rock/metal
News: The HU – Announce Extended Live Album ‘The HU Live At Glastonbury’ On 7th June 2024 via Better Noise Music
Mongolian rock sensation THE HU have engaged audiences worldwide with their unique brand of “hunnu rock’ since their formation in 2016. The unparalleled group combine traditional Mongolian throat singing and ancient native instrumentation with contemporary western hard rock. THE HU have dominated the charts, including two #1 spots on Billboard’s World Album and Top New Artist Albums charts, sold-out headlining tours across the globe …
News: In Flames Announce Anniversary Vinyl Re-issues Of Lunar Strain, Colony, Soundtrack To Your Escape & Siren Charms
In Flames and Nuclear Blast Records are happy to announce exclusive anniversary vinyl re-issues of the band’s beloved classic albums Lunar Strain (30th anniversary), Colony (25th anniversary), Soundtrack To Your Escape (20th anniversary) and Siren Charms (10th anniversary), all of which have been out of print and in high demand. The new editions are scheduled to be released on July 19th 2024. 2023 marked the beginning of a new …
Track: Revenant – The Healer
Basingstoke rockers Revenant are set to release their debut EP, ‘What A Time To Be Alive,’ on the 10th of May. After a string of singles, including ‘Coming Back To Life’, ‘The Masquerade‘, and the recent single ‘Rolling On My Back‘, the band has shared their new track, ‘The Healer’. Big voice, big chords and …
Track: Mdou Moctar Share Track ‘Oh France’; New Album Out Now
Mdou Moctar have released their much-anticipated new album, ‘Funeral for Justice’. Along with the album release the band have shared the record’s penultimate track, ‘Oh France’, a fiery indictment of French colonialism that stands among the group’s heaviest songs to date. A full five minutes of fretboard-melting guitar virtuoso with a thunderous backing and Moctar’s melodic …
Track: Floodhounds – Near-Life Experience
After sharing the singles ‘Quicksand’ and ‘Psychosemantics’, the Yorkshire trio Floodhounds have returned with their first music of the year with the new track ‘Near-Life Experience’. Songwriter Jack Flynn says, “The riff came first, and we knew straight away that it had some real punch behind it. Lyrically, the song delves into the struggle of …
Track: Wingz Of The Monkey – Stood Up
Following on from their wah-gasmic single “The Accuser” Wingz of the Monkey are ready to unleash their second release of 2024. ‘Stood up’ is one of the first songs the band wrote while still at school. Still, all 18 or under ‘Stood Up’ has had a few lyric changes along the way to its current …
News: Lucifer Release Single ‘I Would Follow You Babe’ feat. Graveyards’s Joakim Nilsson As Official Anthem Of Mystic Festival 2024
Heavy rock megalith Lucifer have teamed up with Graveyard’s Joakim Nilsson to record an English cover version of Polish rock classic ‘Poszlabym za toba’ by the band Breakout, which was originally released in 1969. The song ‘I Would Follow You Babe’ will serve as the official festival anthem of Mystic Festival 2024, Poland’s biggest metal festival, which is located at the scenic …
EP Review: Motions – The Paralysis EP
After wowing with their debut album (read our review here), Teesside’s metal titans Motions, have returned with their new EP entitled The Paralysis. A concept EP covering the “dark journey through the psyche of a person suffering with suicidal ideation after losing everything they love” With vocal cord-destroying screams, ‘Deathgrip’ kicks things off in true …
Tracks: My Dying Bride – Her Dominion
British death-doom legends My Dying Bride have released their 15th studio album titled ‘A Mortal Binding’. The Yorkshire based sextet have also revealed their final album single titled ‘Her Dominion’, which is accompanied by an evocative lyric video created by Tommy Antonini. My Dying Bride’s Andrew Craighan commented: “The video very closely represents the downward spiral the song itself is portraying. A twisted internal division masquerading …
Track: Bywater Call – Roll
Canadian Roots, Rock, and Soul band Bywater Call have shared the second single of 2024 with ‘Roll’ along with the single the band have announced the release of their highly anticipated third studio album ‘Shepherd’ on August 9th. ‘Roll’ was recorded and mixed by Bywater drummer Bruce McCarthy at his studio The Beat Farm in Toronto. “This song, through the stories of …