rock/metal
News: Kayak announce 2022 farewell tour dates
Legendary Dutch progressive rockers Kayak have announced their farewell tour, set to take place in April & May 2022. These shows will see them perform tracks from across their career, including their latest album ‘Out Of This World’ released in early 2021. Originally formed in 1972, this will be the last time the band tour. …
Live Review: Pull Down The Sun / Fall Of Them / Claemus – Stellar Bar, Whanganui, NZ 19.11.2021
Whanganui’s Stellar Bar went off on Friday night when local lads Pull Down the Sun hosted an ‘End Of Spring Fling’ gig. Joined by Christchurch metal band Fall Of Them and Wellington’s prog rockers Claemus it was an outstanding night of NZ rock music, and the appreciative crowd lapped it up. Descend the Mountain (click on thumbnail …
See: Behemoth Unveil new Video From UpComing Live Release ‘In Absentia Dei’
At the peak of the pandemic lockdown last year, Behemoth set the world on fire when they took over an abandoned church in rural Poland, bringing their truly spectacular production for a worldwide streaming event, which was lauded by rock media as one of the very best livestream events to date. After just over a year since …
Track: Once Human – Cold Arrival
Once Human have shared their new track ‘Cold Arrival’, taken from their upcoming album, Scar Weaver, due 11th Feb 2022 via EarMusic The track was written after the passing of a close friend of the band named Jared. Guitarist and chief riff-writer Max Karon elaborates, “In the beginning of the pandemic, we as a band lost someone very …
News: In Flames announce re-scheduled UK Tour Dates For March 2022
Swedish melodic metal giants In Flames are pleased to announce that they will be returning to our UK shores in March 2022, for a string of 9 re-scheduled tour dates! Support acts will be announced later. In Flames stated, “We’re excited to announce our return to the road in the UK! Tickets are available NOW.Previously purchased tickets will …
News: Fit For An Autopsy Announce European Tour For May 2022 And New Album ‘Oh What The Future Holds’ Out 14th January
New Jersey six-piece Fit For An Autopsy will release their sixth album “Oh What the Future Holds” on January 14th via Nuclear Blast.In support of the new record, the band have announced a headline tour throughout Europe and the UK in May 2022. The band will be accompanied by four very special guests, American deathcore icons ENTERPRISE EARTH, Icelandic metalcore masters UNE …
Album Review: Khemmis – Deceiver
Heavy doom metal masters Khemmis have released their fourth full length studio album, ‘Deceiver’, via Nuclear Blast Recordswhich has been nearly three years in the making. With a title that reflects the internal struggles that many of us battle in our daily lives, Deceiver is a ferociously honest and appetisingly raw piece of musical artistry. …
See: La Armada Share Video For Track ‘Checkmate Humanity’
Chicago by way of the Dominican Republic 5-piece La Armada has unveiled the video for the new single ‘Checkmate Humanity’. Taken from their upcoming album ‘Anti-Colonial Vol. 2’, due 11th Feb, 2022 via the band’s own label Mal De Ojo Records in the U.S. and Latin America. The LP will be released via Thousand Islands Records in Canada and Lockjaw Records in Europe and the …
Album Review: Monolord – Your Time To Shine
Swedish power trio Monolord return with new album, ‘Your Time to Shine’. Recorded by Monolord drummer Esben Willems at Studio Berserk, the album sees the trio looking inward, cultivating the elements that take their monstrous, heavy riffing to new heights with a darker edge. “To me, an honest representation of how I feel about the current state of humanity,” Esben offers, …
Track: Northtale – Future Calls
NorthTale have finally released their new album ‘Eternal Flame’, via Nuclear Blast. Produced by Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Unisonic), the album features 12 brand new tracks and a whole range of new influences, from thrash metal, classical citations and Brazilian traditional music, all fused into NorthTale’s own brand of melodic power metal. To celebrate the occasion, the band have also revealed a …