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Broken Witt Rebels will have their debut album released via Snakefarm Records (CD & DL) on November 24th, with a vinyl version following early next year. Produced by the band and Tom Gittins (who has worked with Robert Plant, amongst others) and called simply 'Broken Witt Rebels', this 10-track outing matches six songs from the Birmingham band;s 2 most recent EPs - 'Howlin'' and 'Georgia Pine' - with four brand new numbers, including the lead single 'Wait For You'. A heady blend of blues, soul, wailing rock guitar and deeply emotive vocals, this award-winning outfit have been busy building their profile via the aforementioned EPs, plus debut four-tracker 'This Town Belongs To Me', along with a touring schedule that has seen the four switching between headline shows and high-profile guest appearances, sharing stages with Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kaleo, Whiskey Myers and more, the latter in both the UK and US. Along the way, BWRs - that...

SKINDRED ANNOUNCE 'START THE MACHINE' UK TOUR 2018! UK Ragga Metal legends Skindred are pleased to announce the “Start the Machine" UK Headline Tour for April 2018 ahead of their forthcoming Seventh album due out on Napalm Records next April! The “Start the Machine” tour will feature special guests US Alternative rockers CKY plus another great act to be announced imminently. Skindred drummer Arya Goggin says “We could not be more excited about our next UK tour and want it to be our best to date. CKY are an amazing band so we are really happy to be taking them with us on this run We also cannot wait to play Brixton again every time we play there it just gets better and better." Skindred plan to release a first single from the album imminently with more details to follow. Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday 27th at 9am UK time! Dates: 19.04.18 - Norwich , UEA 20.04.18 - Southampton, 02 Guildhall 21.04.18 - Nottingham, Rock City 22.04.18 - Manchester, A...

South West post-hardcore quartet HYPOPHORA are pleased to reveal their brand new single ‘Headlines’ that is released this week via Easy Action/Zen Ten Records. Creating hard-hitting, catchy and anthemic material, HYPOPHORA bring intricate guitar music back to the mainstream. ‘Headlines’ is a much darker sound, both musically and lyrically, than the band’s previous material, featuring one of the jazziest yet chilled out middle eights they’ve ever written. You can watch the music video for the single ‘Headlines’ below: Watch ‘Headlines’ here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOocPqxEnTw In the past twelve months the band have supported the likes of He Is Legend, Kurt Travis (ex Dance Gavin Dance and Allusondrugs at various locations in the UK. In the summer they played slots at UK Tech Metal Fest and Boardmasters Festival and this winter they hit the road again on a headline run to promote their new material. “‘Headlines’ is about the realisation that a friend mig...

[photo by Paulo Mendes] 1755 marks the year of the horror when a giant earthquake destroyed the city of Lisbon. Almost 100.000 souls lost their life's, and this tragic event still belongs to one of the disastrous catastrophes in European history and nature. 2017 and in remembrance of the victims and the band's hometown, will mark the year of MOONSPELL's new album titled '1755', the 13rd studio record by the Portuguese Dark Metal pioneers, which will see the light of day on November 3rd with Napalm Records. From the first second, the conceptual dramaturgy of MOONSPELL's new album feels like a detonation of the mind. Playful and mean-spirited. '1755' is their magnum opus, a musical masterpiece and the dark adventure into medieval times. Produced by Tue Madsen ( (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquility, Dir En Grey, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter ), naturally, this album is sung completely in Portuguese and will outclass all standards you have ever hea...

Ahead of European release, Italian masters of black/doom metal, FORGOTTEN TOMB, are streaming their entire new album "We Owe You Nothing", which was released on October 27th in Europe and is out November 10th in North America. Listen to the album on YouTube, below: https://youtu.be/cIdWGuIdt7Q "We Owe You Nothing" marks the highest point in the band's constant evolution and once more makes it hard to narrow down its sound to some pre-existing labels. Effortlessly blending the eerie, dissonant black metal sound the band is well-known for with muscular sludge/doom riffs and a subtle, nihilistic punk attitude, "We Owe You Nothing" defines the band's personality more than ever, reaffirming its unique sound. Starting in the beginning of the millennium with bona fide classics such as "Songs to Leave" (2002), "Springtime Depression" (2003) and "Love's Burial Ground"(2004) - widely considered among the true ori...

Cyhra, a new band featuring Jake E., Jesper Strömblad, Peter Iwers, Alex Landenburg and Euge Valovirta have released their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Letters To Myself’. The album features plenty of the magic that each member of the band has become known for over the years. From the catchy twin-guitar attack of Jesper Strömblad & Euge Valovirta, the soaring, soulful splendour of Jake E.’s unmistakable voice to the pummelling, groove-driven precision of Peter Iwers’ and Alex Landenburg’s rhythmic bedrock, every last moment crackles with the excitement of fresh territory, new challenges, and a brand new identity for all involved to embrace. The album was recorded & produced at various studios around the world, but mainly in Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden by Jakob Herrmann (Amaranthe, Anthrax, etc.) and at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark by Jacob Hansen(Amaranthe, Volbeat, etc.), who also mixed & mastered the album. ‘Letters To Myself’ album track-lis...

THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Series Presents "Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special," Premiering Friday, November 10 on PBS  Historic concert filmed this summer at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece Series hosted by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith Watch the trailer now at pbs.org/gperf Landmarks Live In Concert: Foo Fighters at the Acropolis - Trailer from City Drive Films on Vimeo . Multi-Grammy-winning rock band Foo Fighters delivers an electrifying, historic performance at the famed Odeon of Herodes Atticus from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, in the latest installment of "LANDMARKS Live in Concert for THIRTEEN’s Great Performances." Captured this past July, "Foo Fighters – LANDMARKS Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special" premieres nationwide Friday, November 10 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/gperf and PBS OTT apps....

EVIL SCARECROW Shows Announced Evil Scarecrow announce their upcoming shows & new information on their fourth album! Updates from Dr Hell: "We have some amazing one off shows to see out the rest of 2017. It’s been a mind blowing year for us (again!). So we are going to celebrate in true Scarecrow fashion… Namely booze and getting silly with our crazy fans. We’ll be taking our full show to all of these dates: Sheffield Corporation - Halloween Special - Saturday 28th October The Craufurd Arms, Wolverton - Halloween Special - Sunday 29th October Rebellion, Manchester - Sophie Festival - Saturday 25th November The Arch, Brighton - Mammothfest Christmas Party - Saturday 9th December The Face Bar, Reading - Facebarmageddon - Sunday 10th December We are also really close in completing the writing of our 4th full studio album (as yet untitled). In 2018 we’ll be back at the amazing Parlour Studios with our long-suffering (yet most excellent and legendary) record producer Rus...

Photo Credit: Mark Leary at Asylum Seventy 7 London doom pop group, the Courtesans, have released a new video ahead of Wednesday 13 shows and announced more dates for their UK headline tour. 'Feel The Same' is the second music video to be taken from their current release, following 'Mesmerise', and lands ahead of UK dates in support of Wednesday 13 this October, and a UK headline tour this November and December. The Courtesans say, “Feel The Same is a tale of deception, desperation and resignation. It’s about a hollow belief in other people’s honour, honesty and good intentions when dealing with your emotions. “Holding on to what you thought you were told was true but being confronted with the chilling reality of having been lied to and then left alone to battle the pain of understanding the lies you were spun, questioning everything you thought was real.” Wednesday 13 UK Tour with specials guests The Courtesans 26th Oct - MANCHESTER, Club Academy 27th Oct - GL...

Experimental industrial groove metal act Haema from Northamptonshire UK formed in 2016 and now they are set to release their debut EP via Sliptrick Records on the 31st October 2017. First track ‘Eden’ is a scene setter and has a futuristic space feel with a sombre tone, before it all kicks off and is a great introduction to the band’s abrasive electronic groove sound, as it is hard hitting and leaves you wanting more… ‘Free Man’ aptly feels very free spirited in attitude but with a dark atmosphere and is heavier than the opener and a good one to let loose to. They manage to incorporate many influences and sounds into this and the end result is a very strong melodic unique track. The title track ‘Insurrection’ kicks off in an alarming and dysfunctional fashion and goes on to feature electronic synth groove laden melodies and a striking chorus. This is very rebellious as you would expect from the title and the lyrics featured, such as “they tell us which way to walk, this life is...

STONE BROKEN SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH SPINEFARM RECORDS Stone Broken embark on a fresh chapter in their career having now joined forces with Spinefarm Records on a global basis; the first fruits of this new deal will be second studio album, ‘Ain’t Always Easy’, set for release on March 2nd 2018. ‘Ain’t Always Easy’ – produced & mixed by Romesh Dodangoda at Long Wave Recording Studios in South Wales – sees the UK rockers further honing their innate ability to match musical and emotional weight to truly telling effect; the vision is broad, the song-writing skillful, the riffs ‘n’ choruses both memorable and mighty. Lead single/lyric video ‘Worth Fighting For’ – due for worldwide release on November 17th – sets the tone for what’s to come, bristling with energy and ambition, making it clear that the musicians are fully prepared for what lies ahead. Indeed, since the release of their ‘All In Time’ debut (2016), also helmed by Dodangoda, the four – Rich Moss (vocals / guitar...

Metal six-piece SILENT DESCENT announce new album details Metal six-piece SILENT DESCENT will release their eagerly anticipated new album 'Turn To Grey' on the 30th November 2017. Being once called ‘Enter Shikari for sweaty goths’, this forthcoming album represents the approach of a band keen to move forward, making a record for themselves as well as their loyal fanbase. It represents all the depth and diversity of their influences and catches the essence of the band more so than any of their previous releases. Check out the video for single release 'Vortex' (feat. Bjorn 'Speed' Strid of Soilwork) taken from the forthcoming album here below..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t10pMk_gAQ Having been a band now for over a decade, SILENT DESCENT's back catalogue is more than impressive; they’ve played numerous slots at Download, Full Force and Bloodstock Festivals, have previously been featured in Metal Hammer, Kerrang and Powerplay ...

Earlier this year on July 1st Crejuvent, which is a one-man project created by the multi-skilled Federico ‘Freddy’ Spera   unleashed his anticipated debut 'Time EP' which was all performed and produced by himself. Find out all about the new EP, what inspires him, what lies ahead in the future and more below... What made you decide to start your own solo project and how long have you been creating music? At first, it was the fact that I wanted to release my own music but couldn’t find a drummer here in Liverpool that was capable and willing to devote the time needed for the project. Eventually, I realised that I really want the creative and artistic freedom to do whatever the fuck I wanted with a project and getting a band together had the potential to compromise that. If people want to play for Crejuvent and are totally committed to my selfish vision then that’s great, but I’m not gonna force someone to do it. I might get some session players here or there in the ...

New Single 'Antisocial' Out Via Spinefarm Records Now! Finland’s finest farmers are back with two hillbilly-fied versions of Gallic legends Trust’s classic track (also made famous by Anthrax), ‘Antisocial’. Going bilingual, the boys are shaking the foundations by releasing the track in both French and English. Hootenanny headbanging is officially a global craze and is spreading like wildfire! “Hello hello! We've been touring quite a lot in France, and it's been great by the way. We were told about this amazing punk rock song by Trust, and since Pukki is a multi-lingual renaissance man it felt good to make the song in both French and English. The arrangement came together when we added accordion, cowbell, doubled the bass drum and threw in some string instruments. For us, this song is very to-the-point, and it feels good to do something different for a change!Oui monsieur! See you on tour!” - Steve ‘n’ Seagulls Stream & download the track from here: ht...

36 CRAZYFISTS ANNOUNCE UK AND EURO HEADLINE TOUR/NEW ALBUM ‘LANTERNS’ OUT NOW VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS 36 CRAZYFISTS have announced an extensive UK and European tour for January/ February 2018, starting in Glasgow and finishing in Berlin. Having just released their deeply personal album ‘Lanterns’ on September 29th via Spinefarm Records, this tour marks the first opportunity for fans to experience new tracks such as ‘ Death Eater’ and ‘ Better To Burn’ live. 36 Crazyfists frontman, Brock, says, “We couldn't be more excited to Come back to the U.K. And Europe in support of our new album ‘Lanterns’ and jam for all of our people across the pond!!” The tour dates are as follows… 1/18/2018 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND @ CATHOUSE 1/19/2018 MANCHESTER, UK @ ACADEMY 3 1/20/2018 BIRMINGHAM, UK @ ACADEMY 2 1/21/2108 LONDON, UK @ ISLINGTON ACADEMY 1/23/2018 PARIS, FRANCE @LA MAROQUINERIE 1/24/2018 AMSTELVEEN, HOLLAND @ P60 1/25/2018 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM @ AB CLUB 1/26/2018 COLOGNE, GERMANY @ JU...

HOOBASTANK SIGN WITH NAPALM RECORDS WORLDWIDE AND ANNOUNCE UPCOMING ALBUM ARRIVING IN 2018 2017 marks another chapter in the career of exceptional rock act, HOOBASTANK, by signing to the Austrian indie label NAPALM RECORDS and announcing their next album, scheduled for the first half of 2018. HOOBASTANK comments on their future endeavors: “We’re extremely thrilled about signing with Napalm Records and honored to be joining their roster of talented artists. For our 6th full length album we finally got to work with producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More, Maroon 5). We had been wanting to work with him for years and finally the timing was right. The writing and recording process was everything we could have hoped for. Matt challenged us and brought out different aspects of what we love about making music. We’re excited for our fans to hear it and to make some new fans along the way. “ Napalm CEO, Thomas Caser, also commented on the latest addition to the label's artist roste...

Haema reveal promo video for 'Insurrection' and details for EP launch show Haema are an industrial-influenced experimental groove metal four-piece based in Northamptonshire, UK. Recently, the band has signed to metal label, Sliptrick Records, who will release the quartet's debut EP, 'Insurrection' on October 31st, which was recorded at Initiate Audio & Media by Neil Hudson (Krysthla/Gutworm). To celebrate that this is just over a week away, the band has unveiled a promo video of what to expect from the EP: Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOA7piGExAY&feature=youtu.be Following the release of the EP, Haema will headline the A Day Of Rock 2017 warm-up show at The Hut in Corby on November 10th. Haema is incredibly excited and have the following message: "We are so happy to be releasing our debut EP to you all.. we make our music because it's what we love and it makes us happy, we hope our music can do the same for you. Pl...

One more week until symphonic metal masters in SERENITY unleash their brand new masterpiece Lionheart! To shorten the wait, the band have debuted their official music video for the track “United” with a worldwide premiere! With the title of their sixth opus SERENITY deliver a statement: "Lionheart!" Their energy and joy of playing those fantastic Power Symphonic Metal-hymns can't be tamed. Heroic and heartfelt - it's almost impossible to not be carried away. Glorious melodies bind together on the likes of "United". SERENITY states: “Our Lionheart was just set free - so let‘s get United on our metal crusade!” Get in the right SERENITY mode and watch “United” in its entire length HERE! Lionheart track listing: 1. Deus Lo Vult 2. United 3. Lionheart 4. Hero 5. Rising High 6. Heaven 7. King's Landing 8. Eternal Victory 9. Stand and Fight 10. The Fortress (of Blood and Sand) 11. Empire 12. My Fantasy 13. The Final Crusade Available formats: 1 ...