With their third release, Ghost Toast seem to be reflecting upon the age we live in, in what could almost be a punk style rebellion in a very non-punk music styling. With song titles such as ‘Get Rid Of’, ‘Leaders’ and ‘Reaper Man’, there feels like there is a look at wider global issues, almost a forbearing of current world events, while the music takes you on a journey almost through the stars and back to
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It’s very unusual for a band, especially one with a string of hit albums and singles under their belts, to undertake a stand-alone tour of somewhere like the island of Ireland. But that’s exactly what Lowestoft’s second biggest export have just done, finishing up a run of three dates which had seem them traverse the island from the southwest to the northeast, and in the process making up for not being able to visit this particular corner of the Überverse on the main run in support of last year’s ‘Motorheart’ album release.
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Vanaheim are a Dutch folk metal outfit concentrating particularly on ancient Germanic paganism. Bona originally heard them live when he covered HRH Vikings and managed to get an interview with them. He remembers them being highly entertaining when he caught them. ‘Een Verloren Verhaal’ (‘A Lost Story’) is their first full length album and is a self release, so the big man was quite looking forward to getting into it…
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Since originally forming in 1979, Marillion have never stopped – no hiatuses, no splits (apart from the singer) and reformations, they just keep forging ahead, and in doing so have become one of the most successful and enduring progressive rocks bands with one of the most dedicated and fanatical of followings. 2016’s critically acclaimed, chart-topping and altogether rather dark album ‘F*** Everyone And Run (F E A R)’, was a big success. Now they’re finally back with the follow up, the rather more upbeat (musically at least) ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’, which is studio album number 20.
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Progressive post-hardcore crew Dance Gavin Dance have announced a run of ÜK, Dutch and German gigs for September.
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