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  Beloved by tastemakers and the underground, London metal trio, URNE, have today released a nine minute-plus undulating epic, ‘Harken The Waves’, featuring guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. On it, his and URNE frontman Joe Nally’s voices blend to form a duet cresting the surface of the song. “We feel this is one of the best songs we’ve ever written. On top of that, we were lucky enough to have Grammy-winning metal icon Troy Sanders, from the legendary Mastodon, lend his vocal talents,” explains URNE frontman Joe Nally. “We’ve grown up listening to Troy and watching Troy live, so having someone like him not only appear, but take on such a significant role in the song, elevating it to another level, means a lot.” Watch the video clip for ‘Harken The Waves’, HERE . ‘Harken The Waves’ follows URNE’s recently released double A-side: ‘Throes Of Grief’ plus a spectacular cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘I’. Watch the lyric video for ‘Throes Of Grief’ here: https://yo...

  Following the recent announcement of MALEVOLENCE’s hugely anticipated new album, the Steel City shredders have revealed the details of their biggest UK & EU headline tour to date, which culminates in a huge show at London's O2 Academy Brixton on Sunday 9th November. Frontman Alex Taylor comments: “Yo! We are very excited to announce the biggest headline tour of career yet… It’s absolutely insane to us that we are booked in these huge, historic & legendary venues and we need all of your support to prove to the world of metal that we are capable to smash them as a headliner. We put together the sickest support bill we could possibly find, featuring some of the coolest current bands from across the world - with the goal of creating the biggest and baddest Malev show of all time. We can’t wait. See you in Brixton Academy!” MALEVOLENCE UK & EU 2025 27.10 - FR, Toulouse - Bikini Club 28.10 - FR, Paris - Elysee Montmartre 30.10 - DE, Munich - Backstage 31.10 - DE, Leipzig ...

  The Raven Age have revealed a video for their new single ‘The Guillotine’, out now via Music For Nations/Sony Music and at the same time have announced a 22 date European headline tour, which is on sale now via TRA’s newly announced Fan Club ‘The Guillotine’ is a tale of the mental burden of today’s social expectations and struggles. We live connected to the entire world 24/7 which comes with the pressures of being perfect and accepted by people we don’t know. Sometimes when all eyes are on you it feels like the world is waiting for you to step out of line. “We’re living beneath the guillotine.” As demonstrated in the video for ‘The Guillotine’ , recorded during their thrilling live shows to capacity arena crowds throughout Europe and the UK on their recent tour with Apocalyptica, the prophecy for The Raven Age spells global domination. Guitarist George Harris reveals, “'The Guillotine' is a straight up, hard hitting rock song with a sprinkle of metal in there for good m...

  Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION have announced a headline UK & European tour for summer 2024. The new dates announced include their largest UK headline show yet, at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on August 31st 2024, followed by dates in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Koln in September. Tickets are available now via Powered by Crunchyroll pre-sale and general sale will commence on Friday 31st May at 10am BST /11am CEST. All tickets are available to purchase via - https://www.mwamjapan.info/pages/knk The ‘Kizuna no Kiseki’ powered by Crunchyroll tour celebrates the release of the band’s recent single ‘Kizuna no Kiseki’ , which was also the opening theme song for the Crunchyroll 2023 anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba –Swordsmith Village Arc- and features Japanese star milet also on additional vocals. The new dates are preceded by ‘Kizuna no Kiseki’ powered by Crunchyroll dates across North America and Mexico throughout June and July. MAN WITH A MISSION are one of th...

  Welsh ragga metal legends Skindred have announced a UK headline tour for autumn 2024. Tickets are on sale now (May 15th), apart from shows in Leicester and Oxford which will be available from 5pm on Friday 17th May. All tickets will be available to purchase via https://skindred.net/#live Regarding the tour frontman Benji Webbe says, “Myself and my Brothers in Skindred are so excited to be heading back out on the road in the UK. We have had nothing but amazing vibes since we dropped our album Smile and due to the amount of messages we have received we head back out to some of our favourite hotspots in the UK to mash it up again in the way only Skindred can. This heavy metal punk rock reggae sound system is about to rock ya all even more. You might of heard the songs but I swear our live show is some next level energy ting brov, so grab your tickets & your helicopter propels & get involved in this Dred extravaganza. To the older Dredites & the new let’s bring the magic...

  Ahead of kicking off their headline tour of the UK & Europe next month, The Raven Age have revealed a video for their new single ‘Nostradamus’ , taken from their critically acclaimed album Blood Omen out now via Music For Nations/Sony Music. ‘Nostradamus’ is an epic metal tale of a great prophet predicting the rise of The Raven King, the band’s imposing motif who looms large on the album artwork of Blood Omen, a record described as “epic, hook-laden metal” by Metal Hammer and “tight as hell and impressively melodic” by Kerrang. As demonstrated in the video for ‘Nostradamus’, recorded during their thrilling live shows to capacity arena crowds throughout Europe and the UK on their recent tour with Iron Maiden, the prophecy for The Raven Age spells global domination. “We wanted to capture the live environment with this video for ‘Nostradamus’,” says guitarist George Harris. “It’s where we come into our own, this happens to be one of the most fun songs for us to play in the ...

  Skindred have announced a UK & Ireland headline tour for autumn 2023. Fans can get access to pre-sale tickets (10am Wednesday March 29th) with pre-orders of the new album Smile out August 4th via Earache Records earache.com/skindred . General sale commences at 10am Friday March 31st for the 11-date tour running through October and November this year. Regarding the tour drummer Arya Goggin says, “There is a lot to Smile about when it comes to this TOUR! We are taking out an amazing new band called BlackGold too. They are bringing “Nu Metal” back and I think ‘Dred fans will love them. Go check ‘em out!” Skindred are widely recognised as one of the UK’s most exciting live bands and have also been nominated for ‘Best UK Live Act’ at the Heavy Music Awards 2023. Ahead of the autumn shows, Skindred are set to be igniting moshpits and stages in coming months as they headline both Takedown and Dominion Festivals in the UK before heading out on a massive arena run as Special Gues...

  Renowned for their live performances SIAMESE are closing a great 2022 with the announcement of their first ever headline run in the UK/EU. Having supported acts such as KORN, WAGE WAR and BEARTOOTH in 2022, whilst also appearing at Copenhell, Summerbreeze and another sixteen mainland/UK festivals this Summer, time is long overdue for the Danish export to present a headline set consisting of songs from multiple albums released in the past few years. They will share the headline slot with French metalcore risers RESOLVE and have support from Germans SENNA, who recently signed to Sharptone and fellow Danes ODD PALACE. With over 50 million streams worldwide and top placements on some of the biggest influential playlists including Kickass Metal, New Core & New Metal Tracks, SIAMESE are quickly becoming one of Denmark's most popular new musical exports. Coupled with ever growing support from media and fans alike, SIAMESE have no intention of slowing down anytime soon. General onsa...

  Employed To Serve have announced a last-minute run of UK headline shows, set to kick-off in Huddersfield on May 17th 2022. South London metallers, BURNER, will be opening proceedings across the 9-date tour, whilst shoegaze two-piece, Zetra, will appear as special guests across both Milton Keynes and St Albans. "Surprise! Come hang out this May, we can't wait to see you \m/ tickets on sale now" – ETS Employed To Serve UK headline tour dates: 17 May Huddersfield @ The Parish 18 May 2022 Sheffield @ Sidney & Matilda 19 May 2022 Norwich @ The Waterfront 20 May Stoke on Trent @ The Sugarmill 21 May Hull @ Tower 23 May Milton Keynes @ The Craufurd Arms ** 24 May St Albans @ The Horn ** 26 May Southampton @ The Joiners 27 May Exeter @ Cavern ** w/ support from Zetra Employed To Serve summer festival appearances: 15th - 16th June - Rock For People 17th June Graspop Metal Meeting 29th June - 2nd July - Roskilde Festival 29th June - 3rd July - Resurrection Festival Employ...

Palm Reader announce a run of southern UK headline dates that run into their shows alongside Will Haven and Raging Speedhorn, next month. MAY 18th - Swansea - The Scene 19th - Brighton - The Hope 20th - Bristol - Exchange 21st - Southampton - Avondale House Support from Artemis www.facebook.com/artemisband www.facebook.com/wearepalmreader www.iatde.com Will Haven & Raging Speed horn 24th - Manchester - Sound Control 25th - York - Duchess 26th - Glasgow - ABC II 27th - Newcastle - Academy II 28th Nottingham - Rock City