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From Saturday 05 October 2019

HELLYEAH – ‘Welcome Home’

There are some scenarios in life wherein decisions need to be made that you wouldn’t wish upon any band – yet this was what southern metal supergroup HELLYEAH were faced with. Last year, founding member and drummer Vinnie Paul tragically passed away and, following these unexpected circumstances, the rest

Friday 04 October 2019

City and Colour – ‘A Pill For Loneliness’

It’s not unexpected that any release involving Dallas Green in any capacity will conjure immediate goosebumps – but this is never more true than it is for his solo project, City and Colour.  While many may know him as part of Alexisonfire, the City and Colour

Holding Absence announce special London show

Holding Absence have today announced that they will be heading to London’s Scala in just over two months’ time for a one-off headline show – and not only will this be their biggest show to date, but the setlist will consist of the band’s entire back catalogue so far

Issues – ‘Beautiful Oblivion’

There are plenty of bands that fuse genres together, but not many manage to do it with as much finesse as Issues. The Atlanta based quartet take influence from jazz, djent, funk, metal, and R&B, to name but a few, throwing them all into a melting pot

The Menzingers – ‘Hello Exile’

“What kind of monsters did our parents vote for?”, Greg Barnett asks, moments into The Menzingers’ latest edition of punching you right in the feels. Settle in, because the Philadelphia four-piece are going to once again effortlessly capture the zeitgeist at which their audience is currently scratching

Thursday 03 October 2019

LIVE: Rivers of Nihil / Black Crown Initiate / MØL / Orbit Culture @ Mama Roux’s, Birmingham

It’s a cold, wet, dreary Sunday night in Birmingham, and yet Mama Roux’s is packed right to the back with eager metalheads ready to be pummelled by tonight’s four-band touring lineup. Orbit Culture make short work of getting the crowd warmed up, with their tight, technical metal going over

Wednesday 02 October 2019

Beartooth release live video

Hot on the heels of their country-inspired ‘Blackbird Sessions’ EP, Beartooth have now released a live video for ‘Bad Listener’, taken from their 2018 album ‘Disease’. Filmed at Germany’s Rock Am Ring earlier this year in front of 70,000 people by The Work Of Jar, it’s the

Haggard Cat announce new album and release single

What better way to start off October than with news that Nottingham’s ever unique, genre defying Haggard Cat are back? The inimitable band have announced that they will be releasing their sophomore full length, ‘Common Sense Holiday’, on 13 March 2020 – and, if that’s too long to wait

Jamie Lenman releases new video

Following the release of his recent covers album, ‘Shuffle’, Jamie Lenman has now released a new video for one of the tracks on the album. ‘Adamantium Rage’ is a reinterpretation of the theme music from his favourite computer game, ‘Wolverine Adamantium Rage’, and the video features just as much

Acres, Parting Gift, Captives @ The Key Club, Leeds