UK metallers Defects will release their profoundly personal debut album, Modern Error, on 24 May via Mascot Records. They have also revealed the video for their brand-new song Lockdown. Recently the band have been confirmed to play at Download (UK), Graspop (BE), Rockharz (DE) and Rock The Lakes (CH) and have just announced that they will join Orbit Culture on their UK & European "Descending..
The 355s – Jig A Jig Out (EP) (Flip Flop Records)
Jig A Jig Out is the first EP by British band The 355s, a rather intriguing rock group with numerous but very diverse influences. Described as something like a meeting of Oasis and The White Stripes and I get the Oasis reference as they are heavy on driving and rather jingly guitars but I would..
ANTHRAX + KREATOR – announce co-headline UK & European tour, with very special guest TESTAMENT
International metal forces join in a monstrous union between US metal monsters, Anthrax and German thrash titans, Kreator. Completing this unmissable line-up, a very special guest, the Bay Area's metal machine, Testament! Tickets go on-sale now and are expected to sell quickly for this highly anticipated tour, between three of the genres' most legendary bands. ANTHRAX + KREATOR 2024 TOURw/..
Masterplan – Masterplan (Anniversary Edition) (AFM Records)
I guess the rock world is really split into two camps, those who adore Masterplan and the rest just waiting to discover this amazing, stupendous German hard rock/power metal band. No prizes for guessing which side of the divide I am on but for those not yet in the know, Masterplan was put together by..
KRIS BARRAS BAND share piano version of new ‘Landslide’ single; announce in-stores & indie special edition
One of modern hard rock's most exciting breakouts in recent years, KRIS BARRAS BAND are bringing all-new, arena-sized grit to 2024 with their new album Halo Effect, set for release on April 12, 2024, via independent label Earache Records. Fans got a first taste of what Halo Effect has in store with lead single, Unbreakable. The band then came out swinging in..
Joanne Shaw Taylor Releases “A Good Goodbye” Single and Music Video
Joanne Shaw Taylor, the chart-topping British blues-rock guitarist, is set to enchant the music world with her latest single "A Good Goodbye", produced by Kevin Shirley (Black Crowes, Journey, Aerosmith). The single is taken from Joanne's forthcoming studio album that will be released later this year."A Good Goodbye" is a soulful composition that masterfully encapsulates the bittersweet..
Scottish alt/post-rock outfit Midas Fall share haunting new single ‘Monsters’, new album out in March
NEW ALBUM 'COLD WAVES DIVIDE US' RELEASED 8TH MARCH (MONOTREME RECORDS) Monsters is the second single from Cold Waves Divide Us, the fifth studio album from Scottish alt/post/progressive-rock trio Midas Fall. On Monsters, the band show a more contemplative side, with an ethereal intro giving way to gorgeously syncopated guitar and drums. Midas Fall are (left to right): Michael..
WEDNESDAY 13 announces UK & EU Tour Celebrating 20 Years of MURDERDOLLS
WEDNESDAY 13 has announced a UK & EU Tour celebrating 20 Years of MURDERDOLLS, his iconic former band with Joey Jordison. Wednesday and his current solo band – which features former MURDERDOLLS alumni Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley – will be performing a full set of MURDERDOLLS songs, chosen from their celebrated 2002 debut album, Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls and their triumphant..
Lucifer – Lucifer V (Nuclear Blast Records)
Lucifer V is a concise forty minutes of irresistible riffs and melodies, and vivid occult themes. The band simply don’t put a foot wrong. If you’ve only ever heard Lucifer’s early albums, then you might have earmarked them as a rather tame clone of the raft of heavy doom bands from Sabbath through to..
Ellesmere – Stranger Skies (AMS Records)
This is a tremendously enjoyable release and pushes Ellesmere into the top drawer of active symphonic prog bands. Ellesmere is a new name to me, and I was wondering whether they originate from either the small lakeside town of the same name in Shropshire, or the less attractive Merseyside port. As it turns out, Ellesmere..