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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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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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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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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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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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  • DESERTED FEAR – New Album ‘Doomsday’ Out Now!
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    DESERTED FEAR – New Album ‘Doomsday’ Out Now!

    March 4, 2022 /

      DESERTED FEAR RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘DOOMSDAY’ OUT MARCH 4TH 2022 VIA CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Today German Melodic Death Metal force DESERTED FEAR release their brand-new album “Doomsday”. “Doomsday” was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band’s very own Fabian Hildebrandt at Eisensound Studio and “Doomsday” consists of two intro tracks and nine powerful melodic death songs with the following track-listing:   DESERTED FEAR – “Doomsday” (41:22):  1. Intro (01:22) 2. Part Of The End (05:46) 3. Idols Of Triumph (03:15) 4. Follow The Light That Blinds (03:45) 5. Fall From Grace (04:11) 6. At Its End (00:43) 7. Reborn Paradise (04:58) 8. The One Desire (04:27) 9. Call Of Emptiness (03:31) 10. Voices Of Fire (04:15) 11. Doomsday (05:09) The…

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  • THE RASMUS to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Jezebel”
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    THE RASMUS to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Jezebel”

    February 28, 2022 /

      Photo Credit: Venla Shalin   THE RASMUS are set to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin in May 2022! On Saturday night, The Rasmus were crowned the winner of Finland’s Eurovision selection contest, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), after delivering a knockout performance which won over both the international jury and Finnish public, earning the band a landslide victory with 310 points.  “We did it! We are so happy. It was a super tough competition, all the other songs were very good,” says vocalist Lauri Ylönen. “We were preparing so hard for this for six months. We are really taken and honored and we will be working like pigs to represent Finland in…

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    May 17, 2021
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    August 9, 2022
  • BAD OMENS – ‘The Death Of Peace of Mind’ Out Now!
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    BAD OMENS – ‘The Death Of Peace of Mind’ Out Now!

    February 25, 2022 /

      BAD OMENS RELEASE THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ OUT FEBRUARY 25TH 2022 VIA SUMERIAN RECORDS     Photo Credit – Oswaldo Cepeda Los Angeles-based rock sensation BAD OMENS have dropped their huge new album ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ (via Sumerian Records). Coinciding with today’s release is a live listening party streaming event set for 5PM GMT, featuring all four members answering questions and sharing stories about their best album yet. Pick up tickets HERE! Leading up to today, the band dropped a stunning visual stream for “The Grey” and previously shared music videos for the album title track “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND“, “ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE” and “Like A Villain” which…

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    August 9, 2022
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    February 23, 2022 /

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  • OCEANS OF SLUMBER Release New Single + Music Video For ‘The Waters Rising’
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    February 22, 2022 /

    Texas prog-metal outfit OCEANS OF SLUMBER have released a new single, titled ‘The Waters Rising’. The haunting track is the first new offering from the band since the release of their 2020 self-titled album. Led by the soulful power of lead vocalist Cammie Gilbert, ‘The Waters Rising’ welcomes fans back into the world of OCEANS OF SLUMBER with more to come in due time. The song is accompanied by a music video, which can be seen here. Speaking about the new single, the band comments: “We’re at a point of clarity in a conversation we’ve been having with ourselves for a very long time. ‘Where do we go from here? What…

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    August 26, 2021
    OCEANS OF SLUMBER Release Video For ‘The Hanging Tree’ | New Album “Starlight and Ash” Is Out Now

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    July 22, 2022
  • THREE DAYS GRACE DEBUT NEW SONG “NEUROTIC (FT LUKAS ROSSI)”
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    THREE DAYS GRACE DEBUT NEW SONG “NEUROTIC (FT LUKAS ROSSI)”

    February 18, 2022 /

    Today, Three Days Grace share “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi),” the second song off their forthcoming album, EXPLOSIONS, which will be out on May 6th via Music For Nations. The new track originated as a collaboration between Neil Sanderson of the band and Lukas Rossi of Rockstar Supernova for the side project King City. “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)” finds Three Days Grace’s lead singer, Matt Walst, and Rossi dueting on this bludgeoning version teeming with nervous energy. “We added a Three Days Grace spin to it,” Matt reveals. “Lukas has a great voice, and we match up pretty well.” “Everything is about tension and release,” adds Neil. “It defines the record.”…

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    EPIC NEW “WARRIORS” MUSIC VIDEO & ALBUM OUT NOW

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    September 30, 2022
    ELECTRIC CALLBOY – Announce Huge TEKKNO Tour ’23 Dates!

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  • ICE NINE KILLS – Release A Valentine’s Gift With “Take Your Pick”
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    ICE NINE KILLS – Release A Valentine’s Gift With “Take Your Pick”

    February 14, 2022 /

    ICE NINE KILLS UNLEASH THEIR VALENTINE’S GIFT WITH NEW SINGLE ‘TAKE YOUR PICK‘ FEAT. CORPSEGRINDER TAKEN FROM THEIR HIT ALBUM “THE SILVER SCREAM 2: WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD“ VIA FEARLESS RECORDS Blood is red, veins are blue, ICE NINE KILLS have a (Bloody) Valentine’s gift for you. The overlords of Slashercore, ICE NINE KILLS, are celebrating the most romantic day of the year by delivering a special Valentine’s treat to their fans in the form of a gore-filled animated music video for their track “Take Your Pick” featuring Cannibal Corpse frontman, Corpsegrinder and inspired by infamous horror movie My Bloody Valentine. Watch the video HERE and stream the track HERE! Speaking on their new release, ICE NINE…

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    DEAD POSEY – Unveil New Acoustic EP “Malfunction X Broken Down” Out Now!

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  • VOIVOD Launch video For ‘Sleeves Off’ | New Album ‘Synchro Anarchy’ Out Now
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    VOIVOD Launch video For ‘Sleeves Off’ | New Album ‘Synchro Anarchy’ Out Now

    February 11, 2022 /

    Today, Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are releasing their newest studio album Synchro Anarchy via Century Media Records. In celebration of Synchro Anarchy, a new video clip created by Felipe Belalcazar / Mental Pictures for the album track ‘Sleeves Off’ can now be seen here: https://youtu.be/-4hDSNieOnA  VOIVOD vocalist and lyricist Denis “Snake” Bélanger checked in with the following comment about the track/video: “Here’s a cool clip from our friend Felipe Belalcazar. It’s a mixture of animation and live footage. The animation in the clip goes backwards, maybe in reference about the past when I had to make big decisions, as a teenager. Some were good, some were bad, but one thing…

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    BEETHOVEN GOES METAL –  APOCALYPTICA RELEASE SECOND OF THREE NEW CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS

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  • MESHUGGAH drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’ – Album “Immutable” pre-order starts!
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    MESHUGGAH drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’ – Album “Immutable” pre-order starts!

    January 28, 2022 /

    Drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’  from their forthcoming new full-length “Immutable”, set for release on April 1st, 2022, via Atomic Fire + Album pre-order starts now HERE!   Mavericks. Pioneers. Unique. Immutable.   ‘The Abysmal Eye’ is the first taster single of Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah! The song is taken from their upcoming ninth studio manifest, “Immutable”, released worldwide via Atomic Fire on April 1st, 2022!   Stream, download ‘The Abysmal Eye’ now here: https://meshuggah.afr.link/TheAbysmalEye   Recorded in Sweden’s “Sweetspot Studios”, their ninth full-length album “Immutable” is the follow-up to their highly acclaimed and Grammy-nominated album, “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”. This band blow minds for a living,…

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