The story starts in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s. The four Emperors – Butch Vig, Phil Davis, Franklin Lee and Peter Anderson – are playing in two different bands. They all know each other, but for one reason or another never join forces as a four-piece. By 1980, as things will have it, they…
‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’, said ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. We all have dreams to conquer but few of us have the nerve to put fear aside and chase them by making that first move. Meet Manchester four-piece City Reign. Their full-length debut, ‘Another Step’, is a landmark…
Progressive hardcore band SPEAKING THE KING’S from Orange County, California, have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records! STK’s vocalist Bobby Burap comments on the new partnership: “Very few bands get the opportunity to take their act to an international level. That being said… we are extremely excited to announce that SPEAKING THE KING’S…
International grindcore ’Supergroup’ LOCK UP, featuring Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR), Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM CHILE,CRIMINAL), Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH,BRUJERIA,VENOMOUS CONCEPT) and Nick Barker (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, ex-DIMMU BORGIR) will undergo a brief European club tour in Febuary 2013 in support of their lastest album ’Necropolis Transparent’ on Nuclear Blast Records. The tour, tentatively named…
Legendary British progressive metal maestros THRESHOLD, proclaim the MARCH of progress! Matching the title of their highly successful new masterpiece “March Of Progress” (out via Nuclear Blast since August 24, 2012), the band will finally return to the European stages in March, 2013. Guitarist Karl Groom states enthusiastically: “It will be great to be back…
BACK TO THE BLACK TOUR 2013 February 2013 will be bringing Polish death-metal legends, VADER, to the UK and IRE for the first leg of their 2013 part of the Back To The Black tour. During the tour VADER will play a special set based on their classic albums ”Black To The Blind” and ”Sothis”…
Breaking news: Blur comes to Sziget The legendary British band and the winner of the Best European Major Festival award finally joined forces: Blur is a confirmed headliner of Sziget! The organizing team happily announces the long-awaited Sziget debut of Blur, the iconic rock band that earlier this year also received a Brit Award for…
DENMARK’S COOLEST rockers, Volbeat, are confirmed to appear at the Download Festival 2013, set to take place June 14th – 16th at its usual stomping ground of Donington Park. The last VB appearance at Download (2010) saw them serving up a blistering set of slicked-back rock ‘n’ roll – a feat they duplicated in style…
JETTBLACK TO APPEAR WITH THIN LIZZY AT 02 ACADEMY, LEEDS + CONFIRMED TO PLAY HRH AOR FESTIVAL 2013!! UK ROCKERS, Jettblack, have been announced as main support to Thin Lizzy at the O2 Academy, Leeds; the show, on December 16th, will be a one-off opening slot as part of Thin Lizzy’s November / December UK…
UK metal legends HELL are putting on one hell of a show, to celebrate the start of the recording of album two. This special performance coined as ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’, will be filled with “fire, brimstone and pyrotechnical madness”, with support coming from the epic ‘Winterfylleth’ and ‘A Thousand Enemies’. The show will…
Hywel Davies – Eponymous New Album Out January 14th on ASC Records http://www.primafacie.ascrecords.com/ http://www.hyweldavies.co.uk/ ‘Nothing in the classical canon quite prepares you for Hywel Davies… the album [Natural Language] contained an invigorating collage of material, both deliberately arranged and aleatoric.’ – Louise Gray, The Wire Hywel Davies, a composer, sonic artist and installation artist, reveals…
NILS BECH – LOOK INSIDE out January 14th on Fysisk Format “ethereal, hauntingly beautiful” Dazed Digital recently featured in TIME Magazine and NY Times Meet the Norwegian musician and performing artist Nils Bech – an unusual and acutely talented gentleman who explores the tensions between art and dance, contemporary music and pop music. His way…