LINKS & NEWS
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6th November 2026:
Featured Up and Coming Artists:
Hard rock juggernaut The Dead Daisies have officially charted a bold course for 2027, ushering in a thrilling new chapter with the addition of legendary former Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen on lead vocals. Signalling a restart for the band, the rock collective has confirmed the upcoming release of a brand-new single alongside extensive global touring plans.
Fronted by exceptional lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (Foreigner/Hurricane), the lineup features stellar guitar work from Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake/Dio) alongside driving rhythm from guitarist David Lowy (MINK/Red Phoenix). Rounding out the powerhouse rhythm section are heavy-hitting drummer Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne) and dynamic bassist Jimi Crutchley (The Quireboys).
With the band in the studio working on new music, ’Lift Me Up‘ is the first track to materialise as a preview of what lies ahead.
AOR/Melodic rockers Streetlight unveil today their new single and official video, “Runaway Skies”, the second extract from the upcoming new studio album, “Shadows In Motion”, set for release on January 22, 2027, via Frontiers Music Srl.
With “Shadows In Motion”, Streetlight deliver the strongest statement of their career to date, building upon the acclaimed foundation established by their first two albums while taking their songwriting, musicianship and emotional depth to an entirely new level.
Critically acclaimed Canadian Roots Rock band The Commoners are pleased to announce the release of their brand new single “Lost in the Highlights.”
Mixed by Kevin Shirley (The Black Crowes, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa), the new single is available on all streaming platforms from Friday October 23rd. “Lost in the Highlights” is the 3rd single taken from the band’s upcoming third studio album released in 2027. On November 12th, The Commoners embark on a 12-date UK Tour with special guest Spencer Mackenzie.
The Swedish classic rock and glam group Velvet Insane are back with their first new music in three years. Having signed to Icons Creating Evil Art (ICEA) in early 2026, ‘Wild In The City Tonite’ was released 25th September and is the first track to be teased from ‘IV’, the quintet’s fourth album to be issued in March 2027.
Velvet Insane have now begun a new chapter with a revamped line-up, a fresh batch of songs and a brand new album ready to be unleashed, with its entire contents written by the band themselves for the first time since their debut album. A new era is upon us, and Velvet Insane is most definitely ready to get Wild In The City Tonite!
Raise The Riff is a five-piece Dutch rock band delivering riff-driven rock with raw vocals, big hooks and a live energy that belongs on a festival stage.
With Influences from AC/DC, Airbourne, Chickenfoot, ZZ Top and classic rock from the 70s and 80s, the band brings a powerful mix of timeless rock and a modern age.
The band are releasing their latest single ‘Come Out And Play’ on November 13th.
Swedish AOR/Classic Rock band Daytona return today with “Listen to the Silence”, the first single from their forthcoming second album, Sign Language, due for release on February 19, 2027, as CD, LP and digital, on Escape Music.
Released together with an official music video, “Listen to the Silence” marks the beginning of a new chapter for a band whose debut album, Garder La Flamme, quickly established Daytona as one of the most talked-about new names in the international Melodic Rock scene.
Italian symphonic power metallers Temperance reshuffle the pack with their eighth album, Arcani, coming October 16, 2026 via Napalm Records. Structured around the divinatory practice of Tarot, each of the new songs follows a different card of the Major Arcana deck. Pouring their passion into 13 spellbinding songs with even catchier symphonic melodies than before, Temperance’s bright future takes shape on Arcani.
Sweden’s sleaze/metal stalwarts Confess are thrilled to reveal a new single, “The Curse”, along with an official music video, arriving just in time for Halloween and out now via Frontiers Music Srl.
Embracing a darker atmosphere while retaining the explosive energy that has become their trademark, “The Curse” delivers the band's signature blend of heavy riffs, infectious melodies, and raw sleaze-metal attitude.
UK rockers Fireheart released “Back to the Truth” on 23 October 2026, the first single from the band’s forthcoming debut album. Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Florence Black at Blackline Studios in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, the single begins a new chapter for Fireheart in which personal stories, music and visual art combine as parts of a larger whole. For this first chapter, the story belongs to rhythm guitarist, Kev Baker.
Halflives have returned! Eighteen months after their last release, Halflives creative mastermind Linda Battilani has unleashed Unshattered; one of her catchiest, most hook filled singles in the history of Halflives. This is also not a band standing still, as this is the heaviest Halflives have ever been. Linda has taken her vocal approach to some new places in parts of this song, as listeners will soon find out.
Halflives is music for the broken and the misfits. Masterminded by Italian singer, songwriter, and producer Linda Battilani, the project delivers heavy, hook-driven anthems that fuse alt-rock, emo, metal, and dark electronic elements since its inception in 2016. Linda uses Halflives as an unapologetic platform to tackle uncomfortable truths, championing marginalized minorities and confronting political crises like climate change.