Diary Of A Rock Photographer

[photo credit: Andy Ford] VEXED deliver a contemporary and progressive take on culture! The UK’s most exciting new talent, fearless alt-metal upstarts VEXED, instantly turned heads and took names with the release of two recent standalone singles – including the fearsome “Elite” featuring Thy Art Is Murder’s CJ McMahon – creating a palpable underground buzz and giving fans hefty sample of what to expect in the future. Now, the wait is over – the crushing Hertfordshire foursome have resurfaced with the announcement of their aggressive and uncompromising debut full-length, Culling Culture, out May 21, 2021 via Napalm Records.  With their devastatingly heavy first output, VEXED underline their refusal to be…

ENTER UK OFFICIAL ALBUMS CHART AT NO. 6 WITH ‘DEATH BY ROCK AND ROLL” OUT NOW ON CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS THE PRETTY RECKLESS released their fourth album, Death by Rock and Roll, on February 12th via Century Media Records. The critically-acclaimed record has entered the UK Official Albums Chart at No. 6, the band’s highest chart position since their debut Light Me Up (2010), which also peaked at No. 6. Death by Rock and Roll in the UK Official Charts: #6 – UK Official Albums Chart #1 – UK Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart #4 – UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart The band recently shared the official video for “And So It Went” featuring guitarist Tom Morello. Watch it here. Be sure to also…

Release New Music Video For “Burning Out (Unplugged)” Watch Here Taken From Their Latest EP “FGBGFM Unplugged” Via Sumerian Records Exclusive Bad Omens Merch Drop 6pm PST / 2am GMT Tonight Click Here   Los Angeles-based rock sensation Bad Omens have released their first video of 2021, “Burning Out (Unplugged)” taken from their FGBGFM Unplugged EP (via Sumerian Records). Speaking on the release, Noah Sebastian shares: “Toward the end of last year, we went to Yosemite with our roommates and our good friend Dana to clear our heads and get away from the madness that is LA, even more so in a pandemic. After what felt like the shortest year ever once touring was shut down, it was…

WATCH HERE   As Heard on Spotify’s New Noise and Fierce Femmes ALT PRESS ‘100 BANDS YOU NEED TO KNOW’ (Newsstands Feb 2021) “Flashes of punk vibrancy and riot grrrl attitude.” Kerrang! “Deep cutting emotions…mature and evolved.” American Songwriter “For fans of BANKS and Lorde comes a simmering new presence.” Wonderland THE HAUNT dip deeper into the vibrancy of Social Intercourse with the interstellar exoskeleton “Wish You Stayed”.  Written by vocalist Anastasia Grace, along with producer Matt Good, known for expertly fusing genres, styles and moods for career-defining albums by Asking Alexandria, Hollywood Undead, and Sleeping with Sirens, “Wish You Stayed” swirls with an orchestral electronic panache before exploding with…

BAEST come from Aarhus in Denmark and have successfully established themselves as one of the country’s most promising metal acts in recent years. While deeply rooted in straight-forward classic death metal inspired by genre legends like Dismember, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Death, and Bolt Thrower, the 2015 formed band evolved from a Danish underground phenomenon to an internationally touring act (2018 tour with Abbath, 2019 EU/UK trek with Decapitated). Also, at festivals like Summer Breeze, Copenhell, Ruhrpott Metal Meeting, Roskilde, they left audiences impressed and begging for more. After their already praised debut album “Danse Macabre” the band took it to the next level in 2019 and delivered “Venenum” where they…

WOLF – Stockholm’s Metal Alliance joins forces for “Stream Bloody Stream” Live Event  On January 30th , 2021 (Saturday) at 7.15pm CET, an alliance of Stockholm’s finest metal acts including heavy metal legends WOLF, epic doom lords SORCERER, progressive death metallers DESCEND and the tough, gritty 70’s sound hardrockers LUGNET will join forces during an almost 5-hour live stream called “Stream Bloody Stream”. Each band will perform a 45-minutes live set from a professional stage setting in Stockholm’s famous Popskolan. The show as well as tickets are available via HERE! During the change-overs host Henrik ‘Henke’ Brannerydh – known from the Swedish podcast “Rockpodden” – will take the audience for a backstage…

  To celebrate the release of their highly acclaimed album “Surrender”, Swedish premium rockers DEAD LORD recorded a live show at Studio Kapsylen which will be streamed on youtube on January 28th, 2021 (Thursday) at 8pm CET. The show will be available as a free stream and can be seen HERE. The full show will be available for a limited amount of time, so don’t miss it! To heat up the engines, the band comments their release show as follows: “Remember fun? What it felt like hear loud electric guitars, the crashing of the drums, or the rumble of the bass? Do you remember how good the beer tasted when it…

  London, Tuesday 19 January, 2021: The Crobar, the much-loved rock and metal establishment on Manette Street, Soho, reaches the halfway mark since starting its #crofund.   When The Crobar announced its closure, fans around the world contributed to an online raffle to win big prizes like Dave Grohl’s drum cymbal to help pay the bar staff who found themselves permanently out of work, raising £20,000.   It kickstarted the campaign to reopen the bar, collaborating with the #SaveOurVenues, #WeMakeEvents, #SaveSoho and #LetTheMusicPlay social and community movements.   As the pandemic continues to claim the existence of many more beloved music venues and bars across the country, The Crobar fan…