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News: Incineration Festival Adds Another Huge Name
Krzysztof Drabikowski’s Батюшка will return to London in 2025, making a debut appearance at Incineration Festival. As part of UK Exclusive performance, Batushka will bring their mesmerising and immersive, black ritual to the Roundhouse Stage. For tickets & info, visit our website: www.incinerationfest.com All payment plan tickets for Incineration Festival have now SOLD OUT. Incineration …
News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival Announces More Huge Names For 2025
Bloodstock Open Air has announced a massive 13 more bands for next summer’s metal extravaganza! On the Friday, over on the Ronnie James Dio (Main) Stage, Bloodstock is pleased to welcome classic Thrashers Flotsam And Jetsam along with Deathcore upstarts Paleface Swiss. On the Saturday the Ronnie James Dio stage will welcome Industrial Metal courtesy …
Track: Skunk Anansie Announce 2025 UK Headline Tour
British rock icons Skunk Anansie roar back into action next year with a huge UK headline tour in Spring 2025. Promising an entirely brand new production, the tour will usher in an exciting new era in the history of this legendary band, with new music also on the horizon. Formed in London in 1994, Skunk Anansie …
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 …