Download Festival: Same old bands? Every year theres always complainers, haters gonna hate, right? But just how often have some of these bands played more than a couple of times? Here are ten repeat offenders, the first three may have not necessarily played the most but certainly the most complained […]
Veteran UK thrashers Acid Reign have signed to Dissonance Productions. The band’s new, as yet untitled album will be issued in September. Says vocalist Howard Smith: “For our first album in 29 years it was vitally important that we find the right home and I feel we have. From the […]
Blue October are to put out a documentary later in the year. It’s titled ‘Get Back Up’. Filmed over the last decade, not only does it deal with the band’s rise, fall and resurrection, but also with frontman Justin Furstenfeld’s struggles with depression and substance abuse and how it brought […]
Hardcore heroes Agnostic Front are to play a show in London at the end of the year. This happens at The Underworld on November 20, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the album ‘Victim In Pain’ and also new documentary ‘The Godfathers Of Hardcore’. Says frontman Roger Miret: “We’re super excited […]
Opeth are to play five UK and Irish dates for the autumn. This kicks off at The London Palladium on October 29, before heading to Glasgow SWG Galvanizers 31, Dublin Olympia Theatre November 1, Leeds University Damnation Festival 2 (the band will headline the event), Bristol O2 Academy 3. Tickets […]
The Metal Messiah Download Festival Top Picks: Municipal Waste There’s no party like a Municipal Waste party. If you want a band to get drunk, head bang and mosh to then Municipal Waste are the band for you. Their lightning speed riffs and killer solos will get you wrecking your […]
The Bloodstock Open Air Festival has now put day tickets on sale. These are priced at £65 (+ fees) for adults and £20 (+ fees) for children aged 4-11. Children under four years old get in for free. In addition,Bloodstock have also confirmed the first batch of winners from the […]
Geddy Lee will do book signings at three UK book stores in June. He will be signing copies of ‘Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book Of Bass’ at London Piccadilly Waterstones June 8 (4pm), Manchester Blackwells @ International Anthony Burgess Foundation 10 (7pm, including a Q&A hosted by Philip Wilding), Glasgow […]
Nazareth are reissue six more albums on coloured vinyl through BMG on July 5. Each will come as a single disc in uniquely coloured vinyl with revamped artwork based on the original and bespoke disc labels. All the audio is based on 2010 remasters, with the exception of the ‘Nazareth’ […]
Rick Wakeman is to play eight UK shows at the end of the year. Under the banner of ‘The Grumpy Old Christmas Shows Tour’. This will mix music from across his career with other songs and funny stories told in the inimitable Wakeman style. Says the man himself: “It’s a […]
Bring Me The Horizon have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Alongside Babymetal, they will appear on The Other Stage on June 30. And there are a whole string of TotalRock friendly bands who’ll play in the Shangri-La area at the festival. These include Gojira, Venom Prison, The Damned, […]
The Graham Bonnet Band are to release a new live album through Frontiers on July 12. It’s titled ‘Live In Tokyo 2017’. And what can you expect? This is what the vocalist himself says: “In March 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band went to Japan for our first headline dates as […]
