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Rust n’ Rage / Frontiers melodic rockers take no prisoners

Finnish rockers Rust n' Rage have completed their debut album with producer Jimmy Westerlund (One Desire). The band have signed with Frontiers Music Srl. @rustnrageband @frontiersmusicsrl

The Rasmus / Lineup change leads Eurovision entry bid

The Rasmus will release the single Jezebel on 17 January 2022. Co-written with Desmond Child, the song is their entry into Finland's Eurovision selection contest. @therasmusofficial

Dirty Honey and Mammoth WVH revise Young Guns US Tour schedule

Dirty Honey and Mammoth WVH revise Young Guns US Tour schedule. The tour will now begin on 20 February at the Ogden Theatre, Denver. @dirtyhoneyband @mammothwvh

Jethro Tull / The Zealot Gene and “the divisive nature of societal relationships”

Jethro Tull have shared the title track from The Zealot Gene, their first studio album in over 18 years. The Zealot Gene will be released on 28 January 2022 via Inside Out Music. @jethrotull_

Shooter Jennings / June Dates announced, as Grammy winner remembers art teacher

Shooter Jennings has released Gene's Song, a tribute to art teacher Gene Sizemore. Seven June 2022 European dates also scheduled. @shooterjennings

Saxon / New song Remember The Fallen honours the COVID-19 dead

Saxon have released the second single from their new album Carpe Diem. Remember The Fallen is a tribute to the Covid-19 dead. @saxon.official

Great American Ghost / Ethan Harrison on new EP Torture World and lockdown blues

Great American Ghost's Ethan Harrison talks about the new EP, Torture World, and how the band battled through COVID-19 times. @greatamericanghost

Edgar Winter honours brother Johnny with all-star tribute album

Edgar Winter will release the album Brother Johnny on 15 April 2022. The album is a tribute to Johnny Winter, the legendary blues guitarist. @edgarwinterofficial @johnnywinterofficial

Vanir / Viking melodic Death Metal thrives with Dødsfærd

Viking melodic Death Metal band Vanir have released the single Dødsfærd. The track is taken from their forthcoming album Sagas, scheduled for release on 11 March 2022. @vanirofficial

Burke Shelley / Legendary Budgie founder dies aged 71

Burke Shelley, the lead vocalist and bassist of the pioneering Heavy Metal band Budgie, has died aged 71. The news of his passing was shared by his daughter Ela. #RIPBurkeShelley

Pixies / 2004 Brixton Academy shows to be officially released

The Pixies played a series of shows at the Brixton Academy in 2004, eleven years after their acrimonious split. The four shows were recorded and will be released as Live In Brixton on 25 February 2022. @pixiesofficial

Slade / Genuinely thrilling, the past has never sounded so good

Slade Vinyl Reissues. These are vital purchases for anyone with more than just a passing interest in the history of rock music.@officialsladei

Tony Martin / Thorns utterly endorses this singers impeccable pedigree

Tony Martin is a singer with an impeccable pedigree, and the new album Thorns utterly endorses that. @t0nymart1n

Kahmel Farahani / 2021 memories in Heavy Metal

My abiding memory of 2021 was the feeling of the world returning to some semblance of normality and, in particular, the restarting of live music. Here are the highlights from @kahmel_farahani

Imperial Age / Free live concert with orchestra and choir presenting New World album

Imperial Age will host a free live concert on 26 December 2021, where the Symphonic Metal band will present their New World album backed by an orchestra and choir. @ImperialAge

Udo Dirkschneider breaks 20-year ties with AFM to sign with Atomic Fire Records

Udo Dirkschneider has signed with the new label Atomic Fire Records and will release a new album around his 70th birthday. @u.d.o._official

2021 Review / For Robert Adams, yet another year of no gigs

Robert Adams. So, boys, girls and others, I open my review of 2021 with the news that I have not been to a gig this year at all.

Tremonti / UK Tour dates moved to June 2022

Mark Tremonti and band have postponed their January headline tour of the UK and Ireland to June 2022.
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