Crash bang wallop! No, this isn’t the title of the new studio album from Massive Wagons, released on October 28th 2022 via Earache Records but it could be as ‘Triggered’ to my ears is the heaviest they’ve recorded musically and lyrically. Formed in Lancaster 2009 I was lucky to catch …
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Brit modern metalcorers, MILES FROM HOME, are set to make their mark with the release of their stunning new single and video, Escape, out now – https://youtu.be/WzibgBkwVPk . With a sound that draws from cutting edge contemporary metalcore, MILES FROM HOME dispatch full throttle riffery, thoughtful arrangements and a barrage …
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Dispatching infectious rock thrusts and engaging hooks with abundant groove and swagger, Brit rock crew BAD HERITAGE have now released their new single and video, Saviour Control, out now – https://youtu.be/yV_cUroGiVQ Hailing from Manchester, England, the early seeds of BAD HERITAGE were sown at the end of 2019, when vocalist …
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Unstoppable Essex Death metallers BEYOND EXTINCTION keep on going from strength to strength. The band’s ferocious new single, Eyes Of God, Look Down Upon Me, is out now, and you can watch the video, here – https://youtu.be/FlcdsbJovck BEYOND EXTINCTION surpass their years with the sound, image, and creative maturity that …
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With the football season in full swing and the World Cup looming, millions of football fans are enjoying the world’s greatest game. To celebrate the beautiful game BMG release a brand new video for Slade’s Give Us A Goal. The single was originally released in 1978, this is a song for the …
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IRON MAIDEN NEW TRIPLE VINYL RELEASE TO COMMEMORATE40TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEMINAL ALBUM THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST PLUS BEAST OVER HAMMERSMITHCOMING NOVEMBER 18TH 2022PRE-ORDER HEREWarner Music (BMG for the USA) are delighted to announce the release of a commemorative triple black vinyl album in honour of the 40th Anniversary of IRON MAIDEN’s seminal third …
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Following the recent release of their third and highly acclaimed ‘Revelation’ album, Stone Broken are delighted to announce a new “Come Closer” headline tour, which will perform throughout the UK in February 2023. This 13-date run will offer fans a more intimate chance to experience Stone Broken perform the breadth of their fan-favourite repertoire, but with a more personal set-up …
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The new masterpiece from Finnish powerhouse LOST SOCIETY, If The Sky Came Down, has finally been released today via Nuclear Blast Records. Front man Samy Elbanna comments: “It feels surreal to finally be able to utter these words: “If The Sky Came Down” is OUT NOW. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished with this …
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2x GRAMMY-nominated band Rival Sons have announced details of their anxiously awaited new full-length album, DARKFIGHTER, which is set to arrive worldwide on March 10th 2023 and is available for pre-order / pre-save today [tracklisting below].Produced by longtime collaborator and multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Dave Cobb, DARKFIGHTER is led by the explosive single “Nobody Wants to Die,” which …
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BONFIRE 4 UKRAINE KIDS!German Hard Rockers Release Charity Single, “Freedom Is My Belief”, in Support For & With Ukraine Children In cooperation with Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e. V., German hard rock titans BONFIRE finance the “Farba Project” with donations in order to help traumatized children and young people from Ukraine. Today, the band re-issued the song “Freedom Is …
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ENUFF Z’NUFFUK TOUR UPDATEHaving announced a week ago that the 11th November release of their brand new studio album would be preceded by a UK/RoI tour beginning on the 4th, US rock act Enuff Z’Nuff has subsequently been confirmed to support Skid Row on a dozen UK dates that commence …
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SKID ROW UK tour starts this week THE GANG’S ALL HEREBRAND NEW ALBUM OUT NOWSTREAM OR BUY IT HERE THE FULL UK HEADLINE TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK Skid Row released their hugely acclaimed new album last Friday to massive global critical acclaim, with many publications hailing it as a spectacular …
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Danish hard rock singer/songwriter (and Pretty Maids frontman) Ronnie Atkins released his current studio album, ‘Make It Count’, in March 2022, the electrifying melodic hard rock masterpiece appearing almost a year to the day after the acclaimed ‘One Shot’. As he did with that record, he is issuing an EP …
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The Outlaw Orchestra return from under the covers with their, erm erm erm, brand new five track utterly bonkers EP Back From Under The Covers. Five party starting and finishing cover songs start with a surprisingly full on take of ‘Come Together’ by the Beatles. Wow! How about those guitars …
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It seems rather fitting that in the latest Classic Rock mag, an interview with Noddy Holder from Slade is followed by an interview with Massive Wagons, both working class bands who deliver live and in the studio and also have gobby lead singers! (Sorry Barry ‘Baz’ Mills,haha)! On October 28th …
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In an ideal World I’d be at the These Wicked Rivers album no.2 fundraiser show at the Hairy Dog in Derby tonight but life got in the way so the next best option is a review of their lyric video of ‘Testify’. It was originally recorded in 2015 but now …
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Unstoppable Essex Death metallers BEYOND EXTINCTION go from strength to strength, unleashing their ferocious new single, Eyes Of God, Look Down Upon Me, out now. BEYOND EXTINCTION surpass their years with the sound, image, and creative maturity that exceeds all expectations from a band of their age. For the past …
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UK tunesmiths FRIDAYNIGHTLIGHTS have unleashed their mega-magnetic new single and video, Bridge To Engine Room – https://youtu.be/ytFamvK4nH0 . The track is taken from the band’s much anticipated new EP, IV, which was recorded with producer Bob Cooper (Ginger Wildheart, WSTR), and is set to drop in 2023. Harnessing emotive drive, …
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Emerging Brit alt-rock crew, THE RUNNING FREE, are poised to make their mark with the supreme slab of anthemic rock that is their brand new single and video, Belief, which is out now. Watch the video for the track, here – https://youtu.be/vxjt6WsbOgQ . With a strong affection for Foo Fighters, …
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PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM ‘TRIGGERED!’ OUT OCTOBER 28 UK TOUR FOLLOWS IN NOVEMBER – TICKETS ON SALE NOW Photo by Dean Chalkley Calling all fans of The Police, Toto, and The Darkness! Shifting gears a notch to deliver this yacht rock-inspired banger, British scallywags MASSIVE WAGONS have dropped their new single and its official video. With …
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