Category: News
RIP Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker
Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker, co-founder and guitarist with post-punk pioneers Killing Joke, has died at the age of 64, after suffering a stroke.
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NEW RELEASE: The Rods #RattleTheCage with album title track
New York heavy metal legends The Rods are setting out to ‘Rattle The Cage’ with the title track of their forthcoming tenth studio album, due to be released via Massacre Records on 12 January.
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VIDEO RELEASE: King Diamond invites us to his ‘Masquerade Of Madness’
The master of gothic metal, King Diamond, has given us an exclusive VIP ticket to his ‘Masquerade Of Madness’, with the release of the long-lost video footage to accompany his 2019 digital single of the same name.
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RIP Steve Riley
Steve Riley, long-time drummer with various incarnations of hair metal legends LA Guns, has died at the age of 67.
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TOUR NEWS: BulletBoys smooth it up with March dates
BulletBoys have announced a string of ÜK shows for next March.
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TOUR NEWS: Kris Barras Band announce April dates
The Kris Barras Band has announced a ruin of eight dates for next April.
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NEW RELEASE: Extreme whip up a ‘Hurricane’
Funk rock legends Extreme are literally whipping up a ‘Hurricane’ with the latest single to be lifted from their comeback album, ‘Six’.
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TOUR NEWS: Currents seek death experience on Euro ’24 run
Connecticut metalcore quintet Currents have announced a month-long run of ÜK and European dates next February, in support of their latest album, ‘The Death We Seek’.
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Sheffield Academy closes for urgent repairs
One of Yorkshire’s top venues, Sheffield’s O2 Academy, has been forced to close its doors, in order to undertake urgent structural repairs.
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GIG NEWS: Kris Barras to rock the Castle in August
Kris Barras will play arguably the biggest gig of his career when he headlines historic Chepstow Castle on Thursday 15 August next year.
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Appeal to Chancellor to extend rate relief for music venues
The body representing independent grassroots music venues has called on the Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, to extend the existing 75 per cent Business Rate Relief available to grassroots music venues in England and Wales beyond April 2024 in his forthcoming Autumn statement.
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ALBUM NEWS: Two truly Almighty album re-issues on the way
Ahead of their upcoming 35th anniversary celebrations, The Almighty are to re-issue their two classic albums, ‘Blood, Fire And Love’ and ‘Soul Destruction’.
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