 2017. From the off it’s straight in your face with the mighty riffs and Hellish vocal growls in opener ‘Red Earth’. It builds …
Read More »The Bloody Beetroots Announce New Album ‘The Great Electronic Swindle’
The Bloody Beetroots Announce ‘The Great Electronic Swindle’ Due out 20th October 2017 on Last Gang Records. THE BLOODY BEETROOTS (Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo) doesn’t just want to entertain audiences; he strives to engage and challenge them, emotionally and intellectually; to share stories with them. Changes in his personal life and the …
Read More »Glenn Hughes, Black Country Communion interview – July 2017
A couple of months ago, I spoke to Glenn Hughes about the new Black Country Communion album. Now with the album release approaching we’re able to bring you the interview. What made you decide the time was right to do another Black Country Communion album? Joe came to me. I …
Read More »The Texas Flood Announce New Album ‘Overworked and Underpaid’
THE TEXAS FLOOD NEW ALBUM: “OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID” RELEASE DATE: 27th OCTOBER 2017 They’re hard gigging, hard living…and hard up. Bullish Welsh rockers The Texas Flood might not be awash with cash but the riff-soaked trio are in no mood to let empty pockets destroy their rock and …
Read More »Lonewolf – Raised On Metal
Lonewolf come howling from your speakers with new album ‘Raised On Metal’ If it’s one thing Lonewolf know how to do, it’s how to write a classic metal tune. ‘Raised On Metal’ represents the bands ninth studio album, and is a rip roaring, no holds barred …
Read More »PEUR – Interview
Highly rated alt-rocker PEUR will reveal their new single, An Exercise in Abstinence, on Friday 13th October. We sat down for a chat to find out more…… What is the full band lineup, who plays what? Joe Lomax – Vocals and guitars, Ryan Greenhalgh – Bass and electronics, Sam Tempest …
Read More »Last Great Dreamers Launch PledgeMusic Campaign
Last Great Dreamers Launch PledgeMusic Campaign for Fourth Album Brit rock troubadours Last Great Dreamers have just announced that they are returning to the studio this November, to record their fourth album. The album, yet to be titled, will be the follow up to their highly acclaimed ‘Transmissions from Oblivion’ …
Read More »Crematory – Live insurrection
German gothic metal band Crematory released their first studio album way back in 1993. Their 13th was released last year, so it’s safe to say that they’ve got plenty of material to choose from for their live shows. Before the release of their last album, Monument, their clean-vocals singer Matthias …
Read More »Ace Frehley – Anomaly (Deluxe edition)
Ace Frehley’s fifth solo album, Anomaly, was released in 2009. It’s now being reissued. The album has been remastered for this reissue, and comes wth three bonus tracks. One of these has been released previously but not on CD (it was an itunes exclusive bonus track) while the other two …
Read More »King creature – Volume one
We keep hearing that rock is dead, and maybe the days of it being a way for bands to make lots of money are over, but rock is most certainly not dead – just look how many great young bands there are around as proof. One such band is King …
Read More »Ten years after – The albums 1967 – 1974
To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of the first Ten Years After album in 1967, Chrysalis records are releasing a very special box set – “The albums 1967 – 1974”. As the name suggests it includes the nine albums released in that time period, and it also contains …
Read More »Arch Enemy – Will To Power.
After witnessing a crushing set by them last month at Bloodstock Open Air Festival, expectations were high when I came to review Will To Power, the tenth studio album from Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Since joining the band in 2014, lead vocalist Alissa White-Gluz has made them …
Read More »H.E.A.T. announce UK & European tour dates
To dovetail the release of their fifth studio album, H.E.A.T will tour the UK and Europe throughout November. The celebrated Swedish rock band will release their long awaited new album “Into The Great Unknown” on Friday 22nd September 2017 via earMUSIC. The European leg of the tour will start in Copenhagen on …
Read More »Wilko Johnson celebrates 30th anniversary & 70th birthday at Royal Albert Hall
Wilko Johnson will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Wilko Johnson Band and his 70th birthday with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 26th September. The death-defying Wilko is leading his own party with partners in crime Norman Watt-Roy (bass), Dylan Howe (drums), family and friends and …
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