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Paul Chapman / UFO star dies on 66th birthday

Welsh fretboard wizard Paul 'Tonka' Chapman, best known for his work with UFO, Lone Star and Waysted, has tragically died on his 66th birthday (9th June). The musician's family confirmed the sad...

#SaveOurVenues / The Dublin Castle are desperate for help as lockdown continues to bite hard

Camden’s historic Dublin Castle is one of a large number of venues across the whole country who are struggling to keep afloat, as the continued lockdown threatens to decimate the live music...

Phil X is ‘Right On The Money’ with new single

The fifth album from Phil X and the Drills is complete and the first single from 'Stupid Good Lookings Vol. 2' had just been released as a single. You can see Phil...

ICE NINE KILLS / Fight back against Disney’s “too evil for children” claim is on

The 26 April 2019 show planned by Ice Nine Kills at The House Of Blues in Orlando was cancelled by the venues owners, The Walt Disney Company, as they considered the band "too...

Necrophobic / Details emerge of new album

Swedish Blackened Death Metal legends Necrophobic have told MetalTalk that the followup album to 2018's 'Mark Of The Necrogram' is the be called 'Dawn Of The Damned'. With no release date set...

The Alligator Wine / Demons On The Mind leaves us wanting one more song

Founded in 2016, The Alligator Wine are an experimental Krautrock project formed of Rob Vitacca on vocals, moog bass, and percussion, as well as Thomas Teufel on drums and “spooky voice”. On...

Caligula’s Horse raise the bar on a masterful fifth album

Australia seem to have a knack of providing brilliant progressive rock bands. I stumbled across Karnivool whilst watching footage of a Download festival from years gone by and while researching this band,...

Def Leppard / London Rocked to the ground with pure platinum performance

Album Review: The magic of Def Leppard Hysteria Live At The O2 concert film, featuring iconic album played in full. Timeless hard rock hits played live.

Blind River / Made Of Dirt marks step up in class

Guildford based five piece Blind River have released their second full length album, 'Made Of Dirt' and it is certainly a step up in class for the Heavy Rockers. Having released their debut...

Triptykon / Requiem is a superb work of art

The man behind Triptykon, Thomas G Fischer (Tom G. Warrior), has always been a musical visionary, never afraid to try something new and often ground-breaking with Celtic Frost. Every album was different...

The Alligator Wine launch video for the excellent distorted organ led track ‘Voodoo’

The Alligator Wine, an experimental Krautrock project by Rob Vitacca (voice, organ, moog bass, percussion) and Thomas Teufel (drums, spooky voice), have released a lyric video to the superb song 'Voodoo'.An uptempo...

Eskimo Callboy unveil new singer with new single out 19 June

German Metalcore band Eskimo Callboy have today announced that Nico Sallach (To the Rats and Wolves) is to be the sixth member of the band, joining as a new singer.Kevin comments: "Here...

Periphery axeman Misha Mansoor to release Ten Albums of ‘Bulb’ material

Misha Mansoor, founding member and lead guitarist of Periphery, is planning to release a ten album collection of music from his pre-Periphery days which went under the online pseudonym 'Bulb'.'Bulb' was the...

Beermageddon Festival still hopeful of getting the go ahead.

This years Beermageddon Festival, which is to be headlined by former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno and Ides Of March, still looks like it may go ahead, according to a statement by...

Black Star Riders take swipe at political highbinders with ‘Candidate For Heartbreak’

Black Star Riders have released a fantastic new single 'Candidate For Heartbreak' and its a cracking track which takes a swipe towards the class of politicians who keep lying and unscrupulously contribute...

From The Abyss: Above Aurora invite you into ‘The Shrine of Deterioration’

Polish Doom-laden Black Metal trio Above Aurora return with a second studio full length ‘The Shrine of Deterioration’, a follow up to 2016’s debut full length ‘Onwards Desolation’ and the ‘Path to...

Rosa Laricchiuta launches Black Rose Maze

Rosa Laricchiuta is soon to unleash the debut album from Black Rose Maze, via Frontiers Music. While the album is not out until 7 August, Rosa has today released the single 'In...

Alestorm still have a place in our hearts with ‘Curse Of The Crystal Coconut’

Ahoy you scurvy landlubbers, lock up your daughters, treasure, whisky and rum - Alestorm are setting sail once again with their new voyage - ‘Curse Of The Crystal Coconut’.Words: Robert AdamsAccording to...
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