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News: Winners Announced For Heavy Music Awards 2023
HALESTORM TAKES BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST BIFFY CLYRO RECIEVE THE FIRST EVER PIONEER AWARD PLUS, PERFORMANCES FROM HALESTORM (FT. SOPHIE LLOYD), LOATHE, CREEPER AND MORE ENTER SHIKARI, SLEEP TOKEN, SKINDRED, VUKOVI, STATIC DRESS, AND MORE WERE ALSO RECOGNISED The Heavy Music Awards 2023 has announced the winners of their 2023 event, at the world’s biggest celebration of rock and …
News: Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton 2023 UK Tour
Following her triumphant “Faster” UK tour in October 2022, American guitarist, and singer songwriter Samantha Fish has teamed up with American rock guitarist Jesse Dayton on a nationwide 10-date UK tour to promote their brand-new critically acclaimed album “Death Wish Blues.” The highly anticipated UK tour teams two wild talents together onstage, an uncommon and fiery pairing of two bandleader guitar heroes trading lead …
News: UK Punk Rock leaders Desperate Measures return with new single ‘Back To The Rats’
New Zealand born, London based rockers Desperate Measures return on May 12th with a banging brand-new single titled ‘Back To The Rats’. Featuring a blazing duel vocal from frontman Eugene Butcher and guitarist Gaff, the song gets to the root of the bands tight, yet chaotic maelstrom of urgent rock n’ roll and hits hard and fast. “It’s …
News: Robert Jon & The Wreck announce September 2023 UK Tour; Share New Single ‘One Of A Kind’
Following their triumphant February UK tour, Robert Jon & The Wreck return to the UK for a 10-date tourin September 2023. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Saturday 11 March at www.robertjonandthewreck.com. Read our review of the bands Aberdeen gig here The September UK tour precedes tomorrow’s release of the Wreck’s 4-track digital …
News: Focus Announce Re-Scheduled And Additional Dates For Their Focus 50 Tour
In 2019 Focus released their first studio album for 6 years, Focus 11, which came complete with brand new Roger Dean artwork. The year was then spent touring from South America to Japan and everywhere in between in support of the new album. With the dawn of 2020 came the 50th anniversary of the formation …
News: Incineration Festival 2023
One of the UK’s most Extreme Metal Festivals is back, and back in the most brutal meaning of the word. Taking over four of the most iconic venues in Camden, The Electric Ballroom, The Underworld, The Black Heart and The Dev, Incineration Festival is ready to unleash its ninth instalment of this battering festival upon …
News: Carcass Announce ‘Bloody Blighty 2023’ UK Tour Dates
CARCASS have announced a non-stop, two-week run of intimate UK club shows this May and June, dubbed the ‘Bloody Blighty 2023‘ tour, followed by a performance at Download Festival. Support will come from Unto Others (June 1st onwards) and Conjurer (all dates). CARCASS, who will also be playing three shows in Ireland this March, followed by a month-long USA run with Municipal Waste, Sacred Reich and Creeping Death, released …
News: Backseat Mafia’s Favourites Blue Nation Are Shortlisted For ‘Blues Emerging Act Of The Year’ At The UK Blues Awards
Blue Nation are among the finalists in this years UK Blues Awards which take place on 13th April in London’s prestigious Bush Hall. The winners of the Awards will be determined by a public vote that starts at 0:01 on Saturday 4th February and runs through to 23:59 on 19th February. Vote here The UK …
News: Jethro Tull Announce 23rd Studio Album ‘RökFlöte’; Share First Single ‘Ginnungagap’
Jethro Tull are pleased to announce their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, which is set for release on the 21st April 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with a 12-track record based on the characters and roles of some of …
News: The Banishment Announce Debut Album Of Industrial Rock And Dream Punk By Trio That Includes Guitarist George Lynch
The Banishment began in the mid-2010s as a collaboration between guitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) and programmer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Haze (Primitive Race, Lords of Acid), with artist and vocalist Devix Szell joining the duo in 2020. Their debut album, ‘Machine And Bone’, will be released on 10th March via Frontiers, with a …