Twenty two new acts have been confirmed to appear at the 2012 Download Festival. Festival stalwarts Saxon will make their second appearance at Download in three years, while Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor will perform a solo set. Also set to appear are Dropkick Murphys, Fozzy and Quireboys. The 2012 festival is headlined by The [...]
With two highly recommended albums under their collective belt already, Sunstorm’s third release is a cut above most twenty-first century melodic rock releases. With a selection of well-chosen numbers written by well-known melodic rock songwriters from the 80s and beyond, this disc is a sharp reminder of how, when done absolutely right, the melodic rock [...]
It was recently announced that New Order were to play a handful of shows in addition to their confirmed European festival slots. The venue dates have now been bolstered by two additional shows: Usher Hall, Edinburgh on May 6th and a second show at the Academy, Newcastle on May 8th. New Order’s confirmed dates are [...]
LIVE AT LEEDS THE ENEMY, DOG IS DEAD, GHOSTPOET, LIANNE LA HAVAS, CHEW LIPS & MANY MORE ADDED TO LIVE AT LEEDS 2012 LINE-UP Following on from the initial announcement which featured Example, Los Campesinos!, The Subways, LadyHawke and I Like Trains we can now bring you the latest additions to Live at Leeds 2012 [...]
On Sunday, February 26th, Jerry Gaskill suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care, where he is still in an unstable condition. As a result, King’s X’s upcoming tour dates have been cancelled. The band were due to embark on a three week tour on the US at the [...]
Pantera’s “second” album, ‘Vulgar Display of Power’ will be released in a deluxe/expanded edition in May 2012. The album – a firm favourite among Pantera’s fan base – was the second release by the band for a major label and features two signature tunes: ‘Mouth For War’ and ‘Walk’, the latter used as the theme [...]
Just a couple of weeks ahead of his 2012 album ‘Damage Control’ AOR/melodic rock vocal legend Jeff Scott Soto has released a video for one of the new tracks. You can view the video for ‘Look Inside Your Heart Below’. ‘Damage Control’ is released via Frontiers Records on March 23rd in Europe, the 26th in [...]
Between 2008 and 2010, Justin Kline released two fantastic power pop EPs. Two songs from his second release, ‘Triangle’, were originally intended to appear on a full length album, but disaster struck… Kline’s studio was broken into, resulting in the theft of various tapes. Not to be deterred, he took a couple of demos and [...]
It has been announced that britpop heroes Blur will headline the Swedish Way Out West Festival. The festival, held in Gothenburg between August 9th-11th will also feature The Black Keys, Refused, Florence + The Machine, Billy Bragg, Bon Iver and Feist. Blur’s record sales in the UK, meanwhile, have rocketed since the band made an [...]
Canadian electronic pop/rock outfit Metric have announced the arrival of their fifth full length album. ‘Synthetica’ will be released offiicially on June 11th, although no tracklisting has been revealed at this time. The band’s previous release, 2009′s ‘Fantasies’ was well received. Teaming up with Spotify, Metric promoted ‘Fantasies’ with a campaighn of heavy advertising which [...]
