One of my favourite places to be, in my music bubble boat. Today's offering is melodic death metal band Kataklysm.

Well, this is a blast! Girlschool are back with a new album, their first in many moons, and this lead single from 'WTFortyfive' is an absolute classic arsekicking rocker.

Out of darkness, sometimes beauty emerges. This isn't beauty by normal societal standards though, what we have here is a cathartic roar that screams against the night, the pure power of the human spirit pushing the demons back.

The smell of oil and a haze of dry desert dust fills your senses as the sound of burning rubber raises to fever pitch on this latest full-force banger from London's finest Southern Rockers Nitroville.

Rumours were whispered and hopes raised but until now nothing concrete (or gold, for that matter) but the Foos are back.

A visceral punch of pure hard rock, 'The Fray' sees Cambridge combo The Hot One Two bring back that early excitement of the early 1980's when loud guitars brought some swagger to the aftermath of the youthquake that was punk.

This will rock your world. Belfast's Amy Montgomery has a way of burrowing deep under your skin and drilling into your subconscious, this twisting and twisted combination of feral, siren vocals, groove and attitude a ridiculously heady brew.

Creativity can be a heavy burden, especially when you're at the mercy of a muse that leads you to conjure up something truly unique.

New Jersey American thrash metal band Overkill formed in 1980, vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D Verni are the only constant members.

It’s getting ever closer. 14th April 2023. Release date of 72 Seasons the new album from Metallica. A special date in any calendar, when the mighty put out a release and surge of excited anticipation for the first listen sends shivers down the spine and a tingle in the belly.

Groundbreaking Boston quartet Extreme are back and it's with something to tip the world off its axis. The opening salvo from forthcoming album 'Extreme Six', new single 'Rise' is an earthshaking return following fifteen long years since their last studio release and they're determined to make up for lost time.

Quicksilver guitar maestro Sophie Burrell is back and how, this debut single from her new outfit kicking down the door with huge boots and a glorious noise that’s impossible to ignore.

Proving that Scandinavia and America don’t have the monopoly on glacial Gothic rock, Perth resident The Effigy shows that whilst Australia might be the land of sunshine, there’s a darkness that dwells at the deepest part of their soul.

Japanese metal masters Lovebites roar back into action with this hard-hitting bit of no-holds barred metal that will roast your skull and flay your body alive.

One of the finest bands to come out of America in the past few years, Robert John & The Wreck harness the soul power and skyscrapingly high song writing skills that the Black Crowes and Blackberry Smoke have become famous for.

Best known as the singer for Midlands metalheads Sister Shotgun, Chloe Ozwell has long been a talent that's turned heads, be it with her uncompromising and distinctive voice or magnetic stage presence.