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Download 2025 Review

2025 Download Festival Review by Howard Keogh Festival season is upon us once again and it’s time to dust down tents, boots, and all manner of festival paraphernalia. With the…

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June 22, 2025
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2023 Download-20 Festival Review

Pictures by Enda Madden Review by Howard Keogh There is an air of anticipation as Download festival celebrates its 20-year anniversary. Continuing the tradition of music festivals in Donington, Download…

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June 19, 2023
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Download XXII

Download XXII – BEYOND THE BANDS WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO GO UNTIL DLXXII, IT’S TIME TO REVEAL MORE OF WHAT’S IN STORE. A DOWNLOAD TICKET GIVES FESTIVALGOERS ACCESS…

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May 1, 2025
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2024 Download XXI Review

Where has the time gone since last year’s Download festival epic four day event to celebrate its 20 year anniversary? Festival managing director Andy Copping revealed late last year that…

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July 1, 2024
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Enda Madden releases ‘Freedom’ for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief

20 Dec 2022 This is a song about the war in Ukraine from the perspective of an ordinary Ukrainian forced to bear arms to defend their country. Like many others,…

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January 2, 2023

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    THE RASMUS RELEASE UPLIFTING NEW SINGLE ‘RISE’

    June 10, 2022 /

    THE RASMUS RELEASE UPLIFTING NEW SINGLE ‘RISE’ ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, PRE-ORDER STARTS NOW

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    June 7, 2022 /

    ARCH ENEMY SET NEW RELEASE DATE FOR UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘DECEIVERS‘ OUT AUGUST 12TH 2022 VIA CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS   Today ARCH ENEMY announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, the release date for their huge upcoming new album ‘Deceivers‘ have been moved to August 12th 2022. The band comments below: “Dear Arch Enemy fans, Due to unforeseen circumstances, the release of the new album ‘Deceivers‘ has to be postponed two weeks.The new release date will be August 12th. This is later than expected, but we promise it will be worth the wait. We want to thank you for your great support and hope to meet as many of you as possible…

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    June 3, 2022 /

        After the release of their feature track “I’ll Get Through It” with Franky Perez and Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), the Finnish four piece now announces the first of three classical instrumental tracks to be released throughout this summer. “Bolero” is Apocalyptica’s own version of Maurice Ravel’s classic ballet piece and it therefore marks the band’s first reinterpretation of a classical song since “Hall Of The Mountain King” in 2000. Listen to Bolero and watch the music video here.   Apocalyptica will be touring the US extensively in 2022, as well as playing multiple Summer festivals, among other dates, before hitting Europe with the aptly named “Epic Apocalypse Tour”…

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    “Voices In My Head” Single Art   Platinum-selling, 21st century rock band Falling In Reverse, who are racking up 12 million streams per week, have shared the video for the brand new single “Voices in My Head.”   Watch it HERE.   “Voices in My Head” follows “Zombified,” which recently ascended to No. 1 on the active rock radio charts. Both tracks will live on the band’s forthcoming Neon Zombie EP.   For the track, frontman Ronnie Radke had a very specific and clear vision for the video, saying, “I wanted to capture what it’s like battling with your your past, present, and future perception of self, and the voices…

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    May 27, 2022 /

    Today, Atlanta-based glam punk rockers STARBENDERS have dropped their new single ‘If You Need It’ and the accompanying music video via Sumerian Records.  You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/4qzGWENJSmA Or listen to the song here: https://sumerian.lnk.to/ifyouneedit Speaking about the inspiration behind the track, Kimi Shelter commented: “The band recorded ‘If You Need It’ during a very difficult time in our lives. The sands were shifting beneath our feet as we stood in the studio. The sentiment of the song is captured in the chorus, “I’ve got love if you need it, drugs to keep it even. I can’t take the pain.” It’s impossible to fix people and that doesn’t mean we…

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    May 24, 2022 /

    5 June – Mama Roux’s Birmingham *  6 June – Rebellion Manchester 7 June – The Loft Southampton Get in touch with paris@thenoisecartel.com with any review, photo or interview requests. This June, two heavyweights of modern emo are touring the UK together. LIL LOTUS and MAGNOLIA PARK will be appearing in London, Birmingham*, Manchester and Southampton, as well as dates at Slam Dunk festival. Support will come from SMRTDEATH in what is sure to be a premiere night of modern emo and pop punk excellence. This tour comes off the back of LIL LOTUS dropping his video for ‘Girl Next Door’ featuring emo rap legend Lil Aaron. You can watch the video here.…

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      ARCH ENEMY TEAM UP WITH IRON MAIDEN  TO ANNOUNCE NEW GAME ‘LEGACY OF THE BEAST’ OUT NOW   Following successful collaborations last year, 2022 started with Legacy of the Beast teaming up with Disturbed and then Powerwolf and now ARCH ENEMY enters the fold.     Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast wanted a character that would fit perfectly into a story with Doomsday Eddie, a post-apocalyptic warrior whose portents of global annihilation went unheard (based on Iron Maiden’s classic track “2 Minutes to Midnight” from their legendary 1984 album Powerslave). The result of this collaboration is a week-long event called ‘Atomic Sunset’. The Queen Beast character is influenced by ARCH ENEMY‘s upcoming single and video for “Sunset Over…

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