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Earsplit PR and ThisIsNotAScene Team Up to Offer The Latest Release From Thinning The Herd, “Freedom From The Known”
Posted on May 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
Following a tumultuous several months of hardships and hard work, once again restructuring the band for the second time in a year, NYC’s Thinning The Herd this week confirms the details of the band’s pending second full-length, “Freedom From The Known”. Founding vocalist/guitarist Gavin Spielman had replaced...
Sound Of Contact Offer Video Teaser For Upcoming Album “Dimensionaut” & First Single ‘Not Coming down’
Posted on May 18, 2013 | 4 Comments
Sound of Contact are set to release their debut concept album “Dimensionaut” on the 20th May 2013, and to celebrate the band have revealed a sampler of the album as the first taste of this fantastic new band. The band recently played their first ever...
Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder UK Tour
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 4 Comments
It’s on! One of the most highly anticipated tours of the year kicks off on Saturday 18th May. Journey, Whitesnake, and special guests Thunder, will appear onstage together for the first time ever. It’s 8 dates across the UK and there’s still time to grab...
Viral Propaganda PR and ThisIsNotAScene Team to Stream the latest Album from Scarred
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 8 Comments
Scarred, a death metal collective from Luxembourg formed in 2003 and currently consists of Laurent Kessel on drums, Jeff Jonas on bass, Diogo Bastos on guitar and backing vocals, Bertrand Pinna on guitar and Sacha Breuer on vocals. Initially they started out as a thrash metal project,...
Earsplit PR Teams With ThisIsNotAScene To Stream The Debut Album From In The Silence, A Fair Dream Gone Mad
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 9 Comments
“A Fair Dream Gone Mad”, the debut album from Sacramento, California-based dark/progressive quartet, IN THE SILENCE has been released today on Sensory Records. In support of that release Earsplit PR has teamed with ThisIsNotAScene to offer an exclusive stream of their debut. Musically comparable to...
Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Passes Away
Posted on May 3, 2013 | 3 Comments
Sad news has reached us at TINAS Towers this morning that Slayer guitarist and co-founding member Jeff Hanneman has passed away, aged just 49, in South Carolina. Hanneman is believed to have died from liver failure after receiving a spider bite that resulted in necrotising fasciitis,...
Record Label Launch – Cruel Nature Records
Posted on April 7, 2013 | 8 Comments
I think most of us have had a snigger when we first read about bands releasing their material on cassette. You know all the jokes about what’s next as every wag googles an older form of sound recording until the list is a mile long...
World Premier of ‘Trakthor’, from Zolle’s Self Titled Release
Posted on April 5, 2013 | 10 Comments
Earsplit PR and ThisIsNotAScene present the first track, ‘Trakthor’, from Zolle‘s self titled debut release. Supernatural Cat, the Italian underground label run by Malleus Rock Art Lab, the artist collective featuring two members of the psychedelic doom trio Ufomammut, has confirmed its next release. After...
Clutch To Return To The UK In July
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No Comments
Maryland rockers Clutch are set to return the the UK with a string of headline dates in July in support of their stunning new album ”Earth Rocker“, and the band could not be more excited to return for further dates this July. Frontman Neil Fallon commented:...
Earsplit PR & ThisIsNotAScene Team Up To Stream The Latest Album From The Unclean, “The Eagle”
Posted on March 27, 2013 | 5 Comments
Ohio-based trio The Unclean has this month self-released their sophomore full-length album, in the process unleashing some of the most classic but contemporary, polluted but pristine rock n’ roll the underground has to offer. Known for trolling Akron’s dive-bars and tattoo shops, the members of The...
Coilguns Announce UK Tour Dates & Release ‘Commuters’ Studio Report Part 2
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 1 Comment
Swiss noise merchants Coilguns are heading for these shores once again in support of their stunning new album ”Commuters” and to lay waste to venues up and down the UK. Coilguns will be here between March 31st and April 6th playing shows in Worcester, Leamington, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leicester and London. Come...
ThisIsNotAScene Presents An Exclusive Stream Of 7 Weeks Latest Album ‘Carnivora’
Posted on March 6, 2013 | 2 Comments
ThisIsNotAScene and Viral Propaganda PR Team up to Present An Exclusive Stream of the Latest Release From 7 Weeks, Carnivora Following up on their experimental redemption of Bob Clark’s 1972 thriller movie “Dead of Night”, 7 Weeks return with a new effort entitled “Carnivora”, which...
Godsized ’11th Hour’ Tour Diary (Part 1)
Posted on March 3, 2013 | 4 Comments
6th Feb – Birmingham Asylum 2 So here we go, Godsized are officially on the road again. The first night of the tour starts in heavy metal’s spiritual home, Birmingham. We haven’t been here for a year or two so it’s good to be back....
Godsized Release New Video, Free Single & UK/European Tour
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 4 Comments
UK southern rockers and TINAS favourites Godsized have released the brand new video and free download for their single ‘Heavy Load’ ahead of their UK and European headline tour, which starts today. The track is taken from their forthcoming album ‘Time’, which will be released in April....
Bay Area Thrashers Heathen Announce One-Off Show In London
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 3 Comments
News has just reached us that will whet the appetite of thrashers across the land. None other than Bay Area thrashers Heathen have announced their first UK date in over two years at London’s Camden Underworld on 23rd June later this year. Founded in 1984 by Lee Altus...
SOS Festival 2013 Line-up Complete
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No Comments
Original singer and founder member of AC/DC, Dave Evans, heads up day one of SOS Festival 2013. The line-up also includes X-UFO, the band featuring former UFO members Laurence Archer, Danny Peyronel and Clive Edwards as well as Rocky Newton formerly of Michael Schenker Group. Day...
Bolt Thrower Announce ‘Return To Chaos’ US Tour!
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 2 Comments
Bolt Thrower have continued their ‘quality not quantity’ approach to playing live and that has definitely paid off. In 2010 they played a number of shows and festivals across Europe, and from playing more intimate underground shows (in keeping with their roots), they can also...
Saxon To Release ‘Sacrifice’ On 4th March
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 3 Comments
With a storming new stomp in their boots and a renewed, lithe swagger to their legendary sound, Saxon will release “Sacrifice”, on 4th March 2013 through UDR Records. Taking a sharper, re-invigorated approach to the production, on this, their 20th album, Saxon have produced 10...
ThisIsNotAScene & Earsplit PR Team Up To Stream Hatriot’s ‘Heroes Of Origin’
Posted on February 12, 2013 | 3 Comments
Massacre Records is set to unleash the debut album from American thrash outfit Hatriot, celebrating the comeback of the infamous original vocalist for Bay Area legends Exodus, Testament and others, Steve “Zetro” Souza! Having recently signed a deal with Germany’s Massacre Records, the band are...
British Death Metallers talanas To Release ‘corpseflower’ On March 1st
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 3 Comments
After two UK headline tours, appearances at Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Norway’s Rocktober Festival, Eindhoven Metal Meeting and a tour of Western Europe as main support to doom metal legends My Dying Bride, talanas now offer a glance at the shape of things to come...

