Electro Punk act Angelspit is returning to the UK for a run of 5 headline shows as part of the ’Wall Street Massacre’ European tour which is kicking off in Germany at the end of this month. Angelspit, known for vicious distortion, biting lyrics and harsh drums, have churned out eight releases over the past…
MARTYR DEFILED have announced a run of UK shows to follow the release of their new EP ’In Shadows’ (3rd September) and have promised fans each show will be £2 entry with advance purchase tickets. ”After nearly 5 years of touring around the UK and Europe we have played amazing shows to amazing people, made…
Gwyn Ashton is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, who in 2001 was voted the third best guitarist of the year by readers of a French guitar magazine (Jeff Beck and Gary Moore were the top two). He has his own signature guitar model from Italian firm Liutart. His last album was ”Two man blues army”,…
I spoke to Amie and Gemma from Dakesis at Bloodstock shortly after they played their set on the acoustic stage. Festivalphoto: You’ve just played the Jaegermeister acoustic stage here at Bloodstock. How did you enjoy it? Gemma: It was fantastic. It was so much fun, we had a great reaction, huge crowd, and it was…
Legendary Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett has announced the details of his forthcoming studio album Genesis Revisited II in a special YouTube video message for Genesis fans worldwide. Steve Hackett has brought together a host of stunning guest performers including Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) to craft an album that revisits many of the best…
Legendary American soul singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette celebrates 50 years in music by releasing her new studio album Thankful N’ Thoughtful in the UK on Monday 1st October. To mark the UK release, Bettye will perform a rare one-off concert at London’s JazzCafe on Tuesday 11th December. Table reservations: 0207 688 8899, Box Office: 0207 485…
Edsel Records is proud to announce its reissue programme of the legendary first five albums by the Steve Miller Band, originally released between 1968 and 1970, issued in Special Digipak Editions. The albums will be released on Monday 8th October 2012. The albums include Children of the Future (1968), Sailor (1968), Brave New World (1969),…
Taking a detour from his main job as lead guitarist for Journey, the multi-talented Neal Schon has put the finishing touches on his latest solo album, The Calling – released by Frontiers Records in the UK on Monday 22nd October. Produced by and featuring Schon on all guitars and bass, The Calling reunites Schon with…
Sony Legacy Recordings in association with Capo Records, is proud to announce the next series of Rory Gallagher’s classic studio albums re-mastered (1975-1982). All five albums will be released in the UK on Monday 1st October for a limited period in deluxe digi-packaging. Each album has been digitally re-mastered to stunning effect from the original…
I spoke to Skarlett riot shortly after they performed on the Jaegermeister acoustic stage at this years Bloodstock to talk to them about the band and their plans. Festivalphoto: OK for anyone who isnt familiar with Skarlett riot, can you tell us a bit about the band? Tom: We’re an agressive hard rock band normally…
ENSIFERUM – FINNISH HEROIC METALLERS POST A 24HR STREAM OF NEW ALBUM ‘UNSUNG HEORES’… TO CELEBRATE the release of brand new album ‘Unsung Heroes’, Ensiferum, the highly visual troupe who’ve long been a market leader when it comes to stirring, armour-plated anthems, will post a stream of the album in its entirety, available to listen…
Korpiklaani have just released their new album, Manala. We spoke to Juho Kauppinen, the accordionist of Korpiklaani to talk about the new album… Festivalphoto: Your new album, Manala has just been released. Firstly where did the name come from? Juho: Manala means the Underworld. It is a place where you go after you die. Three…