rock/metal news
News: Earache releases Bolt Thrower “Peel Sessions” LP
Let’s get this out of the way right from the off. Yes, its out now. And yes, it is just an excuse to play some of Coventry’s finest for you all. If you don’t know Bolt Thrower, then they were at the forefront of the grindcore/death metal scene right from their formation in 1986, and …
News: Finnish metallers Nightwish announce new album details
Finland based symphonic metal ensemble Nightwish have announced details on their new upcoming album entitled Endless Forms Most Beautiful to be released on On March 30th. This will be Nightwish’s 8th studio album, a follow up to 2011’s Imaginaerum and is the first album to include new vocalist Floor Jansen who says “it’s the first time I’m singing on an …
News: Make Do and Mend announce new album for March 2015.
Recent news dictates that as of February 23rd 2015, there will be a new Make Do and Mend album! It seems 2015 will be a pretty big year for the band, and they’ve teamed up with Noisey to stream the album’s title track Don’t Be Long. Released via the band’s own imprint, Stay Close Records …
News: Enslaved announce new album details
Norwegian extreme metal outfit Enslaved have announced details of their 13th studio album. The album will be entitled In Times, and will feature hand painted art work from Truls Espedal- someone who the band have long-term collaboration connections with, and ‘sixth Enslaved member’. The band’s guitarist and composer, Ivar Bjørnson, describes the new material as …
See: A Place To Bury Strangers release video for ‘Straight’ + Album and tour news.
You should never judge a book by its cover. Yep; can agree with that. But when it comes to music, should you judge a band by their name? I’m not sure on this one, but one thing I am sure of, is that I’ve always thought ‘A Place To Bury Strangers’ was a great name for …
News: Of Mice & Men announce UK and EU tour for 2015
If bands who have managed to battle their way through the barrage of metalcore bands in their scene to come out as some of this generation’s rising stars is your thing- then Of Mice & Men may just be to your liking! If they already are your thing, and/or they interest you in any way, …
See: God Damn release new video for ‘Horus’, plus forthcoming UK tour dates
Speeding head first out of the Black Country, God Damn are one of the bands burning the torch for the current UK rock scene. Living up to their name, God Damn make a god damn lot of noise. Like the MC5 reinventing themselves in modern day Wolverhampton, spunky, frenetic guitar collides with thumping purposeful …
See: Black Label Society announce 2015 UK/European tour dates
These are out now, so you need to be quick. Hard rocking quartet Black Label Society, aka former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde along with Dario Lorina (Guitar), John DeServio (Bass) and Jeff Fabb (Drums), arrive in the UK next year for 8 dates, starting off at Glasgow O2 before heading through London’s Roundhouse, ending …
News: Bruce Springsteen to release The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984
For some reason I can’t help liking Bruce Springsteen. For all his bluster, forced blue-collar worthiness and questionable career moves, his heart always seems to be in the right place. Springsteen is one of those musicians who has been periodically rediscovered by new generations of music fans, as his influence has flowed down through the …
News: Slipknot Announce UK Tour In January
As the tour name itself states, Prepare For Hell… because Slipknot are coming to the UK in January! On their first UK tour since that in support of their 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone, Slipknot will head out across not only England, Scotland and Wales, but Ireland as well. This tour is the bands …