Four decades into his career as a musician, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost/Triptykon founder Tom Gabriel Warrior was awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture in a ceremony on 17 September 2021 at Lugano’s Arte e Cultura (LAC) centre. This event marked the first time the Swiss Music Prize formally recognized the genre of Heavy Metal. Edited […]
Lybica has announced its signing to Metal Blade Records. The band says “Having Metal Blade come forward and believe in us was unexpected and quite honestly, thrilling. We couldn’t be more excited to be a part of such an amazing roster.” With plans to release their debut self-titled full-length album early 2022, Lybica are poised […]
The anticipation is already brimming to boiling point with organisers of Call of the Wild Festival having to wait a full three years to bring back what was hailed as the ‘Best New Rock Festival’ when it burst onto the circuit during its first year in 2019. With the soul destroying challenges of rescheduling the […]
Uprising Records is utterly proud to welcome Tersivel into its ranks. “We are humbled by the label’s confidence in Tersivel and their energy to support our creative vision” the band says before adding “To have a strong ally for these significant years of our career is a big step for us! We spent the last […]
For Celtic Hills, 2021 has been a very positive year! The reviews of their ‘Mystai Keltoy’ album have been many and published on the major world newspapers and all with an average rating of around 9 out of 10. Buy the album here https://smarturl.it/zr31wj After the reviews in all languages, another important recognition comes from […]
Almost twenty years ago to the day, Sodom released one of the most significant albums of its career ‘M-16’, an offering that continues to be a challenge both musically and in terms of its content still touches upon a very sensitive issue in the history of mankind, the Vietnam War. The album is now set […]
2000trees Festival 2022 announce that their Saturday night main stage headliner are Idles. They will be joining the other main stage headliners Jimmy Eat World and Thrice. Mark Bowen from Idles says ”2000trees were one of the first festivals to book us way back in 2016, before we even had an album out. To give […]
On 5th November 2021, Jethro Tull’s 1970 album ‘Benefit’ will be celebrated in a brand-new 4CD/2DVD set, an abundance of previously unreleased material, The 1970 Fillmore at Tanglewood concert audio and on video, Live At The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 1970 concert in mono, Flat transfers of the original UK+US LP master in LPCM, a deluxe […]
The Manchester music scene has began slowly but surely begun to come back to life with punters gathering inside for a somewhat calm and relaxed atmosphere with the drinks flowing. All that were present were ready for the anticipated bands of the evening with a sense of excitement in the air. For Chris Catalyst ,who […]
Into the Manchester Academy and onto the club floor, its time to go for a rocking night of tantalising British Rock. The punters were all ready for the mid-week party and for this evening in particular was about the restorative power of heavy music. Its a testament to this beloved scene. To start off the […]
Lesoir are to perform UK dates in support of their 2020 album ‘Mosaic’. They last played in the UK in 2019, as Riverside’s special guest. click the link to buy tickets for the date of your choosing: 01/10 The Black Heart, London 02/10 Summer’s End, Chepstow 03/10 1865, Southampton 24/11 Robin 2, Bilston 25/11 Musician, […]
Unique Leader Records has announced the signing of Extinction A.D. to their roster. To celebrate, the label are releasing the bands new EP ‘Chaos, Collusion, Carnage & Propaganda’ on 5th November 2021. Pre-order and save here https://orcd.co/cccp On the signing the band comment “We’re extremely psyched as hell to be working with Unique Leader Records. This […]
