Solstice Rider is a metal band formed in the glorious year of 2020 in the great State of Maryland! Jeremy Bluteau, founder and keyboards/clean vocals, talks us through the origins of the band: What are the origins of Solstice Rider, how long have you been playing together? Solstice Rider has …
Read More »NEW YEARS DAY reveal ‘Secrets’, announce new album ‘Half Black Heart’
NEW YEARS DAY is excited to announce their 5th studio album, Half Black Heart, set for release on 1st March 2024. The band have shared another new song, ‘Secrets’ taken from that album, streaming here. Fans can look forward to more new music from NEW YEARS DAY very soon and can pre-order Half …
Read More »AMARANTHE: New single/video ‘Outer Dimensions’
Today, Swedish metal virtuosos AMARANTHE break through the grey November clouds, ready to cure your seasonal blues with their new uplifting track ‘Outer Dimensions’! Once again, high energy vibes paired with a catchy chorus and garnished with some heavy riffs and impressive growls, this song is determined to live up …
Read More »Review: Corey Taylor – O2 Academy, Glasgow
If anyone wandered in off the rain-soaked streets and wasn’t sure who was packing them in like sardines at the regal old cinema just over the River Clyde in Glasgow, then the rather large letters on the screen behind the band would have served as a clue. Lit up by …
Read More »SABATON reveals final list of museums in History Rocks Project
Swedish heavy metal band, SABATON, and over 120 museums around the world, have joined hands for the most anticipated museum event of the year – the global premiere of The War To End All Wars – The Movie, which kicks off this week. This unprecedented global premiere falls under SABATON’s …
Read More »New song and video from Ward XVI (ft V from Pulverise)
Pausing briefly from recording their 3rd album, Ward XVI have teamed up with V from Yorkshire-based rap metal beatdown groovers Pulverise to release a cover of Skindred’s song ‘Saying it Now’. No stranger to Skindred-related mischief following the practical joke that they played on them in Liverpool, Psychoberrie and Ward …
Read More »Review: In This Moment – ‘GODMODE’
‘GODMODE’ – the eighth album from L.A.-based Grammy Award-nominated In This Moment – was conceived during the worldwide lockdown of 2020 and the aftermath when the world went to shit (and never really recovered). And it shows. Not just because it is full of anger, but also because ‘GODMODE’ takes …
Read More »EVERGREY announce anniversary album, 15th December
EVERGREY, Sweden’s finest export of melodic metal darkness, will celebrate 30 years of mastery with their anniversary album, From Dark Discoveries to Heartless Portraits, (released 15th December 2023 via Napalm Records). Pre-order: lnk.to/Evergrey-FDDTHP/napalmrecords From Dark Discoveries to Heartless Portraits will be available in various formats – including an extremely limited 112-page …
Read More »Within Temptation release bloody video for ‘Ritual’
Dutch metallers, Within Temptation, follow the release last week of their brand-new studio album Bleed Out, with a provocative, zombie-vampire-gore-fest-splatter-horror video for their current single ‘Ritual’, just in time for Halloween. Brutal and brilliantly comedic, whilst calling to mind the work of legendary animator Ralph Bakshi and the Rotoscope school …
Read More »Review: Skindred – Junction, Cambridge
Skindred have had one hell of a year. Their 8th album Smile went to #2 in the UK Album Charts, their song Nobody (of all songs) was the soundtrack to a viral TikTok dance trend which helped draw more attention to the group, and they also announced their biggest UK …
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