Review: Nene Valley Rock Festival  Grimsthorpe Castle (September 5th – 8th, 2024) Reviewer / Photographer: Dan Mann I’m finally in a position to put curser to screen after a manic couple of weeks and give you a quick write-up on this year’s Nene Valley Rock Festival. You couldn’t ask for a better setting for this […]

Following outstanding performances as special guests to Judas Priest on their recently sold-out European tour, Saxon return with the announcement of their own extensive ‘Hell, Fire And Steel Tour‘ European tour. The ‘Hell, Fire And Steel Tour‘ European tour will not only see the band performing songs from their well received, recently released, top 20 album ‘Hell, Fire […]

Italy’s symphonic metal outfit Marble has shared a new single, entitled “The Jester Duplicity”, taken from the band’s forthcoming album ‘T.I.M.E.‘, whose release is set on November 8th via Rockshots Records. ‘The Jester Duplicity‘ features Stranger Vision‘s singer Ivan Adami and is accompanied by a lyric video. Stream/download the song on the main digital streaming platforms […]

Italian talented bassist, composer and producer Alberto Rigoni (soloist, BAD As, Vivaldi Metal Project, ex-Twinspirits, etc.) has released the first single and video ‘Paradox‘, out now via Finnish Eclipse Music. The track is taken from his upcoming album ‘Nemesis Call‘. ‘Paradox‘ features legendary drummer Mike Terrana (Rage, Axel Rudi Pell) and the exciting guitarist Loida […]

Jesse Damon, the iconic vocalist and guitarist of AOR rockers Silent Rage, is thrilled to announce the release of his highly anticipated compilation, ‘Anthology‘. This strictly limited edition CD-only release features 12 of the best tracks from Jesse’s various solo albums plus 2 previously unreleased studio tracks and a special live bonus track of Jesse performing the song […]

Richie Kotzen has premiered the official lyric video for ‘Nihilist’ to coincide with the release of his brand-new solo studio album ‘Nomad‘, out now via BMG.  The album is available digitally, on CD and sky-blue vinyl and can be ordered – here. “’Nihilist’ may be the cornerstone of the entire album as I see it,” […]

November 1st, 2024 will see Swedish metal Vikings Brothers Of Metal release their forthcoming magnum opus ‘Fimbulvinter’ through AFM Records. Today, the heavy metal collective is presenting a colossal video clip for their epic album title track. “‘Fimbulvinter’ is ‘the great winter’ in Norse mythology,” as the band recently explained. “A winter that is colder and darker than all other winters and […]