With hard rock / heavy metal being some 40-odd years old, it’s virtually impossible for any new band to be entirely original. The best hope is for a band to stumble on a way of at least re-shaping the past into something remotely unique. On...

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In theory, “Melancholia” by September Mourning is very much like Twilight. The opening number ‘Go For The Throat’ tells a dark, depressing story about drinking blood “Can’t drain the blood from empty veins, I need your life – keep me sustained” before serenading us with...

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Well this one came as a bit of a surprise, and in a very good way. Hellyeah’s first two albums were, at best, competent slabs of hard-edged American metal – the sort usually reserved for wrestler’s entrance music – that, considering the talent involved, were a...

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The title of Dutch singer-songwriter Anneke van Giersbergen‘s latest offering is pretty apt. In the years since she left The Gathering, one of the pioneering gothic-metal-turned-alt-rock bands without whom there would be no Nightwish or any other so-called female fronted metal bands (probably), a lot...

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Female-fronted Dutch metal band Sin7sins are back with their second album “Carnival Of No Tomorrow” which comes out in less than two weeks, so let’s find out if it’s any good! The first thing that strikes me about this album is the cover. With an...

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SONISPHERE KNEBWORTH has announced three headliners and the first batch of bands for its 2012 event, with tickets available from www.sonisphere.co.uk from 9am Thursday 23rd February. Shooting rockets. Blood spitting. Face Paint. Shiny Boots and utterly jaw dropping triumphant live shows:  SONISPHERE is proud to...

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South African rockers Seetherare set to return to the UK with a brand new studio album, “Holding Onto Strings Better left To Fray”, released on 5th March 2012. The band are also set to tour the UK in March 2012. “Holding Onto Strings Better Left...

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Due to phenomenal public demand, Evanescence are pleased to announce that a second London show has been added to their tour – the new date is November 5th at Hammersmith Apollo. Following a three-year sabbatical after the multi-platinum, worldwide success of their sophomore effort, The...

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Riding on their sparkling wave of electro rock Californians Neo Geo have been sending out larger and greater musical ripples, drawing to them a rapidly growing fan base and an equally eager showering of praise. Since their beginnings in 2008 the Fullerton quintet has played...

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