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  Bush is back with their unique electrifying sound with their anticipated tenth album, 'I Beat Loneliness', which is released worldwide on July 18th 2025. The album gets off to a gripping start with the striking 'Scars', which has a particularly catchy and powerful chorus. The title track 'I Beat Loneliness' features pleasing and charming vocals, accompanied by driven, commanding riffs, making it a good representation of the album and the band's sound. The already released single 'Land Of Milk And Honey' embodies the signature Bush sound, with alluring vocals and a high-impact chorus, and sports a darker vibe, making it a standout moment. 'We're All The Same On The Inside' is uplifting, dynamic, and relatable. Changing up the tempo and direction, 'Don't Be Afraid' offers a more soothing, mellow moment with emotive vocals, keeping things diverse. 'Footsteps In The Sand' picks up the pace again and is equally ambient an...

  Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album HERE The 2026 EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below. The announcement follows the release of Deftones' brand new single, “my mind is a mountain”, premiered by Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Radio show. Watch the episode HERE . Stream the new song HERE . Check out the new video for 'my mind is a mountain' below: The track gives fans a first glimpse into the sound and direction of private music, a record co-produced by the band and G...

  With only a little over 3 weeks to go until it’s time to make your annual pilgrimage to Catton Park for BLOODSTOCK, let’s reveal the final bands performing this year… and a few more details on other cool on site entertainments too! With this last wave of Metal 2 The Masses winners now locked in, 2025’s BLOODSTOCK lineup is complete — and it’s packed with underground heroes! From thrash to tech-death to ambient metalcore, these new additions to the Timothy Taylor New Blood Stage prove once again that the future of heavy music is in very safe and very loud hands. Friday welcomes Merseyside champions OGUN , pioneers of “Pyar Scouse Metal” and masters of melodic thrash chaos. Reformed in 2022, the Liverpool wrecking crew have gone from strength to strength, recently dropping their debut album World Of Hate — and they’re ready to tear up the stage. Joining them, Brighton’s victors DEVILHUSK channel disillusionment, self-doubt, and existential fury into a genre-smashing metalcore as...

  Celebrating 10 years, UPRISING returns to Leicester's O2 Academy for a huge milestone event, with returning favourites and heavy hitters making their debut. Kicking off the announcements for Uprising 9 are… UK metallers PITCHSHIFTER are confirmed as headliners for Uprising! This will be the band’s only live performance in 2026 and as always it promises to be unmissable. The band’s career straddles 30 years, 10 albums, tours of over 30 countries, cover features in Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and Kerrang! magazines, John Peel and Radio One Rock Show Sessions, and profile slots at Ozzfest, Reading & Leeds, Damnation, Vans Warped Tour and the Big Day Out. Their music has been featured across numerous movies, TV and video games - hell, they’ve even had a strip in 2000AD magazine with Judge Dredd. After decades in the game, they are loved by many bands and are still cited as an influence by upcoming artists. Check out the band's 1998 single ‘Genius’, taken from the album ‘ www.pit...

  UK metal powerhouse Sylosis will be unleashing their most ambitious outing yet; a 31-date headline tour, hitting major venues and cities across the UK and Europe in early 2026. Fueled by their growing catalogue of crushing riffs and relentless live energy, Sylosis are set to dominate stages from Helsinki to Barcelona. The run will feature their two biggest UK headline shows to-date, at the 02 Kentish Town Forum, London (20/02) and 02 Ritz, Manchester (21/02). Sylosis stated: "This is it. 5 years of building towards a UK/EU headline tour with a bill that we are truly proud of. We've been touring hard for the last few years and never been stronger as a unit. This is our time to step it up and show everyone what a Sylosis show is all about. Revocation are true legends of the genre and it's an honour to have them as a part of this. Distant are one of the hardest working heavy bands out there and rounding off the bill is one of our favourite bands to emerge out of the US in r...

  Icons of goth and doom, PARADISE LOST have revealed the second single, ‘Serpent on the Cross,’ from their long-awaited, 17th album Ascension that’s out September 19th from Nuclear Blast Records. Commenting on the song, vocalist Nick Holmes says: "The cross represents stability, prosperity, hope and happiness. The serpent represents trepidation, anguish and overbearing sadness, lurking in the shadows ready to take everything away." Stream ‘Serpent on the Cross’: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/serpent-on-the-cross Pre-order Ascension: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension ‘SERPENT ON THE CROSS’ MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/EVtZZ15oQDQ Ascension Tracklist: 1. Serpent On The Cross 2. Tyrants Serenade 3. Salvation 4. Silence Like The Grave 5. Lay A Wreath Upon The World 6. Diluvium 7. Savage Days 8. Sirens 9. Deceivers 10. The Precipice Produced by Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet Studios in East Yorkshire, UK & NBS and Wasteland Studios in Sweden Mixed/Mastered by La...

  Bursting out of Blackwood, Wales, post-punk provocateurs REVOLUTION RABBIT DELUXE charge ahead with their explosive new album, 'Rise', out Friday 19th September, via Bad Monkey Records. The searing quartet have also released their new single and video, 'Friend or Foe' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWhY7oEbJYE Listen to the band at - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4zS3RWQ8qU31fgkDPFLsLF Since their inception in 2019, REVOLUTION RABBIT DELUXE have carved out a niche with their infectious, politically-tinged sound — a raw cocktail of melody, edge, and defiance. Fusing the sharp lyrical prowess of XTC and Billy Bragg with the explosive energy of Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and Manic Street Preachers, they’ve consistently delivered music that’s both thought-provoking and sonically gripping. Fronted by the enigmatic Rev Rabbit (guitar, vocals), alongside Tim Lawley (bass), Max Perera (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Lee Titterrell (drums), the band have already drop...