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Video: He Is Legend, Air Raid- Plus Tour Dates
“We’ve kept the cathartic experience of a He Is Legend show a strictly personal experience for our fans for some time now,” Schuylar Groom of He Is Legend said of the band’s new video for their song Air Raid. Never have we hit this hard before so we decided it was due time that we …
News: VUKOVI announce May/June headline tour and festival dates
Neon-rock band Vukovi have announced ‘Part 2’ of their headline tour, which aims to share their debut album with anyone who will give them a chance. ‘Part 1’ of the tour, which took place earlier this month, saw Vukovi bring their vibrant tracks to cities across the UK, including Leeds, Bristol, London, and their hometown of …
Obituary: Chuck Berry, October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017
Chuck Berry and Rock n’ Roll. The two terms are synonymous for anyone who has ever at least heard of the first. The sad part is that many have not. This is a giant oversight in the history of pop music and one if its most important and essential figures. Most people associate Rock n’ …
News: Pvris Add Second London Date Due To Demand
Pvris have added a second London date to their short European run due to phenomenal demand. With the original date having sold out within minutes, the band have announced that they will play a second show in the capital on 5th May. Having taken a break from the UK for just over a year (since …
SEE: Gojira Debut Official Music Video For The Cell, plus UK tour dates
Captured on a thermal-imaging camera, the new video for The Cell by Gojira is an unequivocally intense, vociferous assault on the senses. Taken from last year’s Magma, the video was directed by Drew Cox, and sees the band performing amongst a myriad of images depicting scenes of surveillance, nature, religion and the human body- to …
Track: Barry Adamson – Sweet Misery, plus UK tour dates
After a lifetime in music, Barry Adamson has announced details of a new six tracks EP Love Sick Dick, which drops on 14th April. From it, he’s released a new track, Sweet Misery, which Mark Radcliffe premiered on his 6Music Show. The whole EP Adamson sees as a blues – one lovelorn guy in all …
News: The Haunted head back to the studio
After finishing a successful UK tour together with Meshuggah last month, Swedish Thrash Metallers THE HAUNTED are about to start recordings for their newest, 9th studio album, which is due to be released later in 2017. THE HAUNTED’s guitarist Ola Englund : “After almost 2.5 years since the release of ‘Exit Wounds’, we’re finally hitting the studio …
News: Wednesday 13 Signs to Nuclear Blast, Plus UK Tour Dates
Wednesday 13, who is set to release his seventh studio album Condolences on June 2nd, has just signed a new deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment! A staple in the horror-punk scene, the former Murderdolls frontman had this to say about his new record label home, “We’re so excited to finally announce that we have signed with …
News: Midnight Oil announce World Tour, includes first UK date since 1996
One of Australia’s most passionate, articulate and socially committed bands, Midnight Oil, have just announced they are reforming and undertaking a world tour in 2017. The enigmatic lead singer, Peter Garrett, spent some time as a Labor politician in 2002, causing the band to go into a hiatus and no end of cynicism amongst those …
News: Napalm Death announce European Tour 2017
Birmingham’s Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH never slow down and announced a next headlining run across Europe together with Brujeria and Power Trip* for April/May under the suitable banner Campaign For Musical Destruction” The tour supports, the much praised, 2016 “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album. The bands 15th album to date. In NAPALM DEATH’s Mark …