Diary Of A Rock Photographer

Nepalese metallers UNDERSIDE have re-launched their Metal For Nepal Charity initiative to highlight the current crisis afflicting Nepal due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kathmandu based band have made a point of using their success to help their home country previously, raising funds via international touring, festival appearances, and most recently rebuilding 300 homes after the Nepalese earthquake in 2015. METAL FOR NEPAL APPEAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8FOCOjRGDw Now they appeal to fans and metalheads across the globe to help in any way they can, releasing the following statement: “Hello, this is Underside from Kathmandu, Nepal. We hope you’re all keeping safe in these strange times. We’re aware the whole world is…

RED METHOD headline the Takeover Stage and premiere their new video “The Narcissist’s Prayer” featuring Jason Mendonca (Akercocke) on Download TV DLTV is a one-off partnership between Festival Republic and YouTube Music, which seeks to quench Download fans’ thirst for the festival till 2021. Watch The Narcissist’s Prayer feat. Jason Mendonca from Akercocke here: https://youtu.be/RYtLe4XZf-g  This is what electronics man Alex Avdis (The AvD) had to say about it: “We had the honour of being asked to headline the takeover stage at this year’s download festival, which for obvious reasons we can’t do… It’s a testament to the dedication of the organisers that they will not leave bands or fans high and…

 VAMPIRE release third single “Serafim” and lyric video from their upcoming album “Rex”! Deep in a musty, age-old cellar of old town Gothenburg, Vampire have been plotting something wicked…again! In 2020, frontman Hand of Doom, guitarists Black String and Sepulchral Condor, bassist Command, and drummer Abysmal Condor proudly present their third studio album, “Rex”, which proves to be a tremendous sonic and compositional highlight in their career thus far. Today, the third single “Serafim” is released. Hand of Doom says about the single: ”This was the first song title we had for the album, and its style lead the way for all the others and for the album title as…

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT – Release First Single & Video “Rotted Futures” Of New Album  Pre-Order Starts Today! Today New York avant-garde metal outfit IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT give a first taste of their up – coming fourth studio album “Alphaville”, which will be released on July 31st, 2020.  Follow this link to watch the video to “Rotted Futures”: https://youtu.be/qPkPY0zK8Yw  IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT comment: “No one knows what the future shall look like. Well, some might know the shape of things to come. Some will bet on it. Perhaps we’re living it. Perhaps it will be quite different. If we had a special looking glass that could reveal millennia of repeated timelines we might observe big…

VOIVOD – To release “The End Of Dormancy” EP; Launch video-clip for “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)”! Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD reawaken and return with a 3-track 12” Vinyl and Digital EP entitled “The End Of Dormancy”, to be released on July 10th, 2020 worldwide via Century Media Records. The EP is centered around a special “Metal Section” version of the title track “The End Of Dormancy” (Off VOIVOD’s latest album “The Wake”) with added trumpets, saxophone and trombones. The complementary tracks on this release are exclusive live versions of “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)” and the group’s classic “The Unknown Knows” recorded at Montreal Jazz…

Today, LA’s Body Count release a music video for the “Point The Finger” taken from their much acclaimed most recent album “Carnivore” (released March 6th, 2020). Due to the current world-wide crisis the video was shot entirely with the band members’ cell phones in home quarantine, produced & edited by Jay Rodriguez for Itchy House Films, and it also features guest vocalist Riley Gale from popular Texan crossover thrash outfit Power Trip. Check out the video & track HERE. You can order your copy of “Carnivore” HERE. The following physical formats are available: Ltd. Deluxe 2CD Box Set (incl. bonus tracks, beanie, metallic logo pin, poster & instrumental CD)Ltd. CD Digipak…

Release New Track ‘HOUSE ON FIRE’ With Music Video Shot Whilst In Lockdown Watch/Listen Here Band Celebrate 5th Top 10 Hit At US Rock Radio As ‘ANTISOCIALIST’ Hits #10 At Rock Radio Highly Anticipated Sixth Studio Album ‘LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE’ Out May 15th On Sumerian Records Pre-Order Here   Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated sixth studio album, Like A House On Fire this Friday (May 15th on Sumerian Records), ASKING ALEXANDRIA, one of the most successful rock bands of their generation, have dropped the new track, House On Fire today with an accompanying music video shot whilst the band are on lock down. Watch the video here. Like A House On Fire is available…