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Mark Tremonti – ‘Tremonti Sings Sinatra’ (Take A Chance)

Mark Tremonti – ‘Tremonti Sings Sinatra’ (Take A Chance)

Posted by | Jun 13, 2022 | ,

When it was announced that Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti was going to release an album of Frank Sinatra covers, many in the rock and metal communities undoubtedly drew a deep breath, scratched their receding hairlines and wondered what the actual feck to expect. Was he going to do a Pistols and punk up ‘My Way’? Was he going to replace those glorious horn sections with crashing guitars? Well, the questions were answered when Tremonti first teased the album with an incredibly faithful cover version that showed a completely different side to the man: a man dedicated and defiant in his consideration of one of the greatest showmen of the 20th Century.

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Ibaraki – ‘Rashomon’ (Nuclear Blast)

Ibaraki – ‘Rashomon’ (Nuclear Blast)

Posted by | Jun 12, 2022 | ,

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has long been known for his fascination with all things to do with the Samurai culture, and has played with the logos and mythos at multiple times throughout the band’s career, incorporating it into both their audio and visual imagery. So, it was perhaps only natural that, especially with the Covidications of the past two years putting most of us on hiatus, he would explore his Japanese ancestry even further, which is just what he has done with this declarative side project…

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The BIG Über Rock Interview: Danny Beardsley

The BIG Über Rock Interview: Danny Beardsley

Posted by | Jun 12, 2022 | , ,

Danny Beardsley may be best known as the guitarist in instrumental prog rock trio The Parallax Method, but that hasn’t stopped him finding his own voice, quite literally, as he has taken advantage of the Covidications of the past two years or so and the down time which which they forced him and so many other artists into enforced circumstantial changes to record not one but two solo albums. The second of these, ‘Chase The Sun’ is set to be released in just under two weeks’ time. So, that provided us with an apt opportunity to catch up with him and find out a bit more about what has been going on in his life and what the future holds.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: BALEFUL CREED

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: BALEFUL CREED

Posted by | Jun 12, 2022 | , , ,

We continue to receive a veritable tsunami of video clips – another 150+ 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. Believe us, we do watch all of the submissions, and, apart from those which don’t meet our criteria – i.e., no lyric videos, no straight performance clips and no “play throughs” – most of them are of an extremely high quality, but there can only ever be one winner… And, to that end, this week’s selection, as chosen by The Dark Queen, comes from right on our doorstep, with the second clip to be released in as many weeks by Norn Iron doom-infused NWoCRers Baleful Creed.

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The Über Rockin’ Guide to… Outbreak Fest

The Über Rockin’ Guide to… Outbreak Fest

Posted by | Jun 11, 2022 | ,

It’s not often Jase W get the chance to go for a massive city festival that’s quite literally in his own backyard, but Outbreak Fest is going to be it for 2022. Three days of some of the heaviest, most face-melting bands in the scene right now and our resident gigaholic is going to be stuck right in the middle of it in Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre, With that in mind, we asked him to give a shout out to who his most anticipated acts of the weekend will be!

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