News: U.K. Extreme Metal Drummer Nick Barker Teams Up With Knuckleduster’s Pierre Mendivil In A Brand New UKHC Band Borstal.
Originally conceived in late 2019 by Barker and his long time friends/wrong ‘uns of London’s infamous Dripbgack, The Toxic Twins Wez4 and Lee Kitchener (son of “Oi” legend Arthur Kitchener of The Last Resort) and later Pierre Mendivil (Knuckledust/Bun Dem Out) added to the fold. Bringing together an uncompromising blend of punishing NYHC-meets-U.K. HC/Punk/Oi, adding a little …
News: Sick Of It All Release The First Track Of A Series Of Live Clips – Alone
New York City hardcore legends Sick Of It All dearly miss playing live, so the band decided to film a series of live clips – straight in their living rooms! First is a real classic – ‘Alone’ Make sure to subscribe to the band’s channel to get notified about coming clips. The band comments: “Quarantine …
Meet: We Chat To Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM As They Reinterpret A Selection Of The Group’s Best Known Songs For New Album ‘In Dub’.
KMFDM, commonly regarded as one of the driving forces in what we generally term industrial/rock since their formation in 1984, the band has been so much more, incorporating elements of so many musical styles to result in what they themselves refer to as the Ultra Heavy Beat. The 2019 release of PARADISE was a bold …
See: Plants and Animals share video for new track Le Queens
Plants and Animals have shared a brand new single and video for ‘Le Queens’. Featuring Adèle Trottier-Rivard on vocals, the theme was inspired by an evening spent in Queens, NY. Taken from their new album ‘The Jungle’, set to be released October 23rd via Secret City Records. The band shares the inspiration behind the song : “Woody got this machine …
Track: Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker’s releases new single, ‘Anything’; announces two new albums
Adrianne Lenker, member of the American rock band Big Thief, has announced the release of two new albums on October 23rd. The news is proceeded by Lenker sharing a new single, “Anything”. Entitled Songs and Instrumentals, the albums are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due …
Meet: We catch up with Dave Hill of Slade with the release of Slade’s singles collection, Cum On Feel The Hitz
Slade are much more than that big Christmas hit and it only takes a quick glance at the track listing of the new release Cum On Feel The Hitz to see just how much more. With a run of 17 consecutive Top 20 singles between 1971 and 1976, no other act of the period experienced …
Track: Napalm Death – A Bellyful of Salt And Spleen
UK Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death are soon to release their new studio album ‘Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism’ on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records. Before that the band have shared the album, Napalm Death are now launching a single/video clip for the closing track ‘A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen’. Napalm Death’s …
Track: Todd Rundgren – Espionage
Rock legend Todd Rundgren is releasing a new single ‘Espionage’ from his forthcoming album Space Force. Rundgren has decided to release ‘Space Force’ as individual singles, each with its own unique artwork, every 3 or 4 weeks with the entire album coming in early 2021 via Cleopatra Rceords. First track to be shared from ‘Space Force’ is the …
News: Epica release The Quantum Enigma B-Sides on all streaming platforms
A storm is brewing in the world of Epica. After previously teasing their new album through several studio vlogs, the symphonic metal titans have begun to prepare their fans for a major announcement to come very soon! But today, the band is taking one last look into their past and is happy to announce that “The Quantum …
Album Review – Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
Marilyn Manson’s eleventh studio album ‘We Are Chaos’ has just been released via Loma Vista Recordings. Co-produced by Manson and GRAMMY® Award winner Shooter Jennings [Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker], the ten-track opus was written, recorded, and finished before a pandemic blanketed us all. “Making this record, I had to think to myself: ‘Tame your crazy, stitch your suit. And try to pretend …