_{Bad Company kicked off the Swan Song Tour with a gig in 3Arena, Dublin on 14th October. The line-up included founding members vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke. The other members of the band are Howard Leese on guitar and Todd Ronning on bass.From Dublin the tour moves on to the UK for 8 dates. Supporting Bad Company are RSO (Richie Sambora and Orianthi).}

_{I took 5 videos of Bad Company during the Dublin gig – the classic tracks “Feel Like Makin Love”, “Run With The Pack”, “Shooting Star”, and “Bad Company” and a new track called “Troubleshooter”.}

_{“Diabolica” is the sixth studio album from Belgian power metal band Iron Mask and it was released via AFM Records on 30th September. That “power metal” genre is one that I occasionally struggle with and I can’t claim to be particularly aware of the previous albums from Iron Mask, but I definitely had no problem getting into this album and really liked “Diabolica” from the first listen. The track “Galileo” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 14th October.}

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new IN FLAMES videos for ‘The Truth’ and ‘The End’ can be seen below. Both tracks are taken from the band’s twelfth studio album, Battles, which will be released on November 11 via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, who has ...