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When Rob Wylde broke his ribs he had to postpone the Midnite City tour last year to January 2026. As the packed out Black Heart demonstrated it did not deter attendance, even for those who had come as far afield as America and Japan. January is a dry spell for gigs and it was great […]
The Arcane Dimensions Tour — Manchester O2 Apollo The Arcane Dimensions Tour arrived in Manchester with the kind of anticipation reserved for tours that promise more than just a night of music. With Amaranthe headlining a bill that also featured Epica and Charlotte Wessels, the O2 Apollo became the setting for an ambitious, genre spanning […]
The annual ‘Night Before Uprising’ returns to the Firebug on Friday 22nd May 2026 hosted by TotalRock DJs celebrating their 25th anniversary plus surprise guest DJ slots. So… who will be bringing the party to ‘The Night Before…’? Headlining the evening is none other than Corby’s finest, Viking Skull, originally formed in 2002 with Raging […]
Def Leppard Launch “Rejoice” Ahead of Caesars Palace Residency and Summer 2026 Tour They don’t need a profile write-up: the great Def Leppard are once again stepping onto the grand stage of rock ’n’ roll. What once belonged to the hip-swinging King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, is now being conquered yet again by […]
CARPENTER BRUT Announces New Album Leather Temple If anyone can unite worlds, it is Carpenter Brut. All the better, then, that he is about to unleash his brand-new album Leather Temple on February 27th via No Quarter Prod / Virgin Records. Epic heaviness meets neon-drenched cinematography. Immersion into a dystopian world is the guiding principle […]
TotalRock is delighted to offer limited numbers of day and weekend tickets for TAKEDOWN 26 at a crazy 25% discount!! The festival returns to Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th April 2026, once again delivering a packed lineup of heavy music to the south coast. The latest confirmed acts include As It Is, whose welcomed return […]
Flesh, Bone, and Fury! Nothing More Deliver An Exorcism at the Kentish Town Forum! On the 5th December, at the hotly anticipated London date of their ‘The Carnal Nature Tour’ Nothing More exorcised the Kentish Town Forum with ferocious and glorious intent! If rock and roll is dead, nobody told Jonny Hawkins. In fact, based […]
Kreator Unleashes Brand New Album “Krushers Of The World” Thrash metal veterans Kreator have decided to start the new year loudly with their 16th studio album, Krushers Of The World. And this is exactly what the German band does best: ten soul-crushing, head-banging tracks embedded in a dystopian narrative, produced by none other than the […]
A Celestial Fever Dream: Wolf Alice Shatter the Universe Under a Silver Star! There are nights when music ceases to be mere sound and transforms into alchemy. And on Wednesday 3rd December, amidst the freezing breath of a London winter’s night, Wolf Alice didn’t just perform at the O2; they transformed the cavernous, impersonal concrete […]
Copenhell 2025! The International Festival of the Year Stepping onto the sacred, industrial grounds of Refshaleøen for the very first time, I didn’t just find a music festival, I found a spiritual home. Copenhell 2025 was a revelation, a dark, shimmering ‘Disneyland for metal lovers’ where every rusted corner and smoke-filled alleyway felt like a […]
5 December 2025, OVO Wembley Review & Photography: Aggie Anthimidou Don Broco’s rise has never felt accidental, but watching them command a sold-out Wembley Arena confirms that the band belongs on stages of this scale. I first saw Don Broco live in 2023 at Alexandra Palace, and from the very first moment I was […]
It was a particularly cold night in North London, but The Hives brought the energy—and the heat—to Alexandra Palace. From the moment they hit the stage, Ally Pally surrendered to pure rock ’n’ roll. 29 November 2025, Alexandra Palace, London Review & Photography: Aggie Anthimidou It’s the first time I’ve played a venue where the […]
