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News: Rory Gallagher Celebration starting Joe Bonamassa – Due to popular demand, third show added on July 3rd, 2025
Presented by Aiken Promotions in association with Donal & Daniel Gallagher, critically acclaimed and globally celebrated blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa and band will play a third night Live at the Marquee Cork as a special celebration of the legendary Rory Gallagher. The first two dates, 1st & 2nd July 2025 are now sold out. Tickets for this third date on July 3rd will go …
News: Jerry Cantrell Shares One Final Sneak Peek Of Forthcoming Album ‘I Want Blood’
Jerry Cantrell’s highly-anticipated new album, ‘I Want Blood,’ arrives next Friday, with one final sneak peek with the release of the album’s title track. “There’s a confidence to this album,” Cantrell explains. “I think it’s some of my best writing and playing and certainly some of my best singing. There are large chunks of this record where …
News: Big Special And John Grant – Stay Down, Lazarus
Big Special and John Grant have linked up for stellar new collaborative single release ‘Stay Down, Lazarus’, out now via SO Recordings. Big Special recently broke into the Official UK Albums Chart Top 40 with their debut album ‘Postindustrial Hometown Blues’, (read our review here) and have spent their summer drawing huge crowds at festivals including …
News: Eleine Share Official Video For Track ‘Never Forget’; Band Currently On Tour In Europe And The UK
To celebrate their first European headline tour which started with a sold-out show on October 3 in Leipzig, Germany, Swedish metal band Eleine unveil the official video for ‘Never Forget.’ The song is taken from their acclaimed fourth studio album ‘We Shall Remain’ (2023). Frontwoman Madeleine Liljestam and guitarist/vocalist Rikard Ekberg comment: “After the latest album “We Shall Remain” was released and we have been touring, it became clear …
News: Bywater Call Release ‘Now And Never’ Single And Music Video Ahead Of Headline UK Tour
Canadian roots, rock, and soul band Bywater Call have shared a new single ‘Now and Never’ taken from their acclaimed third studio album ‘Shepherd’ which is out now. The video was filmed and edited by Gokul Chakravarthy (Uktopia Creations) over the course of a day in Washington, DC, where the band played at The Hamilton Live just steps away from the White …
News: Belgian black metal band KrvL Unveiled Their Upcoming Opus ‘Donkere Paden’ In A Full Album Stream Via Black Metal Promotion
Belgian black metal band KrvL (pronounced as Kravaal) have unveiled their upcoming opus “Donkere Paden” in a full album stream via Black Metal Promotion. The band’s second full-length album will be released on 11 October 2024 via These Hands Melt in CD, Vinyl and Digital formats and is available to pre-order. Listen to “Donkere Paden”: Pre-order the album: Pre-save the album …
News: Arch Enemy Announce New Album ‘Blood Dynasty’
After the surprise drop of their latest single “Dream Stealer“ on July 31, extreme metal legends Arch Enemy are back with more exciting news. The Swedes are pleased to announce their 12th studio album, Blood Dynasty, a long player with 11 new tracks chock-full of Arch Enemy’s powerful signature guitar riffs, guttural force, and clean vocal surprises. The announcement also …
News: The Horrors Announce New Album ‘Night Life’; Listen To New Single ‘The Silence That Remains’
The Horrors have announced their sixth studio album ‘Night Life’, which is due out on the 21st ofMarch via Fiction Records. The album announcement is accompanied by brand new single and video ‘The Silence That Remains’ as well as a winter string of intimate shows including London’s ICA on November 28th. See a full list …
News: Mdou Moctar Announces New Album ‘Tears For Injustice’ Out Feb 28 via Matador Records
If ‘Funeral For Justice’ was the sound of outrage, ‘Tears Of Injustice’ is the sound of grief. Mdou Moctar’s new album is ‘Funeral For Justice’ completely re-recorded and rearranged for acoustic and traditional instruments. It is an evolution of the band’s critically-adored breakout – the meditative mirror-image to the blistering original. Listen to ‘Imajighen (Injustice Version)’, below: In July of 2023, …
News: Incineration Festival Announce A Headliner And Another Addition For The 2025 Edition
Hailing from the depths of the Adirondack wilderness, BLACKBRAID will make a debut appearance in London in May, bringing a dark presence of raw, powerful black metal to the Electric Ballroom stage at Incineration Festival 2025. TRIPTYKON PERFORMING CELTIC FROST – 2025 UK EXCLUSIVE! We are beyond stoked to reveal that Triptykon will bring the …