In early August 2021, it was announced that drummer Charlie Watts, for the first time, would not be participating in the Rolling Stones‘ upcoming tour. “For once my timing has been a little off,” Watts said in a statement at the time. “I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on […]
Foreign Hands are a band that you should be utterly obsessed with. Earlier this year, Foreign Hands released their incredible debut EP ‘Bleed The Dream’, a sharp burst of vicious metalcore that perked up the ears of thousands. And some of those ears belonged to SharpTone Records it seems, as the band have just signed […]
Dead Cross will release their new record II on October 28 and is now streaming the frantic new single “Heart Reformer” alongside a pretty gross new video directed and edited by Dark Details (a.k.a. Chris J. Cunningham).. If you’re into watching a dude get his teeth removed and then beat the crap out of another […]
R.E.M.‘s debut EP, Chronic Town, landed in stores on Aug. 24, 1982. It’s safe to say music was never the same, although such historic hyperbole felt very far away upon the release of the five-song record. That’s because Chronic Town feels beamed in from another planet — a planet shrouded in murky atmospheres, Southern mysticism and […]
Story Of The Year are back, and doing what they do best. Story of The Year are back with some brand new music, and it’s a big one. It’s called ‘Real Life’ and feels like a combination of everything that has made the band such a staple in the scene over the last two decades. […]
Even though grunge is regarded as the music that brought glam metal’s popularity to an end, Poison‘s Bret Michaels doesn’t hold a grudge toward any of the genre’s artists. “Grunge was great,” the singer declared during a recent interview with AZ Central. “We used Nirvana‘s director, Sam Bayer, on the video to [1993 single] ‘Stand.’ Alice in […]
Iconic performances incoming, then. It’s that time of year again. Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month is back, and will be taking place throughout September. So that’s some big names playing an original and a special cover version, all live and all lovely. And some familiar faces are going to be involved. YUNGBLUD will be making […]
The absolute impact of Evanescence’s classic track, all these years later. We all know ‘Bring Me To Life’, don’t we? Evanescence’s smash hit, which is a brooding, beautiful and brilliant piece of classic hard rock mastery. For 19 years, it has been a part of not just rock culture, but pop culture as a whole, […]
Mathcore legends Botch are back at it again, and sound as fresh as ever. Your favourite band have a lot to thank Botch for. Creators of some of the most influential and intense sounds of the early 00’s, their back catalogue is one filled with crushing catharsis that can be heard in so much of […]
Just when you thought you’d heard everything that Bay Area behemoths Machine Head could throw at you, from the glory days of Burn My Eyes and the sledgehammer resurgence of The Blackening, Robb Flynn pops up with a question: “What about a concept album, have we done that yet?” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Given […]