An all day doom, drone and noise festival will be pounding Tyneside’s bedrock into rubble this month, boasting the kind of line up rarely seen in the North East.
Richard Holmes found out more...
@ Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club, May 7 2012
An audience at a working men's club has never looked so fresh-faced and they are treated to an evening of music draped in youthful exuberance.
Starting with the incredibly impressive Bots, two 15-year olds ...
Self Made Man has dropped his latest blog and this week he goes back to the future following a fantastic gig by one of his all-time favourites.
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It's that time of the week when we look at the best new music hitting the rock and metal scene.
And today we check out the debut from Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo's side project Philm (pictured) plus the new record from ... 
Download’s 10th anniversary festival kicks off three weeks tomorrow and we’re starting our definitive build-up to the big event right here, right now! Look out for a series of exclusive interviews with a slew of big names and we’ll be bringing back our Download: The ‘Load Down features where we handpick the must-see acts and [...]
An all day doom, drone and noise festival will be pounding Tyneside’s bedrock into rubble this month, boasting the kind of line up rarely seen in the North East. Richard Holmes found out more…
Download-bound Slash premiered the video clip for new single You’re A Lie today and we’re stoked to be bringing you the action right here. The top tune from new album Apocalyptic Love – out as a Classic Rock Fanpack edition on Monday – has won rave reviews following its release digitally and as a limited [...]
They’re named after a bloodthirsty barbarian, write songs called Headless Hunter and Battle In The Swamp, and with latest album, Monnos, have delivered one of the heaviest things you’ll hear all year… it’s fair to say Liverpool doom trio Conan aren’t for the faint hearted. Formed in 2006, the band recently took their crushing live [...]
The Rush is on for tickets to the hottest show in town after Canada’s best-loved progsters announced a series of summer 2013 arena dates across the UK. Rush will release new record Clockwork Angels next month – their first studio album for five years. And after completing an autumn/winter tour of North America in support [...]
It’s that time of the week when we look at the best new music hitting the rock and metal scene. And today we check out the debut from Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo’s side project Philm (pictured) plus the new record from Download-bound spoof metallers Tenacious D. There’s a melodic blast courtesy of AOR flag-bearers Luley [...]
Limp Bizkit have finalised the line up for this month’s London show and the infamous nu-metal crew have gone for exciting youth to complement their vast experience. Fast-rising Brit bands Yashin (pictured) and The James Cleaver Quintet will back Fred Durst and his mates at Brixton Academy on May 29. And it’s little surprise that [...]
If you are going to Download this summer and, for some inexplicable reason, you are utterly unfamiliar with the work of the original Black Sabbath line-up, then those shrewd marketeers at Sanctuary are riding to your rescue. Cunningly released six days before Sabbath close the 2012 Castle Donington festival, Iron Man: The Best Of Black [...]
RUSHONROCK approved hair metal throwbacks Reckless Love are stepping up their bid to conquer the UK rock scene after revealing plans for a new headline tour this autumn. Fresh from support slots with Black Veil Brides and a handful of headline sets the fantastic Finns are gearing up for next month’s Download appearance. But the [...]
@ Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club, May 7 2012 An audience at a working men’s club has never looked so fresh-faced and they are treated to an evening of music draped in youthful exuberance. Starting with the incredibly impressive Bots, two 15-year olds from LA providing an almost perfect mimicry of a Primal Scream/Cypress Hill mashup, [...]
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