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  UK solo punk artist, TOOTH GORE, will release his gripping new album, 'For Losers, By Losers', on Friday 6th June. TOOTH GORE has also released the deeply engulfing single and video, 'I Hate My Collarbones', out now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHbFF0uWLQ Listen via - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RRVoUOAYvQxZiU2ZxlgT8 TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe) is a uniquely talented and captivating artist who hails from the quaint seaside town of Newquay, Cornwall. TOOTH GORE was born at the end of 2021, however it wasn’t until 2024 that Kobi really began to attract attention and really make his mark. With a deft ability to fuse meaty fuzzy guitars and by drawing from earnest raw punk vigour of contemporary acts such as FIDLAR, The Frights, PUP and Jeff Rosenstock, Kobi Joe also mixes alluring reverb soaked doo-wop vibes (which are enthused by the music of the 1950s) and has constructed a sound that is distinctive and undeniably appealing. Kobi’s lyrics display his fears a...

  There’s just 9 weekends ‘til your heavy metal brethren thunder their way onto Catton Park’s (un)holy lands for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2025! So it’s about time to reveal the first batch of winners from this year’s hotly contested Metal 2 The Masses finals that have been taking place across the country, earning spots on the Timothy Taylor New Blood stage! These bands have battled their way through their local scenes to claim a coveted slot this August. Friday will see Belfast victors If It Bleeds , a five-piece delivering hardcore-infused metal in spades, make their mark on the New Blood Stage. Joining them are Sheffield champions ThunarWülf , fusing folk melodies, myths, and thunderous riffing; Manchester’s Vmbra , offering a fresh progressive rock/metal hybrid; Compounds , who won over the Southampton final with their punked up, melodic hardcore edge; and Baelfýr , the top dogs in Leicester, bringing a blackened death metal assault with accessible bite. Saturday welcomes Edinburgh’s...

  Beloved by tastemakers and the underground, London metal trio, URNE, have today released a nine minute-plus undulating epic, ‘Harken The Waves’, featuring guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. On it, his and URNE frontman Joe Nally’s voices blend to form a duet cresting the surface of the song. “We feel this is one of the best songs we’ve ever written. On top of that, we were lucky enough to have Grammy-winning metal icon Troy Sanders, from the legendary Mastodon, lend his vocal talents,” explains URNE frontman Joe Nally. “We’ve grown up listening to Troy and watching Troy live, so having someone like him not only appear, but take on such a significant role in the song, elevating it to another level, means a lot.” Watch the video clip for ‘Harken The Waves’, HERE . ‘Harken The Waves’ follows URNE’s recently released double A-side: ‘Throes Of Grief’ plus a spectacular cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘I’. Watch the lyric video for ‘Throes Of Grief’ here: https://yo...

  Pagan folk band FAUN are here with a new single ‘Lament’, a track that creates a sense of a darker undertone. With ‘Lament’ FAUN taps into the mournful power of myth, ritual, and grief, an old pre-Christian mourning song from the north of England. The band have extended this song by a few verses and turned it into an epic and emotional dirge with choirs, drums and old instruments. FAUN comments: "With a choir of four singers from FAUN, with hurdy-gurdy, flute, key fiddle and lure (Celtic long trumpet), we dedicated this song to their friend and sound engineer, Jürgen Schneider, who tragically passed away in 2023, after more than ten years of travelling and concerts together." Listen to the single here Composer / Music: Oliver Satyr Pade, Laura Fella, Adaya Lancha Bairacli, Stephan Groth, Niel Mitra, Alex Schulz Author / Text: Oliver Satyr Pade & trad. Producer: FAUN Phoenix GBR & Alex Schulz Recording line-up Oliver Satyr: Vocals, Moraharpa Laura Fella: Vocals Ada...

  Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have announced a run of intimate UK shows to celebrate the release of their massively anticipated new album. “Where Only The Truth Is Spoken” is set to be released on the 20th June via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records with the first show of the run happening on the same day in Newcastle. Catch them at the following shows: 20th June Newcastle Think Tank Tickets 21st June Sheffield TBC 22nd June Birmingham HMV Vault Tickets 23rd June Bristol The Exchange. Tickets 24th June Southampton Joiners Tickets 25th June Liverpool Jacaranda Tickets 26th June Brighton Resident Tickets Having just wrapped up a tour of Australia supporting Alpha Wolf, the band recently released ‘Salt The Wound’, their third single from the forthcoming album. Alex Taylor (vocals) com...

  Humanihility, the brand new EP by Polish death metal veterans Vader has been unleashed upon the world today. Please scroll down to purchase your physical copy or to stream the release in full. Five years after the much-lauded 12th studio album Solitude In Madness, Vader return with 3 brand-new tracks once again produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio, UK. Featuring excellent artwork by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Testament, Dark Funeral), this EP marks the first recording as a quintet with guitarist Mauser returning to the group and new drummer Michael alongside vocalist/guitarist Peter, bassist Hal and and another long-time member of the band - guitarist Spider. Humanihility offers scorching new songs that prove to be vicious, thrash-laden anthems perfectly blending old-school thrash with Vader's unique straight-forward fury and neck-breaking tempos. Each of the songs was created by a different band member, giving them a more personal style. The only physical edition will be a ...

Svalbard have released an important, heart-wrenching statement for their fans: After much reflection, we have decided that 2026 will be the final year of Svalbard. Our final UK tour will be in November 2025. Following that, we plan to do a final EU tour, a final Japanese tour and a few more select farewell shows in 2026. Thank you to everyone who has supported us during our 15 years as a band. Your support has meant the world to us. We've shared so many unforgettable moments with you all throughout our career, and we look forward to commemorating our final year as a band with you in 2026. SVALBARD - FINAL UK TOUR NOVEMBER 2025 w/ Cage Fight and Knife Bride Tickets are on-sale now via the below links. 19 Nov UK - Glasgow, Slay 20 Nov UK - Manchester, Rebellion 21 Nov UK - Newcastle, Think Tank 22 Nov UK - Bristol, Thekla 23 Nov UK - London, Oslo Hackney Svalbard will reveal more final show dates in due course... Svalbard's latest and final record, The Weight Of The Mask, is thei...

  LONDON, UK — May 23, 2025 — In celebration of their 25th anniversary, The Used have teamed up with Sumerian Comics to unveil a brand-new graphic novel inspired by the band’s iconic music video for “All That I’ve Got.” The band revealed the book during the band’s panel at MCM Comic Con London, with exclusive content available only at the event. Titled The Used: All That I've Got, the 168-page hardcover graphic novel follows the haunting journey of Gage, a forgotten orphan who stumbles upon a mysterious book that mirrors his own troubled life. When fiction and reality collide, Gage is thrust into a surreal nightmare of twisted fairy tales, symbolic forests, and cryptic truths—where the ending has yet to be written. The graphic novel is penned by Garrett Krebs, illustrated by PJ Kaiowa, colored by Francesca Carotenuto, and lettered by Micah Myers. It’s a full-color, all-ages release that offers a gripping, emotional, and visually stunning experience for fans of dark fantasy and musi...

  TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe) hails from the seaside town of Newquay, Cornwall. TOOTH GORE sprang to life in late 2021, but it wasn’t until last year that Kobi started turning heads and making waves. TOOTH GORE dropped his debut album, 'Halloween', last Spring, and tracks from the record picked up widespread global radio airplay. Kobi is now ready to step up further and is loaded with his best work in the shape of his new album, 'For Losers, By Losers'. We exclusively checked in with and interviewed UK solo Punk artist TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe). He is set to release his brand new album, 'For Losers, By Losers', on Friday, June 6th. TOOTH GORE is also poised to release the deeply engulfing single and video, 'I Hate My Collarbones', which lands everywhere on Friday, May 30th. Read on to find out about TOOTH GORE! How and when did the project form? Growing up, I was obsessed with the punk music of bands like PUP and Jeff Rosenstock, as well as the hectic sur...

  The title track from Jerry Cantrell’s recently released album, I Want Blood, comes to life in the newly unveiled video for the song – featuring a live performance from Cantrell with Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Faith No More’s Mike Bordin. Director Bill Yukich shares: “’I Want Blood’ explores our struggle against time – a force we can’t escape and the only thing we truly possess… until we don’t. Watching Jerry, Duff, and Bordin bring this song to life on set was unforgettable – raw, real, and absolutely legendary.” The video arrives ahead of Jerry Cantrell’s European tour starting at the end of this month. The legendary guitarist, and founder of US rock giants Alice In Chains, will be performing at Download Festival on the Opus Stage on Sunday June 15th. He will also be headlining the Kentish Town Forum in London on Tuesday June 17th, supported by Vowws. Additionally a huge new round of U.S. tour dates are on-sale this morning at 10 a.m. local time. VIP and upgraded ticke...

  Emerging UK alternative rock crew, DETROIT RUN, plough forward with the launch of their enticing new EP, Defiance – Part 1, which is out on Friday 30th May. The powerful quartet have also revealed their soaring new single and video, 'Tightrope' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKkXtJyxRA Listen into the band via - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5oMhlFJXVYuDeX82J2xRRN With a handful of festival appearances already under their belts, DETROIT RUN are poised to step up. Dishing up a sound that is drenched with massive riffery, huge choruses, and astute electronic tones – DETROIT RUN have the skill and determination to reach the forefront of the UK’s buoyant music scene. Born in late 2022 and featuring Tom Haywood (Vocals), Gary White (Guitars), Nathan Dillon (Bass Guitar), and Wes Cunningham (Drums), DETROIT RUN come at you from Liverpool, England, and soon hit the ground running with their debut EP, Room 14. The release emphasised the band’s craft and real potential, mappin...

  Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have released a new single from their massively anticipated new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, which is set to be released on the 20th June via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records. Compared to the punishing previous singles, 'Trenches' and 'If It's All The Same To You' the brand new release 'Salt The Wound' shows a more emotional side of MALEVOLENCE, but that only makes its incredibly heavy chorus stand out even more. Alex Taylor (vocals) commented: “'Salt The Wound' is the product of us making a conscious decision to bridge the two faces of Malevolence. On one hand we have the heavy aggressive side, and on the other we have the slower melodic songs, so we wanted a song that could combine the two. The video was entirely shot in Sheffield and the surrounding areas. From the industrial depths of Sheffield, a 900-year-old ruined Abbey, to a perfect sunrise over some of the incredible hills of Derbysh...

  [London, UK. Thursday 22nd May 2025] Metallica has confirmed that its record-breaking M72 World Tour will be extended into its fourth year with the announcement of 16 shows in Europe and the UK spanning May, June and July 2026. Two-night tickets for the newly announced No Repeat Weekends and tickets for the single-night engagements will be on sale May 30 at 10 AM local time via LiveNation.co.uk Fan club pre-sales begin May 27 at 11 AM local time. For further information, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, go to http://metallica.lnk.to/M72WorldTour2026 Access to Preferred Tickets is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 30th May at 10am. Visit www.priceless.com/music to find out more. Since opening April 2023 in Amsterdam, M72 has seen Metallica play to some four million fans. Variously hailed as “an altogether life-affirming experience” (Billboard), "undeniably epic” (Metal Hammer), "a stone-cold stunner of a show” (Detroit News), "t...

  It’s only 11 weeks ‘til BLOODSTOCK! Day tickets are running VERY low (only Friday left!), and weekend tickets have also already sold out, so act now if you've been putting off getting your ticket! Friday day tickets cost £92 (+ booking fees) - with 37 bands playing that day (not including additional acts in VIP), that's just £2.48 per band! Maths fans, headbangers who snapped up standard weekend tickets have access to 125 bands over the festival, working out at a mere £1.59 per band (£1.40 if you bought an early bird - definitely worth getting in quickly once 2026 tickets go on sale in August!). Buy tickets in the ticket store . There are still more bands for 2025 to announce, but there’s plenty more to BLOODSTOCK than just bands, so here’s some info about some of the non-band entertainment you can look forward to over the festival. And did someone mention fancy dress? First though, did you take advantage of the special 20% off discount code BOA20 with EMP to get yourself kit...