American metalcore band, The Devil Wears Prada, are returning to the UK in February to headline the ‘Vans Off The Wall Music Tour’ and to promote their new single, ‘Vengeance’ which is out via iTunes on February 13th.
‘Vengeance’ is the second track to be taken from their latest album, ‘Dead Throne’ which topped the Billboard Independent Albums chart and reached number 10 in the main Billboard charts.
The band have also been confirmed for the US Festival, Rockstar Mayhem, in the summer of 2012, alongside Slayer, Slipknot, As I Lay Dying and Anthrax.
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London based Symphonic metallers PYTHIA will support DRAGONFORCE at their exclusive show at London’s 100 Club on February 16th in celebration of the Chinese Year Of The Dragon. Front goddess Emily Ovenden states:
“Pythia are thrilled to be invited by DragonForce to support them at their show at the 100 Club. Herman invited us personally and we’re stoked to be playing with the true superstars of Metal. We intend to harness the Serpent’s Goddess, do our duty and get the crowd nicely lubed-up before the ‘Mighty Force’ take the stage for the first time in the year of the Dragon.“
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Southern Californian Hard Rock/Punk act Bullets & Octane released their debut album ‘In The Mouth Of The Youth’ through Sony Records in 2006 and quickly became one of the most talked about Rock N Roll bands out of the US since Guns n Roses. Tours with Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, Social Distortion and Eagles Of Death Metal have cemented their reputation as a top live band.
Falling Red are delighted to be joining one the very bands that have influenced them over the years on the UK leg of the tour. Carving out their own niche with a Punk fuelled Sleaze Rock sound and arena sized stage antics, Falling Red are a band that deliver everytime time they step on a stage so make sure you catch them at one (or more!) of the following gigs. Read more…
Lancashire Hard Rock band, Exit State, are starting the year off with a bang by announcing the first of their tour dates for 2012 which include 4 shows as special guests with the legendary former UFO & Scorpions lead guitarist Michael Schenker. These shows are at Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow & London and are made all more special as former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell and early Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz are included in Michael Schenker’s band for this tour.
The band also announced today that Matt Harris is joining them as their new permanent lead guitarist following the departure of Adam Stephenson in September 2011. Matt states his influences as wide-ranging: Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Mozart, Opeth, Alice In Chains & Black Sabbath. Now aged 26, he started playing guitar at 14 & is principally self-taught. Read more…
- By Phil Allely
Artist: Inferno
Title: Welcome To The Lion’s Den
Genre: Alternative Rock
One thing I enjoy about freelance reviewing is that I can not only pick and choose who or what I review, but I can also make a trip to a gig and pick up a cd that this fine website (TBFM) will allow myself to review. This is a great way for not only me and potentially our DJs, but you the loyal listener/reader to get to know about the existence of band outside of our usual realms of interest, geographical area or preferred genre.
This past October (whilst hooking up with the TBFM crew) at the Highway to Hell competition I was able to catch my first live set from young welsh rockers Inferno and I was suitably impressed. On this occasion the trio were on fine form and their performance on the night netted them a spot at the 2012 Hammerfest festival.
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London Hardcore Metallers DRIPBACK have been confirmed as openers to legendary New York heavy metal heroes BIOHAZARD on their upcoming UK run.
Dripback Guitarist, Luca G-Drax, said “Getting to play these shows with Biohazard is a big fucking deal for us boys in Dripback! Biohazard has been the soundtrack to the past 16 years of our lives we are so fucki’n hyped! They have been a big influence on us, best thing about this tour is we get to play then get drunk and watch Biohazard every night! The best!“
Dripback will open for Biohazard, Heights and Lionheart at the following shows:
Tue 31st Jan Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wed 1st Feb King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Thu 2nd Feb HMV Institute, Birmingham
Fri 3rd Feb The Underworld, London
Tickets are available from http://www.kililive.com/artists/biohazard/
SUNDAY 3RD JUNE 2012 – 3PM TIL LATE!
The date is set, the venue confirmed and we already have a number of bands booked.
Get ready for the party of 2012 as Total Biker FM celebrates its 3rd Birthday is style at one of Birmingham’s best rock venues.
Its the late May bank holiday in June due to the Queens Jubilee so we have Monday & Tuesday off work… RESULT!
A massive 9 bands on stage and tickets will be just £6 advance, £10 on the door. Tickets limited to 500 so you will need to book early to avoid a sell out!
Band 1: Kyrbgrinder
Band 2: Nico Tamburella
Band 3: Liquid Fuse
Band 4: Mad Hatter 2.0
Band 5: Martyr De Mona
Band 6: Wrathchild
Band 7: Fifteen English Pounds
Band 8: Loveless Luck
Band 9: Paralus
TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT TICKETWEB AND EDDIES:
Ticketweb click here
Eddies click here
We have a deal with the hotel is Etap Birmingham City Centre which is less than a 5 minute walk from the venue. Most people are booking Saturday and Sunday so we can have a warm up party on Saturday night!
Saturday 2nd June is £57 for a triple room
Sunday 3rd June is £57 for a triple room
Monday 4th June is £27 for a triple room
Hotel link: http://www.etaphotel.com/
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PYTHIA are happy to announce the album launch show for their long awaited second album, ‘The Serpent’s Curse’. The launch will take place at The Borderline, Orange Yard, off Manette Street, W1D 4AR on 29th February 2012. All advance ticket holders will be entitled upon entry to collect a signed copy of the ‘Betray My Heart’ limited edition red vinyl 7”, from ‘The Serpent’s Curse’, with a full album playback from 7.30pm.
With the ‘Betray My Heart’ video tracking huge plays per day since launch and the album gaining stunning reviews from far and wide, those coming to the launch will be the first to witness the majority of the material live for the very first time… and possibly for the only time, in such an intimate live environment.
‘During the making of ‘The Serpent’s Curse’ we encountered the highs and lows of human experience. From the darkness of death to the wonder of birth as a band we faced these colossal events united. This album sprung from our endeavors to understand the circle of life, the mighty force of nature and our fight for survival.‘
TICKET LINKS
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=487861
http://www.hmvtickets.com/events/5255
http://www.pythiamusic.com
Judas Priest, one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, have today announced that they will be performing one very special London show in 2012, as part of their ‘Epitaph’ World Tour. The Metal Gods will perform a very special one-off show at HMV Hammersmith Apollo on 26th May 2012, heavy metal at it’s best, complete with lasers, lights, bikes and hellfire.
There are few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their nearly 40 year career. With popularity at an all time high (as evidenced by the group’s 2010 Grammy Award win for ‘Best Metal Performance’, their last studio album being the highest-charting of their career and recently being a VH1 Rock Honours Recipient), the mighty Priest will be rocking the planet on their Epitaph World Tour, playing the songs that helped make the name Judas Priest synonymous with heavy metal.
Having started the tour in the summer 2011, the band will be hitting all major cities throughout the world. The show will include songs from throughout Priest’s career plus songs they have never before performed on stage and of course all the old favourites.
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Another special award we decided to give out was to Devon band Mad Hatter 2.0 for their outstanding contribution to music.
This award was to show recognition to all the hard work that Marc and the lads have given throughout their music career. The band, who travel all over the UK to play alongside bands small and large do so for something that is very unique “the love of the music!”.
Mad Hatter 2.0 were one of the first unsigned bands to ever be featured on Total Biker FM and they set the benchmark for all bands from that day forward. We have seen them go from strength to strength over the past 1 1/2 years during the time we have been playing their music.
From the early days of the haunting sounds of Spellbound, to the new and energetic songs such as E.M.T and Save Me the band have shown that their talent has no boundaries and for that, we salute them. Read more…
