News is just reaching us here at TINAS Towers that Killswitch Engage have decided to part ways with their front man of 9 years Howard Jones. No reasons were given for the decision and there is also no word on potential replacements, no doubt names...

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Progression and evolution are both essential for all bands hoping for a healthy career, though it also carries the risk of alienating already existing fans if that new direction is sudden or more than a gradual change. Swedish band Adept, with their latest album “Death...

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I have this 10 second rule (albeit right or wrong; it works for me), that a song should grab you within that time or it’s not worth listening to. That was until I listened to “The Compass”, an interesting debut from Australian five-piece tech metal...

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“Between The Bullets and the Bloodstains” is the debut album from the Essex based quartet, Fortune Favours The Brave, who cite Killswitch Engage, Darkest Hour and Sikth as their main influences. Opening the album is ‘Declare’, an instrumental intro with strings and Jamie Tritton’s drums...

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TIMES OF GRACE are to play a couple of low-key warm-up shows to prep their Download Festival appearance this June.

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Years ago I was very much into the so-called New Wave Of American Metal (NWOAM), spearheaded by bands, like Killswitch Engage, God Forbid, Chimaira and Shadows Fall. In their wake bands like Darkest Hour, Himsa and The Black Dahlia Murder made quite a name for...

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The end of 2008 saw the debut album from Artas, “The Healing” receiving some mixed but mainly positive reviews, now they have returned with their second “Riotology”. Bulging at the seams with a mammoth 16 tracks and an hour of full on metal, “Riotology” is...

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TIMES OF GRACE are excited to announce that they have solidified the touring lineup for their forthcoming debut tour. The core of the band is Jesse Leach on vocals and Adam Dutkiewicz on guitars/vocals, and they will be supported by guitarist Joel Stroetzel, bassist Daniel Struble and drummer Dan Gluszak.

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It’s been a while since Jesse Leach and Adam Dutkiewicz were on the same team. Killswitch Engage‘s cracking “Alive Or Just Breathing” was the record back in 2002. KsE moved forward with Howard Jones, and Jesse  himself threw out a belter with The Empire Shall...

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The annual pilgrimage to the spiritual home of rock, Donington Park, was extra special this year as it was the 30th anniversary of the very first Monsters Of Rock festival. 1980’s line-up included such legends as Rainbow, Judas Priest and Scorpions. 2010 saw the return...

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I have been compiling this list for what seems like forever... 2009 was the year I re-found my love of music, for the past few years I had all but forgotten what music really meant to me!

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Killswitch entered the stage, all suitably attired in the same faux white dinner jacket t-shirts, to the Benny Hill theme tune! Adam D. was also wearing his, now traditional, cape but not the Mexican wrestler’s mask I saw him wearing at Download.

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Ok, so it’s 2 weeks since the Download Festival but it has taken me this long to put into words the amazing, amazing weekend that it was… The anticipation had been building for a good few weeks beforehand helped in no small part my me...

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