Photo: Rob Blackham The iconic guitarist Robin Trower invites fans into the studio for the recording of Ball Of Fire, the latest single from his new studio album, No More Worlds To Conquer, out now via Provogue. According to Trower, the song was inspired by a documentary about an iconic actor. "Ball Of Fire popped into my head the day after watching..
AFTER FOREVER | presents single ‘Lonely’ + 15th anniversary self-titled album re-issue is out Now
Symphonic metal masters After Forever are soon approaching the 15th anniversary of their self-titled swansong album After Forever (2007), and to celebrate this anniversary, the band have released a special re-issue of the record - completely re-mastered by Darius van Helfteren and featuring two rare Japanese bonus tracks. The first track was the recently released Sweet Enclosure, whilst the second song, the..
Leadfinger – Silver & Black (Golden Robot Records)
Leadfinger is another of those seriously good Australia rock bands that seem to be just one step away from major discovery. The band was formed in 2006 in Wollongong, New South Wales by Glasgow born singer and guitarist Stewart Cunningham after honing his talents with the Proton Energy Pills, Brother Brick, Asteroid B-612 and Challenger-7...
Topographic Tangents: Tillison Talks
Photo: Kate Abbey The twelfth and latest Tangent album Songs From The Hard Shoulder finds Andy Tillison the same supercharged creative powerhouse he was twenty years ago when the band's debut album hopped into the spotlight and won over an unsuspecting progressive rock crowd. In fact, he may be even more invigorated now. With the..
CATS in SPACE: Return with their incredible Double Album ‘Kickstart The Sun’ on 29 July 2022
"...IT'S A WORLDWIDE MISSION...' "The album title for us reflects the feelings that so many people have been experiencing over the last two unprecedented years of darkness. We feel it is time to 'turn the lights back on' and shine some positivity and joyousness..." GH CATS in SPACE are all set to return this summer with their..
Ghosts Of Sunset – No Saints In The City (Golden Robot Records)
We now come to the full debut album by the American band Ghosts Of Sunset which follows on from the wonderful and somewhat crazy Headed West which came out last year and was an ambitious concept based on the '80s rock/hair metal scene based around a fictional band making the transition to L.A. and its..
Decapitated – Cancer Culture (Nuclear Blast)
At the announcement of the title of Decapitated’s 8th album Cancer Culture, there was a request that the title was not misinterpreted and that there was a much broader context. Considering what the Polish tech-death masters has been through since the release of their 2017 album Anti-Cult, it is easy to understand why such a..
WILDSTREET release new single ‘Say Goodbye’ (feat. Todd Long) on 14th June, out on Golden Robot Records
Say Goodbye is the brand new single from Wildstreet featuring Todd Long (Ghosts of Sunset). The song captures the spirit of the great ballads of the 90’s. Upon a backdrop of eerie strings and cranked up hard rock guitars, the song clues us in on the end of a very sick and twisted relationship. ABOUT WILDSTREET WILDSTREET began in 2006 and released..
HELLOWEEN – present 3D road movie music video for title track of new vinyl single ‘Best Time,’ incl. cameo of ARCH ENEMY’s Alissa White-Gluz
June 2021 saw the release of their sensational new studio album Helloween and it was THE metal news of the year! Media and critics were cheering almost breathlessly: "sleight of hand," "healing" and "a 65-minute celebration." Finally, the fans were the ones who catapulted the album straight to No. 1 in Germany and Spain, into the top 5 of seven countries and worldwide 15 times into the best..
Billybio – Leaders And Liars (AFM Records)
Some of you may already know Billybio aka Billy Graziadei of Biohazard and Powerflo fame. To say that the singer and guitarist has been influential in the development of hardcore punk fused with Hip-Hop and industrial rock is to state the obvious as it is now almost impossible to imagine one without the other. He..