King Charles!

Not sure why it has taken me so long to write about King Charles, have a serious fan girl situation going on with him, you'll understand why once you give him a listen.

I first heard of King Charles in June 2014, this is through an old friend of mine, she asked me to his Newcastle gig at the Think Tank? I am so glad I went, listened to his Loveblood album all the way from Spennymoor to Newcastle on the bus, glad I did because I could have a sing a long when I got there.

I will stop rambling on about how great he is now and give you the basics and the links for his social networks so you can see for yourself!

You can find King Charles' albums Loveblood, Bam Bam EP, Loveblood EP and Lady Percy Single on iTunes for pretty great prices, You can also listen to his songs Mississippi Isabel, The Brightest Lights, Love Lust, Lady Percy and Loveblood on Spotify by simply searching his name.

BANDS IN TOWN APP: You can listen to short previews of his songs Bam Bam, Love Blood, Mississippi Isabel, Loveblood and The Brightest Lights.

King Charles is on a 28 days tour in February 2015 on the dates shown below:

Get yourself down to see him, I know I will be!

You can follow this artist on multiple social sites:

Twitter: @KingCharlesUK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingCharlesOfficial?fref=ts
Bands In Town, Spotify and Sound Cloud simply just search King Charles.

NP

Thursday 20th November Gigs!

Jai McDowall @ Sage, Gateshead, United Kingdom

Tygers of Pan Tang @ The Cluny, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Kerrianne Covell @ Guisborough Hall, Guisborough, United Kingdom

Chris Reed @ Empire Theatre, Sunderland, United Kingdom

The 69 Watts @ The Three Tuns, Gateshead, United Kingdom

Shortside Avenue @ Arizona. Sunderland, United Kingdom



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Jai McDowall

Jai McDowall

Sage, St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7pm
Gareth Gates will also be playing alongside Jai McDowall
Tickets are £20.95 which can be purchased via see tickets.


Jai McDowall will also be playing on November 21st 2014 ar RNCM Concert Hall, 142 Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom. Tickets are £20.95 which can be purchased via see tickets.

Such a brilliant artist, really recommend attending this event! This guy has an amazing voice and if I could be there I would be! Definitely need to go to one of his gigs!

Jai McDowall can be found on the bands in town app where you can listen to short clips of With Or Without You, Bring Me To Life, To Where You Are, There You'll Be and Fix You.
His album Believe can be found on iTunes for just £5.99 or individual songs for 99p. The songs on his album are:

With Or Without You
To Where You Are
Fix You
The Prayer
How You Remind Me
There You'll Be
Feels Like Home
Bring Me To Life
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
One Day Like This

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaiMcDowallMusic?fref=ts

Twitter: @Jai_McDowall

He can also be found on Spotify, Bands In Town and Sound Cloud by simply searching his name.

Red Letter Statement

Red Letter Statement are a 5 piece rock/alternative band who formed in 2007, the members are Adam August, Xander, Tony Carvalho, Mitch VanDenBerge and Rob Bodley.

The band are due to play The Club At Waterstreet Music Hall, Rochester NY supporting Sirens & Sailors alongside Boulders and Storm The Bay. This will be a free event for 21+ but $10 for 16+. The doors for the even will open at 6pm.

You can listen to full versions of Fire Inside, Roadhouse, The Rain, Interlude and Ionas by the band on Spotify. You can also listen to short clips of Roadhouse, Interlude, Estimation Of The Heart, The Rain and Fire Inside on their bands in town page.

You can purchase the bands Love People EP from iTunes for £4.74 or individual sonfs for 70p. Well worth the money trust me, do I ever show you wrong?

Red Letter are high up in the running for band of the week next week, love them! If I could get to a gig I totally would, bet they are amazing live!

Bands social pages:

Twitter: @RLSOfficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redletterstatement/timeline
Website: http://redletterstatement.bandcamp.com/

Spotify, Bands In Town and iTunes you just need to search their name!

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BAND OF THE WEEK

First ever band of the week!

If you have a band or artist you want me to check out please send me a message on one of my links below!

Twitter: @NPMusicBlog 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicolaParryBlog

Tumblr: http://parry-nicola.tumblr.com/ 

Email: parry.nicola@hotmail.co.uk

Or just comment below!

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Street Party In Soho

I have been to see this band twice now and both times I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. The frost was at a music competition in Newcastle and the second was when they supported King Charles in June at the ThinkTank in Newcastle, had such a great night that night, was dancing like a mad woman to the band as well a King Charles himself. This band are so up beat and catchy, love them. I'd happily go and see them again.

You can listen to the bands song Take Your Time in full on their sound cloud page.

The band will be playing alongside Lisbon at Whitley Bay on December 18th 2014, the doors will be open at 8pm and you can buy tickets on See Tickets website for £5.

As well as that the band will be playing a headline gig at Newcastle, The Cluny2 on Devember 14th 2914 at 7pm again tickets can be purchased via See Tickets for £5.

Twitter - @PARTYinSOHO

Facebook - Facebook.com/partyinsoho

YouTube - YouTube.com/partyinsohoband

Website - www.streetpartyinsoho.co.uk

Sound Cloud - Street Party In Soho

Bands in town - Street Party In Soho

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Palaye Royale

Palaye Royale are a 3 piece fashion-art rock band, the members are Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig & Emerson Barratt.

The band have released two singles, Morning Light & Get Higher as well as their EP The Ends Beginning, which is available on iTunes for just £3.99!

you can listen to short clips of their songs Get Higher, Morning Light, Death Is A Party Invite All Your Friends, Cemeteries No. 02 & The Underground on their Bands In Town page.

As well as that you can listen to full versions of Death Is A Party Invite All Your Friends, The Underground, Die For Something Beautiful, Primary Propaganda, Cemeteries No. 01, Cemeteries No. 02, Get Higher & Morning Light on their sound cloud page.

They have a very unique sound which I love, I already have their EP on downloading from iTunes, can guarantee after you give them a listen you'll want it too!

Twitter - @PalayeRoyale

Facebook- Facebook.com/PalayeRoyale

Website - www.palayeroyale.com

Bands in town - Palaye Royale 

Sound cloud - Palaye Royale 

Schemata Theory

Schemata Theory are a six piece metal band from Reading, Berkshire.

Vocals - Myles Dyer

Vocals - Luke Wright

Guitar - Huw Roch

Guitar - Mario Scinto

Bass - Carl Quanstorm

Drums - Joshua Baretto

If you get yourselves on the Bands In Town app and get on this bands page you can listen to short clips of Shadows Above All, A Complex Slate, A Dark Dawn, A Final Breath & A Bright Future. All of which are available for download on iTunes for just 79p a track or £3.95 for the full Words Not Heard, Read or Seen EP. Well worth downloading, I really enjoy listening to them!

Upcoming gigs:

14th December 2014 - Cellar Bar - Bracknell, UK - £5.50 on the door - Doors open at 7.30pm

You can find the band on Sound cloud where you can listen to the full version of A Complex Slate, Drones, Six Into Three & A Final Breath all from their Dry Lung Rhetoric album. Have to say my favorite song so far has to be A Complex Slate.

Facebook - facebook.com/SchemataTheory

Twitter - @SchemataTheory

Website - www.schematatheory.com

Sound Cloud - Schemata Theory

Store - www.schematatheory.com/store

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Kaveat

Kaveat is an alternative metal project, they are real easing their debut single 'Immortal Machine' soon, they do have a song teaser on their official web page, personally just from thea teaser I am really excited to hear more!

Sound cloud: KaveatOfficial

Twitter: @Kaveatofficial

Facebook: Facebook.com/KaveatOfficial

Website: KaveatOfficial.com

Dreamer/Deceiver

Instantly love this band! Even got my mam into them! Check out their song Moral! Played the song five times already, can't get enough, need their EP in my life!

Moral: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEdJkUX5UZK

Band social media and links:

Twitter: @dslashdofficial

Instagram: @dslashdofficial

Merch: dreamerdeceiver.bigcartel.com

Band members:

Vocalist - Eric Williamson - @gingerbanshee

Guitarist - Eric Leblanc - @Eric_Leblanc_

Guitarist - Jon Gervan - @onearmedstilts

Bassist - Gordon Campbell - @CampbellGordon_

Drummer - Jake Hulse - @HulseJake

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CoopLoops

So this is a total new area for me! Absaloutly loved the track that was sent to me via Twitter.

'MasterGray - Shred ft. CoopLoops 2015'

It's a very different sound to what I usually work with but I a, so glad I got sent the song, have a brilliant artist here! Really recommend that you get yourself on sound cloud and search for CoopLoops, prepare to be impressed!

Sound cloud: soundcloud.com/cooploops

Twitter: @cooploops420

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Trophy Lives

Trophy Lives are an amazing four piece band, I really recommend checking this band out in their social network sites as well as checking out their latest EP Deracinate.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/trophylives

Twitter: @trophylives

Website: www.trophylives.bamdcamp.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/trophylives

DERACINATE EP

Firespeak

This is the first song of the EP which means for me this is the most important song. In order for me to fully listen to an album or EP is to be dragged in by the first song, if the first song is not good then I am always hesitant to listen to more. This wasn't the case for this band, I was drawn in instantly by the amazing vocals and the brilliant timing and work of the rest of the band. Brilliant opening song if you ask me.

V.I.T.R.I.O.L

Loving the guitar opening to this song, a much slower song than the first of the EP but that doesn't mean it wasn't great, because it was, this song set in my mind that the band are capable of any style of song, perhaps even any style of music.

A Fall From Up So High

This is an interlude song. A pretty great one at that, a nice slow, let's say 'chilled' song, has some amazing guitar solo parts, vocals are also very amazing as usual with this band.

Icebergs Pt. II

The band jump straight into this song. Not going to lie, it isn't my favorite song on the EP, it's still pretty awesome but it just took me a little longer than usual to connect with the song and get into it.

Coming To Bed

Okay so I needed to download this song as soon as I heard it, took me less than a second to say I loved it, just wow is all that comes to mind, found myself bopping away to this song put me in a brilliant mood. I can weirdly relate to this song.

HELL

Adore the gradual build up and then the sudden burst of music, musical explosion! Love the bass guitar and the drums in this song, very deep sound.

NP

All Time Low announce Euro tour dates!

All Time Low have announced their Euro tour for March 2015!

All Time Lows tour/gig dates for 2015:

9th February - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena with You Me At Six

10th February - Birmingham LG Arena with You Me At Six

12th February - Glasgow SSE Hydro with You Me At Six

13th February - Manchester Phones 4 U Arena with You Me At Six

14th February - London O2 Arena with You Me At Six

9th March - Milan Fabrique

11th March - Utrecht Tivoli

12th March - Hamburg Markthalle

13th March - Antwerp Trix

14th March - Paris Bataclan

15th March - Cologne E-Werk

17th March - Dublin Olympia

20th March - London SSE Arena Wembley 

16th June - Madrid Teatro

17th June - Barcelona Apolo

23rd June - Oslo Sentrum Scene

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Fall Out Boy release Only The Bulls

His track features Ira Antelis, Cheryl Berman and Steve Schanwald, the song will be played during the Chicago Bulls home game season.

I have given this song a listen and let's just say it totally suits what it was made for, it is a song that you would expect to hear at am American basketball game, for me lately I feel like I don't really recogmise Fall Out Boy... I feel like they are becoming more of a mainstream pop-rock band, they seem to be missing their rustic rock sound that they used to have. 

I find this song rather disappointing as a long term fan but it suits what it is intended for, just wish they would go back a bit and be more rock than pop.

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Corey Taylor Talks Slipknot Mask, Paul Grey and More With Larry King

Corey Taylor had an in depth interview with Larry King.

Corey spoke about Gene Simmons 'Rock is finally dead' claim. He said:

       ''I want it to show that our genre is still very much alive. Obviously, Gene Simmons is very famously quoted as saying, 'Rock n Roll is dead' I think he's got a point, but at the same time you have to use the new technology to your advantage, and I think we are going to show people that you can still use the technology and still have something in rock and roll.''

I totally agree with Corey, I wrote about this Gene Simmons claim not too long ago and agreed rock is far from dead.

Slipknot UK Tour Dates:

(January 2015)
14: Dublin 3 Arena
16: Sheffield Motor point Arena
18: Glasgow SSE Hydro
19: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
20: Manchester Arena
22: Liverpool Echo Arena
23: London Wembley SSE Arena
24: Cardiff Motor point Arena
26: Nottingham Capital FM Arena
27: Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Rob Zombie To Headline At Bloodstock 2015!

Rob Zombie has been announced to headline next year's Bloodstock Festival.

Rob says:
       ''I am so ready to get on a plane,  and get my ass over to merry ol' England for Bloodstock. We've had some of the best shows of our lives over there and can't wait to add this to the list. Besides, it's called 'Bloodstock' so how could it not be bloody fucking fun?''

Rob Zombie will be joining Saturdays headliners Within Temptation, Opeth, Death TA, Nuclear Assault, Cannibal Corpse, Ihsahn,  Sepultura and Dark Angel.

36 Crazyfists Announce New Album, Time and Trauma

The four piece Alaskan band are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.

Brock Lindow says:
       ''We have found a new home at Spinefarm Records, and although the label is new to us, some of the staff are old friends and we couldn't be more grateful to unleash the beast that is Time and Trauma with their help. 20 years in and it feels like Spinefarm is a killer hone to hang our hats. See you all in 2015!''

So there you have it,  Time and Trauma is to be released though Spinefarm Records in February 2015.

Former Static X Bassist Reacts To Wayne Static's Death

Tony has posted a statement online following Wayne Static's death.

On November 1st it was announced that founding Static X member has passed away at the age of 48!

Tony says:
         ''I'm having a hard time finding the words to express how I feel right now, and it's taken me a long time to even try to write something. I knew Wayne for 15 years. Some of the best times of my life were with him. I considered hum a good friend. It's sad, the way our friendship ended, but even more sad that we never got to settle things between us.

Even though we were no longer friends the last five years, I held on to the sliver of hope that my old friend would come back. We were like family; Kiochi Fukuda,  Nick Oshiro,  Erik Fincher,  Bruce Reiter,  Brandon Jensen; we all just wanted our old friend back. Sadly, that will never happen.

I feel horrible for his parents and hid brothers and sisters. I can't even begin to imagine what they must be going through. My deepest condolences go out to them. All we can do now, is remember the good times we shared. Rest in peace Wayne.''

Following Wayne's death Drowning Pool posted:
       ''We are totally in shock and devastated by the loss of our good friend Wayne of Static X. Can't believe we lost another great rock Hero. Our hearts go out to Wayne's family and friends. We were so looking forward to touring together in the UK in January. Can't believe you're gone brother. Never easy loosing a friend. Sleep well...''