rock/metal
News: Goat And MC Yallah Release New Single ‘Nimerudi’
Goat’s recent, eponymous album hit the listener like hip hop reverse-engineered — a record built to be the perfect fodder for samples and sound systems. Its mix of breakbeats, funk-scuffed guitar, and burnt sonics offers up a producer’s playground waiting to be rifled through and roughed up, but why wait? Scrapping the need for the …
News: Fame on Fire’s First Australian Tour Lands This May
Fame on Fire Light Up the East Coast for Their Debut Australian Tour
paganfest returns to the uk with the massive line up alestorm, ensiferum, tyr, heidevolk & Elvenking
PAGANFEST returns after 10 years with the strongest line-up (Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr, Heidevolk & Elvenking) and the most and biggest shows ever! Created by RTN-Touring (Rock The Nation) between 2008-2015 with seven editions in Europe and two more in the USA, Paganfest was the most successful festival tour of the pagan & folk metal scene. Since …
Album review: The Halo Effect – The March Of The Undead
It doesn’t feel like two minutes since this super group blew up my speakers with their album ‘Days Of The Lost’—a superb debut from some of the finest voices/fingers in the melodic metal scene. Now the band have regrouped for the second album ‘The March Of The Undead’ The band bring more of the same …
Meet: South London Alt-Rockers Dead Air
After impressing us here at Backseat Mafia with their past single, ‘Violently Blue‘ and ‘Die’ we had to learn a little more about the South London alt-rock newcomers Dead Air before they drop their forthcoming sophomore EP, ‘Elements’, due out on the 7th of February 2025 via Fly Tip Records. Give us a potted history of the band Lyle …
Track: Mumbai Based Metal Titans Zygnema Pay Homage To Their City In Music Video For Single ‘Grind’
Mumbai-based heavy metal veterans Zygnema return with a music video for their recent single ‘Grind’, taken from their recent five track EP ‘Iconic’, the follow up to 2016’s second album ‘What Makes Us Human Is Obsolete’. Blending traditional Indian musical elements with modern groove metal, showcasing a unique fusion of konnakols (vocal percussion) and ragas …
News: Spiritworld Announces New Album ‘Helldorado’, Listen To New Single ‘Abilene Grime’
From Las Vegas, Nevada, SpiritWorld announces the upcoming release of its third album: Helldorado. The follow-up to 2022’s acclaimed Deathwestern, Helldorado will be released March 21, 2025 on Century Media Records. SpiritWorld founder/frontman Stu Folsom offers these words: “I am thrilled to share that our new album, Helldorado, will be available everywhere, March 21st. We took most of last year off from playing shows, to hunker …
Track: Dead Air Announce New EP ‘Elements’; Listen To New Single ‘Die’
Starting off the year in typically high gear, South London alt-rock newcomers Dead Air have released their riff-heavy, anthemic, and riotous new single ‘Die’. The track is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming sophomore EP, ‘Elements’, due out on the 7th of February 2025 via Fly Tip Records. Commenting on the new single, front man Reuben says: “‘Die’ was the …
Track: Joanne Shaw Taylor – I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down
Blues-rock powerhouse Joanne Shaw Taylor has released her newest single, ‘I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down’. The song captures the frustration and resolve of ending an on-again, off-again relationship dominated by unfulfilled promises. “‘I Gotta Stop Letting You Down’ is a story about an on-and-off-again relationship with someone who keeps making promises they can’t fulfill,” …
Live Review & Gallery: Primal Scream Prove Their Legacy Is Alive and Kicking at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 11.01.2025
40 Years Strong: Primal Scream Prove Their Power Live in Sydney