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PREVIEW: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL UK 3rd-4th June 2022


Slam Dunk festival is impressively heading into its 16th year and has been bringing the best punk, rock, metal and alternative acts since its inception and has grown bigger each year, and this year it boasts one of its biggest line-ups to date. Starting in a single venue, it is now held across two outdoor sites in Hatfield Park (South) and Temple Newsam Park in Leeds (North). Slam Dunk Festival 2022 will take place on Friday 3rd June (North) and Saturday 4th June (South), moving from the usual May Bank Holiday weekend to align with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend, which begins on Thursday 2nd June. Slam Dunk Festival will be a blast with four incredible headliners and other massive acts to the best up-and-coming bands. Here are just some reasons why it is not to be missed!

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MALEVOLENCE release third single/video ‘Still Waters Run Deep’


With only three weeks remaining until the release of their new record ‘Malicious Intent‘,the excitement for this year’s most hotly anticipated metal album is intensifying. Stoking the flames higher, Malevolence reveal their knockout third single, ‘Still Waters Run Deep‘. The song and video documents the band’s young career, from 2009 to date, from a fresh faced, local band to international touring powerhouse.

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The Northman songwriter/actor & former Heilung singer Jonas Lorentzen announces debut Nebala album


After being involved with Heilung for two years, and more recently with the worldwide-acclaimed movie The Northman as songwriter and actor, Jonas Lorentzen decided to focus on his own musical expression, based on a reimagination of Nordic Folk and spiritually driven music. The result is Nebala, spearheaded by Jonas Lorentzen, but assisted and graced by powerful talents such as Sebastian Gainsbourough (Vessel, The Northman, Manchester Collective), Kjell Braaten (Wardruna, Origami Galaktika) as well as non-musician minds assisting in the conceptual development, Doctor Mathias Nordvig (Professor of Pre-Christian Religion at CU Boulder) and Philosopher Naina Gupta (University of Kingston). 

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RAMMSTEIN’S NEW ALBUM, ZEIT, OUT NOW + NEW VIDEO ‘ANGST’


Hailed in advance by Revolver magazine for its balancing “slow-burning beauty with industrial-strength power,” and preceded by rapturously received singles/videos “Zeit” and “Zick Zack”, Rammstein’s new album Zeit has arrived!

The eighth full length studio album from the Berlin sextet, Zeit’s April 29, 2022 release date lands almost exactly three years to the day of its predecessor, Rammstein’s 2019 untitled album that shot straight to the top of 14 international charts—including the U.S. top 10—following the longest break between albums of their career to date.

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ONI release ‘Secrets’, featuring Iggy Pop & Randy Blythe & announce album ‘Loathing Light’


Progressive metalcore project ONI, have today revealed another colossal new track, ‘Secrets’, featuring guest vocals from punk icon Iggy Pop and Lamb of God frontman, Randy Blythe. The single, along with previously released songs, ‘The Lie’ and ‘War Ender’ featuring NYC trap metal squad, City Morgue, are taken from the band’s forthcoming second album, ‘Loathing Light’, which is set to land on June 17th, via Ironshore Records. Pre-order/pre-save your copy here.

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You’ll See One Day Release New Song “The Letter”


Aussie rockers, You’ll See One Day, have released their latest single “The Letter” as of 4/22/22. “The Letter” is a powerful ballad-esque track with meaningful lyrics intended to move the listener. “The Letter” surrounds the sensitive subject of suicide and You’ll See One Day does the topic justice by taking their highly impactful lyricism and matching it with an equally driving rhythm section to invoke an emotional and mental response from their audience.

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