rock/metal
Live Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar -O2 Ritz, Manchester 02.11.2022
With a bill that was dominated by thrash, what better way to keep the evening grounded than by kicking it off with a heavy dose of New Orleans sludge courtesy of the legend that is Windstein and his troops of doom. With another early door time the ritz wasn’t as full as Crowbar would have …
Track: In Flames Release New Single ‘Foregone PT. 2’ Ahead Of Forthcoming European Tour
After announcing their fourteenth studio album, ‘Foregone’, and sharing the new single ‘Foregone Pt. 1’. Today, the band pick up the threads by releasing ‘Foregone Pt. 2’ The new song arrives just in time for the band’s huge upcoming tour, that launches on November 12th in Tallinn, Estonia. Frontman Anders Fridén states, “While revisiting songs in our catalog like Moonshield and …
Live Review: Squeeze / Dr John Cooper Clarke – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield 04.11.2022
A Friday night trip to a venue in my hometown Sheffield City Hall for a sold out Squeeze show. Arriving just in time for what was an interesting support choice in Dr John Cooper Clarke, described as a ‘punk poet.’ The Dr has performed since the 70’s supporting lots of well known bands along with …
Track: Pigs x7 Share New Single ‘Mr Medicine’; Announce New Album ‘Land Of Sleeper’
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced their new album ‘Land of Sleeper’, due the 17th of February 2023 via Rocket Recordings. They have also shared their first single, ‘Mr Medicine’ a “song written to be a sonic arrow, purposefully succinct with no fat and no detours,” according to guitarist and producer, Sam Grant. “Music is a powerful medicine and it should be consumed daily …
Track: The Pinx – Hot Rod
Atlanta’s The Pinx have released their brand new single ‘Hod Rod’ via Earache Distribution. This is the second track taken from the band’s latest self titled album. Its heavy and dirty with some serious low rumbling bass and the kind of driving drums that get right under your skin. Chance McColl does a great job …
Track: Rivers Johansson – Devil’s Backbone
Rivers Johansson has released his new single Devil’s Backbone via Man Demolish Records. A song, or in the words of Rivers himself, a sermon about a person fallen from grace. A morality tale of lower nature vs the pursuit of the divine. The track is taken from Johansson’s forthcoming album Long Way Down(One Last Thing). …
Meet: The Yorkshire Nick Cave – Rivers Johansson
Rivers Johansson has been writing, recording and performing his unique brand of the darkest blues since 2014. Hailing from the small town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, he is a one-man band, a mix of dirty and hard hitting slide blues that thrusts along like a locomotive to the sound of his kick drum, creating …
Live Review: Skid Row / The Treatment – O2 Academy, Sheffield 28.10.2022
A trip to the O2 Academy last Friday, Skid Row had been on my list of bands to see for a while. I had been intrigued by the online differences of opinion and comparisons made following the departure of Sebastian Bach. However new frontman Eric Gronwall didn’t disappoint so read on for more on this. …
Track: Molybaron – Vampires
After releasing their album ‘The Mutiny’ last year on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music, (read our review here) Molybaron are currently working on a new album and touring activities for 2023. Until then they have shared their new single ‘Vampires’ Singer Gary Kelly says this about the song: “I’m delighted to announce the release of our new track …
Track: Collapse Of Colour – Drowning In My Sleep
Northeast metallers Collapse Of Colour have returned to our speakers with a bang by releasing their new track ‘Drowning In My Sleep’ A rampaging return done in the band’s unique hard hitting melodic style. The track starts off as a fierce headbanger powered by Tom Wilson’s drumming and Jack Zelenka’s relentless riffing over Daniel Exx’s …