We’re almost two months into the current rock ‘n’ roll year, and we continue to receive a veritable tsunami of video clips – more than 120 of them in the past week alone – being sent our way in a bid to be the latest recipient of the coveted title and virtual gong of being named our favourite… not the best, we stress, but our favourite…
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For many years, the EP – or ‘Extended Player’, to give it its full title – was a criminally overlooked format. But, in recent years, it has made something of a deserved comeback, as bands face the challenge of continually producing new material but often not being able to commit to the cost of, or time to, recording full-length albums. They have been especially important over the past 24 months of on-and-off-on-again lockdowns and restrictions, as the format has enabled artists to snatch valuable moments of recording time to get new product out to their fans
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If the Ünited Kingdom had it’s own “big four” of metal bands, top of the list of contenders for inclusion undoubtedly would be Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motörhead and Saxon. While the latter named may not have achieved the global, arena-filling success of, particularly, the first two (in much the same way it could be argued that Anthrax never quite achieved the same level of recognition as their West Coast counterparts), the Barnsley boys have nevertheless stayed true to their roots, battering their way to this, their 23rd studio album in their storied 45-year long career.
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An incredibly blustery evening finds Jase W at a venue he’s often at for beers but have never been to for a gig, Manchester’s YES bar. It’s been a hot minute since he saw Nordic Giants at ATG2019 in their ‘Amplify Human Vibration’ era, but this time it’s the first date in their tour to back ‘Symbiosis’, their latest release which came out a few weeks back.
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Swiss bleak death metal band Near Death Condition return with their new album, ‘Ascent From The Mundane’, this fourth studio album being their first new music since 2014’s full-length ‘Evolving Towards Extinction’.
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