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Devin Townsend Announces Orchestral Metal Opus ‘The Moth’ — First Single ‘Enter The City’ Out Now You could say life is a marathon, not a sprint. Quality has its price — and it also takes time. A motto that Devin Townsend’s upcoming album The Moth seems to live by. After all, the project has been […]
A Two-Fingered Salute to Safe Rock: Surviving Airbourne’s Camden Mutiny Rock music was never meant to be a polite dinner guest. It was born to kick the front door off its hinges, raid the drinks cabinet, and leave the front room carpet in an absolute state. Yet, somewhere down the line, a lot of modern […]
A.A. WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM “SOLSTICE” AND RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘HOLD IT TOGETHER’ Expressive abstraction mixed with fragile strength and an enveloping atmosphere – that is A.A. Williams. After a successful UK and European tour, the London artist still has more in tow: a new album, Solstice, arriving on 5 June, and a […]
Takedown Festival 2026 Names Therapy? as New Friday Headliner Just a few more nights of counting sheep and Takedown Festival will be back. But the calm before the storm never really happened — a bit of back and forth is part of the game. In true name fashion, Takedown has now taken down its […]
Titans of the O2: Alter Bridge, Daughtry, and Sevendust Reclaim the Throne! There is a specific, unmistakable kind of electricity that crackles through the damp London air when a lineup of hard rock veterans converges under one massive roof. Last Wednesday night, beneath the sweeping white canopy of the O2 Arena, the lingering March chill […]
2000Trees Festival Finalises 2026 Line-Up with Neck Deep, Sunny Day Real Estate and More 2000Trees with what feels like 2000 acts ready to make July properly bloom. Four days, five stages — including a perfectly fitting forest stage that proves how much oxygen 2000Trees can pump into the air, and how much of it headbanging […]
ArcTanGent Festival Finalises 2026 Line-Up with Cardiacs, MØL and More All good things come in threes, and for the third and final time (at least for this year) ArcTanGent Festival updates its line-up for August 2026. The avant-garde musical mix clearly wasn’t finished yet — there are simply too many talented artists capable of filling […]
NWOBHM Veterans Raven Bring 40-Date Tour Across North America USA, take note — the sleeping beast is waking up. A piece of British metal history is crossing the ocean as Raven aim to revive the New Wave of British Heavy Metal a few decades later. They should be capable of it. After all, the Gallagher […]
Download Festival 2026 Expands Line-Up with A Day To Remember, THE PRIMALS and More The already highlight-packed line-up of Download Festival 2026 apparently hasn’t caused enough chaos yet and now releases a second wave of artists — names that are hard to greet with anything other than an approving nod. A musical mix is good. […]
Prog For Peart Festival Returns to Oxfordshire for Sixth Year A festival with heart — and a reason for it. Promised is a place that brings boutique prog and prog metal fans together. A quality that can probably be attributed to many events, but Prog For Peart truly means it and now heads into the […]
It’s the last night of the UK leg of the Smith/Kotzen tour in the UK at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London. Until the last two dates Kris Barras supported, but unfortunately he fell ill mid tour. Notices on the doors tell people that tonight’s support slot will be filled by Vieira and The Silvers, […]
What a great night this was: a friendly informal atmosphere, killer songs, rockstar royalty, beautiful people, a child prodigy, the next best thing to Axl Rose, it had it all!! The show was opened by Guns 2 Roses, longstanding GNR tribute band. Fronted by Gavin Felvus who pays attention to all the little details recalling […]
