MOONSPELL announce their “Full Moon Over The UK and Ireland” Tour this Winter and release ‘Hermitage LIVE!’ Recorded 80 meters below the earth, at the heart of one of Portugal’s seven natural wonders, Hermitage Live comes out on September 30, 2022 via Napalm Records. Get into the fullmoon mood and […]
The city of Bristol has quite the legendary reputation in the history of music, giving the world not just many monumental bands and artists, but birthing entirely new genres alongside them. So in having a fourth day of ArcTanGent, a Wednesday, for the first time ever, an opportunity arose to […]
It’s the anniversary of Holloway Hell at the Lexington on Pentonville Road, but before the house band and guests start the cover song fun, the featured band playing originals is Trophies of Man fronted by Flash Sawyer formerly of King Lizard and featuring Dave Winkler of Star Circus on guitar. […]
The Electrics kick things off with their post punk guitar based rock with great saxophone playing that adds an immediate injection of hi-energy pizzazz. I loved the punky version of ‘Because The Night’ they inserted into a song called ‘Broken Hearted Lover’. ‘Dead Boy’ is like something that might have […]
TotalRock’s Aggie Anthimidou captures all the action at Hellfest 2022 Part I. Check out some of the highlights feat. Dog Eat Dog, The Offspring, Five Finger Death Punch, Judas Priest, Deez Nutz, Deep Purple, Frank Carter, Gaahls Wyrd, Mastodon and Down. Photography: Aggie Anthimidou Photography Copyright Aggie Anthimidou Photography © 2022 […]
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Col Harkness of NWOBHM boogie mettalers SPIDER passed away on Thursday 21st July. His death was announced on the band website with this simple message. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Spider band member COL HARKNESS. Our thoughts and […]
South Coast indie surf rockers Dutch Criminal Record have today announced that they will be embarking on a 3-date UK tour supporting Brighton pop-rock band FUR. They’ll be heading to Edinburgh, Manchester and London this September. To celebrate the news, the band have released an acoustic B-side version of ‘Light […]
Counterparts have today shared new single ‘Whispers of Your Death’. It’s the second single released from their upcoming seventh album A Eulogy for Those Still Here, set to be released on October 7th 2022 via New Damage Records. It follows on from ‘Unwavering Vow’, and showcases and darker and more […]
Canadian noise-makers Captain WildChild have released another straight-up banger in the form of ‘Fantasy’. The band have said: “Our new song Fantasy focuses on the distractions we’re constantly surrounded with and how we need to overcome them. With the verses, we wanted the lyrics to drop the listener into a […]
Following the moving fan stories the band heard in the aftermath of recent single ‘Fuck the Haters’, Massive Wagons decided to launch the campaign to help stamp out bullying of all kinds, in collaboration with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The band today shared the first in a short series of […]
GLAM! When Superstars ROCKed the World, 1970-1974 by Mark Paytress published by Omnibus Press. As someone who remembers the UK glam era, although a small child, it was a fantastic era when the music took off in an all persuasive way. My memories are mostly of watching all the glam […]
20 years deep into their history, Irish rockers Skypilot have announced details of their upcoming third album, Simple Beasts. The eight-track album, recorded at Start Together Studios in late 2021 with engineer and producer Rock O’Reilly, is set to be released on August 19th 2022 via The Distortion Project and […]
