Arguably Volbeat are now Denmarks greatest export. They have steadily built their profile around the world over the last two decades or so and released some absolutely top quality rock/metal albums such as ‘Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies’ which combines classic fist pumping metal and the best of punk rock.
Ghost are an interesting band that often spilts opinion in the metal and rock community. On the one hand the band have a tremendous gothic metal style image and the capability to rock with the best of them. Their lyrics delve into many of the popular stereotypes of metal music, but are very intelligent, clever and witty along with it.
Ian Kaine MacGregor will be known to many as the lead vocal and guitarist with the mighty 'American Jetset', a band who in 2024 released the album '1987', a titanic slice of classic 1980s Sunset Strip rock that was without doubt my album of the year.
Since their formation in 1995, Aborted have respectfully achieved their position within the death metal industry. They have positively manipulated all borders of extreme death metal resulting in zero limitations to their evolving sound, it's also evidently clear these guys are far from becoming ordinary any time soon.
King Krakens debut album was one of the highlights of 2023 and since then the band having been working hard both gigging and building their social media presence.
It’s more than fair to say independent record company Earache Records punch well above their weight nowadays and deservedly so.
The boys are back in town. Whilst their former singer is shuffling around old haunts, recapturing hazy memories, Black Eyed Sons have freed themselves from the past and are looking at a bright future.
Working from the ground up, Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork have released a brand new single, “Spirit Of No Return” via Nuclear Blast Records.
The force of nature is back and she's ready to take on the world. It's been a rocky road for Kim Jennett and her life has had a few bumps in the highway, but given her huge voice and indomitable spirit, mountains and walls are just something to be smashed down.
American metalcore pioneers As I Lay Dying have just released their new single "We Are The Dead” from their upcoming full-length studio album, ‘Through Storms Ahead’ which will drop on November 15, 2024 via Napalm Records.
Warming up for their soon to be released sophomore album 'Elements', Reading quartet Circus 66 are ready to grab their chance to really kick up some dust and tear down walls.
Shimmering and insistent, wrapping you in another time and place where life is full of late summer sun and meadows that stretch out to the horizon, this latest single from The Blackheart Orchestra is a beautiful work of art from the northern duo.
While two warring Mancunian brothers allegedly put aside their differences for a massive payday, there's been an announcement of a reunion we all truly wanted to see.
Siblings in a band rarely see anything but a combustible mix of ego and talent warring for the top slot. Fortunately, Maxamillion and Anastasia Grace Haunt of the titular outfit sees the brother and sister more in the camp of Greta Van Fleet than Oasis
One of the bands of the weekend at the recent Maid of Stone festival, Nottingham quartet Phoenix Lake practically dripped rock 'n' roll charisma and matched that with a set of killer tunes.
Already causing huge ripples on the Prog Rock scene, Manchester quartet Square Wild bring an insanely twisted and fresh take on the genre, their vibrant rhythms injecting tricky time and mood changes with verve.