Bottle Rock Festival Is In For A Treat ‘Dogstar’, Hollywood legend Keanu Reeves’ alt-rock/grunge band will be gracing the big stage in Napa, California this May 27th. The trio last performed back in 2002 and have since been working on new material rumoured to be showcased in their upcoming gig. […]
Screamin’ At The Sky’ Dropping This September Black Stone Cherry’s 8th studio album will be released on 29th September this year via Mascot Records. ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’ sees the Southern hard rockers take on a new era with the first studio recordings with new bassist Steve Jewell in the […]
When Rivers Meet – Breaking the Blues Chains in Brighton! When you put four incredibly talented Blues musicians on one stage something magical happens! When two of those musicians are husband and wife dream team Grace and Aaron Bond, then that magic is in a whole new dimension. When Rivers […]
Words: Diamond Dave How amazing it was to be seeing a band in the beautiful St George’s Hall in Bradford. They have all played here… in 1854 Charles Dickens read A Christmas Carol, in 1962 The Rolling Stones took to this stage then the 70’s saw Led Zepellin and Queen […]
Words and photos: Diamond Dave I had the pleasure of interviewing Midge Ure in November 2020. We talked about a tour that he was planning called “Voice And Visions” which was going to concentrate on material from his days in Visage and early Ultravox. These shows were repeatedly postponed because […]
After 22 Years Pantera Are Back Performing On US Soil Years of anticipation, months of preparation and finally the day came. Playing at the Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally in Florida last night Pantera stormed the stage on home turf; the first time since July 25th 2001. Original members Philip Anselmo […]
‘Impera’ Claims The Best Hard Rock/Metal Award A very unusual sighting was seen at the Swedish Grammis last night. Ghost, the Swedish born band whose award winning album recently sold 70,000 equivalent units in the U.S. in its first week of release took to to the stage in… normal attire. […]
After 5 Years of Nominations, Rage Are In Since 1991 Rage Against The Machine have been a hard rocking symbol of everything held with a steel fist and more. Now, after being nominated in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 the band will rightfully claim their place in the Rock […]
Depravation Festival sponsored by TotalRock at Level 3 in Swindon on 2nd September 2023 Coming at the tail end of Festival season, the first weekend of September is delivering Depravation Festival to delight your ears! Created by a group of passionate musicians/ music lovers, Depravation has assembled a group of […]
Judas Priest To Tour UK & Ireland Heavy metal overlords Judas Priest have announced a 6 date run around UK and Ireland with support Saxon and Uriah Heap joining them for the full excursion. To take place through March 2024 it’s yet another tour release as the group show no […]
We are GOAT MONSOON – a Stoner/Doom/Sludge/Groove metal band based in Essex, that has been steadily going from strength to strength (pandemics permitting) since our formation in 2012. Our career highlights include: support slots with Slabdragger, Orange Goblin, Paradise Lost, Crowbar, Godthrymm, Nebula, and a very well received set on […]
TotalRock at Takedown Festival 2023 Words by Amber Brooks There’s nothing quite like a festival that feels like home. From the moment that the heavy guitars blast through Portsmouth Guildhall Square, or the heavy queues working their way around the archaic buildings, there is an undeniable sense of magic in […]
