GIG NEWS: Skindred announce hat-trick of spooktacular Halloween shows
ÜR’s favourite raga metallers, Skindred, have announced a series of three special shows to celebrate our favourite time of the year, Halloween.
Read MoreÜR’s favourite raga metallers, Skindred, have announced a series of three special shows to celebrate our favourite time of the year, Halloween.
Read MoreOne of British rock’s most fondly remembered projects, long thought lost in the annals of musical folklore, have re-emerged from the darkness of obscurity and into the spotlight of the modern scene.
Read MoreEvery now and again an album crops up that really encourages you to delve deep beyond the music and into the lyrics to find those deeper messages and meanings that the band have carefully hidden away. Sometimes you can get so lost in this little voyage of discovery that time seems to just fly by and you forget what you’re supposed to be doing, which isn’t helpful when you’re supposed to be writing a review… But that’s exactly what the latest release from Swedish Death Candy promises to be.
Read MoreHaving caught Vola supporting Haken earlier this year, our resident gigaholic was pleased to see that he had an evening free when they were playing in his second home of Manchester. Willing to give them a chance to impress me more still than last time, he braved train and tram cancellations to make his way across for the gig…
Read MoreSome days all you need is some good old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness unpretentious rock ‘n’f’n’ roll. Well, actually, that would be most days here at ÜRHQ. Yep, it may be only rock ‘n’ roll, but we love it… and we love this self-titled debut album from Midlands rock ‘n’ rollers Piston, which has been bothering our deathdecks for a couple of weeks now, ahead of its official release later this week. And, as you might have gathered, it’s both a band and an album that is all about making that rock roll and that roll rock…
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