_{“4 On The Floor” is the latest album from Texas based band Broken Teeth and their first with the EMP Label Group. It was released on 9th June, with promotion being handled by Rock n Growl. I accidently introduced the band on the Friday NI Rocks Show last week as Australian (I’d written ‘Austin based’ in my notes and had trouble reading my own writing!), but that may have been a bit Freudian as the band do have a distinctly AC/DC vibe and were once referred to as “A pissed off AC/DC”. The track I was introducing on the Show was called “Sinful”.}

_{Off the back of the extremely successful album “Heavy Fire” and UK/European tour, Black Star Riders are pleased to announce a new worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in 2012, Black Star Riders signed their first contract with Nuclear Blast Entertainment in the same year. Under the banner of the independent label, the band released three critically acclaimed albums: “All Hell Breaks Loose”, “The Killer Instinct” and “Heavy Fire”.}

_{Italian power metal band Secret Sphere celebrates the 20th anniversary of their foundation this year with the release of a new album called “The Nature of Time”. It was released via Frontiers Music on 2nd June and is the band’s first studio album of new material since 2012.  The track “The Calling” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show this week.}