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Hard edged, soulful rockers, WHITE SKIES have partnered with not one, but two labels for their new album.

Rising British hard rock outfit DEATH WARMED UP are ready to make serious noise with the announcement of their debut album, Wildcard, out on Friday 17th April. The fast-rising Nottingham crew have also unveiled a brand-new single Gods Of Rock N Roll, and accompanying video.

Massive Wagons are set to shine a spotlight on men’s mental health, teaming up once again with Andy’s Man Club for their 2026 UK tour. Launching the partnership with a stripped-back campaign moment at their Sold-Out Warrington show in nothing but their Andy’s Man Club branded Oddballs boxer shorts. Using humour, openness, and visibility to support the charity’s vital work and encourage conversations around mental health across the UK.

Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the release of much loved vocalist Bob Catley (Magnum/Avantasia) “Far Away Live in Concert” with artwork by Rodney Mathews!

Massive Wagons have released a brand-new single and video for Pressure, taken from their forthcoming album Live At The Great Hall, due out on 27th March 2026 via Earache Records.

Scarborough rockers This House We Built return with “Better Man”, the fifth single to be taken from their second album Get Out Of The Rain. The track follows a wave of glowing reviews that has seen them tipped as one of the UK’s most exciting hard rock acts.

Norwegian hard rockers STARGAZER return with their brand new single “Breakdown”, an adrenaline-fuelled release that hits like a high-voltage shockwave. Firing off at full throttle, the track delivers an uptempo blast of raw energy driven by massive, muscular riffs and a powerful melodic vocal that cuts straight through the mix.

Smith/Kotzen, the acclaimed pairing of guitar icons Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, have today released an expanded deluxe digital version of their highly praised second album Black Light / White Noise. It contains two new songs that were previously only available on the Japanese CD edition of the album and are released globally today for the first time.

Swedish hard rock powerhouse Creye are pleased to announce that their new studio album, “IV Aftermath”, will be released on April 24, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl.

The Scottish rock warriors Heavy Pettin unleash the haunting new video for ‘Faith Healer (Kill My Demons)’ taken from their recently released album Rock Generation, out now via Silver Lining Music. Listen/Order at this location.

Spanish melodic Hard Rock band XTASY open an exciting new chapter of their career with “Too Late”, their brand-new single out now on all digital platforms, together with the official lyric video.

Today, global icons Def Leppard have released their new single “Rejoice”. The dynamic track comes ahead of Def Leppard’s triumphant return to Las Vegas for their Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency that kicks off on the 3rd February 2026. “Rejoice” is available via EMI Records now on all streaming platforms

All-star hard rock collective Black Swan - featuring Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) – unveil their new single and official video, “Paralyzed”, title track of the upcoming studio album set for release on February 27, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl.

Graham, thank you for the free PR... the Alcatrazz name has been trending quite nicely over the holidays. In a recent interview you seem to have had your say, so now we will have ours:

A strong word when applied to any situation and a word that would become inseparably associated with Nickelback in the mid-noughties after the release of their biggest selling album ‘All The Right Reasons’. With memes aplenty it clearly affected the band – as witnessed in the recent film documentary ‘Hate To Love’ – although they put on a brave face and, in the main, faced up to it with good humour. Criticisms aimed at them include lead singer Chad Kroeger allegedly not be

Nursing and Def Leppard; not the likeliest of bedfellows I grant you, but on another monotonous coach journey to our university base, I slipped a second-hand copy of ‘Pyromania’ into my portable CD player – yes, I’m that old – and a love affair began that has nearly stretched into its fourth decade!

Every once in a while, you receive an album that ticks all your musical boxes. Writing a review becomes easy, and the hardest decision you must make is how many superlatives you will throw at it in your final prose! Well, dear reader, this is mine, as Mammoth’s third album is sublime!

Are you ready to roll the dice with Andy And The Rockets? The Swedish melodic afficionados follow up their spotlight garnering 2023 full-length ‘Incognito’ with ‘Casino’, looking to come up big again with their brand of all-out Hard Rock. So how do the cards fall this time around?

Previously, only Van Halen and Eddie’s son Wolfgang have recorded at the legendary 5150 Studios in Los Angeles; however, that has recently changed, as Alter Bridge were invited there. The band went public to say how they were greatly inspired, and totally in awe of where they were. 

This House We Built hail from Scarborough, UK, and the band members are Scott Wardell (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Mayes (drums), Wayne Dowkes White (bass), and Andy Jackson (guitars, vocals). Wardell has written the song lyrics and the rest of the band have also contributed on the musical side. This is their second album and all the songs were produced, recorded and mixed by Dave Boothroyd at 6dB Studios, York and mastered by Sam Proctor.