Napalm/Sound Pollution Canada has contributed a lot to rock and metal over the years, albeit more often in the shadow of big brother the US of A. This is the second album of STRIKER, the first being “Eyes in the Night”(2010), and there is also an EP by the name of “Road Warrior” (2009). The…
Lion Music In 2005 DUSAN PETROSSI`S IRON MASK released this stomper, which is now re-released in a very limited run. The band consisted of Dusan on all guitars, iron lung vocalist Goetz “Valhalla Jr” Mohre, and Oliver Hartmann as a guest, keyboard wizard Richard Andersson, and the Russian rhythm section of Vassili Moltchanov on bass…
Frontiers/BAM PRETTY MAIDS has a pretty unique outlook, they can capitalize on both their success of the eighties, and in present times. Arguably their finest releases all came in the heyday of heavy metal around the mid-eighties, but 2010´s “Pandemonium” offered a plethora of prospect titles for future best of albums. 21 massive tracks, and…
Guitar maestro Gwyn Ashton’s back with Radiogram, a hard-driving renegade rock and blues album. On this outing, he’s joined by some big names in rock and roll history. A truly accomplished master of electric, acoustic and slide guitars, singer / songwriter / guitarist Ashton was voted third place as “Guitarist of The Year 2001” by…
From their early roots touring with The National and Gang Of Four, to releasing their debut with an elaborate 80-page flipbook hand designed and put together by band member Danny Seim, they have always had the creative intent to match the music. On their breakthrough record, ”Friend and Foe”, and the first through Barsuk, they…
Nico’s 1974 album, The End, was her fourth solo release, her fifth collaboration with John Cale (including The Velvet Underground & Nico) and her third with him as producer. John Cale had signed a new contract with Island records in 1973 and Nico was also brought to the label by A&R man Richard Williams, although…
MOTÖRHEAD – THE COMPLETE EARLY YEARS 19TH NOVEMBER 2012 Sanctuary / UMC In celebration of over 35 years in the business for Motörhead, Sanctuary/UMC is very excited to officially announce the release of Motörhead’s, The Complete Early Years boxed set. This limited collector’s edition, housed in a unique Motörhead case, is a truly remarkable set,…
ENSIFERUM, THE highly visual troupe who’ve long been a market leader when it comes to stirring, armour-plated anthems, have unleashed their brand new video for ‘In My Sword I Trust’; this is the lead track from the Finnish outfit’s forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘Unsung Heroes’, set for release via Spinefarm Records on August 27th. You…
SHINING SHINING ANNOUNCE TITLE AND RELEASE DATE OF UPCOMING ALBUM, NEW WEBSITE NOW OPEN… Sweden’s SHINING have today announced that their new album will be called “Redefining Darkness”. Unlike all previous SHINING albums, “Redefining Darkness”, which will be the band’s eighth full-length release, will not preface its title with a number. According to founder and…
REDLIGHT KING CANADIAN ROCKERS ANNOUNCED TO APPEAR AS SPECIAL GUESTS TO SHINEDOWN ON OCT/NOV EUROPEAN TOUR… REDLIGHT KING, the touring and recording project centred around vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mark Kasprzyk, will join Shinedown on their European tour featuring seven UK dates. Tickets are on sale now. UK dates are as follows: 24/10 – Southampton 25/10 – Exeter…
THE TREATMENT YOUTHFUL UK ROCKERS ANNOUNCE DIGITAL RELEASE OF COVERS EP, ‘THEN AND AGAIN’, VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS AS THEY CONTINUE US MEGA-TOUR WITH KISS & MOTLEY CRUE… PROUD BRITISH rockers, The Treatment, have confirmed the digital release of their five-track covers EP, ‘Then & Again’. Originally limited to 300 signed physical copies and recorded in…
On September 21st, 2012 the loudest, most real and raucous rock’n’roll Grammy-winning band in the world, Motörhead, will release “The Wörld Is Ours – Vol 2 – Anyplace Crazy As Anywhere Else”, the follow-up to 2011’s “The Wörld Is Ours – Vol 1 – Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else”. Like it’s sibling, Anyplace Crazy… will…