Legendary leaders of Dark Symphonic Metal music, Within Temptation, recently released today's stunning Video Of The Day for their latest single, ‘Don’t Pray For Me’, that shows the band performing in a giant shrine, interspersed with surreal portraits and occult imagery. An anthem for pursuing one’s own destiny, it's their fourth single of independent releases, as the Dutch band has been busy in the studio writing and recording brand new songs for their forthcoming album, which they expect to release next year. Indeed, the remainder of 2022 will be filled with a European Summer festival season, a USA tour with Iron Maiden plus their co-headlining European tour with Evanescence in the Autumn.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day includes tracks from Ramon Goose and Martin McNeill (both individually and together) ahead of their Tuesday Night Music Club gig in Coulsdon tonight, plus there's a couple of IBBA picks of the month from Mike Ross and Brave Rival (pictured), and new releases from The Boneshakers, Ramblin' Preachers, Mississippi Heat, The Caboose and The Groove Krewe.

WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Ben Randall, The Milk Men, Paul Jones, John Hiatt (pictured) with The Jerry Douglas Band, David Sinclair 4, Steve Vai, Jimmy Wayne & The Second Chance (aka Mike Zito), Revival Black, Tezzah Harris, Dennis Johnson, Jay & The Cooks, Stratcat Willie & The Strays, Dave D’Angelico, Mr Sipp, plus many more.

Further to our recent coverage of The Rolling Stones at London's British Summer Time at Hyde Park, and in particular the second show on Sunday 3rd July, that included sensational Clarksdale, Mississippi, Blues guitarist and singer, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, today we're indebted to new WRC correspondent Chris Griffith's for today's Photo Gallery of Kingfish, when he played London's Islington Assembly Hall on Thursday 9th June (see today's Video Of The Day). Coincidentally, as well as being a brilliant photographer, Chris also administers Kingfish's Facebook fan page, so make sure you don't miss out when Kingfish returns this year to London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on Saturday 22nd October.

The ever popular Cleethorpes Blues Rhythm and Rock Festival will now take place on Sunday 23rd October at the Cleethorpes Beachcomber, including Martin Turner Plays Wishbone Ash, Chris Bevington Organisation, Rebecca Downes, Brave Rival, Blue Nation and Big Joe Bone, who all feature on today's six of the best 'Cleethorpes Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day.

Following our Ramblin' Man Fair interview with Inglorious the previous day, exactly six years ago today it was time to take advantage of our weekend press passes again and conduct our second interview of the weekend, in beautiful Mote Park, Maidstone, with frontman Scott Sharp of The Illustr8tors (the band formerly known as Blackwolf), which is today's Podcast Of The Day. The band were performing on the Rising Stage later in the afternoon, so we were granted a quick five minute chat beforehand, with Scott explaining that this was basically a band relaunch, with interesting times ahead.

Exactly two years ago today, The Revivalists performed a live NOLA Drive-In Livestream, but thankfully nowadays, live now means live, as last month our American correspondent, Rick Menniti, took in the guys at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater on Friday 10th June, describing the gig as a "fun venue and great show", as testified by today's Video Of The Day of their encore, a cover of The Who's 'Baba O'Riley'. In fact, this gig was also performed on the one year anniversary of the first of last year's two consecutive livestreamed gigs, under the stars at the very same venue, at a time when they had finally returned for their first shows back on the road in nearly a year.

For fans of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Megadeth, and hailing from Lethbridge, Canada, Tyrants of Chaos is a no-holds-barred traditional Heavy Metal band in the vein of the big four with a modern twist, whom are releasing their third album, 'Relentless Thirst For Power', on Friday 19th August, of which this new offering consists of ten fist-pumping, head-banging tracks including their latest single, 'T.O.C.', that is also one of today's six of the best Sunday Rocks! Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Lost Legacy, Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci, Black Hellebore, Seal Party and Szabotage.

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Todd Sharpville, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Love Light Orchestra, Ivy Gold, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Harrison Kennedy, The Strongman Blues Remedy, Walter Trout, Malaya Blue, Dave Thomas, Judy Sings The Blues, Eric Clapton, Johnny Sansone, Mick Pini (pictured) and many more.

With A New Day Festival taking place next month over the weekend of 19th to 21st August at Mt Ephraim Gardens, Faversham, there's still a selection of tickets (weekend, day and camping) available to purchase here https://anewdayfestival.com/tickets and today's six of the best 'A New Day Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day is another reminder of some of the many great bands taking part, namely, Big River, Hugh Cornwell, Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs, Focus, The Sweet and John Verity.

To mark the 60th anniversary of their first ever performance, ‘The Rolling Stones in the Sixties’, a 480 page new book containing over 600 fan memories of seeing the Stones live and in action, including great fan photos, takes the reader from the Marquee Club in 1962 to Hyde Park in 1969 (Video Of The Day) as eyewitness accounts plot the Stones' journey from R&B aficiandos to global superstars. To be in with a chance of winning a copy of this book by Richard Houghton, simply answer this question: Who is this pictured above on the cover? Answers (including your name, address and e-mail address) by Sunday 10th September to wrinklyrockers11@aol.com. Editor’s decision is final. The Rolling Stones in the Sixties - A People’s History, is out on Friday 23rd September and is available to order now at https://spenwoodbooks.com/product/rolling-stones-60s/

WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Wolf Moon, Mick Clarke, Ryan Lee Crosby, Malone Sibun, Magnus Öström, Janiva Magness, Rival Sons (pictured), Durham County Poets, Steve Miller Blues Band, Kat Riggins, Guitar Shorty, Greg Koch, Brave Rival, plus many more.