Commemorating Johnson’s First Live Performance With AC/DC In the Belgium city of Namur Brian Johnson has been immortalised. A life-sized Belgium Blue Stone statue of the singer commemorates his first ever performance with the iconic band on the 29th June 1980. Taking place at Namur’s Palais Des Expositions the performance came shortly after they had […]
Dan Moran sets the records straight… We got Shrapnel and Reaper vocalist, Daniel Moran, to lay it down, every Metallica album from worst to best. Do you agree? “New Tallica album means new worst to best, so flame away gang:” 12. Lulu (2011). Literally unlistenable. It’s an incentive on Reaper’s Patreon (subscribe for cool […]
RADAR FESTIVAL 2023 ANNOUNCES HEADLINER IGORRR, EXCLUSIVE ONE-OFF PERFORMANCE FROM THORNHILL, AND FULL DAY-SPLITS RADAR Festival is thrilled to announce that IGORRR will headline the festival’s Saturday 29 July 2023 performance at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. Joining them are an incredible lineup of artists from around the world, including THORNHILL from Australia, CAR BOMB & […]
The Wedding Present have announced a new album called 24 Songs. Last year saw the Leeds-formed outfit release two new tracks every month as a double A-side 7-inch record. Now, they have comprised each of the tracks as a compilation album, which will also include five bonus tracks. Thirty years ago the band released one […]
Winning ‘Best Rock Album Of The Year’ Is Only The Long Awaited Start Ghost have announced a five song covers EP as a lead on from their success after the iHeart Radio Music Awards anointed them onvicous leaders on the scene. The record, titled ‘Phantomine’, follows on from their chart-topping album ‘Impera’ which saw them […]
TotalRock is thrilled to give away an amazing package of merch from March Band of the Month winners Opensight! This amazing merch package includes a signed copy of Opensight’s latest album “Mondo Fiction” a Special edition “Mondo Fiction” T-Shirt and a Signed a4 print!!! Enter here for a chance to win… Opensight is notorious for […]
The Famed Guitarist Takes Legal Action After Seeing Profits Severely Cut But that’s not the only thing making heads spin. Mars has also outed Crue as not actually playing their instruments live, with bassist Nikki Sixx being the centre of his claims. It’s been said Sixx’s parts are all pre-recorded despite his tendencies to talk […]
Meet Momometal, The New Member Of Babymetal In an announcement on Twitter the Japanese Kawaii metal band released the news that they had found their third member. Momoko Okazaki – who will go by the name Momometal – served as one of the band’s backup dancers from 2019 to present. It’s been a thrill for […]
Rock band Opensight has been making waves in the music industry with their unique style of crafting thematic songs that incorporate a sense of adventure and drama. The band is notorious for blending different elements such as suspense, spy themes, hard-boiled action sequences, and enigmatic horror passages to create an intense and memorable experience for […]
TotalRock is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of the UK’s newest and most exciting rock festivals – Maid of Stone. Maid of Stone is a brand-new event in the UK festival calendar which takes place from 21 – 23 July at Mote Park, Maidstone (yes, that explains the name!). The inaugural event […]
British grindcore legends Napalm Death returned to British shores on their Campaign For Musical Destruction tour with a thrilling extreme tag-teams consisting of Dropdead, Siberian Meat Grinder and Escuela Grind. The TotalRock assemble couldn’t sleep on the heavy line-up caught this much anticipated tour at a sold-out Manchester Academy to witness a lesson in the past, present and future […]
50 Years of Lynyrd Skynyrd In 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd released their debut album. ‘(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)’, featuring songs such as ‘Gimme Three Steps’, ‘Simple Man’ and ‘Free Bird’ was nothing short of a music scene revelation. Certified gold just one year after release before going double platinum some years later the songs they wrote are […]
