rock/metal news
NEWS: Five Finger Death Punch Announce Seventh Studio Album
The seventh studio album by Vegas metallers Five Finger Death Punch has been announced today- and it’s so close! And Justice For None will be out May 18th via Eleven Seven. It’s going to be available as a standard CD, which will be 13 tracks and a deluxe CD which will contain an additional three …
News: Todd Rundgren’S Utopia Reunite for US tour – dates here
For 32 years, fans have been clamouring for a reunion. Well – The wait is over. No longer able to turn a deaf ear to the unceasing requests from fans and the media alike, Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox and Ralph Schuckett are reuniting for their first North American tour since the Chernobyl nuclear …
News: Bloodstock – New Bands Added
BLOODSTOCK announces CANNIBAL CORPSE, BLEED FROM WITHIN & more With the countdown to Bloodstock 2018 well under way the great metal fest has announced four more bands for this year. It’s certainly shaping up to be a blinding line-up so far. The awesome Death metal icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE, join the festival as Saturday’s …
News: Motorhead to release cover of David Bowie’s Heroes for record store day
On April 21st – aka Record Store Day – Motörhead will be issuing a 7” picture disc of their runaway hit cover version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, with the art featuring a new “sketch” take on the classic war-pig. The flip-side features “Heroes (the Wacken Family Choir Mix)” with previously unheard audio of the crowd at 2017’s Wacken Festival singing along to the single …
Track: Napalm Death – Call that an option, plus album and tour news
Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death have released a second glimspe of their forthcoming album ‘Coded Smears and Uncommon Slurs’ following on from Oh So Pseudo which we wrote about a couple of weeks ago. The album is out via Century Media on 30th March, on 2CD, 2LP and digital download, and includes a total of 31 …
News: Royal Trux stream three classic albums – available from today
Royal Trux (Neil Hagerty/Jennifer Herrema) are making their entire cumulative catalog (40 lps including Royal Trux, NMH, RTX, Howling Hex, and Black Bananas) available via their new home at Fat Possum. The releases will be made available to the public via streaming for the first time and the scheduled roll out has the first 3 …
Track: Moose Blood – Just Outside, plus album / tour news
Moose Blood have released a new song, “Just Outside”, available as an instant-grat download when fans pre-order their new album I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore, out March 9th via Hopeless Records. The band has released three singles from the new record: ‘Have I Told You Enough’ and ‘Talk In Your Sleep’, which …
See: Black Foxxes release video for ‘Joy’, plus tour/in store news
Exeter trio Black Foxxes have released a new video for ‘Joy’, taken from their forthcoming studio album ‘Reiði’, out on March 16th via Search & Destroy records. Gaining some significant support, not least from Daniel P Carter at the Radio 1 Rock Show, the track has this Grunge feel about it, full of highs and …
News: Queen Kwong Announce European Tour Dates
In support of the new Album ‘Love Me To Death’ , Queen Kwong will be playing a string of European dates in May. The brainchild of Carré Callaway, ‘Love Me To Death’ is set for an April 13th release on Edison Sound. As with every Queen Kwong release to date, the songs on Love Me …
News: Pulled Apart By Horse to play Fluffer Pit Party
Fluffer Pit Parties have established themselves as quite legendary in a very short space of time. Already historical shows such as Black Lips headlining the final gig held at The Coronet, Japandroids playing a secret Dalston basement and further performances by the likes of Spring King, Deap Vally and PINS all shook the capitals live …