Patent Pending’s new album, Brighter, leans more towards the ‘Pop’ end of the Pop Punk scale than their previous efforts, but it is undoubtedly the bands most consistent, fun and singable release so far. It’s also their most creative, with a dose of RnB and hip-hop being thrown into the mix. This band are fun…
US Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry have been hard at work in the studio, creating their fourth studio album and their first since 2011’s Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea. To coincide with their very special intimate UK tour which is currently going on, featuring fan requested setlists and q&a’s with the band,…
When the most recent Download Festival announcement was made yesterday (viewable here), one name was conspicuous by their absence from the line up and the poster, Swedish metal favourites In Flames, who were previously confirmed to play the event some months ago. Yesterday evening In Flames put out the following brief message on their social…
Back in the hazy week in the aftermath of Download festival last year we sent James to interview Jeff Waters of Annihilator. Now, we’ve already posted the first part about the excellent new album ‘feast’ but what follows is some of Jeff’s thoughts on some other matters, including how the ‘Metal’ album collaborations came about and…
Rumours have been rife across the Internet and social media for quite some time that Welsh rockers Kids In Glass Houses were considering calling it quits on their ten years together as a band. Those rumours have now been confirmed, as the band issued the following statement on their Facebook page this morning: It’s a…
Continuing the battle between the UK’s rock and metal festivals, Andy Copping and his team over at Live Nation HQ have unleashed a royal haymaker of an announcement for the Download Festival 2014 with another two dozen bands joining the already sizeable existing bill. Top of the pile in this announcement is the news that…
Masters of melodic death metal and one of the best metal bands ever to come out of Finland, Rock Sins is delighted to announce the return of Insomnium. The band have been hard at work in the studio working on their sixth full length album and now the first details of their hard work can…
Following the official unveiling of the track on Dan P Carter’s BBC Radio One Rock Show last night, Hampshire metalcore favourites Bury Tomorrow can today reveal their new song Man On Fire, along with it’s accompanying music video. Man On Fire is the second song to be revealed from Bury Tomorrow’s upcoming third album Runes,…
One of the most promising rock acts to emerge from across the Atlantic in some time, purveyors of good old Southern American rock Blackberry Smoke will this week begin their first UK tour. Several venues on the tour have been upgraded to keep up with the demand for tickets, and now the time is almost…
Skindred have a long standing reputation of being fantastic live and decidedly lacklustre on record. Having been a band now for sixteen years, they’ve been threatening to break through into the mainstream for some time. Is Kill The Power finally their crowning moment? Unfortunately, it seems not. Despite their best intentions and energetic frontman Benji…
