rock/metal
Track: Onlooker – Hard Work
Northern post punk band Onlooker. Their brand new single ‘Hard Work’ is the second of four singles leading up to their debut album release later this year. A garage rock sound thats made special with a twin guitars attack. One cleaner and one more overdriven, they both add to the catchy almost hypnotic rhythm created …
Track: Collapse Of Colour – Freefall
Northern metalcore band Collapse Of Colour have shared their new single ‘Freefall’ as they once again bring the often overlooked subject of mental health to the forefront. The band comments: “Freefall is a song we’ve been excited about for a while. It’s packed full of hooks and carries a real punch with a message that …
Album Review: Leprous- Aphelion
Leprous were like many bands during the pandemic who had their touring plans put on hold, they band used the time to re-enter the studio to create their seventh full-length album. Titled Aphelion it comes on the heels of their previous album ‘Pitfalls’. Pieced together in three different studios, Aphelion is a collection of dynamic …
Track: Ministry Cover The Stooges Track ‘Search And Destroy’
With four decades under their belt and spawning a whole new genre of music, Ministry are also well known for a series of memorable cover songs from Black Sabbath’s ‘Supernaut’ to Bob Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’. The newest tribute is a take on The Stooges’ ‘Search And Destroy’ which will appear on Ministry’s upcoming 15th studio album Moral Hygiene, due 1st October via Nuclear Blast Records. Recalls Jourgensen: “We rehearsed …
Track: The Zephyr Bones Give Something A Little Special With New Track ‘Afterglow’
Barcelona’s psych-rock quartet, The Zephyr Bones have shared their new track, ‘Afterglow’. This new track is taken from their forthcoming second album, ‘Neon Body’ due 22nd October via La Castanya. A punch of electronic, some 80s bass and cool melodic guitar work. A wavering delicate vocal that sounds so good through headphones. There is a taste of Al Stewart in …
Meet: We Get Together With Knox Colby and Will Wagstaff From Enforced As They Tell Us About Their EP And Signing To Century Media
Enforced unleashed their brutal EP Kill Grid earlier this year. We caught up with Knox Colby and Will Wagstaff of the band to find out how it all came together and signing to Century Media. First of all, how are you? How are you coping with the pandemic? Any message for your fans? Knox: Doing …
Album Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band – Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN’)
A little history, for the uninitiated; on the 9th November 1970, a certain young guitarist called Eric Clapton and his blues/rock band Derek and the Dominoes released their first (and only) studio album, ‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’. Despite Clapton’s latter-day ‘elder statesman of guitar’ status, the album flopped commercially – despite the critics’ favour …
See: The Wildhearts Share The Graphic And Disturbing Video For New Track ‘Sleepaway’
The Wildhearts release a brand new single ‘Sleepaway’, the third single taken from the album 21st Century Love Songs, due 3rd September via Graphite Records. “Sleepaway is a song of hope, of fighting for improvement in ourselves. Locating the area of unhappiness and striving to fix it for the better quality of life. Physically, mentally, emotionally, positive changes …
Track: LLNN – Obsidian
LLNN’s album Unmaker will be the bands 3rd and is due 24th September via Pelagic Records. They have giving us a taste of whats to come with the brilliant single Obsidian. ‘Obsidian’, described by the band as being about: ‘something unknowable consuming and devouring everything in it’s path to become a part of it. Like …
Track: Northtale Release New Version Of ‘Follow Me’ Featuring New Vocalist Guilherme Hirose
After a recent line up change, Northtale announced their new vocalist Guilherme Hirose from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Now, with a new album and a big tour on the horizon, the band have shared a new single to shorten the wait with a re-recorded version of the 2019 track ‘Follow Me’ with Guilherme Hirose on vocals. Guitarist Bill Hudson comments: “As most of you know, we have recently …