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FM: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

Melodic rock fans jumped for joy when FM reformed for the Firefest in 2007 and the band delivered the goods with their comeback album 'Metropolis' three years later but it has always...

A CONVERSATION WITH CARL McCOY OF FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

After a mere 27-year-long career in music, Carl McCoy says he feels like he is just getting started. Regeneration is the buzz word here and the very soon to be released 'Ceromonies'...

CHRIS DALE’S METAL MELTDOWN – LONDON VENUE’S NAZI PAST?

The London HMV Forum (or Town And Country Club as it was) is a great rock venue in North London. I've seen tons of top gigs there including Dio, Anthrax, Queensryche, Mr...

TIMO TOLKKI: ‘STRATOVARIUS WILL NOT EXIST ANYMORE IN FIVE YEARS’

Greece's Rock Overdose (http://rockoverdose.gr/) conducted an interview with the great quitarist Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance, Symfonia).Timo talks about his departure from Stratovarius, his solo albums, the project Strato, and a lot...

IRON MAIDEN’S ADRIAN SMITH AND FORMER SIKTH FRONT-MAN MIKEE GOODMAN JOIN FORCES IN PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and former SikTh front-man Mikee Goodman have joined forces for a brand new studio project called Primal Rock Rebellion.The forthcoming album fuses together two very different approaches...

ALTER BRIDGE/BLACK STONE CHERRY

No one could have predicted the success of Alter Bridge when they formed from the ashes of post grunge icons Creed. From making themselves a household name and selling millions in the...

IAN ANDERSON PERFORMS WITH BRUCE DICKINSON AND JUSTIN HAYWARD AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

Ian Anderson played a Christmas Charity Show at Canterbury Cathedral last Saturday night with special guests Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) and Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues).The set was a mixture of hymns,...

Hard Rock Hell V, Pontins, Prestatyn

HARD ROCK HELL V Pontins, Prestatyn 2nd/4th December 2011Mark TaylorHard Rock Hell is rightly gaining a reputation for being the finest heavy rock festival known to mankind. Now in it's fifth year, the fourth...

HARD ROCK HELL PHOTO GALLERY

Thanks to Dutch Michaels, Sam Hill and Pikey B for the shots...

Chris Dale’s Metal Meltdown: Metal Evilution

It's about this time of the calendar when we look forward to a new year of Metal and also look back on Metal from preceding years. Like most of us, I believe...

Chris Dale’s Metal Meltdown: Take Your Pick Competition

How about a competition? It is Christmas after all.Guitar picks, we all love them, don't we? It's one of Metal's unwritten rules that guitarists must have plectrums (or plectra) with the band's...

GETAWAY FESTIVAL RUNS INTO SCANDAL. JOEY DEMAIO FLYING TO SWEDEN TO SORT IT. “NOBODY FUCKS WITH OUR FANS!”

The Getaway summer festival in Gävle, Sweden which Manowar are scheduled to headline in 2012, is engulfed in a scandal and Joey DeMaio is about to fly to Stockholm to sort it."Nobody...

Chris Cornell: ‘Songbook’

CHRIS CORNELL 'Songbook' (Universal) Released: 21st November 2011Johnny MainYou would think that being part of the recently reformed Soundgarden would keep you busy - not so for Chris Cornell, who toured the US acoustically from...

THE SLIDE: ‘The Slide’ EP

You may not have heard much about The Slide yet, but I can pretty much guarantee that over the next year, you will.'The Slide' EP Self-released: 4th November 2011Judith Fisher         Hailing from Sweden but...

Chris Dale’s Metal Meltdown: The Pandora’s Box Of Pop

THE PANDORA'S BOX OF POP A Creepy Hallowe'en Tale Of The Horrors Of Pop MusicSo it's a bit odd, right, but a mate rang up and asked me if he could store a...

SCOTT ADAMS: CADAVEROUS CONDITION

Austrian extremists Cadaverous Condition have been extant for over twenty years now, in that time releasing a half dozen 'proper' full-lengthers along with a multitude of other releases.Yet your reviewer is...

TRILLIUM – Alloy

Alloy... it's a substance made up of two or more metals... See where this is going? 'Alloy' is also the latest offering from Amanda Somerville, the hugely talented American singer-songwriter, best known...

Dub Trio: ‘IV’

DUB TRIO 'IV' (ROIR) Released: 25th October 2011Jeff KentDon't be fooled or misled by the name. Dub Trio is every bit as heavy as your traditionally named Metal band. As drummer Joe Tomino points out,...
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