rock/metal
Album Review: Blue Nation – Echoes EP
Blues rock band Blue Nation have released their E.P ‘Echoes’ The E.P is born out of the ever-long frustration of lock-down. Yet it all came together rather easily. Vocalist Neil states: “The song writing for the EP came to us all very quickly, I remember Luke coming up with the riff for ‘I Feel Low’ …
Track: Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners Cover The Georgia Satellites Track ‘Six Years Gone’
Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners have dropped a rollicking cover of The Georgia Satellites’ ‘Six Years Gone’, which appears on the band’s debut album, out on October 7th via Wicked Cool Records. Of the cover, which was the first song he wanted to record when the band was in its early stages, Ginger says, “I became a bit obsessed …
Track: Black Widows – Among The Brave Ones
Portuguese all-female metal band Black Widows have shared the video for their second single ‘Among The Brave Ones’ taken from their upcoming second studio album ‘Among the Brave Ones’ due 21st October via Finnish Inverse Records. Vocalist/guitarist Rute Fevereiro comments: “More than ten years ago, during a break with Black Widows and when I decided to think about my musical …
Track: Bonnie Trash – Perfect Moment (A Beautiful Reunion)
The Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, who make up Bonnie Trash have released a new track ‘Perfect Moment (A Beautiful Reunion)’, taken from their debut album, ‘Malocchio’, which is set for release on October 28th via Hand Drawn Dracula. The band share the track with a video shot and directed by Sam Maloney, commenting: “How do you see yourself …
News: Norway’s Inferno Festival Give First Look At The Line Up
The magnificent Inferno Festival, a jewel in Oslo’s crown when it comes to black metal, death metal and all that’s in between, will soon be upon us again. As we close the book on the summer festivals, we can really start to put all our efforts into preparing for Inferno and getting excited for what …
Live Review: Leeds Festival – Bramham Park, Wetherby 26.08.2022 – 28.08.2022
The weekend of 26th to 28th Sept saw a trip up the motorway to Leeds for what promised to be a fantastic weekend of live entertainment. I decided to stay on site for this one and as a press guest was thankfully offered guest weekend camping. I’m pleased to say that it was very civil, …
Track: Beyond The Black – Is There Anybody Out There?
After sharing the previous single ‘Reincarnation’, Beyond The Black have released another new song titled ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’. Jennifer Haben proclaims: “These times confront us with unknown demons and often we must painfully lose our principles to find new paths. ‘Is There Anybody Out There?‘ shines light on these dark moments to give you power to …
Track: Enslaved Return With New Track ‘Kingdom’
Enslaved have shared their new track titled ‘Kingdom’ alongside an evocative concept video. Ivar Bjørnson stated:“Kingdom – a tribute to the endurance of ideas and the people that carry them forward through hardship and fatigue, for the benefit of us all. Musically, it is a tribute to the Riff and the Rite: to the Teutonic Thrash kings, to Space …
Album Review: Excuses Excuses – Listen Up
After exploding on to the music scene with three energetic singles that took the music world by storm. Excuses Excuses have finally unleashed their debut album to the world in a joyous expression of loud and proud guitar led music keeping true to their live shows. Lead vocalist Kyle Wilton states: “I was always very …
Live Review: Covet / Colossal Squid – The Asylum, Birmingham 22.08.2022
Words and photos by Maxine Adams 1 man band Adam Betts from Colossal squid kicked off the Covet gig on a Sunday evening in Birmingham. A fan yelled ‘the best drummer in the world’ as he walked onto the stage, and after seeing what followed it was easy to see why he was praised so …