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Of Mice & Men / Join the band on Twitch as they write their third EP

Of Mice & Men are inviting fans to interact with the band on Twitch as they work on writing and recording new music. The first session is tonight (1 July) at 7...

Avatar to tour UK and Europe early 2022

Avatar will tour the UK and Europe through January to March 2022. The tour kicks off in Nottingham on 8 January, with seven UK dates, before heading into Europe.The band said, "We...

Who Is Megadeth’s New Bass Player?

To say that it's been a challenging couple of years for Megadeth and their iconic frontman Dave Mustaine would be an understatement.First, Mustaine endured a battle with throat cancer that threatened to...

Download the free Troy Redfern track Ghosts

British slide guitarist Troy Redfern has released the song Ghosts as a free download. The track is taken from his upcoming album The Fire Cosmic, which will be released on 6 August.Ghosts,...

More additions to the Ronnie James Dio virtual party lineup

Rob Halford, Sammy Hagar, Tenacious D, Lzzy Hale and Sebastian Bach have been added to the participants of the Stand Up And Shout For Ronnie James Dio's birthday bash.The star-studded list already...

Wildfire Festival 2021 / Leading the festival live music recovery process

In just over one month, Wildfire Festival will be spearheading the recovery process of grassroots music. The 32 band festival will take place over three days at the historic Scottish village of...

Wayward Sons / Even Up The Score album announced, plus tour dates

Wayward Sons have released the new single Faith In Fools today. The song is taken from the new album Even Up The Score, which will be in the shops on 8 October....

MetalTalk Gig Of The Week / Night Ranger set to headline M3 Festival

The twelfth edition of the M3 Rock Festival will be held this weekend at the Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, Maryland, and the internationally-renowned '80s Metal festival looks set to bust the COVID-19...

Inglorious / Covers album Heroine to support Women’s Aid

Inglorious will release their first-ever covers album on 10 September via Frontiers Music Srl. Heroine sees the band covering female artists they admire, with sales set to support the charity Women's Aid.The...

New Frame Records launch with In Good Nature first signing

Based in New England, New Frame Records has launched its new record label with the band In Good Nature the first signing to their roster. From Worcester, Massachusetts, In Good Nature have...

Revisiting Ian Gillan’s post purple jazz-rock masterpiece

Ian Gillan caused quite a stir when he left Deep Purple at the zenith of their career in 1973. He caused another one when he emerged from the shadows a couple of...

Planet Fatale / A hurricane of modern hard rock and Metal

Planet Fatale will release their album The Cycle Repeats on 17 September 2021 and have today released their first single, Talking To Myself. The band has also announced a ten date tour...

Orange Goblin / Martyn Millard departs as 2021 live dates confirmed

Orange Goblin recently celebrated their 25th anniversary with the recent live shows at The Dome, Tufnell Park. During the show, which was streamed to a global audience, it was announced that bassist and...

Uriah Heep to launch Every Day Rocks picture disc box set

Uriah Heep are to launch Every Day Rocks, a box set that includes the bands first seven albums on 12” vinyl picture disc, plus seven accompanying t-shirts. The set will be released...

Dan Patlansky and Arielle team up for spring 2022 UK Tour

Dan Patlansky had announced a ten date spring 2022 UK tour in support of his upcoming tenth studio album. Special guest for the tour, apart from Manchester, is the superb Arielle.The new...

Kiss / “It’s Cold Gin Time Again”

Following the 2020 launch of the KISS Rum Kollection portfolio, Brands For Fans, KISS and their licensing agent, Epic Rights, have added the bold and uncompromising KISS Cold Gin to the collection....

Ayron Jones to bring Child Of The State to London in December

Ayron Jones, who will be playing at Download 2022, has announced a six-date tour later this year. It will be his first overseas performances of the new material from his critically acclaimed...

Metallica to honour The Black Album with two anniversary releases

Metallica will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Black Album with two new definitive releases. The remastered version of The Black Album and The Metallica Blacklist will both hit the shops on 10...
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