rock/metal
News: Northlane Announce First Ever UK Headline Shows
Fresh from the Download Festival stage, Northlane have announced a handful of UK dates in October. The Aussies will be supported by Volumes, The Acacia Strain and Hellions. “We are really, really excited for this tour,” says Northlane guitarist Josh Smith. “For one, I’m so excited that we’re out with some of our favourite bands and people. …
News: P.O.D Album Details
Alternative hard-rockers P.O.D have released information on their 9th studio album, The Awakening which will be available on August 21. The album, produced by the band’s long-time collaborator and friend, Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Kelly Clarkson), features 10 tracks and special guests Maria Brink from In This Moment and Lou Koller from Sick of …
Track: Racetrack Gospel – Wiseblood
Racetrack Gospel is the new project from Sam Herlihy, ex-lead singer and songwriter from Hope of the States. He been joined by Martin Samuels, Max Backshell & Simon Goldring to form Racetrack Gospel and the band have released the first fruits of their labour in the shape of a new track – Wiseblood. Its taken …
Live Review: Long Division 2015 – Wakefield 12th – 14th June
Long Division, a three day urban festival, spread over eight venues all within spitting distance of each other. Over 60 bands on offer and with the added bonus of it been just down the road in the city where I grew up, and still live. What started out five years ago as a full on …
Track: Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule release new single, Glue
Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule return with a new single, Glue, ahead of their debut album Urth, which drops on August 21st via Earache records. Singer/guitarist Cai Burns says of Glue, “[it]….popped into existence on New Year’s Day of 2014. The frame of the song was sat as a garage band file called ‘so damn stuck’ and …
See: Dinosaur Pile-up reveal new video for “11:11”
Ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Eleven Eleven’, and following tour supporting Brand New around the Uk and Europe, three piece rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up have released a video for the title track. It serves as a reminder to all their fans both what they’re capable of, and what they’ve been missing in the two years since …
Track: Vukovi – Boy George, plus tour dates
Taken from their forthcoming debut album, experimental Scottish rockers Vukovi have announced the release of a new track, Boy George due out on August 3rd and available to pre-order right now via iTunes. The band have been making increasing waves on the scene, sharing the stage with the likes of Don Broco, Lower than Atlantis …
News: The Story So Far Announce UK Tour Dates
California based Pop Punk quintet The Story So Far have announced a winter headline tour in support of their new self-titled album which was released last month via Pure Noise Records. The bands new album is available to buy now via their webstore and iTunes. You can also stream the album in full below: You can catch …
SEE: Shots Fired – The Architect
Leeds metal/hardcore outfit Shots Fired have recently unleashed the video for their latest brutal offering, ‘The Architect’. When we say brutal, we mean as the dictionary definition – “direct and without attempting to disguise unpleasantness.” Shots Fired are definitely direct, be it live or on record, these lads are up in your face demanding your …
Album Review: Young Guns, Ones and Zeros
From absent fathers, a discontent with the places that have remained the same since childhood, as well as having much woe to channel into a creative form, all resulted in Young Guns’ debut album; the effortless, flowing and poetically weighted All Our Kings Are Dead. After that came Bones; slightly mellower but far bigger, it …