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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »UK queens of riot VENUS GRRRLS return with hard hitting and uplifting new single “Lidocaine”
“This is what I’m talking about, by being bold in your music” Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1) “2023 belongs to VENUS GRRRLS” Nels Hylton (BBC Radio 1) “A band who really sound like they want to make things happen; to affect some kind of change” Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music) …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Mötley Crüe and BMG announce ‘Year of the Devil’ 40th anniversary celebration of landmark album ‘Shout at the Devil’
BMG announces YEAR OF THE DEVIL, a multi-configuration celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Mötley Crüe’s landmark 2nd album, SHOUT THE DEVIL. The centerpiece of YEAR OF THE DEVIL is the Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set which features the newly remastered album on LP, CD and Cassette. Also included …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Twin Temple announce new album ‘God Is Dead’, reveal ‘Burn Your Bible’ single
TWIN TEMPLE fans, rejoice! Today, the band makes their triumphant return by announcing their highly-anticipated sophomore album ‘God Is Dead’, set for release on the wickedest of days, Friday 13th October. In celebration of this unholy announcement, the high priest and priestess of Satanic Doo-Wop have released a new track …
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