Middlesbrough’s ever popular rock music venue, The Crown, is set to play host to InMe this March. Ever the gracious host, Overdrive Promotions invite Dave McPherson and company back in support of their upcoming album ‘The Pride’ due for release in February. Inme first built up a head of steam, crashing onto the scene backin 2001 and racking up a fair bit of notoriety with the singles ‘Underdose’, ‘Firefly’[...]

Long time Necromag favourites Evil Scarecrow have recently announced a series of UK tour dates. After opening their gigging year with a performance in Grimsby, the harsh Nottingham metallers are getting ready to bring their titanium-exoskeletoned Robotatron wrath to the venues across the country. Touring from April onwards, including a spot on the bill of Prestatyn’s Hammerfest, Evil Scarecrow will be delighting audiences[...]

Want to keep the rock ‘n’ roll dream alive? Make A Scene! That’s exactly what Teesside based promoters Overdrive are doing with their fan led one day festival of the same name. Previous line ups of this indoor Middlesbrough based festival have been immense, including big names on the bill grasped from the bills of the major festival circuit with Heights appearing last year fresh from a performance at Download Festival among many others.[...]

While we dig ourselves out from the glut of ales, sprouts and assorted confections, the farthest reaching eyes of anticipation are already looking towards spring, summer and beyond in 2012. So far 2012 is looking like one hell of a year with one hell of a set of headliners at Download alone, and as days go by more and more events are fleshing out their bills.
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An exclusive UK show at Newcastle’s Legends venue has been announced for cult EBM giants Eisenfunk. As creators of the popular ‘Pong’, a song with over 4 million YouTube views the band have continued to demonstrate their skill at crafting infectious industrial tunes with the likes of ‘Duck And Cover’ and ‘Super Space Invaders’ also making a solid impact on live audiences and clubs alike[...]

British metal heavyweights Beholder have announced The Black Flag UK Tour this coming March. This promises to be a hard hitting underground tour in true Beholder fashion with the band showcasing both new material and tracks from their two previous releases in these full length headline shows. Beholder aim to temporarily dispense with the tradition of generic support slots this tour, instead giving a platform to local talent within the UK metal scene[...]

The dark, swampy grooves of former Type O Negative sticksman Sal Abruscato’s A Pale Horse Named Death arrive in January for a handful of English and Irish dates under the banner of the ‘Hell Across Europe’ tour. Unfortunately though, the band are dispensing with current guitarist Bobby Hambel for the duration of the tour. In an official statement Sal explained [...]

taly’s Eden Shade hit the UK for three dates in January. As part of their ‘Still Hungover From Christmas UK Mini Tour’ in support of third album “Stendhal Got That Close” the performances will see the live début of Giancarlo Belligoni on guitars and Simone Del Pivo on drums as well as the return of former bassist Daniele Tiberi.
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