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Phantom Elite / Taking a Titanic step forward with ‘Titanium’

Multinational Metallers Phantom Elite were born from the ashes of ex After Forever man Sander Gommans’ HDK project. After releasing the superb, yet cruelly ignored 'Serenades Of The Netherworld', he looked at...

Paul Di’Anno / Crowdfunding mission set up for singer’s knee surgery

A crowd funding page has been set up by the Cart And Horses to help raise ÂŁ20,000 so former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno can have his delayed knee surgery.The page, which...

Joanna Connor / Discusses working with Joe Bonamassa on new album

Joanna Connor will release her 14th album '4801 South Indiana Avenue' on Joe Bonamassa’s new independent Blues record label Keeping The Blues Alive, on 26 February 2021. It is the follow up to her...

Foo Fighters / Grohl tells of inspiration for ‘Waiting On A War’

Foo Fighters have released another song from their upcoming album 'Medicine At Midnight', the emotional and melodic 'Waiting on a War'.The song was inspired by inspired by a conversation Dave Grohl had...

Liquid Tension Experiment / New album ready after 22 year hiatus

Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin are back as Liquid Tension Experiment after a 22 year break, with a new record label and a new album set for release...

Biff Byford / Saxon are the real ‘Speed Kings’ with Inspirations

Saxon have released the second track from their 'Inspirations' project. 'Speed King', which you can hear below, is taken from Deep Purple's 1970 album 'Deep Purple In Rock'.The album will be released 19...

Sylvain Sylvain / New York Dolls guitarist dies aged 69

Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist with the famous 70's Rock band New York Dolls, has died of cancer at the age of 69. A founder member to the New York Dolls, Sylvain forged their style which...

Tim Bogert/ Vanilla Fudge Bassist Dead at 76

Tim Bogert, who was a key part of major acts like Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and the super-group Beck, Bogert & Appice, has passed away from cancer at the age of 76.Bogert was one...

Nikki Sixx / Says Thanks for 40 years of Mötley Crüe

This weekend marks the 40th Anniversary of the legendary Mötley Crüe.On 17 January 1981, Nikki Sixx first jammed with Tommy Lee and vocalist/guitarist Greg Leon. Leon left, Mick Mars and Vince Neil...

Monk / New album ‘Katedralen’ sets new dynamic approach

Monk will release their new album 'Katedralen' 5 March 2021, and today they have shared the video for the first track 'Arv'.'Katedralen' is the bands fifth album and marks a more dynamic approach...

Steve Lukather / New solo album to benefit Autism Center

Steve 'Luke' Lukather will release his new solo album 'I Found the Sun Again' 26 February 2021, via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group. A portion of the proceeds will be...

Asphyx / Necroceros is cathartically brutal and hugely engaging

"The human race is doomed and only death is real." In which case it sounds like it is time for a new Asphyx album and obligingly they are ready "to noisily emphasise...

Damon Johnson / Preparing to unleash ‘Battle Lessons’ with first video

Damon Johnson and The Get Ready will launch their new album 'Battle Lessons' on 19 February 2021. The follow up to the 2019 album 'Memoirs Of An Uprising', Johnson is joined by...

Black Sabbath / Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules get Deluxe Release in March

The legendary Ronnie James Dio joined Black Sabbath in 1979 and the resulting first two studio albums 'Heaven And Hell' And 'The Mob Rules' gained classic album status. These two albums will...

Imperial Age / Aor responds to Marko Hietala’s Nightwish departure

With todays news that Marko Hietala, the vocalist, bassist and songwriter from the Symphonic Heavy Metal titans Nightwish, has announced his resignation from the band and his withdrawal from public life, Imperial...

Walking Papers / Jefferson Angell talks ‘The Light Below’

Seattle Rockers Walking Papers will release their new album 'The Light Below' on 5 February and ahead of this, an epic 12 minute video of the track 'Divine Intervention' has been posted,...

Antre / Black Metal with an atmosphere that is claustrophobic, savage and intense

Nottingham’s Atmospheric Black Metal outfit Antre return, intent on building on the successes of their 2019 full length 'Void', with their follow up EP 'Dark Spectrum'.Antre - Dark Spectrum EP (Withered Hand...

Marko Hietala announces departure from Nightwish and withdrawal from the public eye

In a statement released this morning, Marko Hietala, the vocalist, bassist and songwriter from the Symphonic Heavy Metal titans Nightwish, has announced his resignation from the band and his withdrawal from public...
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