EP release: Tiny Teardrops by Lizzie Nightingale Release date: 6 August 2012 Listen: Click here for Lizzie’s Bandcamp page Video: Footsteps ”I think it’s a really strong EP, Alone for me being the stand out, grandiose, triumphant and almost cinematic. She has got one damn strong voice.” – Ally McRae, BBC Radio 1 After a…
Goodbye, Labrador release a free download of ‘Memoir’ from their EP, A Thousand Times Before (out August 6th). With roots in Brooklyn, Barcelona and Prague, the band blend stateside harmonies with distinctly European nostalgia. A Thousand Times Before, their second record, is a dreamy, guitar-driven collection of skilfully textured melodies matched with creative lyrics. Guitarist…
Mode Moderne Announce UK/EU Tour Album Strange Bruises out September 3rd on Light Organ Records “Particularly shadowy…” – Pitchfork ”A classic blend of beauty and darkness” – This Is Fake DIY ‘Upcoming ’Strange Bruises’ could be set to push the band to wider acclaim. At times pitch black, their noir songwriting is dominated by shimmering…
Ladies and Gentlemen…. MR B.B. KING – OUT 24TH SEPTEMBER 2012 ON UNIVERSAL In celebration of B.B. King’s 50th Anniversary signing to ABC-Paramount Records in 1962, comes this multi-format career retrospective, leading the way with a slick 10-CD, 194 track collection chronicling his entire career from his first recordings in 1949 through to his most…
Formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, All Hail the yeti released their ”Trees On Fire With Songs Of Blood” EP in 2010 and have since then toured with bands including Soulfly, Fear Factory and Suicide Silence. Now they are releasing their self titled debut album Connor Garrity says of the album “The best way to…
Italian band Elvenking formed in 1997. If you’re guessing from the name that they’re Power metal (a genre rich in elves, dragons and other mythical or fantasy creatures) then you’re almost right. They are a folk/power metal band. They released their first alvum (Heathenreel) in 2001, and have released albums at regular intervals since then….
Formed in 1994, Death metal band Vore have self financed and released four albums, the most recent being Gravehammer in 2011. The band have now signed with AFM records and are re-releasing Gravehammer as with AFM’s backing it will reach a far wider audience. The band have a good live reputation and have performed with…
Helstar are an American Power metal band from Houstan, Texas. They formed in 1982 (30 years ago), although given the title of the album you’d probably already guessed that. Over the years the band have split and reformed a number of times and have toured with plenty of big names including W.A.S.P., Megadeth, Keel,Savatage, Fates…
After releasing ”Crimen Excepta” in April 2012, Polish heavy metal act Crystal Viper are re-releasing their first two albums through AFM records, complete with bonus tracks. ”The curse of Crystal viper” gets five bonus tracks while ”Metal nation” gets six bonus tracks. In terms of vocals, Marta has a traditional heavy metal vocal style, similar…
Italian Heavy metal/Thrash metal band Athemis were formed in 1999 by Andrea Martongelli. Since then they’ve released six studio albums. It’s only in the last two or three years they’ve really started to become well known in the UK, thanks to appearances at Bloodstock, Hard Rock Hell and Hammerfest and releasing their ”Pop up your…
Armonight are an Italian band who play gothic metal with female vocals. As with many bands, that’s a massive simplification – in reality the music has many different influences and doesnt sit neatly in one genre, so although Gothic metal is the best fit, they also have touches of Rock, melodic rock, symphonic metal and…
Bullet are a heavy metal band from Växjö in Sweden. They released their debut album ”Heading for the top” in 2006, and followed this with ”Bite the Bullet” (2008) and ”Highway pirates” (2011). Now they are back with their fourth album, ”Full pull”. The band have played plenty of their own shows and also done…