Another giant of hard rock has stepped off the stage, mun.Francis Buchholz, the longtime bassist for Scorpions and a key force behind the Michael Schenker Group, has passed away at the age of 71. No smoke cannons. No guitar spins. No front-of-stage theatrics.Just pure, iron-clad basslines that held together some of the biggest rock records […]
Some news hits you quietly… then lingers like the last note of a power ballad echoing round an empty arena. Legendary songwriter, drummer, and all-round hit-machine Phil Collins has opened up about the reality of his current health situation — revealing he now requires a 24-hour live-in nurse due to ongoing medical issues. And yeah… […]
There’s nothing quite like live music.The lights drop. The crowd roars. Strangers become family for ninety sweaty, beautiful minutes. 🤘🔥 But every so often — very rarely, but memorably — that shared electricity mutates into something darker. A gig stops being a celebration and turns into a moment everyone wishes they could rewind. These are […]
Strap in, mun — this one’s shifting at warp speed. The Meet & Greet in Manchester is heading for a full sell-out TODAY, and VIP upgrades across the rest of the Arcane Dimensions Tour are disappearing fast. Some cities are already down to just one or two VIP spots. That’s not hype — that’s maths. […]
Catfish & With A Little Help From My Friends Massive love and thanks to the utterly brilliant Fiona Long & Paul Long ❤️🤘 They took the time to sit down with us and talk openly about their son Matt Long, his legacy, and the heart, graft, and emotion poured into Catfish and With A Little Help […]
How “The Show Must Go On” Was Recorded Through Pain, Illness, and Pure Rock ’n’ Roll Defiance 🤘🖤** Some songs are bangers 🎶Some songs are anthems 🙌And then there are songs that feel like someone stared death in the face, flicked it the V-sign 🖕, and hit record anyway 🎙️⚡ “The Show Must Go On” […]
Glasgow’s metal underground is rumbling again, and this time it’s Pyroclast throwing the bat signal into the pit. The band have officially announced they’re on the lookout for a new drummer, and this isn’t some “jam once a month and see what happens” situation — this is full throttle, album-in-progress, festival-bound chaos. If you’ve got […]
When synth-pop went feral, politics got rubber-faced, and MTV never recovered There are music videos… and then there’s “Land of Confusion” by Genesis — a four-minute fever dream where satire, slapstick, Cold War paranoia and nightmare puppetry all pile into the same tour bus and refuse to get off. Released in 1986 and lifted from […]
Somewhere, a needle just hit wax and the universe nodded in approval. Ozzy Osbourne has once again proved that time, trends, and the so-called “death of rock” can all get in the bin. The Prince of Darkness has landed a brand-new UK Vinyl Chart milestone thanks to his towering collaboration with longtime partner-in-riff Billy Morrison […]
Rock history was made in July 2025 when Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath took their final bow on English soil. The farewell bash, Back To The Beginning, was pitched as a charity mega-event — a once-in-a-lifetime Sabbath send-off, done for the greater good. Proper emotional stuff. 🖤🤘 But ever since the amps cooled and the […]
That quote isn’t clickbait. It isn’t a moan. And it definitely isn’t rare. It’s the sound of the modern rock industry finally cracking and saying the quiet bit very loudly. One of the UK’s most exciting young rock bands – the kind you’ve seen opening for massive names, the kind plastered across tour posters and […]
And metalheads everywhere just spat their pints across the pub Right then, mun.Gather round the battered gig table, because this is the sentence metal fans have been waiting decades to hear spoken out loud. Dave Mustaine has said it. Plainly. Calmly. Like a man who knows exactly how much chaos he’s just unleashed: “There needs […]
History is once again giving KISS their due — this time not for the blood, the fire, or the boots with built-in scaffolding… but for the songs. Yep, two core architects of the KISS machine are officially being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 🏆🎶 We’re talking about Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons — […]
Right then… if you thought Def Leppard were about to slow down gracefully and spend their days quietly polishing platinum records somewhere sunny… think again, butt. 😅🍻 Because Rejoice arrives bursting through the speakers with enough feel-good arena-rock energy to light up an entire festival field after three straight days of Welsh rain and overpriced […]
Label: Road To MasochistRelease Date: 6 February 2026Genre: Blackened Sludge / Drone There are albums you listen to……and then there are albums that crawl inside your head, lock the door, and turn the lights off. Cattle Hammer’s debut full-length Dark Thoughts With Lights Out squarely belongs to the latter. This is not background music. This […]