Manchester Rocks

Spades pierced the boggy Mancuanian back in 2007 to lay the foundations of the band that would become Awaker, but only now do we see, e...

Bringing the spirit of metalcore into a contemporary setting...stylishly!

Sharp, punchy songs with a gritty, distorted punk backbone but an ear for a powerful melody atop the grinding riffs and pulsating drums: This is Revival.

A four piece metal / hard rock band, with two members from Stockport and two from Denton, they've...

"The power of the riff compels me!" - Those are the immortal words hollered at the start of Do...

Turbowolf’s music is on another plain of existence entirely

It was in 2011 when I discovered possibly one of my favourite bands in recent memory. Turbowolf are an interesting psychedelic punk rock band, which is just the short hand way of saying they’re a punk band that make lots of we...

Phil Weller, Editor of the website Manchester Rocks and a freelance music and sports journalist has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund his new book. The book, a heavy metal travel guide, will see Phil and an Australian photographer, Natasha travel across Europe for 3-4 months exploring the underground rock and metal scenes, finding the ...

The band's hometown show should be a cracker!

Empire Signal are a rock & roll band from Manchester, England. They write soul bearing, melodic songs and play them heavy and deep. The songs are well crafted with driving guitars, harmonies, pounding drums, throbbing bass and layers of hammon...

Albums

1. Arch Enemy - War Eternal...

1. Behemoth – The Satanist. A colossal comeback rec...

 Athony Firmin talks us through his musical highlights of 2014