Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records follows Brian Slagel’s critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness, which delivered a compelling inside look at how a metal-obsessed California teen built Metal Blade Records into the preeminent international home of heavy music. Rabid readers demanded more anecdotes, more bands, and more of […]
Michael Thompson Band are back with a new album, ‘The Love Goes On’, which is set for release on 12th May (pre-order/save). Its title track is now available as a single.While a new MTB album is always cause for celebration among fans of AOR, ‘The Love Goes On’ is especially exciting as it sees the […]
Blues icon Walter Trout will be coming back to the UK in May for an eleven-date tour, beginning at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter on 9th May and will call through Birmingham, Holmfirth, Sunderland, Glasgow, Liverpool, Cambridge, Ilkley, Gateshead, Manchester and will finish at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on 21st May. Tickets […]
Blu-ray: Four Film Noir Classics Vol 2The Suspect (1944)The Sleeping City (1950)Thunder on the Hill (1951)Six Bridges to Cross (1955)Following on from Vol 1, Arrow release another bundle of 4 great movies, each of them accompanied by the usual high quality special features that we’ve come to love and expect from Arrow.Without giving too much […]
Blu-ray: Fill ‘Er Up With Super (1976)Klouk (Bernard Crombey) is a car salesman and already has a rocky relationship with his wife, but when his boss insists that he has to deliver a Chevrolet station wagon across France from Lille to the Cote d’Azur to his rich client, thereby missing an important family event, his marital […]
To celebrate the release of the quirky black comedy THE MIDDLE MAN – released this Friday 10th March in UK cinemas – Sovereign are offering the chance to win 2 return tickets to Toronto along with 3 nights accommodation!BOOK TICKETS AND ENTER NOW: THE MIDDLE MANNorwegian writer/director Bent Hamer’s eccentric comedy drama is set in a small […]
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will return to the UK in April as part of the ‘Trouble Is…25’ World Tour. The band will be playing their iconic, platinum selling ‘Trouble Is…’ album in full along with live favoirites. The tour will begin on 18 April at the Parr Hall, Warrington and call through Queens Hall, Edinburgh […]
Today, 2K unveiled the roadmap for post-launch content updates* in WWE® 2K23, featuring fan-favorite WWE Superstars, Legends and several rising NXT stars making their franchise debuts. In total, five post-launch content packs will be available featuring 24 new playable characters, providing players with new matchups for months to come. Post-launch content packs are available for […]
Myself and Thom return after a 3 month break with another Decade of Decadence show and catch up with everything that has been happening for us both, as well as chatting about a LOT of 80’s related stuff, including: 80’s music in adverts Licking Iron Maiden Tom preps for Philly and goes to gigs More 80’s movie […]
DVD & Digital: Upright (2019 – )Despite beginning in 2019, I’d never watched any episodes of Upright, so of course the new Series 1 & 2 DVD box set is a great way to catch up on everything (or revisit if you’re already familiar with it).Starring Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock as Lucky and Meg, […]
