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Fools Arcade Reminds Us That We Have "So Much Time": Heartfelt Alternative Rock Leeds lads Fools Arcade are starting the year off strong with their latest single, "So Much Time". The track also acts as a hard relaunch for the band, who changed their name from AIRE back in Decembe...

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.

@foolsarcade.bsky.social
"So Much Time"

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Lucretian Set Strong Foundations With Debut EP "Warpath" Musicians Harv Lake and Joe Lyndon are otherwise blackened death metal project LUCRETIAN. With debut EP "Warpath", the duo get off to a very strong start. Opener "Warpath" sets the scene immediately. ...

𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 ... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

Lucretian
"Warpath" EP

Full review below 👇🏻

The Open Flames Strike Nostalgia With "Eat Alone" - A Sonic Love Letter To Alternative Rock Ahead of their upcoming debut album due in February, The Open Flames have released "Eat Alone", a track reminiscent of the pop rock bands of

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘳' 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦.

@theopenflames.bsky.social
"Eat Alone"

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"We Wanted To Write Something More Melodic": Godeth Talk "Fleshmonger", AI Concerns, And Relentless Guilt Tripping Godeth (/ God-eth) are one of the finest new bands to come out of the Leeds metal scene, quickly rising to prominence. Latest track "Fleshmo

"𝘔𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 '𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴'"

An interview with @godeth.bsky.social 📝🔗

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"Trigger Warning": Sick As Thieves Deliver Timely Message Buried Under Heavy Rock'n'Roll Occasionally, I stumble on the odd sponsored Instagram that immediately catches my attention. Most recently, South London's SICK AS THIEVES

Sick As Thieves
"Trigger Warning"

𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘉-𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.

Full review below 👇🏻

"Nightmares": Fist-Pumping Metal From This Fallen City New year means new bands to look out for. My latest search takes me to Wolverhampton, with metal band This Fallen City. With their new track "Nightmares", the band are two for two, delivering an effec...

This Fallen City
Track: "Nightmares"

𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 ... 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

Full review below 👇🏻

"Drift": Tooth And Dagger Deliver Modern Metal Masterclass Tooth And Dagger is an alternative metal band from the West Midlands, and are quickly rising up to solidify their place in the UK metal scen

"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭"

@tanddband.bsky.social. "Drift". Full review below 👇🏻🎶

Methodemic’s “Winner Takes All” Is A Thrash-Filled Classic Metal Throwback After a six year hiatus ending in 2022, Birmingham's Methodemic have been leaving their mark as a blistering metal band. They are back with

Methodemic: "Winner Takes All"

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 ... 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

Full review below 👇🏻

"Blessings of a Dead God": SoulGrief's Latest Is Delightfully Dark Extreme Metal West Yorkshire might not be known for its extreme metal scene, but that's not stopping SoulGrief. Coming off the back of their demo EP, the extreme metallers are back with brand new single "Blessings ...

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰.

"Blessings of a Dead God" is out now 🎶📝

Last Case Scenario Hit Nostalgia With "Don't Give A Sh*t": Upbeat Rock With Feel-Good Message Quick firing power chords and hi-hats introduce Last Case Scenario's latest track - "Don't Give A Shit".

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Still suffering from the January blues? Start your week with the latest from Last Case Scenario!🤘🏻🎶

"Hurricane": Gender Crisis’ Latest Is A Hard Hitting Slice Of London Post-Hardcore London based Gender Crisis are a half-trans, post-hardcore band making their stamp on the alternative scene. Following a sold out co-headlin

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Check out my full review of Gender Crisis' latest, "Hurricane" 📝

Maiden Hit The big 5-0, Ghost Gets A New Papa, And More: Rock and Metal Moments I Can't Wait For In 2025 You've nursed that hangover. You're grumbling about having to go back to work. You haven't even started on your resolutions yet. Yep, it must be the New Year. Like the year before it, 2025 has a lot t...

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New year, new things! 🎶📝

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Wishing friends and followers a Happy New Year. May your 2025 be full of live, loud music 🎸🎶

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Cue The Music: My Top Albums Of 2024 It's that time of year again: people reflecting on the last 12 months; companies pushing there fifth sale of the month; turkey being considered an acceptable choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It...

Looking back on some of my favourite releases this year 🔗👇🏻

Wishing friends and followers a very Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

Thanks for all the support shown so far 🤘🏻

It's that time again! The big man in red is busy queuing up his playlist for the sleigh ride around the world ⏯️🎁

What's at the top of your Christmas playlist? Let me know in the comments 👇🏻

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The "Superman" Trailer Tells Us One Thing: We Need More Guitar Driven Movie Scores At the core of the teaser trailer is an electronic, synth-laden guitar reimagining of John Williams' classic Superman theme, perfectly suiti

Small impromptu piece about the music in the new #superman trailer? Don't mind if I do 🦸🏻

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Influx of new followers! Hello! 👋🏻

Naturally winding up as we near Christmas and the New Year, but still a few weeks to go. What gigs have you guys got lined up before 2025? 🤘🏻

Hereward Travel To "New Worlds" - High Energy NWOBHM With A Seasoning Of Folk Metal After a two year gap with no new music, Peterborough metallers Hereward return with brand new single "New Worlds". Crashing waves and a creaking boat set the scene for Hereward’s latest. This is a ban...

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Hereward - "New Worlds" 🎶

Check out my review below 🔗

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Bloodywood And Babymetal Is The Collaboration You Didn't Know You Needed Bhangra metal pioneers Bloodywood are back with hard hitting track 'Bekhauf', except this time, they're not alone. Kawaii metal royalty Babymetal accompany, becoming a part of this wild ride. Bloodywo...

If you don't know who Bloodywood are, you're doing something wrong 💥

"Bekhauf" - out now 🇮🇳🇯🇵

What's at the top of Hound's Christmas list? 🎁

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It's a good day to not be a Falling In Reverse fan

Peterborough Pop Punk Outfit Hound Talks New EP "The Way A Dog Loves Pizza" It's easy to mistake them for colourful clad cyclists or a rainbow fun run group, but Hound are instead one of the finest new bands to come out of the Peterborough scene. Bursting onto people's radars...

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An interview with Peterborough's Hound. Read below 👇🏻🔗

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Big up @rorypetts.bsky.social for putting some starter packs together, a great idea for building a rock and metal Bluesky community!

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New Gloryhammer track is excellent. Great to see the animated video make a return. How this fits in with the lore though... ⚔️🧙🏻‍♂️🦄

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