Mad About Rock

  London’s NIGHT THIEVES are coming in hard and fast, and they’re not easing up for anyone. The alt-metal four-piece have been building serious momentum off the back of a sound packed with crushing riffs, razor-sharp hooks, and huge, fist-in-the-air choruses. Their debut album 'Metaxis' is out now, and it’s a clear statement of intent. The band have just unleashed a new single 'See You on the Other Side' (featuring Jessie Powell from Dream State), which is also out now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1eL0mu0_ Listen in via - https://open.spotify.com/artist/42azirKNGgnSrqW10zeJju Already picking up heavy support from Metal Hammer, Planet Rock, Kerrang!, BBC Radio One and more, the band are quickly forcing their way into the conversation around the UK’s next wave of heavy hitters. On stage, they’ve been earning their stripes too, sharing bills with the likes of Marisa and the Moths and Chuggaboom. Following 2024’s Polarity EP, NIGHT THIEVES teamed up once again wi...

  Fresh off the back of playing last weekends Download Festival, Welsh four-piece DREAM STATE have announced a UK and European headline tour for Autumn 2024. The band will be supported by Australian band RedHook. on all dates, and will also be playing this years wonderful 2000trees Festival in July. Speaking about the tour the band said "We're so excited to announce that we'll be back on tour later this October and November across UK and Europe, headlining Europe for the first time ever! Join us for some of our biggest shows ever, we can't wait to see you all" You can see DREAM STATE at the following dates: 26th October - Clwb ifor Bach, Cardiff 27th October - Hairy Dog, Derby 29th October - Key Club, Leeds 30th October - The Garage, London 31st October - The 1865, Southampton 2nd November 2024 - Core Festival, Stuttgart 3rd November 2024 - AB Club, Brussels 4th November 2024 - Tsunami Club, Cologne 5th November 2024 - Dynamo, Eindhoven 6th November 2024 - De Hell...

  DREAM STATE have released a brand new single 'Anxious State Of Mind' taken from the bands brand new EP 'Still Dreaming' out on 26th January 2024. Speaking about the new single the band said, "'Anxious State Of Mind' is the next single from our upcoming EP 'Still Dreaming', available January 26th. The song is about overcoming change and finding light at the end of the tunnel, and being there for someone whilst they navigate through a difficult chapter of their life. It continues the EP's theme of not giving up and wraps it up in a positive, fun, & bouncy song. It's one of our favourites from the EP and we can't wait to play it live on our headline tour next year!' Listen to new single 'Anxious State Of Mind' HERE After a jam packed year with festivals including 2000trees and Burn It Down Festival and supporting Funeral For A Friend at the Cardiff International Arena and touring across the UK and Europe with ...

  DREAM STATE have announce their brand new EP 'Still Dreaming' out on 26th January 2024. To celebrate the announcement the band have released the title track single and video for the EP 'Still Dreaming'. Speaking about the new single Dream State said, "This is our most emotive and personal song we’ve released yet. It symbolises not giving up on your dreams no matter what hurdles and obstacles life throws at you. Never let your dreams just be dreams! We hope it serves as a motivating anthem for anyone that listens, as it means a lot to us." Watch the video for 'Still Dreaming' below: The band said on the new EP,"We feel this is our best work to date, and we’re so excited for everyone to hear it! It felt like it came together naturally, with everyone collaborating in some way. We worked closely together to see if what we can bring to the table instrumentally/vocally can enhance the structure of the songs, using our own individual skillsets. ...

  DREAM STATE have released a brand new song 'Chin Up Princess' ahead of playing next weekends 2000trees Festival. The single is the bands first new music since the release of their EP 'Untethered' in February this year. Watch the video for 'Chin Up Princess' HERE  or below: Speaking about the new song the band said,"Chin Up Princess is a song about having to deal with a narcissist, who's world falls apart around them as they start to lose everyone and everything close to them, due to bad habits and toxic traits. The music is dark, fierce, and all over the place, mirroring the theme of the lyrics." "Chin Up Princess marks the first release since we released our EP "Untethered" back in February. We're really excited for everyone to hear this new single and join us on this journey and new direction! We worked with producer Dan Weller on this single, who had previously worked with us on our debut album "Primrose Path". T...

  Today Teddy Rocks Festival announce over 100 artists joining the 2023 line-up for the 10th edition of the non-profit festival, set to be its biggest year yet. Headliners the anthemic indie rock favourites Feeder and indie folk singer songwriter Jake Bugg will be joined by Reading rockers The Amazons, South Yorkshire indie fourpiece The Reytons, Dutch pop stars Vengaboys, nineties boy band East 17, Welsh humorous hip-hop group Goldie Lookin Chain amongst many more, to celebrate 10 years of the family friendly festival, with further acts yet to be announced. Teddy Rocks Festival will continue to raise money for children cancer charities on 28-30 April 2023, returning to Charisworth Farm, located in a stunning Dorset valley. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketek.co.uk . Returning to headline Teddy Rocks Festival for a second time is the celebrated and multi-platinum selling rock band Feeder. Since forming in Newport, Wales in 1994, Feeder have released 11 studio albums, 12 compilati...

  DREAM STATE have today announced their new EP 'Untethered' which is out on the 3rd of February 2023. The EP will be the first since the bands line up change. Speaking about the line up change founding member guitarist Aled Evans said 'When CJ and Rhys left the band last November, I was left with a very difficult choice - rebuild the band or start something new. Ever since its inception, I’ve been the backbone of Dream State. I was the main songwriter and I had given so much time of my life and sacrificed so much for this band, and I didn’t want all of that to go to waste. Tom (drummer) had actually joined the band before CJ and Rhys left, and was working behind the scenes with us on new music. We were also auditioning Jake to be bassist at the time as well as we were planning on becoming a 5-piece." "We didn’t announce CJ and Rhys’s departure straight away as we were trying to find a new singer behind the scenes. CJ set the bar very high so it became a mammoth t...

Modern progressive metal outfit NOVELISTS FR released their brand new single 'Head Rush' and launched pre-orders for their new upcoming album 'C'est La Vie', which will be available on the 24th of January 2020 via Arising Empire! Watch the music video for the brand new single 'Head Rush' here: https://youtu.be/uK73Q22Ncuw Buy and/or stream the new single 'Head Rush' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/HeadRush Pre-order the upcoming album 'C'est La Vie' here: https://Novelists.lnk.to/CestLaVie 'C'est La Vie' tracklist: 01. Somebody Else 02. Deep Blue 03. Lilly 04. Modern Slave 05. C’est La Vie 06. Head Rush 07. Kings Of Ignorance 08. Rain 09. Human Condition More of NOVELISTS FR: 'Eyes Wide Shut' here: https://youtu.be/eQyXKsUQSn8 'L'appel Du Vide': https://youtu.be/1mQx85jewBo 'A Bitter End': https://youtu.be/gOwSdDh1NsE 'Under Different Welkins': https://youtu.be/HvuVrWucEdI 'The Ligh...

Welsh 5 piece and Kerrang! Awards 2018 'Best British Breakthrough' winners DREAM STATE can now reveal the video for their huge single, and recent Radio 1 Annie Mac exclusive first play, 'New Waves'. The track is taken from the bands new 'recovery' EP which is out now through UNFD. Watch 'New Waves' - HERE  and below! From DREAM STATE vocalist CJ on the single/video - " I wanted to show our fans, as I know a lot of them are going through their own troubles, that they have it in them to push through it. Sometimes we have to face our battles alone, but there is always going to be that inner voice that tells you that you've got this and that is the one you need to be listening to. We had so many amazing quotes sent through that any weak moment I had during the filming process, I had all these amazing, positive quotes surrounding me that brought a tear to my eye and it helped me perform better than I ever have. I hope our listeners can t...