Mad About Rock

  Bleed From Within have had an extraordinary year. They recently stepped off of the Lamb Of God Headbangers Boat cruise, following on from a colossal summer run which took in both headline shows, performances with Heaven Shall Burn and festival appearances at the likes of Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Summer Breeze (Germany) and Alcatraz (Belgium), finishing up with a 13-date tour supporting Trivium across the UK. This was all on top of a hugely successful debut American tour earlier this year with August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada. Now today, Bleed From Within are pleased to announce that 2024 will be another extraordinary year. They have been announced as special guests to Slipknot on their upcoming UK and European tour, set to take place across December 2024. The run has been dubbed the 'Here Comes The Pain' tour, celebrating Slipknot's 25th anniversary. Bleed From Within stated: "Slipknot are a band that we all grew up listening to so when we got the c...

  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 ...

  Canadian Whiskey Metal Punk Bastards, Cancer Bats show their raw admiration and love for the greatest metal band of all time, Black Sabbath, with their now infamous cover band BAT SABBATH. Armed with some of the greatest metal songs of all time, Bat Sabbath are ready again to fuel beer-soaked orgies of destruction with their triumphant return to the United Kingdom in January 2024. When asked to comment on his excitement for the upcoming tour, frontman Liam Joseph Cormier had this to say "HOLY FUCKING SHIT AM I EVER STOKED". This is a statement that rings true for us all. Be sure to catch BAT SABBATH to watch the carnage unfold. January 2024 16th Southend, Chinnerys 17th Norwich, Waterfront 18th Cambridge, Portland Arms 19th Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms 20th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 21st Merthyr Tydfil, Redhouse 23rd Exeter, Cavern 24th Southampton, Joiners 25th Bristol, Fleece 26th Oxford, Bullingdon 27th Manchester, Rebellion 28th Leeds, Key Club 30th Glasgow, King Tuts ...

  Dutch metallers, Within Temptation, follow the release last week of their brand-new studio album Bleed Out, with a provocative, zombie-vampire-gore-fest-splatter-horror video for their current single ‘Ritual’, just in time for Halloween. Watch it HERE . Brutal and brilliantly comedic, whilst calling to mind the work of legendary animator Ralph Bakshi and the Rotoscope school of animation, the video for ‘Ritual’ calls out the behaviour of male sexual predators in the workplace, the street, the sports-field and more. What if women behaved as agressively as the men who seek to take advantage of them, and what if they fought back to exact a terrible revenge? Singer Sharon den Adel says, “’Ritual’ is a sexual song, about seduction and a woman taking power in a male-dominated world. It was inspired by watching Tarantino’s movie ‘From Dusk Til Dawn’ and is a light-hearted moment in our album, which focuses mainly on the political and repressive issues in the world. We have always wan...

  Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators have confirmed a massive run of 2024 international dates. The newly announced The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24 will kick off with the band’s return to Mexico City’s Pepsi Centre WTC, and will see SMKC hit 21 countries, and 32 cities across the globe. General on sale for tickets begins Friday, October 20 at 10:00 AM local time, but fans can access pre-sale tickets from Thursday, October 19 at 10:00 AM local time by signing up at https://laylo.com/slash/m/river-is-rising . For tickets, pre-sale access and more information, visit: https://www.slashonline.com/tour/ . A decade and four albums into their career, the universally acclaimed album 4 --which debuted as the #1 Most-Selling Hard Rock Album--is SMKC like you’ve never heard them before. A vibrant rock album fueled by memorable guitar hooks and compelling melodies, big choruses, and even bigger riffs, 4 hits on awide range of sounds, styles, and moods in 10 songs,...

  Music icons and acclaimed greatest band in the world, Tenacious D, follow their sold-out UK/European arena tour this summer with more dates in 2024. “It’s no joke. Tenacious D is the best band in the world and in the Spicy Meatball Tour they are at the peak of their powers. Better than the Beatles…better than the Stones…even better than Taylor Swift. And they have PYRO!!! Do not miss the spicy meatball…it’s D- licious!!!” -Anonymous Rock Historian Jack Black and Kyle Gass whipped over 300k rock fans into a frenzy on their recent UK/European tour that saw them headline the O2 in London. Fans can expect all the greatest hits on this upcoming leg of the Spicy Meatball Tour along with a generous helping of Rocket Sauce!!! TENACIOUS D TOUR DATES 2024 APRIL 29th – Stockholm, Hovet 30th – Oslo, Spektrum MAY 1st – Copenhagen, Royal Arena 3rd – Luxembourg, Rockhal 5th – Dublin, 3Arena 7th – Birmingham, Resorts World Arena 8th – Manchester, AO Arena 9th – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 11th – Leeds,...

  Gold-selling, billion-streaming rock band BEARTOOTH — Caleb Shomo, vocals; Zach Huston, guitars; Will Deely, guitars; Oshie Bichar, bass; and Connor Denis, drums — have announced the EU/ UK tour dates for 2024. The band will bring their unbridled energy to Europe and the UK in the Autumn of 2024. “It has been so long since we have done a headliner in Europe. I can’t wait to show everybody what we’ve been working on for the last 18 months. They will be some of the biggest shows of our career to date and will be some of the best shows we have ever played in our lives!” says Caleb Shomo. Tour dates are as follows: October 2024 10th Germany, Berlin, Columbiahalle 11th Germany, Cologne, Palladium 12th Germany, Cologne, Palladium 15th Austria, Vienne, Gasometer 16th Germany, Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 17th Germany, Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 18th Germany, Munich, Zenith 19th France, Paris, Le Bataclan 21st UK, Birmingham, O2 Academy 22nd UK, Birmingham, O2 Academy 24th UK, Manchester, O...

  Ontario, Canada- Grammy nominated band Sum 41 make a boisterous return with “Landmines”, their newest single and first release on Rise Records. “Landmines” is a testament of going to hell and back for the ones that matter – vocalist Deryck Whibley paints a picture of dodging shrapnel and smoke, but valiantly holding on to the ones you love. The chorus is an instant crowd-pleaser with anthemic chants that pull a room together, glued by drum fills that shake the ground as hard as the metaphorical landmines. The track is paired alongside a brand new music video that finds the band transforming prom from the class of 1998 into a raucous rock show-turned-foodfight, thrusting Sum 41 and their fans back to the early days of their career. Although Sum 41 may have announced the impending closing of their chapter, “Landmines” proves that the pop punk legends are going out with a bang. "When I wrote Landmines I had no intention of writing an old school “pop punk” song. It just came out rea...

  Renowned around the world as one of the greatest and most distinctive heavy metal vocalists of all time, Bruce Dickinson will be releasing a brand new solo album in early 2024 on BMG Records. Entitled The Mandrake Project it sees him reunited with long-time musical collaborator and producer Roy Z. The Mandrake Project will be Dickinson’s seventh solo album and his first since Tyranny Of Souls in 2005. Dickinson explains, “This album has been a very personal journey for me and I am extremely proud of it. Roy Z and I have been planning, writing and recording it for years, and I am very excited for people to finally hear it. I’m even more excited at the prospect of getting out on the road with this amazing band that we have put together, to be able to bring it to life. We’re planning to play as many shows as we can in as many places as possible, for as many people as we can! “As for what The Mandrake Project actually is… all will be revealed soon!” The first live shows to be ann...

  Following a storming headline show at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum this summer, powerhouse band FOZZY have announced a 10-date UK headline tour for February 2024. Ready to rock cities such as London, Manchester and Glasgow to their foundations, they will also be heading further afield to the likes of Northampton and Buckley, bringing their heavy melodic groove to the masses for one hell of a party. “The UK has always been the second home for Fozzy and we always look forward to rockin with all of you! The Spotlight tour is our biggest UK tour ever and we are stoked to bring the Fozzy party to your shores with new songs, a new show and the same Fozzy intensity & fun factor that you’ve come to demand and expect from us!” Chris Jericho / FOZZY With the superstar showmanship of frontman Chris Jericho tag-teamed with guitar genius Rich Ward, FOZZYare a band that deliver a truly rock n roll experience - a sonic assault of headbanging riffs, energy and most importantly, amazing ...

  The Sons are back! After the hiatus that followed their triumphant opening of the main stage at Download Festival '22, the band has announced a new UK tour for January 2024. Playing songs from their three acclaimed albums and some surprises too, Wayward Sons will undertake their first tour since Covid interrupted the ‘Even Up The Score’ run which sold out on many shows. Wayward Sons consist of Toby Jepson on Lead Vocals and Guitar, Lead Guitarist Sam Wood, Drummer Phil Martini and Bassist Nic Wastell. Expect lots of energy, melody and the Sons unique brand of noise and participation that make their shows such an event. Tickets are available via all the usual outlets (and via links at www.waywardsonsband.com ) on Friday 8th September. Tour Dates - January 2024 Friday 12th - BRISTOL, Thekla Saturday 13th - HUDDERSFIELD, Parish Sunday 14th - NEWCASTLE, Riverside Friday 19th - NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms Saturday 20th - WOLVERHAMTON, KK’s Steel Mill Guests TBC Tickets: https://www.se...

  Japanese artist Esprit D'Air gears up for UK, Ireland and European tour Esprit D'Air announces their new 17-date “Leviathan Tour” in the UK and Europe after selling out their entire self-promoted UK tour earlier this year. Lead vocalist and producer Kai says: “After our sold out 7-date tour in the UK earlier this year, we felt like we had more to give and could do more. As soon as the last tour finished, I went ahead and booked an even bigger one. This time, I chose cities that bands sometimes forget, and we’re going to every country in the UK including Northern Ireland. 12 out of 17 are cities that we have never been in before. I will also be planning more European dates, wherever possible—so please wait for me!” Esprit D’Air will be performing their album 'Oceans', which re-entered several Official UK Charts including #8 in Rock & Metal Albums, #5 in Album Downloads, and #19 in Scottish Albums earlier this year, plus more. The live line-up for the tour consists ...