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From Wednesday 02 May 2012

Joey Cape to play London’s Whatever Happened To P Rock? on June 26th

Lagwagon’s Joey Cape will perform at London’s ‘Whatever Happened To P Rock?’ club night on June 26th after Lagwagon’s headline show at the O2 Academy in Islington. From the event page: “Joey will be heading to The Macbeth straight after the bands headline set at Isslington Academy to play us a

Job For A Cowboy – Demonocracy

Ever since debut EP ‘Doom’ knocked the metal community for six back in 2005, Job For A Cowboy have been creating a nice little niche for themselves in this particular genre. With peers like Suicide Silence basically aping early Korn now and with Despised Icon gone, the crown of

Children Of Bodom – 15 Years Of Wasted Youth (Holiday At Lake Bodom)

Joining the pantheon of Finnish exports such as Nokia, ex-Liverpool and Ajax striker Jari Litmanen and, erm, Eurovision song contest winners Lordi, Children Of Bodom here release a career retrospective cataloguing their decade-and-a-half thus far. Named after an infamous unsolved multiple homicide that took place a few miles outside

Exumer – Fire & Damnation

You know that phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Sometimes it’s totally okay to do that. With a name like Exumer, releasing an album entitled ‘Fire & Damnation’, you’re already fairly ready for what you’re going to be served up – 2nd generation “Big 4”-era Bay Area

Gallows sign to release new album in September through PIAS/Venn

Gallows are set to release their first album with new vocalist Wade MacNeil this September. The band are recording with Steve Sears and Thomas Mitchener in a local studio to ensure they “capture the raw, primal noise that is currently flooding from the new line-up of the band”. The

Tuesday 01 May 2012

Download COLT45’s EP for free before their new one is released

Cumbrian rockers COLT45 have made their whole 5 track EP “Chasing Yesterday” available for free on their bandcamp, ahead of the release of it’s new We reviewed the tuneful tracks very favourably back in March, comparing them to Hundred Reasons and Gaslight Anthem.  The

Peepshow – Brand New Breed

‘Brand New Breed’ is clearly aimed at a specific market; although not directly following the paths laid out by their equally as theatrical contemporaries PEEPSHOW are not only writing music which may appeal to the “emo” stereotype but also marketing themselves in that direction. In a musical climate

Death Of An Artist post new video online

Bournemouth based melodic post-hardcore Death Of An Artist have posted an official video for their song ‘Wasted Time’. The track is taken from their debut album ‘X’. http://www.facebook.com/deathofanartist

Straight Lines announce marathon September/October run

Straight Lines have announced a long September/October UK run, supporting the recent release of their second album, ‘Freaks Like Us’. SEPTEMBER 22 LEICESTER Soundhouse 22 HULL Fruit Space 23 CARLISLE Brickyard 24 GLASGOW King Tuts 25 NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 2 27 MANCHESTER Sound Control 28 LEEDS Cockpit 3 29 NOTTINGHAM Red Room 30 DERBY Vic OCTOBER 02 NOWICH Waterfront Studios 04 KINGSTON

Noisey post Cancer Bats Pentagram tour documentary

Fancy seeing what happened when Cancer Bats played six shows in one day? Look no further than Noisey’s YouTube channel. We got some shots from the Brixton leg of the tour, which you can see in our photos section.