English Modern Metallers Sister Shotgun have announced dates in July with Gamma Bomb and a Midlands show with friends Iconic Eye in Cannock on June 1, 2019. Vocalist Chloe Ozwell says:- “We‘re very much looking forward to returning to the Midlands for an intimate show with our good friends, Iconic eye. It going to be a crazy show” And on hooking up with Gamma Bomb again: “We can‘t wait to get back on the road and hit a couple of a cities we've not played for in a while. We‘re excited to be supporting Gama Bomb and these are set to be some insane shows!” Iconic Eye + Sister Shotgun June 2019
Gama Bomb + Sister Shotgun July 2019
Sister Shotgun recently premiered the music video for "Sacred Heart," a single from their debut album, entitled Fragments. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70_GK_4eIM&feature=youtu.be Chloe Ozwell – Vocals Benji Tatlock – Guitar Niall Wills – Guitar Tim Chambers – Bass Dave Harvey – Drums
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Epic, symphonic metallers Pythia have announced that they will host a special album launch party in London on May 16th for new album The Solace Of Ancient Earth, the day before it goes on general release. The gathering will take place at The Big Red and entry will be free. There will be a play back of the album, metal DJs, food and drink - and most importantly copies of the new album will be available to buy. Band members will be in attendance to chat to, share a drink with and sign copies of the album - it should be a great night for all fans of the band. For full details head to the Facebook event page:- Pythia Album Launch Party - https://www.facebook.com/events/664277877356517/ Mongolian rock / metal group The HU announce 23 European summer tour dates throughout June and July, including 6 UK dates, for the first time ever. The tour coincides with the upcoming international release of their debut album The Gereg, slated for summer 2019. Bringing their unique style of Mongolian rock to the masses, The HU will be making their worldwide debut this June during a run of summer festivals in Europe. Swapping the Altai Moutains and Gobi Desert for High rises and down pours, their European summer tour will include, Sama’Rock Festival and Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival (France), Download Festival (UK), Tons of Rock Festival (Norway) and Graspop Festival (Belgium), plus UK performances in Brighton, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and London. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 3rd May and can be purchased from the band’s official website, HERE. The four-piece band combines traditional Mongolian instruments with modern American hard rock to create their own style of music they call “hunnu rock,” which derives from “HU,” the Mongolian root word for human beings. This unique sound blends heavy rock elements with traditional Mongolian guttural throat singing, accentuated by lyrics reflecting old Mongolian war cries and poetry. You can watch the band’s EPK HERE. The HU became an online sensation when they released music videos for “Wolf Totem” and “Yuve Yuve Yu” in December 2018, racking up a combined 24 million views to date. They, re-released the singles on March 29, generating incredible global recognition across the globe. The track, “Wolf Totem” reached Top 5 on the iTunes Rock Chart and was featured as the #1 song on 19 different charts, while “Yuve Yuve Yu” reached #2 on 11 different charts across the globe. Both tracks are available digitally HERE. In April, the band were offered Official Mongolian Ambassador to the World by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mongolia, whilst he congratulated them on their success. The HU also celebrate their signing to E7M (Eleven Seven Music) – home to Mötley Crüe, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and Nothing More. Eleven Seven’s COO, Steve Kline said about the signing:- “Eleven Seven is continuously searching for unique and talented artists. The Hu’s mix of traditional Mongolian instrumentation and original brand of rock is unlike any other band. From first listen, we were immediately blown away. The Hu are about to take the world by storm, and we could not be more excited to welcome them to the Eleven Seven family!” Eleven Seven Label Group Managing Director Europe Dan Waite added to Kline’s comments:- “The Hu will perform in 12 European countries in June and July, playing to hundreds of thousands of festival fans this summer. With 2 tracks in the UK iTunes genre top 10 currently this is perfect timing to satisfy the demand to see the band. The excitement building up reflects the compelling blend of music and Mongolian culture”. The HU said:- "We couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing team at E7M. The passion they have for The HU can be felt from New York to Mongolia and we’re excited to do great things together.” THE HU EUROPEAN TOUR 2019 JUNE Thursday, 6 Berlin GERMANY Sage Friday, 7 Nurnberg GERMANY Rock Im Park Saturday, 8 Eifel, Nurnburg GERMANY Rock Am Ring Sunday, 9 Amiens FRANCE Sama'Rock Festival Tuesday, 11 Brighton UK The Haunt Wednesday, 12 Manchester UK Academy 3 Friday, 14 Glasgow UK G2 Saturday, 15 Donington UK Download Festival Monday, 17 Bristol UK Fleece Tuesday, 18 London UK Underworld Wednesday, 19 Paris FRANCE Nouveau Casino Friday, 21 Dessel BELGIUM Graspop Festival Sunday, 23 Varniai LITHUANIA Kilkim Zaibu Monday, 24 Warsaw POLAND Hydrozagadka Wednesday, 26 Copenhagen DENMARK Pumpehuset Thursday, 27 Stockholm SWEDEN Debaser Strand Friday, 28 Oslo NORWAY Tons of Rock Sunday, 30 Hamburg GERMANY Knust JULY Monday, 1 Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Melkweg (Oude Zaal) Tuesday, 2 Cologne GERMANY Luxor Thursday, 4 Belfort FRANCE Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival Friday, 5 Zurich SWITZERLAND Moods Saturday, 6 Cesky Brod CZECH REPUBLIC Rock for People Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the HU members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush, with their producer, Dashka, combine the bombastic bass and drums of rock music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp) and guttural throating singing. Since the formation of the band, they’ve been working on their first album, The Gereg. The term Gereg means the first diplomatic “passport” issued by the Mongol Empire during the time of Genghis Khan. The album contains nine songs, including the recently released “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem,” and is slated for release in 2019 on Eleven Seven Music. WEBSITE // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // YOUTUBE French metal goliaths Gojira have today announced their return to the UK, for a string of headline shows in June/July 2019. Special guests will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am, but are also available via O2's pre-sale now and Live Nation's pre-sale tomorrow at 10am. Pick up tickets at: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/gojira-tickets. Dates are as follows: Sat 29th Jun - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Sun 30th Jun - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton Mon 1st Jul - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo The band recently shared a video of their entire set at Poland's Pol'And'Rock Festival in August 2018 on their social media. Watch it at: https://youtu.be/ISJtvWhkMFQ. Stay tuned for more GOJIRA news soon. Switzerland's Burning Witches unleash tour trailer ahead of 2019 dates supporting Grave Digger15/12/2018 In January 2019, old school heavy metal newcomers Burning Witches will head out on an extensive tour throughout Europe, supporting Grave Digger on their Tour Of The Living Dead. All dates can be found below. Today, the witches have unleashed an official tour trailer. Check it out, here:- youtu.be/olOYOnqofME The band commented:- "We were really happy when Chris Boltendahl came up to us at the Bang Your Head!!! Winter Festival to ask if we might be interested in joining Grave Digger out on tour. This will be the first big tour for us and it's an honour to get a chance like this as a new act. Since our second record was just released in November, the timing of this run couldn't be more perfect! We're super excited & READY TO FIGHT!" The Tour Of The Living Dead w/ Grave Digger Presented by Rock Hard (D), Rocks (D), metal.de 11.01. D Hanover - MusikZentrum 12.01. D Andernach - JUZ Live Club 13.01. CH Pratteln - Z7 14.01. D Munich - Backstage 15.01. D Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal 16.01. D Saarbrücken - Garage 17.01. D Bochum - Zeche 18.01. D Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei 19.01. D Neuruppin - Kulturhaus 20.01. NL Rotterdam - Baroeg 22.01. D Hamburg - Martkhalle 23.01. D Berlin - Lido 24.01. D Bamberg - Live-Club 25.01. D Regensburg-Obertraubling - Airport-Eventhall 26.01. D Memmingen - Kaminwerk 27.01. D Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik 28.01. F Paris - Petit Bain 29.01. UK London - Camden Underworld 30.01. B Vosselaar - Biebob 31.01. F Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne 01.02. E Bilbao - Santana 27 02.02. E Madrid - Sala Mon Live 03.02. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2 Tickets: www.nuclearblast.de/tickets The brand new studio album Hexenhammer recently entered the official album charts across Europe: UK (Rock) #15 Switzerland #21 Germany #43 UK (Indie) #47 Belgium #148 (Wallonie) Hexenhammer is available for order on a variety of different formats: All formats: nuclearblast.com/bw-hexenhammer Limited Digipack CD: nblast.de/BurningWitchesCD Limited Edition Double Gatefold Black Vinyl: nblast.de/BurningWitchesVinyl Digital album: nblast.de/BWHexenhammerIT Burning Witches are: Seraina | vocals Romana | guitars Sonia | guitars Jay | bass Lala | drums Virvum have announced an extensive European tour together with Bloodshot Dawn in support of their latest release "Illuminance" which was re-released by Season of Mist in 2017. The Swiss tech death shooting stars comment:- "We are excited to embark on the "Interdimensional Spacegoats Across Europe Tour" with our friends in Bloodshot Dawn. This run is a very special one, as it marks our very first headlining tour since the release of our debut record "Illuminance" in 2016. We can't wait to perform for all our European supporters again, while we all just confusedly float through space and reach infinite enlightenment in the presence of the ultimate generous goat god. Please grab your tickets before they are all gone!" See below for a list of all currently confirmed shows. VIRVUM +BLOODSHOT DAWN 03 Mar 19 Brighton (UK) The Green Door Store * 04 Mar 19 Newcastle (UK) Trillians 05 Mar 19 Edinburgh (UK) Bannermanns 06 Mar 19 Leicester (UK) Dryden Street 07 Mar 19 Hitchin (UK) Club 85 08 Mar 19 London (UK) Black Heart 09 Mar 19 Paris (FR) Gibus 10 Mar 19 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 12 Mar 19 Copenhagen (DK) Beta 13 Mar 19 Hamburg (DE) Bambi Galore 14 Mar 19 Hradec Kralove (CZ) CC Lucie 15 Mar 19 Prague (CZ) Modra Vopice 16 Mar 19 Graz (AT) Club Q 17 Mar 19 Perugia (IT) Rework Club 18 Mar 19 Baden (CH) Werkk *No Bloodshot Dawn www.virvum.com www.facebook.com/virvum Lovebites will unleash the sophomore full-length album called "Clockwork Immortality" on the 7th of December 2018. The band consists of Asami (vocals), Miho (bass), Haruna (drums), Midori (guitars) and Miyako (guitars/keyboard). The Lovebites sound owes a debt to the many great overseas heavy metal bands that have directly influenced their writing. Coupled with their own unique take on music, taking a piece from each member’s eclectic background and experiences, everything has culminated into forging a truly formidable group. Their first European tour, including stops in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK starts on the 13th of November this year! Lovebites European & UK tour: 13.11. NL Haarlem - Patronaat 14.11. D Essen - Zeche Carl 16.11. D Hamburg - Logo 19.11. D Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal 20.11 FR Paris - Nouveau Casino 21.11. UK London - O2 Academy Islington Lovebites started working on their first EP at the end of 2016, joined by the amazing engineering team of Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila from Finland who are known for their work with Nightwish, Children of Bodom and Amorphis to name but a few. The Lovebites EP was the end product of those sessions, which was released in mid-2017. In October 2017 they released their first full album, "Awakening From Abyss". In the aftermath of the release of "Awakening From Abyss" in October 2017 through Europe and North America; Asami, Haruna, Midori, Miho and Miyako performed their first overseas live shows in London. On the heels of this success, in June 2018 the all-female band won the Best New Band award at the Golden Gods Awards held by the UK music magazine Metal Hammer, being the very first Japanese band to pull this off. Lovebites released their second mini album "Battle Against Damnation" that same month, taking it on the road with them to the world’s biggest metal festival Wacken Open Air in Germany, where they drove a crowd of over 10,000 people into frenzy before appearing on the main stage at the UK’s Bloodstock Open Air headlined by Judas Priest. Lovebites are: Asami | vocals Midori | guitars Miyako | guitars Miho | bass Haruna | drums www.facebook.com/LovebitesTheBand www.twitter.com/lovebites_jp Great things are waiting in the wings for English death metallers Kill All The Gentlemen: not only will they release their highly anticipated album The Loss And The Rapture – out on November 22nd via Sliptrick Records – the four will also be sharing the stage with legendary extreme metal band Cradle of Filth in December, covering all three Baltic States. As if that weren’t enough, Sliptrick Records has officialy made The Loss And The Raptureavailable for pre-order at Shop Sliptrick. Dates: 11.12.2018 | Vilnius (LT) | Vakaris 12.12.2018 | Riga (LV) | Melna Piektdiena 13.12.2018 | Tallinn (EE) | Rockclub Tapper Kill All The Gentlemen are: Adam Martin (Vocals, Guitar) Ben Andrew (Bass) Christian Axsel (Guitar) Thomas Arne Rørstad (Drums) Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | On Sliptrick Virvum have announced an extensive European tour together with Bloodshot Dawn in support of their latest release "Illuminance" which was re-released by Season of Mist in 2017. The Swiss tech death shooting stars comment:- "We are excited to embark on the "Interdimensional Spacegoats Across Europe Tour" with our friends in Bloodshot Dawn. This run is a very special one, as it marks our very first headlining tour since the release of our debut record "Illuminance" in 2016. We can't wait to perform for all our European supporters again, while we all just confusedly float through space and reach infinite enlightenment in the presence of the ultimate generous goat god. Please grab your tickets before they are all gone!" See below for a list of all currently confirmed shows. VIRVUM +BLOODSHOT DAWN 03 Mar 19 Brighton (UK) The Green Door Store* 04 Mar 19 Newcastle (UK) Trillians 05 Mar 19 Edinburgh (UK) Bannermanns 06 Mar 19 Leicester (UK) Dryden Street 07 Mar 19 Hitchin (UK) Club 85 08 Mar 19 London (UK) Black Heart 09 Mar 19 Paris (FR) Gibus 10 Mar 19 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 12 Mar 19 Copenhagen (DK) Beta 13 Mar 19 Hamburg (DE) Bambi Galore 14 Mar 19 Prague (CZ) Fatal Music Club 15 Mar 19 Brno (CZ) Unleaded Coffee 16 Mar 19 Graz (AT) Club Q 17 Mar 19 Perugia (IT) Rework Club 18 Mar 19 Baden (CH) Werkk *No Bloodshot Dawn www.virvum.com www.facebook.com/virvum |
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