American bluesman Walter Trout splits his time pretty evenly between his home in California and his wife’s native Denmark these days – but it’s clear he still has as much passion for rocking blues as ever, and as much fodder for his song-writing as he could want. The fact that he is here at all..
Raging Speedhorn Announce Co-Headline Tour With InMe – and also Bowie Cover
Suffragette City To Feature On New Bowie Compilation Ziggy Stardust – 50 Years Later Corby sextet Raging Speedhorn are to hit the road across the UK this winter on a co-headlining tour with InMe. Speaking about the tour, bassist Andy Gilmour has said: 'We are super excited to get back on the road again. This..
Mislead – Find Your Enemy (Self-released)
Mislead are badged as an alternative rock band hailing from Athens, Greece, although I would describe them as being more broad-based than that, perhaps mostly 80's/90's influenced. Founded in 2016, they released their debut EP "Glances" in October 2019, which was met with a great response from the audience and the local music press. Comprised..
SOFT MACHINE – Bundles: Remasted And Expanded (Cherry Red / Esoteric)
Bundles is a superb example of classic 1970s jazz-rock at its finest, and a brilliant snapshot of the genius of Allan Holdsworth on the top of his game. Right, before I start this review I'm going to come right out and say it - I'm not a great fan of Soft Machine overall. Albums such..
Eddie Tatton – Burning Flame: The Lost Tapes (Stunted Records)
Almost a year to the day since Stunted Records released Eddie Tatton' debut solo album, Canons Under Flowers, a second seven-track mini album "Burning Flame : The Lost Tapes" is now released (August 2022). Firmly straddling his work with "Out Of The Blue" in the late 90s and the majestic beauty of 2021s "Canons under..
THERION | release new single ‘Pazuzu’ + announce new record ‘Leviathan II’
With over 100+ million streams and a tremendously successful album released only just a year ago, symphonic metal titans THERION have not been idle and continue their epic Leviathan trilogy with striking new single Pazuzu. Christofer comments: "Pazuzu is a song originally written for another artist, but for lack of a positive answer on acceptance of the song, we decided..
PISTOLS AT DAWN ANNOUNCE SPRING 2023 U.S. TOUR WITH ALTER BRIDGE & MAMMOTH WVH
Atlanta-based rock group PISTOLS AT DAWN dropped their debut full-length album ASCENSION on August 19th and are excited to share they’ll be bringing their music to audiences across the U.S. next spring supporting Alter Bridge and Mammoth WVH. The 2023 tour will kick off on March 10 in Quapaw, OK and see the band head..
KORPIKLAANI | release new single ‘Krystallomantia’ AN ANTI-WAR SONG ABOUT THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN UKRAINE – alongside lyric video
Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI have released a new single called Krystallomantia, which sees the band couple their trademark sound with their most politically influenced lyrics to date. The melancholic, yet upbeat anti-war song was written about Ukraine and the ongoing Russian invasion currently taking place. In addition, KORPIKLAANI will be playing a charity show for Ukrainian troops, families and innocent victims..
Peaceville to release Katatonia’s ‘Dead End Kings – The 10th Anniversary edition
Release scheduled for 11th November (Peaceville) Pre-orders available: https://katatoniaband.lnk.to/reissues "This is further proof that Katatonia have the cojones and the class to plunge ever deeper into the heart of musical melancholy." 9/10 – Metal Hammer New editions on both CD/DVD & LP of Dead End Kings to celebrate 10 years since the release of the critically acclaimed 2012 classic from..
THRESHOLD – reveal second single “King Of Nothing”, ‘Dividing Lines’ out on November 18th
UK progressive metal masters THRESHOLD recently announced their 12th studio album Dividing Lines to be released on November 18th via Nuclear Blast. Threshold has revealed the second single from the album, King Of Nothing, alongside an amazing lyric video. Glynn Morgan comments on the song: "It's about moving on, accepting defeat and just moving on, instead of spending the rest of your life blaming yourself or..