Mad About Rock

  Many bands dream of having a successful career that spans four decades, but few bands actually reach that kind of milestone. Many bands aren't MESHUGGAH. Ever since their inception in Umeå in 1987, the extreme metal pioneers have carved an illustrious career path brimming with innovation, aggression, defiance and impact, cementing them as one of the most important and influential bands the genre has ever produced. The boundary pushing icons will reach their 40th anniversary in 2027; an occasion that calls for commemoration. The band are proud to announce part of that ceremony in the form of 'The Forty-Year Anomaly', a huge headline tour of Europe and the UK that takes them to some of the biggest stages they have ever performed on. Across twenty dates, MESHUGGAH will take their mind-bending sonic onslaught to venues all over the continent, ending with a performance at London's revered OVO Arena Wembley. Support comes from special guests Periphery and Vildhjarta. Ticket...

UK modern metalcorers SLEEPWALKER recently dropped their new single, 'Phantom Pain', accompanied by an official music video (see below).  The track is lifted from their incoming new EP, Vol I: Eclipse, out Friday 22nd January 2027. Listen to the band on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/53XwtJIdI9ehyJtlUeyx9e   The band exclusively offered up the tracks that have greatly shaped their sound: The Plot In You - My Old Ways "Landon's vocal versatility and brutally honest lyrics have inspired me since 2017. Seeing someone embrace vulnerability shaped how I wanted to write for SLEEPWALKER, and the fact so much of The Plot In You's production happens in house made that influence even stronger." Blue October - Fear "A left-field influence, but this song genuinely reminded me never to let fear dictate my life. Justin Furstenfeld's ability to turn personal hardship into something universally relatable is incredible, and it's the kind of ho...

  Bruce Dickinson and his solo band return to live action next year with a string of highly-anticipated headline shows and festival appearances across Europe, enigmatically entitled PsychoGod. These performances – split across the summer and autumn – will be the first solo shows by Dickinson since he wrapped up his critically acclaimed The Mandrake Project Tour in Brazil in September 2025 after 71 shows across three continents. Having spent most of 2026 on Iron Maiden duties, he still found time to record brand new material with his band comprising guitarists Chris Declercq and Philip Näslund, bassist Tanya O’Callaghan, keyboardist Mistheria and drummer Dave Moreno. Bruce Dickinson comments, “What we do is real and that’s so important right now. A real drummer, a real bass player, real guitarists, real keyboards – AI can only copy, it can only pretend. It can never be in love, and it can never play. This band? They can really play!" These upcoming shows promise to showcase a wh...

  UK pop-punkers LOOK WHAT HAPPENED have just dropped their brand new single and video, 'Make It Real'. The track is taken from their new EP, Weak Minds For The Weekend, out this Friday the 30th October. We exclusively caught up the band and asked them for this track breakdown of the new EP: Make It Real "This anthemic & raucous banger centres on the struggles with inner truth and de realisation. An honest admission focusing on neglecting personal growth and clinging to bad habits, inevitably breeding failure & apathy. It questions whether these shortcomings are a result of self sabotage or a faulty brain." Masochist "This unfiltered love letter reveals a tantalising synergy of pleasure and agony. The story explores self worth through the eyes of a damaged soul that is faced with a juxtaposition of how pain can make you feel alive under the right circumstances. Fierce passion and undeniable devotion distorts an already nihilistic world view of a forever...

  Ascending Welsh heavy rock trio PYROGARIC have released their fierce new single and video, 'Bury My Soul'. Watch the video here: Check out the band on Spotify at - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Wgr2CIQEpIeMnBl3ssuGw . Originally a raw demo during the recording of their 2023 debut album Home, Bury My Soul has been resurrected into a darker, heavier anthem blending '70s rooted doom and blues driven hard rock. Recorded at Red Rock Studios in Pengam with producer Lyndon Price, the track captures the band’s raw, effects-free power. The band state: “‘Bury My Soul’ originally started as a demo back during ‘Home’, but we knew it had so much more to give. We brought it back into the studio and rebuilt it into something much darker and more physical, with heavier riffs and a bassline that hits harder than ever. Lyrically, it’s about finding a strange beauty in death: ‘six feet under and I’m still in love.’” Formed in Newport in 2022 by schoolmates turned husband and wife Keela...

  Tony Iommi, the legendary guitarist and driving musical force behind Black Sabbath’s garlanded career, releases his brand new album From The Dark today. Featuring vocalist Jorn Lande, who shares writing credits on all songs, as well as bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil, it was co-produced by Tony and Mike Exeter, his long-time creative partner, co-writer, producer and audio engineer. Fans can also enjoy a brand new lyric video for the opening track, ‘Over The Violent Sun’, which has been released today – watch here https://youtu.be/29qMn20jRL8 From The Dark has been greeted with rave reviews and is an outstanding album that can lay claim to being one of the most exciting rock albums of 2026. Album Tracklisting: Over The Violent Sun Black Times World Alone Beyond The Dead Stormwatcher Death Wake Return Of The Arbalist Legacy Deluxe CD bonus tracksScent Of Dark Deified From The Dark is available in several deluxe vinyl and CD formats - order here https://tonyiommi.l...

  Italian metal icons LACUNA COIL have released a double single featuring a redux version of 'Fragile' (titled 'Fragile XX'), plus a remix of 'I Wish You Were Dead' by SWARM, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Karmacode. Combining their past and present history into one celebration of this milestone, 'Fragile' originally appeared on Karmacode while 'I Wish You Were Dead' is taken from the group's latest album, 2025's Sleepless Empire. Stream 'Fragile XX' and 'I Wish You Were Dead' (SWARM Remix):  here Watch the 'Fragile XX' official lyric video: LACUNA COIL's Andrea Ferro (vocals) comments: “'Fragile' has always been a live favorite, it was actually one of the very first songs we debuted on stage even before Karmacode was released 20 years ago. Its message of accepting life's vulnerability, never surrendering though we live in a fragile circle that is often breached, is one that we still relate ...