Heavy metal doesn’t get much more legendary than this, mun. German metal titans Accept are celebrating an astonishing 50 years of riffs, thunder and steel-plated chaos with two special UK anniversary shows in August 2026 — and they’re bringing rising British heavy metal force Tailgunner along for the ride. That’s half a century of leather, […]

Progressive rock fans, gather round because there’s a proper lush live release heading your way! 🇮🇹 Sicilian prog rock outfit Alcantara are returning with In Concert, a powerful new live album arriving on 19th June 2026 via Oskar Records, capturing the band at their atmospheric best. If you missed 2025’s Tamam Shud, don’t worry—this release […]

Rock fans, melodic masterminds and prog lovers… gather round, because there’s a proper tasty release heading our way this May! 🎶 Dennis Atlas, best known as the keyboard wizard and vocalist for the legendary Toto, is stepping out from behind the keys and into centre stage with his brand-new solo album PRINCIPLE, arriving on 15th […]

Former Pain of Salvation bassist Kristoffer Gildenlöw is stepping back into heavier territory with his latest solo album, [Humanised], released on 29th May 2026. And fair warning, mun — this one isn’t tiptoeing through the tulips. Packed with seven-string guitar weight, shifting time signatures, bruising riffs and flashes of doom, prog, sleaze rock and art […]

Progressive rock fans, it’s time to dust off those headphones because one of the Netherlands’ most intriguing alternative acts has officially returned to the cosmic stage. After almost ten years away from the spotlight, A Liquid Landscape are back with their long-awaited third studio album, Rogue Planet, and if first impressions are anything to go […]

If your playlist is crying out for something that hits just as hard emotionally as it does musically, then Blossom Cult might just be your next obsession. The rising Alternative and Progressive Metal outfit are preparing to unleash their long-awaited debut album, Home, and from everything we’ve heard so far, this isn’t just another heavy […]

If you’ve ever watched The Festival and thought, “Hang on… this actually feels like a proper British festival,” you’re not imagining things, butt. The 2018 comedy starring Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners) didn’t rely on Hollywood magic to recreate the chaos of festival life. Instead, the filmmakers headed straight into the middle of the real thing […]

If anyone still believed Evanescence were living on nostalgia alone, Amy Lee has just blown that idea clean out of the arena. During a breathtaking live performance of “Bring Me To Life”, the Evanescence frontwoman reminded the world exactly why she’s still one of rock and metal’s most commanding voices. Delivering every soaring note with […]

If you’re heading to Wembley Stadium for a massive rock show this summer, you might want to arrive a little earlier than planned, because some fans are still reporting problems getting through the turnstiles thanks to ticket scanning issues. While there doesn’t appear to be a full-blown stadium-wide system failure, enough concert-goers have shared their […]