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News: Sepultura postpone EU / UK tour with Sacred Reich and Crowbar until 2022
Metal titans Sepultura have postponed their EU / UK tour alongside Sacred Reich and Crowbar until 2022. It would have been the first chance fans have had since the lockdown to see the Brazilian thrashers since the release of 2020’s lauded Quadra album. The band, now settled into their current line up of Andreas Kisser (guitars, …
News: Behemoth Announce ‘XXX Years Ov Blasphemy’ Global Livestream Moment
Polish heretics BEHEMOTH are set to raise their own livestream bar this Halloween with the arrival of their next visual spectacular, ‘XXX Years Ov Blasphemy’, hosted by the premium social live media platform, Moment House. The event will mark their 30th Anniversary with three separate sets in three different locations, commemorating the band’s three decades making music …
News: Metal Group Utopia Announce UK Tour Dates
Utopia, the metal group centred around guitarist John Bailey and Corrupt Moral Altar vocalist Chris Reese have announced UK tour dates for February 2022 following the release of their debut album ’Stalker’ last month on APF Records. John comments, “One of the things about music like this is that it’s very easy to let it …
News: Nirvana’s Nevermind Reaches It’s 30th Anniversary
The September 24, 1991 release of Nirvana’s Nevermind touched off a seismic shift in global youth culture. Rising to #1 worldwide over the next few months, its impact would elevate Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a promising Pacific Northwest cult band to one of the most successful and influential artists of all time. Nevermind returned …
News: Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) And Einar Selvik (Wardruna) Announce A New EP Plus The Reissue Of Album ‘Skuggsjá’
One of the places that made the strongest impression on Bjørnson & Selvik during the initial research and following performances that created their second collaborative piece “Hugsjá” was the area of Hardanger, a few hours from their base in Bergen, Norway. Hardanger is mysterious, pure and able to blow the minds of even the most …
News: Slade Announce Vinyl Album Reissue Series Starting With ‘Slayed?’
BMG is proud to present a new series of vinyl reissues from Slade. On 3rd September the first release in this beautifully presented new series, ‘Slayed?’, is released on limited edition yellow and black splatter vinyl. Slade’s third album ‘Slayed?’ was originally released on 1st November 1972 and reached Number One in the UK charts. It remained in the …
News: Drowning Pool Debut To Be Released On Vinyl For The First Time
Craft Recordings celebrates the 20th anniversary of Drowning Pool’s best-selling debut, Sinner, with the album’s first-ever vinyl release. Set for release on September 17, 2021, the nu-metal classic features such favourites as “Tear Away,” “Sinner,” and the band’s platinum-selling signature hit “Bodies.” “Sinner is literally perfect. I remember hearing and seeing it all come together,” says Drowning Pool frontman Jasen Moreno. “We shared the …
News: Swedish Psych Band Gaupa Signs With Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast Records are happy to announce the signing of exciting young psychedelic hard rock band Gaupa from Falun, Sweden. With surreal lyrics, an energetic, very unique singer, and an addictive sound that combines progressive stoner rock with doom, folk and psychedelic rock influences, Gaupa released their self-titled debut EP in June 2018 and have since made a name for themselves …
News: Wednesday 13 Announces First UK Headline Tour In Over Five Years
Wednesday 13, The Duke of Spook and his band of devilish ghouls are set to hit the road once again this October for the ‘Halloween Crusade Of Blood’ Tour, their first UK headline run in over five years. Wednesday’s theatrical live shows are the stuff of legend, so you won’t want to miss his brand new …
News: Sabaton Announce ‘The Tour To End All Tours’ With The Hu And Lordi
Last year has been a challenging yet menacing one for bands all over the world: It has been a time of insecurity, worries and the fear of never being able to return to the status quo of touring. But, Sabaton never was a band to fall that easily due to difficult circumstances. Instead of giving up on …