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SNOW PATROL have announced their eagerly awaited return with a brand new album. Titled ‘The Forest Is The Path’, the album is the Northern Irish band’s first in six years, following 2018’s ‘Wildness’, and is […]
Newcastle’s teddie has today released her third single for 2024; the bright, textured and impossibly catchy indie-pop track ‘strawberry cake’ – accompanied by the announcement of teddie’s first ever headline tour. Written after finding some […]
Independent artist Holy Roller Baby, the rock n’ roll brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Jared Mullins, today releases their new single “Speaking in Tongues.” The new song is the first release from the upcoming LP Smile Like […]
Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor announces the release of her new studio album, Heavy Soul, available NOW through Journeyman Records. Recorded at the historic RCA studios just before its closure, Taylor shares, […]
Welcome to the Skid Row live album 35 years in the making! On October 24, 2022 Skid Row took to the stage at 02 Forum Kentish Town and bottled lightening with “Skid Row – Live in London”, their first […]
After completing their legendary ‘40 Years Of Destruction’ anniversary tour in 2023 throughout South America, Mexico and Europe, vicious thrash metal pioneers DESTRUCTION are far from slowing things down. Today the quartet releases a hard-hitting new single, “No […]
Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI have released a video for the song ‘Harhainen höyhen‘ from their latest album, Rankarumpu. KORPIKLAANI‘s twelfth studio album Rankarumpu is classic folk metal – fast, energetic and dynamic, showing once again they are the leaders in this […]
SIMONE SIMONS of EPICA fame has revealed the video for the second single to be taken from her debut solo album, Vermillion, that is set for release on the 23rd August via Nuclear Blast Records. Written alongside ARJEN LUCASSEN (AYREON), the new […]
BON JOVI, Grammy Award®-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, and one of history’s most iconic acts, releases their 16th studio album, FOREVER, out now via Island Records. You can listen to the album […]
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, have released their latest edition of “The NOISE”. Their monthly trailer […]
Explosive alt-metal outfit From Ashes To New have shared the new song “Live Before I’m Dead (Hours)” from the deluxe version of their 2023 album, Blackout, also out digitally today via Better Noise Music. The compelling track was co-produced by vocalist Matt […]
Global Mongolian rock phenomenon The Hu have released their riveting live album, The Hu Live At Glastonbury, recorded at their ground-breaking debut performance at the legendary Glastonbury festival in Somerset, UK in 2023 in front of over 210,000 festival goers and streamed […]
Led by founding member Wayne Kramer and recorded with iconic producer Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Kiss), the album features original MC5 drummer Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson on two tracks along with special guests […]
Swedish heavy act Awake the Dreamer captivates listeners with their latest single, ‘Violence‘ out now via Arising Empire. The song delves into themes of internal struggle and emotional turmoil, portraying a narrative of being ensnared by another’s anger […]
Following the phenomenal success of their previous singles, which have collectively garnered over 2.5 million plays on Spotify, Alleviate triumphantly returns with their latest single ‘Alive’ and announces their debut album DMNS, set for release in August 23rd via Arising […]
Break free from the ordinary and dive into the extraordinary. Half Me’s new single ‘Fatalist‘ redefines metalcore, blending innovation with tradition. The track channels raw frustration with a disposable society, combining bone-crushing heaviness with anguished, soul-piercing vocals. […]
The world’s most prominent bass driven instrumental rock act, Australia’s The Omnific, have released their highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘The Law Of Augmenting Returns’, an audacious and magnificent triumph – out now worldwide via Wild Thing […]
Swedish heavy weights thrown have announced the release of their highly anticipated debut album Excessive Guilt, set for release on August 30 via Arising Empire. Since forming in 2021, thrown have been mesmerising the metal world with their […]
After more than 30 years of existence, Gothenburg’s finest metal masters EVERGREY are far away from slowing things down. The five-piece, led by founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund, will release its fourteenth studio […]
‘’It’s a spectacular show and encapsulates just how and why HammerFall have become such a beloved band across the world.’’ Headbanging Life The GODS have listened, and they have heeded your call, Sweden’s Power Metal overlords, […]
50 NOT OUT – NATIONAL TOUR KICKS OFF ON JUNE 28 FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST MI-SEX A TWO-SET DEEP DIVE INTO THEIR CLASSIC CATALOGUE OF UNFORGETTABLE HITS This is it, folks, a brand-new Angels album is on the […]
Fronted by charismatic Van McCann, the band have always united people around their music and live performances. Freed from opinion and expectation, fans flock in their hundreds of thousands to see and hear the band […]
Southern rock stalwarts Robert Jon & The Wreck are back with a brand-new single, “Trouble,” a rollicking southern rock burner from their highly anticipated album, Red Moon Rising, set for release on June 28th via […]
Rock singer-songwriter Tristan Tritt today released his new single “Sick of It” from his debut EP What Are We Doing?, due out this July 18, 2024. “Sick of It” combines crunchy guitars with Tristan’s passionate […]
Just like it says on the chip packet, all three Dirty Three shows for Rising Melbourne have sold-out! Add in a full house at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre and that’s an outstanding result two weeks ahead […]
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