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Death Cult return for UK tour (Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy)

Death Cult returns. The storied post-punk progenitor to The Cult will headline a one-off 12-date tour across the UK and Ireland throughout November 2023, including many venues where they made their live debut as a band. The evening, while centered around Death Cult and their eponymous EPs, will boast a …

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UK doomsters Gévaudan announce new album

Gévaudan have announced that their second full length album, titled “Umbra”, is due to be released in collaboration with Meuse Music Records on 13 October 2023. The record is described by the band as a single track that explores depression through the eyes of eldritch horror, culminating in an unrelenting …

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Review: Steelhouse Festival 2023 – Friday

Whilst this review covers the first “official” day of Steelhouse Festival 2023, for a large proportion of the crowd, the festival starts a day earlier on the Thursday, if you are lucky enough to own a campervan. I arrive well before the 6pm opening time to find myself one of …

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AMARANTHE – announce new studio album ‘The Catalyst’

The holy ground for heavy music and sacred space for metal heads saw the beginning of another glorious chapter for one of our brightest modern metal stars. Swedish six-piece AMARANTHE announced their upcoming album The Catalyst live on stage after their bedazzling performance on Wacken’s main stage. “So at last …

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SKYND share new single/video “Robert Hansen”; UK tour announced

Industrial-tinged and true crime-inspired electronic duo SKYND is the dark creative outlet and the alter ego of its lead singer, Skynd, and producer and multi-instrumentalist Father. They are known for taking inspiration from inexplicable and brutal criminal cases and the mystery surrounding unsolved deaths, and transforming them into songs to …

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VEXED announce UK headline tour

Alt-metal trio VEXED have announced a UK headline tour, set to take place in October. The shows will be in support of the band’s new album Negative Energy, out now via Napalm Records. VEXED will be joined by special guests PULSE, as well as local supports at each show. Dates …

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Introducing: The Spectre Beneath

Runcorn, UK-based The Spectre Beneath have just released their new mini album ‘The Ashen Child’, guitarist and founding member Pete Worrall was on hand to talk us through the background of The Spectre Beneath… What are the origins of The Spectre Beneath, how long have you been playing together? We …

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