News: Amorphis Release ‘Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia)’ Album And Concert Film; Watch live performance video ‘Into Hiding’
Exactly 30 years after its original release, Finnish metal icons Amorphis are proud to celebrate the anniversary of their milestone ‘Tales From The Thousand Lakes’ with a unique live edition of the record, which represents an essential collector’s item for every Amorphis connoisseur. The magic of this work, grandly transferred onto the stage of Helsinki, Finland‘s Tavastia Club, shows the band in their full …
News: Arka’n Asrafokor – RPM label debut ‘Dzikkuh’ out now; Watch Video For Track ‘Final Tournament’
A new era has begun for Togo based metallers Arka’n Asrafokor [Asrafocore = “Music of the Warriors” (“asrafo” means “warrior” in their mother language)]: their Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) label debut is finally out, and this special day is even accompanied by a music video for the track ‘Final Tournament.’ It’s a song that celebrates the victory of truth, …
Track: Deadletter – Relieved
Deadletter have shared the video for their new single, ‘Relieved’, the latest track from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Hysterical Strength,’ due out on September 13th via SO Recordings. Lead singer Zac Lawrence says about the song: “Ever been collared by the most bizarre person in a smoking area and wondered how to escape? Too polite …
Track: ELLiS·D – Carousel
Following the announcement of several UK headline tour dates capped off with an appearance at the Tim Burgess-curated stage at Kendal Calling Festival. Brighton’s ELLiS·D (Ellis Dickson) shares his new single titled ‘Carousel’. With all parts written and recorded by Dickson himself at Hackney Road Studios with producer Shuta Shinoda (Hot Chip, Jenny Beth), ‘Carousel’ …
Live Review: Amigo The Devil / Nate Bergman – The Wardrobe, Leeds 15.07.2024
Nate Bergman is a man of many voices. Just listen to his album, and you get some raspy folk, country rock god, and even a spot of gospel mixed with a burst of soul. Tonight, Bargman stripped back to just him and a guitar—two guitars, in fact, as he swapped between acoustic and electric for …
Track: The Howl And The Hum – Dirt
The Howl & The Hum, the project helmed by Leeds-based songwriter Sam Griffiths, has released a new single, ‘Dirt’. It is the third track taken from the much-anticipated second album, ‘Same Mistake Twice,’ which will be released on 6th September via Miserable Disco. Griffiths comments: “I’m bored of songs that imply the singer is flawless. This song is …
Track: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Wishing Well
Following the critically acclaimed release of her latest album ‘Heavy Soul’, blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has delighted fans with a special new single, ‘Wishing Well’, a powerful cover of Free’s hit song. “I’ve been a massive Free fan since I was a teenager,” Joanne shares. “It’s a very hard band to cover because it doesn’t really need covering; it …
Track: Colin Stetson – The Six
Award-winning Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer Colin Stetson has shared a new track from his forthcoming album. ‘The Six’ follows on from the previous single and album title track ‘The Love It Took To Leave You‘. The new album is due out on the 13th of September via Invada Records (excl. N America) and Envision Records …
Track: Helldown – March Of The Damned
Welsh metallers Helldown are one of the fiercest bands to come out of Wales over the past decade. This year, the unstoppable quartet have stepped up another gear and so far have released two thunderous singles, ‘Beneath The Veil’, with its accompanying video , and more recently, ‘War Is All’. They now share new single …
Live Review: Evil Blizzard / Angerland – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton 06.07.2024
A night of unusual and slightly frightening post-punk tonight with the visually striking Evil Blizzard headlining Stockton’s Old Theatre. They brought along London’s Angerland along to tenderise the audience beforehand. Tenderise they did with brutal bursts of political-tinged punk. The four-piece delivered driving heavy rock riffs mined from the depths of post-punk and powered along …