UK death metallers Cancer have announced the title of their sixth album. It’s to be called ‘Shadow Gripped’ and will be released by Peaceville on November 2. The album was recorded at Foal Studios in Wales and produced by Simon Efemy. The album includes a free exclusive bonus track download of […]
Skid Row are returning to England for four dates early next year. These are: Manchester O2 Ritz January 22, Sheffield O2 Academy 23, Bristol O2 Academy 25, London O2 Forum 26. They’ll be supporting by the Backyard Babies, H.e.a.t and Vega. Tickets go on sale from 10am on September 3. […]
Ville Valo, former vocalist with HIM, is to release an album of covers next year. Valo has teamed up with guitarist Esa Pulliainen of veteran Finnish band Agents, and they’re calling themselves Ville Valo & Agents. They have recorded an album of songs written by famed Finnish singer Rauli ‘Badding’ […]
Seminal hard rockers UFO have announced 22 UK/Ireland shows for 2019. This will be not just a celebration of their 50th anniversary, but also the final British tour, as vocalist Phil Mogg intends to retire. The dates kick off at the Bristol O2 Academy on March 7, before carrying on […]
Metallica have teamed up with master distiller Dave Pickerell to launch Blackened. This is their own blended whiskey, which the band themselves describe as: “We are fortunate to have a long-time collaboration with Meyer Sound, who have engineered a proprietary subwoofer that amplifies the low frequency sound waves and all the […]
Metallica have gotten into the time keeping business (please, no Lars Ulrich jokes!). The iconic metal band are to launched their own range of watches on November 5, in collaboration with Nixon. There are nine watches in call, with prices ranging from $125 to $750. Talking about this new […]
Kinks founder Dave Davies is to put an album of unreleased recordings. Titled ‘Decade’, this is to come out through Red River Entertainment/BFD on October 12. It consists of 13 recordings made by the famed guitarist during the ’70s, in a 10 year period prior to the release of his […]
It has now been revealed that Vinnie Paul died from a heart condition. The celebrated drummer died on June 22, and it has been confirmed this was from natural causes. He was suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy. This means he had an enlarged heart, which meant his heart muscle was badly […]
The Electric Boys are to release a new album later this year. Titled ‘The Ghost Ward Diaries’, this is to be put out by Mighty Music on November 23. A single, ‘Hangover In Hannover’, will precede this in September. The band’s current line-up is Conny Bloom (guitar/vocals), Franco Santunione (guitar), […]
Ed King, who was a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd on their first three albums has died at the age of 68. Although no cause has yet been confirmed, it is know King has been battling against lung cancer for some time. King was a member of pyschedelic band Strawberry Alarm […]
Accept are to release a live vinyl single through Nuclear Blast on October 5. This limited edition 10 inch has ‘Balls To The Wall’ on the A side and ‘Symphony No.40 In G Minor’ on the B side. Both were recorded with the CNSO Orchestra at the Wacken Festival in […]
Haken are to release a new album before the end of the year, and will tour in 2019. The album is titled ‘Vector’, and is to be released on October 26 by InsideOut. Their firth album, it was produced by the band and mixed by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood. The band […]
