Review and photos Paul McWilliams There are some gigs where you walk away thinking you have watched a collection of bands. Then there are nights where the whole event becomes one massive celebration of live music. Hella Rock Festival 2026 at Coventry’s HMV Empire was firmly in the second category. With a [more…]
Review By Halina Wegner Watching a band grow over the years is one of the great privileges of being a music journalist. I still remember first seeing Kris Barras Band at Ramblin’ Man Fair, where their blistering performance announced them as a band destined for bigger things. Catching up with Kris after [more…]
Review by Glen Parkes When you have helped shape an entire genre, there must come a point when you can simply do whatever the hell you want. Kai Hansen reached that point a long time ago. As co-founder of Helloween and founder of Gamma Ray, Hansen is one of the key figures [more…]
MASON comes charging back with Hanging By A Thread, another slice of driving melodic rock from the forthcoming album Edge Of Destruction, due September 25 through Eonian Records. Originally recorded and partially demoed during the Seconds To Impact sessions, the song was given a new lease of life when Marcus Mason revisited [more…]
Corella have today released their second album A Beautiful World To Lose via FLG. Listen here / purchase here. Celebrating the release the Manchester indie rock band start their UK headline instore/outstore tour today, performing seven dates across the country kicking off with a hometown show at Manchester Academy 2. Produced by [more…]
Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION have released their brand new single ‘The Animals’. It is a raging punk track opening with a punchy bounce reminiscent of the likes of Bad Religion and early Green Day before building into the unmistakable grand anthemic chorus of MAN WITH A MISSION. The song has [more…]
Review By Halina Wegner There are very few bands who have managed to build an identity as instantly recognisable as Amon Amarth. For more than three decades, the Swedish melodic death metal giants have turned Norse mythology, battlefields, sacrifice and brotherhood into huge songs built for equally huge stages. The Allfather Awakens, [more…]
Review by Glen Parkes – Jace Media Music There are documentaries you watch, enjoy and move on from. Then there are films that drag you back into another time and make you feel as though you are standing in the middle of it. Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang belongs firmly in the second [more…]
Review by Glen Parkes Some bands arrive with a sound that immediately tells you where they have been. Others arrive sounding like they have already worked out where they are going. Los Angeles quartet The Bites manage to do both on their long-awaited sophomore album, The Bites, released today, September 18, 2026, [more…]
Review by Ali Burman photos by Adam Rossi Amy Lee leads an extraordinary night of soaring vocals, spectacular production and genuine emotional connection at the Utilita Arena. There are arena shows, and then there are arena experiences. Evanescence’s performance at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on 11 September belonged firmly in the second category. [more…]
Review By Glen Parkes There is something about a great songwriter that cannot be manufactured. You can polish a production, add a room full of musicians and throw money at a recording, but you cannot fake a lifetime of stories. Mike Guiney brings plenty of those stories to The Grace of Eloquence, [more…]
Alex Kilroy Returns to the Blues That Started It All With New EPNew Shade of Blue, Out October 23rd Transylvania-Born Guitarist Announces a Deeper, Roots-Driven Chapter With Autobiographical New Single “Crossroads On My Mind,” Out Today Stream “Crossroads On My Mind” HERE A few months after turning a lifelong pursuit of American [more…]
Review and photos Paul McWilliams There are some gigs where you walk away thinking you have watched a collection of bands. Then there are nights where the whole event becomes one massive celebration of live music. Hella Rock Festival 2026 at Coventry’s HMV Empire was firmly in the second category. With a [more…]
Review By Halina Wegner Watching a band grow over the years is one of the great privileges of being a music journalist. I still remember first seeing Kris Barras Band at Ramblin’ Man Fair, where their blistering performance announced them as a band destined for bigger things. Catching up with Kris after [more…]
Review by Glen Parkes When you have helped shape an entire genre, there must come a point when you can simply do whatever the hell you want. Kai Hansen reached that point a long time ago. As co-founder of Helloween and founder of Gamma Ray, Hansen is one of the key figures [more…]
MASON comes charging back with Hanging By A Thread, another slice of driving melodic rock from the forthcoming album Edge Of Destruction, due September 25 through Eonian Records. Originally recorded and partially demoed during the Seconds To Impact sessions, the song was given a new lease of life when Marcus Mason revisited [more…]
Corella have today released their second album A Beautiful World To Lose via FLG. Listen here / purchase here. Celebrating the release the Manchester indie rock band start their UK headline instore/outstore tour today, performing seven dates across the country kicking off with a hometown show at Manchester Academy 2. Produced by [more…]
Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION have released their brand new single ‘The Animals’. It is a raging punk track opening with a punchy bounce reminiscent of the likes of Bad Religion and early Green Day before building into the unmistakable grand anthemic chorus of MAN WITH A MISSION. The song has [more…]
Review By Halina Wegner There are very few bands who have managed to build an identity as instantly recognisable as Amon Amarth. For more than three decades, the Swedish melodic death metal giants have turned Norse mythology, battlefields, sacrifice and brotherhood into huge songs built for equally huge stages. The Allfather Awakens, [more…]
Review by Glen Parkes – Jace Media Music There are documentaries you watch, enjoy and move on from. Then there are films that drag you back into another time and make you feel as though you are standing in the middle of it. Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang belongs firmly in the second [more…]
