One of the greatest rock-voices ever, Matti Alfonzetti fronted Jagged Edge for a few years in the late Eighties, then he moved home to Sweden and formed Skintrade, which in the early and mid-Nineties had great international success with songs such as “One By One”, “Sick As A Dog” and ” Soul Sister ”. Matti has previously also released solo records and written for and produced others, including The Poodles’ hit “One night of passion” and Velvet Insane’s self-titled debut.
Now ALFONZETTI is releasing a new solo album titled “Shake My Blood“, where has gone back to his roots and together with Mikael Hujanen, Peter Forss, Johan Norgren, Henrik Bergqvist, Joel Sahlin and son Dante created a record that drips from classic arena rock with strong spices of blues.

The songs oscillate between rockers like “Moving Like A Rolling Stone” and “Kill My Blues” to more intimate like Peter Gabriel’s cover “Diggin ‘In The Dirt” the and piano-driven soulful “Say Goodbye”, a favorite, and highlights Matti’s awesome vocal tone.
The title track “Shake My Blood” is a powerhouse that brings to mind both Black Crowes as well as early Whitesnake and Deep Purple. Other highlights include the deliciously strutting “Who Do You Think You Are” and the beautiful “Sanctified” with soulful choirs and southern rock vibes.

“Shake My Blood” is a strong, enjoyable and extremely well-sounding album that fits in many contexts, from sweaty bluesy melodies to rocking hooks. Add to that you have one of Sweden’s best rock singers of all time. ‘Nuff said.

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Alfonzetti

Gigs

London

The Black Heart

The best gigs are on DICE.

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GRAVEDANCER

Stranger to Myself

Last Witness plus support from Cruelty + Cold Bloom

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Last Witness - London

The Void

Last Witness

Year Of the Knife are a five-piece straight edge hardcore band from Newark, Delaware. They are vocal about leaning politically left. Their first EP, „Overgrowth“, was released in 2016, the new EP „First State Aggression“ was release in May 2018.

plus support TBA

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Year of the Knife

Year of the Knife - Fatal

Based in Seattle, WA, Pound is a two-piece, instrumental, heavy music project with an intense focus on rhythmic exploration, combining elements of dbeat, mathcore, grindcore and sludge into something new and unique.

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229 The Venue

POUND

Pound - -.X-.X-X-.X-.X-.X-.X-X

Burner

Pound

Huffington Post writer Radley Balko wrote in describing the first time he witnessed the group at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville- “This will go on for an hour. Between songs, people will whisper. They’re asking one another if anyone knows who the hell this is. And it’s here that you and everyone in the room will have the same realization just about everyone else has the first time they see they hear the Cold Stares live: these guys are better than the band you came to see.” And fans have seen The Cold Stares from venues like Mercury Lounge in New York City to the Viper Room in Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, festival’s like The Ride, Copperhead, Handy Bluesfest, with acts like Rival Sons, Reignwolf , Spoon, Thievery Corp. among many more. The Cold Stares releases include songs featured on TNT's Animal Kingdom, Monster Energy commercials, ESPN, X-Games, Dodge, Motor Trend, the NFL and more. In 2020 The Cold Stares signed with Mascot records and released their 5th studio album “Heavy Shoes” which included three Classic Rock Magazine “Song of the Week” tracks, and had streams in excess of one million the first week. The Cold Stares have experienced continued success in Europe and abroad after multiple international tours in 2019-2021. “Mojo Hand” from the Cyberpunk 2077 video game is set for release April 2022 followed by a new full release in August on Mascot Records. The band will be touring the UK in June 2022.

 

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THE COLD STARES

The Cold Stares - Any Way the Wind Blows

The Cold Stares

Desertscene London & Ripple Music proudly present:
RIPPLEFEST LONDON
Californian based heavy rock label, Ripple Music, returns to London's very own Black Heart for another showcase for some of it's finest UK based talent. Headlined by the force of PSYCHLONA, recent Ripple signees MORASS OF MOLASSES & groovers RITUAL KING. 
Ripplefest UK will take place Saturday July 9th offering up an array of riff-wielding bands, exclusive Ripple vinyl, DJs, band merch, after-parties & guaranteed good times.
Tickets are a mere £12 & on sale now - so get to it!

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Desertscene

Ripplefest ft. Psychlona, Morass Of Molasses +more

Psychlona - Blast Off

Morass of Molasses

Psychlona

Ritual King

Portals teams up with UK Tech-Fest to proudly bring you the tech-metal stylings of Anima Tempo (Mexico) and Project Mishram (India), supported by Maziac.

ANIMA TEMPO is a 4-men mexican band cataloged into the Progressive Death Metal founded in 2010 and signed  by the USA label Famined Records. Anima Tempo has shared stage with bands like BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME (In Mexico, Germany and France), DRAGONFORCE, GALNERYUS, TEXTURES, SABATON, SEPTICFLESH, VEIL OF MAYA, VISION DIVINE, SOILWORK, HYPNO5E, AMORPHIS, PERSEFONE, VOYAGER. 

Anima Tempo has been featured on Wacken Radio, Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, National Mexican TV, (3 appereances, one of them an special concert on a national cannel), Metal Injection, Mariskal Magazine, Progspace, The Faction Australia etc. 

Project MishraM or simply MishraM are a Progressive Carnatic (South Indian Classical) fusion band from Bangalore. MishraM uses a sharp blend of western genres ranging from Modern Progressive Metal, Djent, all the way to funk, jazz and Electronic infusions, all centered around the intricacies of Ragas, syncopation and math-oriented grooves in Indian classical music. In Sanskrit, Mishram means ‘mix’ and also denotes the number ‘Seven’.

Maziac are a London based prog/alt metal 3-piece for fans of Deftones, Devin Townsend, TesseracT & Tool. Their sound ranges from hook-laden harmonies to crushing tech-metal grooves, supplemented by atmospheric synths and some influences from outside of the rock/metal spectrum.

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Portals x TechFest: Anima Tempo, Project Mishram

Anima Tempo - Deceitful Idols

Anima Tempo

Maziac

Project MishraM

Born Again Concerts proudly presents

EDDIE & THE WOLVES // ALEXA DE STRANGE

plus SLATER

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EDDIE & THE WOLVES // ALEXA DE STRANGE

ALEXA DE STRANGE

EDDIE & THE WOLVES

Slater

Unfortunately, Zach Person will no longer be performing. The show will now be a co-headline between Lewis Floyd Henry and Rufus Miller.

The best gigs are on DICE. 

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Lewis Floyd Henry & Rufus Miller

Lewis Floyd Henry - Sacred Gardens

Rufus Miller - Wicked Lady

Lewis Floyd Henry

Rufus Miller

Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz 30th Anniversary Tour Part II

Pretty Boy Floyd

plus Tainted Lady

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Pretty Boy Floyd

The best gigs are on DICE. 

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Greywind

Greywind - Afterthoughts

False Hearts

Greywind 

Punk Rock Icon, Actor, Soundtrack Composer.

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Richie Ramone

Richie Ramone - Cry Little Sister

**Rescheduled from 8 Mar 2022 to 25th Sep 2022 **

Moon Shot is a true 21st century rock band. Its four guys have gigs galore under their belts from around the world as members of Disco Ensemble, Children of Bodom and Lapko. Now they're on a roll again, together for the first time. Moon Shot is a big bang to a new planet of sound.

The guys launched on a path that spanned thousands of gigs in hundreds of countries in the ranks of Disco Ensemble, Children of Bodom and Lapko. Crusading through most continents, if not quite the seven seas, has given Jussi, Ville, Henkka and Mikko sureness of performance and musical vision for melodies that cure maladies. Because isn't that what rock at its truest is all about: raging to love?

What do you do after your life's work?

Call it quits? Take a break before a comeback?

No. You start again. You seek out others with the same dedication to musicianship. Others who have learned from experience how to make a rockband really tick. And you use what's a little different now to take the shortcut to the runway and takeoff beyond Earthly pleasures.

Shoot from the hip to the moon.

If you still have the spark, that is. And these four men truly do.

The Moon Shot foursome has turned back with more maturity to rediscover what they've always loved.

"WE'VE GONE BACK TO WHAT REALLY TURNED US ONTO MUSIC WHEN WE WERE IN OUR TEENS AND TWENTIES. THAT'S THE MUSIC THAT NEVER LEAVES YOU," says guitarist Jussi Ylikoski, who got Moon Shot started with his demos - the guy with Disco Ensemble in his past.

"AFTER A WHILE OF RUNNING AROUND AND LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GREAT THING, I JUST STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT I REALLY LISTEN TO. AND IT'S THE GUITAR-BASED, VOCAL-DRIVEN ROCK'N'ROLL I LOVED 10-20 YEARS AGO,"
adds vocalist Ville Malja, known until now as a driving force in Lapko.

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Moon Shot

The best gigs are on DICE.

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Jestress

Jestress - My Exile

Wren

Still - Daylight

Haast

Still

This rat pack from Berlin will blow your mind. You haven’t been caught headbangin’ lately?

Don’t worry, Space Chaser will get the job done. Pure 80s Thrashmetal - a fast, ripping & in your face old school attack. his guys are living the Thrashmetal lifestyle, no fake and no bullshit! Just pure unadulterated power.

Since 2011 these German maniacs are spreading mischief at their infamous high octane thrash shows. After 2 full length albums and a bunch of EPs they teamed up last year with NL powerhouse Distillator and unleashed a brutal split record.

Watch the skies!

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Space Chaser

Space Chaser - Antidote to Order

Pohjoisen Soturit 

Termination Force

PILGRIMAGE TO DOOMSDAY EU TOUR

Dread Sovereign + The Flight Of Sleipnir

Monday 31st October 2022
The Black Heart
Doors: 7pm
Tickets: £13 ADV

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Dread Sovereign + The Flight Of Sleipnir

Dread Sovereign - The Great Beast We Serve

The Flight of Sleipnir - Thaw

Dread Sovereign

The Flight of Sleipnir

The Tygers of Pan Tang regret that they have had to postpone their tour scheduled for January and February of this year. Like most artists, the reasons were COVID related. They are grateful for the overwhelming support and understanding that they have been given by the venues. promoters and those who purchased tickets. They can't wait to be back on the road later this year for the rescheduled dates'. Also, we're very happy to add 2 brand new gigs on this schedule, The Robin 2 in Bilston and The Blackheart in London. Check the venue's homepages for more info….

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The Black Heart

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