“Throw your worries into the next trash can, at least for 38 minutes and sing, dance, headbang, do whatever feels right!” As far as press release blurb goes, that description from Nuclear Blast Records about the latest release from Finnish sextet Battle Beast hits the nail square on the head. …
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Sold-out shows. Venues upgraded. Waiting lists for tickets. It would seem that Canadian outfit The Birthday Massacre are onto something over this side of the Atlantic. With so many different genres attached to the sound that the six-piece makes (dark wave/electronic/dark-pop/goth/rock), it can often cause pigeonholers’ heads to explode, but …
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Need a fresh, new album to stream this Halloween? A certain Southampton goth rock/horror punk sextet have got you all covered. Happy Halloween, one and all, guys and ghouls… After the success of their 2023 record Sanguivore, which was voted Metal Hammer’s best album of the whole year, Creeper have …
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As far as years go, 2025 has been pretty good for French organic farmers by day, DIY blues rock duo by night, The Inspector Cluzo. A new studio album (their 10th), ‘Less Is More’, was released to great critical acclaim. Several live dates in Europe opening for Neil Young, and …
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Symphonic metal sensation BEYOND THE BLACK are excited to share the fourth single from their eagerly awaited upcoming studio album, Break The Silence, which is due to be released on January 9th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. The catchy uptempo tune ‘Can You Hear Me’ sees BEYOND THE BLACK’s very …
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The storm approaches. WAILING BANSHEE’S thunderous new single ‘Tempest’ heralds a new era for the NWOTHM inspired five-piece. WAILING BANSHEE earned their stripes the hard way. Riff by riff, with blood, sweat and tears, they carved out a loyal following in the UK’s underground Heavy Metal scene through nonstop touring …
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The Damned announce the release of “Not Like Everybody Else”, a deeply personal and celebratory covers album – dedicated to the memory of Brian James, the band’s legendary founding guitarist, who passed away on 6th March 2025. Recorded in a blistering five days of emotion and creative fire at Revolver …
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As Glenn Hughes alludes to midway through his barnstorming set, promoters don’t like this kind of tour from him. They want a Deep Purple-related anniversary tour that they can splatter all over the billboards: like the “Glenn Hughes presents…Classic Deep Purple Live” tour from a few years back, that kind …
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Analog Amara is a Colorado band led by vocalist Amanda Hawkins, joined by Jim Wilcox (ex-Authority Zero) and Max Powers. Their sound combines soulful, vulnerable verses with soaring, anthemic choruses and lush shoegaze textures. Get to know them, below: “A rocket scientist, American Idol alum, and former Atlantic Records drummer …
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Following her outstanding October 2025 UK tour, critically acclaimed British Blues phenom guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor returns to the UK in January 2026 for five regional concerts. Planet Rock starts a 48-hour ticket pre-sale at 10am GMT on Wednesday October 29 via Planetrock.com. Tickets go on general sale at 10am …
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