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DEAD DEMONS RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'FIGHT BACK'!
Your Novacaine Festival 2025 openers and South Yorkshire's Hard Rock / Traditional Metal Act, Dead Demons, released their brand new single 'Fight Back' on May 2nd, 2025!
3 days ago2 min read


'DEFIANCE PART ONE' - THE BRAND NEW EP BY DETROIT RUN
Brit-alt rockers Detroit Run announced their brand-new EP, Defiance – Part 1, on April 7, 2025, following the release of their latest single, Invincible, which dropped on March 14. The band continues to build momentum with their signature sound—gritty guitars, anthemic hooks, and unapologetic energy. Fans of modern alternative rock won’t want to miss what promises to be a defining chapter in Detroit Run’s rising career.
3 days ago2 min read


SLUNG UNLEASH THEIR POWERFUL DEBUT ALBUM 'IN WAYS'!
Slung’s debut album ‘In Ways’ is a collaborative combustion of its members’ experiences, circumstances and supreme musicianship. Their sonic universe - comprising the power of guitarist Ali Johnson’s incendiary riffs, vocalist Katie Oldham’s enviable dynamic and tonal range, bassist Vlad Matveikov’s undulating, yet grounding basslines and drummer Ravi Martin’s expert rhythmic punctuation - is a veritable musical supernova.
3 days ago7 min read


ECHOES OF A DYING WORLD - THE NIHILISTIC AND POWERFUL SINGLE BY ELECTRON.
Electron released their latest single "Echoes Of A Dying World" on March 28th, 2025. The experience of not fitting into society and living on the fringe is something that many people can resonate with, and London-based metalcore band Electron provide a voice for the disenchanted through their powerful modern metal sound.
3 days ago3 min read


REVENANT - THE DEBUT ALBUM BY RECALL THE REMAINS
Telford-based metalcore outfit RECALL THE REMAINS have shared their explosive and long-awaited debut LP, titled Revenant, alongside a music video for the album's release single, "Cerberus".
3 days ago2 min read


BAD VALENTINES KICK-ASS DEBUT EP 'MEMORY Tattoos' IS OUT NOW!
Bad Valentines are a Helsinki based band that owe a few pints to the arena-stomping glamsters and punk rock purveyors of the 1970's as well as the giants of 1960's pop. Defiant and uncompromising, they've concocted a potent brew of life, love and grit that conveys perfectly the sign of these times.
'Memory Tattoos' released on April 25th, 2025!
3 days ago2 min read


TETRARCH SET TO DETONATE THE SCENE WITH "THE UGLY SIDE OF ME" — A MERCILESS, FACE-MELTING MASTERPIECE.
American heavy metal juggernaut Tetrarch is gearing up to drop their highly anticipated third studio album, The Ugly Side of Me, on May 9, 2025, via Napalm Records.
Apr 254 min read


MIRRORGLASS RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 'HANDLE WITH CARE' & RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'GHOST TOWN'!
Rock 'N' Roll Newcomers, Mirrorglass, is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their debut album, Handle With Care, available exclusively on CD starting April 25th.
Apr 253 min read
Alerts
DEAD DEMONS RELEASED THEIR NEW SINGLE 'EVOLUTION' ON MARCH 28th, 2025!
THE FIVE HUNDRED'S NEW ALBUM "GHOSTWRITER" IS OUT NOW!
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