Next week sees the release of 13, the first Black Sabbath album featuring the original line-up of Ozzy, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for 35 years (RATM’s Brad Wilk completes the line-up on drums). Ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated Rick Rubin-produced album, the band have made it avaialble to stream online at iTunes…
After a slow couple of months in terms of big album releases, June sees things hotting up as bands start to get their new material out before they hit the festival circuit. Below is a list of all the notable album releases of June. Let me know what new album’s you’re looking forward to in…
Metal legends Black Sabbath are gearing up to release a new album on 11 June. Called 13, the album was produced by fellow legend Rick Rubin and features Rage Against The Machine’s Brad Wilk on drumming duty. Today Black Sabbath have unveiled the first single from 13 called ‘God Is Dead?’, a sprawling 9 minute…
With Biffy Clyro and Eminem already in the bag as headliners, and notable acts like Foals, System Of A Down, Deftones, Alt-J, Jake Bugg and Fall Out Boy confirmed, this years Reading and Leeds Festival is looking pretty decent. There’s just one thing missing – that all important final headliner. The final headliner will be…
Life as part of a massive rock band is filled with drama – and when you’re touring and recording with the same people all the time relationships are bound to become a bit strained at times. It’s not surprising then that some of the world’s most successful rock bands have had their fair share of…
***UPDATE 7 March – Festival organisers have revealed there will be four headliners this year – click here to see the updated post *** ***UPDATE – Blink 182 have been announced as the first headliners of Reading and Leeds 2014 – see the early line-up here*** ***UPDATE NUMBER 2 – Arctic Monkeys have now been…
Download Festival 2012 preview – 8-10 June Now in its 10th year, the UK’s premier hard rock festival is going from strength to strength – thanks to an always solid line-up and a mostly safe and friendly atmosphere. As they are in 10-year celebration mode, this years festival has one of the strongest line-ups in…
