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Metal

Desert Storm – ‘Buried Under The Weight Of Reason’

Stoner/Sludge Heavy Psych Sounds Release Date – March 6th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Oxfordshire’s Desert Storm bring us another mighty slab of stoner/doom on the heels of their fine 2023 effort ‘Death Rattle’ which saw them broaden their sounds. Looks they have another new bass player too with Andew Keyzor stepping [more…]

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Samantha Fish releases “Rusty Razor” single ahead of UK tour with support from The Zac Schulze Gang

SAMANTHA FISH RELEASES NEW SINGLE“RUSTY RAZOR” FEATURING MICK COLLINS FEBRUARY & MARCH 2026“PAPER DOLL” UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:THE ZAC SCHULZE GANG TICKETS AVAILABLE FROMwww.alttickets.com/samantha-fish-ticketshttps://samanthafish.com/#tourwww.thequeenshall.net“Paper Doll isn’t just another Samantha Fish album—it’s a career-defining statement from an artist who refuses to stand still. Play it loud. Play it often. And when the [more…]

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J-Rock sensation LiSA announces debut UK & European headline shows

Japanese sensation LiSA has announced her first-ever headline tour of the UK and Europe for September 2026. The tour comes in celebration of the 15th anniversary of her solo debut and LiSA will reach fans in Milan, Düsseldorf, Paris, and London with hits from across her catalogue for the very first time. The infectious songs of LiSA have clocked [more…]

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Baddiecore duo THE PRETTY WILD drop epic new music video for album title track “zero.point.genesis”

Rising metaphysical baddiecore duo THE PRETTY WILD have released the official music video for “zero.point.genesis“, the title track from their recently released album of the same name (via Sumerian Records). Coinciding with the music video release is the band’s first date of their first-ever UK/EU tour with Sleep Theory, kicking off tonight with a sold-out show [more…]

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Scardust Announce ‘Souls In The Flesh’ Spring European Tour

SCARDUST ANNOUNCE SPRING TOURSCARDUST, fronted by the superstar vocalist of Sabaton’s ‘Legendary Orchestra’ – NOA GRUMAN, has announced the first group of dates of their ‘SOULS IN THE FLESH’ tour, celebrating the release of their latest album ‘SOULS’.  SCARDUST will be supported on all the European & UK dates by French band [more…]

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Skid Row – Partners With Sweetwater To Launch Worldwide Search For Lead Vocalist

OPENING AUDITIONS ON FEBRUARY 5TH 2026 MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER February 5, 2026 — Legendary hard rock band Skid Row has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with USA company Sweetwater, the world’s leading online retailer of musical instruments and pro-audio equipment, to search worldwide for their next lead vocalist. The collaboration [more…]

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All The Damn Vampires Vicecore

Los Angeles based synthwave-meets-alternative-metal pioneers, All The Damn Vampires will release their debut album VICECORE on February 6th, 2026. Founded, produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by multi-instrumentalist Davey Oberlin, a longtime touring member of Korn who’s also played in Winds of Plague and Five Finger Death Punch, All The Damn Vampires fuses [more…]

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Live Reviews

Lucie Sue – Live – Bannerman’s – duffpress

By Darren McIntyre Images by Scott Anderson Lucie Sue is a ferocious singer-songwriter from Biarritz, France, dragging grunge and hard-edged rock kicking and screaming into 2026. A child of the MTV generation, raised on the uncompromising sounds of Metallica and PJ Harvey, Lucie’s musical fire is matched by a sharp artistic vision [more…]

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