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Download Festival 2016 Announce 36 New Bands And ‘The Lemmy Stage’

Published: Monday, 08 February 2016 06:57 | Written by Odin | Print | Hits: 2439

With an already incredible lineup thus far, including headliners Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, Download Festival 2016 have announced a further 36 bands. Festival organizers have also announced that the main stage this year, will be named ‘The Lemmy stage’, in honour of the late and great Motörhead frontman. A tribute will also be held for Lemmy during the ...

RavenEye Nominated For Best New Band By Planet Rock

Published: Friday, 05 February 2016 11:01 | Written by Odin | Print | Hits: 2242

UK Trio RavenEye, who released their debut EP “Breaking Out” last year to rave reviews, have just been nominated in the Best New Band category at Planet Rock’s The Rocks 2016 awards. The band have also announced their first headline London show at Islington Garage for February 16th. This will be the final date of ...

Authors: Odin

PORT NOIR reveal release date and details for new album.

Published: Friday, 05 February 2016 10:45 | Written by Odin | Print | Hits: 2284

Swedish post-metal high flyers, PORT NOIR, will release their eagerly awaited second full-length opus on April 1st, 2016 via Century Media Records (World excl. North America & Nordic) and Razzia Notes (Nordic). The album is entitled ‘Any Way The Wind Carries’ and contains twelve brand-new tracks. The band comments on ‘Any Way The Wind Carries’: ...

NI ROCKS Recommends "High Noon" by SHAKRA

Published: Sunday, 07 February 2016 00:00 | Written by NI ROCKS | Print | Hits: 4762

_{I’ve been a fan of Swiss band Shakra for quite a few years and it was great to see a new album entitled “High Noon” being released via AFM Records on 29th January. This album marks the return of original vocalist Mark Fox, with whom the band had recorded their first 7 studio albums between 1998 and 2009. Fox had been replaced on the past 2 albums by John Prakesh, but he left in 2014; opening the way for a reconciliation within the band. Both of the albums released with Prakesh were great, but it is nice to see the return of Fox.}

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