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- Beartooth Ft Landmvrks and Polaris at O2 Victoria Wearhouse Manchester 24-10-2024
American Rock band Beartooth takes over the O2 Victoria Wearhouse In Manchester for the first of two nights. Tour support comes from Australian Metalcore band Polaris and French Metalcore band Landmvrks on Beartooth's UK+EU Tour 2024 Landmvrks Kicking off the evening with their dark backlit stage is French MetalCore band Landmvrks. Florent comes out and takes control of the crowd while raping in the first verse of 'Creature' which brings the stage to life the brightly colored stage attracts you in while the audience opens ups the pits screaming back word for word. Crowd surfers come flying over the barrier Landmvrks have their fans up and moving during their opening set with 'Lost In A Wave' and 'Self-Made Black Hole' Landmvrks never fail to impress me capturing me earlier in the year their perfect sound and amazing stage presents will keep Having seen them as supports I can't wait till I see them on a headline tour! Landmvrks setlist O2 Victoria Wearhouse Manchester 24-10-2024 Creature Death Blistering Visage Say No Word Suffocate Lost in a Wave Rainfall Self-Made Black Hole Polaris From Sidney Australia comes the Metalcore band Polaris. They enter the stage and the pits open, Crowdsurfers come flying over the barrier as 'All In Vain' Kicks off the set. Having never heard of Polaris until now, I can see why everybody has fallen in love with its amazing stage presence and perfectly flawless sound makes you want to hear more of them. The rest of their set includes 'Dissipate' and 'Overflow' Polaris Setlist O2 Victoria Wearhouse Manchester 24-10-2024 All In Vain Nightmare Inhumane All of This Is Fleeting Dissipate Masochist Overflow Hypermania The Remedy Beartooth The awaited headliner of the evening, Beartooth, takes to the stage, coming out to 'The Surface.' The audience is showered in black confetti from both sides of the stage. Caleb takes center stage for most of the evening, with the rest of the band hovering. The backlit LED screens give the stage a pinkish glow, matching their latest album, Surface. 'Dobut Me' kicks off with the anticipated fire, making the stage come to life. Fans scream back every word to Body Bag while the biggest circle pits open up. Caleb joins the crowd on the B stage to perform a cover of The Killers 'Mr. Brightside' and 'Look The Other Way' Before returning to the main stage you can see the craft to make this a one-in-a-lifetime experience. The stage shows Beartooth is created with lasers, pyro, videos, and the flame thrower (Massive thanks to Beartooth Pyro Guy for the amazing advice on this!) truly tied the show together. The night finished on the high with 'In Between' with the audience out singing Caleb to make it an amazing first night in Manchester Beartooth Setlist O2 Victoria Wearhouse 24-10-2024 The Surface The Past Is Dead Doubt Me Riptide Disease Devastation Might Love Myself Drum Solo / The Last Riff Mr. Brightside ( The Killers cover) Look the Other Way The Lines ATTN. Body Bag I Was Alive (Extended Jam Intro with band introductions) Sunshine! In Between Catch Beartooth on the rest of their UK + EU 2024 Tour. Check out Beartooth latest album The Surface out now
- Lacuna Coil ft Blind Channel Manchester Academy 19-10-2024
Italian Gothic Metal band Lacuna Coil takes over the Manchester Academy tonight for their In The Mean Time 2024 Tour. Support comes from Finnish Metal artist Blind Channel. Blind Channel Eurovision Finnish finalists Blind Channel took to the stage first, and were met with their exciting fan base in the crowd. Having just announced days prior that at the end of this touring cycle, they would be taking a hiatus from creating music this was the last chance for a lot of fans to see the Blind Channel live. Coming out to 'Deadzone' Blind Channel gets the crowd moving and bopping along. Throughout the set, we are treated to a range of high kicks full of fast vocals and amazing rhythm. Towards the back end of Blind Channel set, we are treated to their version of 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' which gets the crowd up and moving with everyone putting their middle fingers up for their Eurovision hit 'Dark Side'. Overall Blind Channel shows the charm within their set making it an incredible show! Blind Channel Setlist - Manchester Academy 19-10-2024 DEADZONE WHERE'S THE EXIT Over My Dead Body We Are No Saints XOXO FLATLINE DIE ANOTHER DAY Violent Bob (Deja Fu) B.Y.O.B. ( System of a Down cover) WOLVES IN CALIFORNIA Balboa Everybody (Backstreet's Back) ( Backstreet Boys cover) Dark Side Lacuna Coil Gothic Metal band Lacuna Coil kicks off their set with the drummer Richard Meiz taking center stage first getting us warmed up for the show ahead. The rest of Lacuna Coil flooded the stage to kick this evening off in Manchester with 2016 'Blood, Tears, Dust' with beautiful harmonic heavy vocals from both Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro. The duo flows and shows the incredible talent they both have along with the rest of the band. Fans screamed back every lyric to the songs and the night proceeded. Newly released singles 'Oxygen', 'In The Meantime' and 'Hosting the Shadows' were performed to the enjoyment of fans moshing and singing along to the new songs. Fan Favorite of 'Heaven's A Lie XX' was performed having re-recorded some songs for the anniversary release of Comalies XX. These classics went down as a pure treat showing the incredible growth of the band and the changes they have made. The show was the Gothic dream of being a pure perfect show from the talent of stage presents, tiny details throughout the show, Vocals, and the intense love that the fans have for Lacuna Coil. Lacuna Coil Setlist - Manchester Academy 19-10-2024 Blood, Tears, Dust Reckless Trip the Darkness Apocalypse Oxygen Layers of Time Our Truth Entwined XX My Demons Heaven’s a Lie XX In The Mean Time Veneficium Hosting the Shadow Enjoy the Silence ( Depeche Mode cover) Never Dawn Aeon XX Tight Rope XX Swamped XX Nothing Stands in Our Way Check out the rest of Lacuna Coil In The Meantime Tour Here , Pre-Oder Sleepless Empire now from Century Media Records , Release date of February 14th, 2025, and catch Lacuna Coil at Bloodstock Festival 2025
- Top 10 Songs Of The Week: Festival Special Novacaine Festival 14-10-24
Top 10 Songs Of The Week: Festival Special Novacaine Festival 14-10-24 Last week I had the amazing opportunity of announcing I would be included in the first-ever Novacaine Festival 2025 in Sheffield Corporation on October 4th, 2025. Check out the 10 bands who are set to perform next year! 1, The Five Hundred - In The Dark Heavy Metal 2, Bleed Again - Parasite MetalCore 3, Night Thieves - Through The Looking Glass Alternative Metal, Heavy Rock 4, Fate's Hollow - The Sum (Mother) Alternative Progressive Rock 5, Reanimate - Glass Modern Metal 6, Ocean Thieves - Pretty Much There Modern Rock 7, Saints Among Us - Ashes To Ashes Alternative Metal 8, Broken Empire - Disguise Hard Rock, Metal 9, Our City Fires - Fool Again Alternative Rock, Hard Rock 10, Dead Demons - Another Space In Time Classic Heavy Rock Check out the event poster below Tickets are now available at Novacaine Festival 2025 | Novacaine
- Call Of The Wild Festival Announces 15 more bands and stage splits for 2025
Call Of The Wild Festival Announces 15 more bands and stage splits for 2025. The Festival which will take place between May 29th to June 1st 2025 at Lincolnshire Show Ground had all ready announced an fantastic line up which includes Michael Monroe , The Commoners , Knock Out Kaine , Falling Red , Tailgunner , Marisa And The Moths , Lucifer Star Machine , Asomvel , Trench Dogs , Pryma , Continental Lovers , Suicide Bombers , Cassidy Paris , Mint , Kite Thief , Black Lakes , Dendera , Harsh , Manors , DeadFire , Crashed Out , Phoenix Lake and This House We Built . Freshly announced artist includes Oli Brown & the Dead Collective , WhiteTyger , Bobbie Dazzle , Jayler , Sisters Doll , Austin Gold , Syteria also being included will be Thieves of Liberty and Kardang ! who will be heading on the Trailblaze stage on Friday and Sunday evening of the festival. Further additions are The Head Hunters (featuring ex Gunfire Dance members Ray Birch & Oz), Reckoner , Heartbreak Remedy , Silveroller & Jehenna . A very special after show on Saturday night with Juliet's Not Dea d has also been announced. VIP tickets are now Sold out with Campervan and Glamping Tents also close to selling out also. Tickets can be purchased from Call Of The Wild Tickets - Gigantic Tickets . More announcements to come
- Top 10 Songs Of The Week 7/10/24
This week's Top 10 Songs Of The Week 7/10/24 features a lot of brand-new music from the past two weeks check out the artist below! 1, Beartooth - ATTN. Metalcore, Rock, Alternative Metal, Hardcore Punk 2, Sum 41 - Dopamine Pop-Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock, Skate Punk, Alternative Metal 3, Alchemize - Bad Motives (Feat Nathan Biddles of InRetrospect) Pop Metal 4, Linkin Park - Heavy Is The Crown Alternative Rock, Nu-Metal, Electronic Rock 5, Lacuna Coil - Oxygen Gothic Metal, Alternative Metal 6, Fangslinger - The Lost Souls Saloon Heavy Metal, Hard Rock 7, Point North ft The Ghost Inside - Safe and Sound Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock 8, The Plot In You - Pretend Metal, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore 9, Bring Me The Horizon - liMOusIne ft Aurora Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Electronic Rock 10, Fever 333 - Pin Drop Rock, Rapcore, Hardcore Punk, Rap Metal, Post-Hardcore
- Lacuna Coil announces brand new album in 2025 and new single Oxygen
Lacuna Coil announces their long awaited brand new album 'Sleepless Empire' for 2025 via Century Media Records. This will be the first album in 5 years for the Italian Gothic Metal Band. Along with the announcement came brand new single 'Oxygen' which is the latest release to previous singles ' Hosting In The Shadows (featuring Randy Blythe) ' and ' In The Meantime (featuring Ash Costello) ' Check out the new music video for 'Sleepless Empire' below Check out the Sleepless Empire tracklist: 1. The Siege 2. Oxygen 3. Scarecrow 4. Gravity 5. I Wish You Were Dead 6. Hosting The Shadow (feat. Randy Blythe) 7. In Nomine Patris8. Sleepless Empire 9. Sleep Paralysis 10. In The Mean Time (feat. Ash Costello) 11. Never Dawn The album is available to pre-order over at Century Media Records and on Lacuna coil . Sleepless Empire will be released on February 14th 2025. Catch Lacuna Coil With Blind Channel on tour later this month check out the poster below!
- Linkin Park Releases Brand New Single and Three More Dates
Linkin Park Releases Brand New Single and Three More Dates in Paris, Dallas and São Paulo – with Sleep Token and Bad Omens as Support as well as Jean Dawson and Helmet Check out their tour poster for other dates below! Linkin Park has also released a second new single off their up and coming album entitled 'Heavy Is The Crown' as part of the League Of Legends Worlds 2024 Anthem. Linkin Park new album Xero is available for pre-order ahead of its realise in November 2024. If you haven't already heard Linkin Park's single 'Emptiness Machine' Check it out on our Top 10 Songs Of The Week
- The Script have been announced as this First Act of The Peace Hall Halifax in 2025
The Script have been announced as this First Act of The Peace Hall Halifax in 2025. They are set to perform Sunday 6th July 2025. Support coming from Scottish Singer-songwriter Tom Walker. Tickets go on pre sale from Chuff and Taylor on 26 September 2024 at 10am register for pre sale . General on sale from 28 September 2024 at 10am. Check out the tour poster bellow for more summer dates in 2025 and The Scripts November 2024 Satellites World Tour
- Top 10 Songs Of The Week 23/9/24
Each week we share our top 10 songs Of The Week on our playlist from Heavy Metal to Pop to what comes on our playlist each week! 1, All Time Low x I Prevail - Hate This Song Pop-Punk, Rock, Alternative, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Hard Rock, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal. The latest releases from both All Time Low and I Prevail. With I Prevail early this week releasing the ' True Power (Expanded) ' and All Time Low putting out their ' The Forever Sessions (Vol.1) ' This is the crossover we never expected but love it! 2, L.S.Dunes - Fatal Deluxe Post-Hardcore, Emo, Rock, Punk Rock The Latest single from the L.S.Dunes. Guitarist Frank Iero shares: “ In my opinion ‘Fatal Deluxe’ marks the official opening of chapter two for L.S. Dunes. It’s a song that bridges the gap musically between where we were as a band and individually and catches the listener up to where we are headed. 3, State Champs - Too Late To Say Rock, Pop-Punk, Having released two singles 'Too Late To Say' and 'Silver Cloud' from the brand new self-entitled album available to pre-order on Pure Noise Records and is available to pre-save here . If you haven't already seen the latest announcement of the UK and EU Winter Tour 2025 check out our post here . 4, Myles Kennedy - Miss You When You're Gone Alternative Metal, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Post-Grunge, Hard Rock with his newest album ' The Art Of Letting Go ' due on October 11th, 2025, and an EU/UK tour In October/November 2024 and following with a USA tour in 2025. Keep Your eyes peeled for our album review. 5, Avatar - Smell Like A Freak Show Groove Metal, Metal, Progressive Metal One of My personal favorite Avatar songs from the Swedish band. Having first seen them as an opener on the second stage at Download Festival 2014 they have become an all-time favorite on my playlist. 6, Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast Heavy Metal With the announcement of a 2025 4-day UK tour Iron Maiden, this classic just slides nicely into our list. Check Out the announcement here . 7, Kids In Glass Houses - Theme From The Pink Flamingo Rock Having made their comeback at Slam Dunk Festival 2023 and following on a UK tour that teased the exciting announcement of writing a new album Kids In Glass Houses are set to release their brand new album 'Pink Flamingo' Which is due 25 October 2024. Don't forget to order your ticket to see Kids In Glass Houses on tour around the UK in October/November too! 8, Apocalyptica - The Unforgiven II Progressive metal , Alternative/Indie , Rock Touring around the UK this week on their Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica Volume 2 tour check out their music video below for The Unforgiven II. 9, You Me At Six feat Rou Reynolds - No Future? Yeah Right Rock, Pop-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock After 20 Long years, You Me At Six is heading out with a bang! Having just headlined their final festival this year at Slam Dunk 2023. You Me At Six is currently playing throughout the world on The Final Night Of Six Pick up Tickets here ! 10, The Blackout - Save Our Selves [The Warning] Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, It was time The Blackout made an appearance on Top 10 Songs Of The Week. Creating the Start The Penguin name based on the band album Start The Party back in 2013 it always holds a very special place to a lot of fans and us included. Check out our Spotify playlist Don't forget to follow for weekly new playlists!
- Iron Maiden Announces 'Run For Your Lives Tour' in 2025
Iron Maiden has just announced the 'Run For Your Lives Tour' in 2025. The short 4-day run in the UK will see Iron Maiden perform at Birmingham, Manchester & Glasgow and feature at their biggest-ever UK headline show to date at London Stadium. With the British band celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special set list spanning a crossed nine studio albums from the self-entitled album 'Iron Maiden' To ' Fear Of The Dark' . Supporting Iron Maiden will be special guests Halestorm In London only, and The Raven Age . Tickets will be available on Live Nation Presale from Thursday 26th September 2024. Iron Maiden will also be touring around the EU Check out the rest of the dates below with special guest Avatar . Iron Maiden tour 2025 May 27 Budapest Aréna, Budapest, Hungary 31 Letnany Airport, Prague, Czechia June 1 TIPOS Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 5 Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway 7 SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger, Norway 9 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark 12 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden 13 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden 16 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 21 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England 22 Co-op Live, Manchester, England 25 Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland 28 London Stadium, London, England 30 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland July 3 Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France 5 Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain 6 MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal 9 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland 11 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 13 Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy 15 Bürgerweide, Bremen, Germany 17 Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria 19 Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France 23 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands 25 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany 26 Cannstatter Wasen, Stuttgart, Germany 29 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany August 2 PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
- State Champs Announce UK and EU Tour 2025
Pop-Punk Band State Champs Have announced a 13-date Winter Tour 2025 across The UK and EU. The Shows will start in Germany and Finish at London's Prestigious 02 Forum in February 2025. Support will come from The Home Team and Broadside Check out the dates below! State Champs with support from The Home Team and Broadside Tue 11 Feb 2025 Die Kantin, Cologne,Germany Wed 12 Feb 2025 Übel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Germany Thu 13 Feb 2025 Hole 44, Berlin, Germany Sat 15 Feb 2025 Dynamo, Eindhoven,Netherlands Sun 16 Feb 2025 Zappa JC Antwerp, Belgium Tue 18 Feb 2025 Engine Rooms, Southampton, United Kingdom Wed 19 Feb 2025 O2 Academy, Bristol, United Kingdom Fri 21 Feb 2025 Project House, Leeds, United Kingdom Sat 22 Feb 2025 O2 Ritz Manchester, United Kingdom Sun 23 Feb 2025 SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow, United Kingdom Tue 25 Feb 2025 NX, Newcastle, United Kingdom Wed 26 Feb 2025 O2 Institute, Birmingham United Kingdom Fri 28 Feb 2025 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom Also coming soon from State Champs will be their fifth studio album - Self entitled State Champs due on November 8th via Pure Noise Records . You can pre-order and Pre-save the album here.
- Shadow Fest Announcement 2025
Shadow Fest Promotions have announced The 2025 Day Festival Line Up! Shadow Fest will be taking place at The Underground in Bradford UK on July 19th, 2025. The day festival is set to host 10 bands throughout the day. Early bird tickets can be located over at Tickets for Shadowfest Presents . Check out all the bands playing below Pulverise , Leeds Rap metal grooves, Hardcore Beatdown This Dying Hour , High Wycombe Uk Metal Neo Cryptid , Bradford Uk Groove, Power Metal, EDM After Smoke Clears , South London Metalcore Aleya , Manchester UK Metal Core Weller , South East of England Rock, Alternative Those Once Loyal , Nottingham Uk Melodic Hardcore Inflictions , West Midlands UK Alternative Metal Neon Rituals , Leeds Uk Hardcore, Nu-Metal Motions , Teeside Uk Post Metal Don't forget to purchase your early bird special ticket this is a festival not to miss out on!