Following the band's critically acclaimed 2018 debut album, 'Cascade into Chaos', in April, British Rock heavyweights, Leader of Down, who were the final band of Motörhead's late great Würzel, unleashed their second album, 'The Screwtape Letters', to amazing reviews, consisting of 10 blockbusting tracks which took no prisoners with their own brand of heavy Rock ‘n’ Roll, that consequently hit the top ten in the UK Amazon Heavy Rock Charts, including the title track, which is today's Video Of The Day. Following on from a successful appearance at this year's Motörhead weekend in Blackpool, the band, comprising of Matt Baker - vocals, Alex Ward - guitar, Tim Atkinson - bass and Daniel Akaoui - drums, have also headlined Saffron Walden's Heavy Metal Mayhem Festival, supported the likes of Tank and Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, and have also been added to Leicester's HRH NWOCR in January next year. So, check out 'The Screwtape Letters' and catch Leader of Down on the road with many more dates due to be announced in 2022/23 throughout the UK and Europe.

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 Chris Duarte, Wily Bo Walker with Karena K, Robin Trower, Albert Cummings, Mike Brookfield, Emma Wilson, The Better Days, Simon McBride (pictured), Dwight Anthony Davis, Steven Troch Band, The Geoff Garbow Band, Mercedes Nicole, Mick Simpson, Kira Mac and many more.

Preceding his highly anticipated new studio album, slated for release this Autumn, guitarist and singer-songwriter, Troy Redfern, dubbed as Britain’s “King of Slide Guitar", has just been confirmed as UK Rock five-piece, Dare’s, special guest on their 12-date October UK Tour, featuring ex-Thin Lizzy keyboardist Darren Wharton on lead vocals, who themselves released their 10th studio album, 'Road To Eden', via Legend Records, in April, and their title track plus Troy's last single, 'Stone', form part of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by four further forthcoming and recent releases from Allen's Hand, Farewell To Fear, Haunt and Closing The Earth.

Bloodstock Open Air - The UK's No.1 Metal Festival celebrates twenty one years when it returns to Catton Park, Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, over the weekend of 11th - 14th August, of which today's 'Bloodstock Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcase six of the great bands taking part, namely The Night Flight Orchestra, Ferocious Dog, Mother Vulture, Jinjer, Skarlett Riot and Sacred Reich.

Swiss Alternative/Prog/Psych "variété" five-piece, La Bande à Joe, will unveil their third full-length record, 'Chrones', - inspired by the book La Horde du Contrevent d’Alain Damasio - this Friday 10th June through Table Basse Records, of which they have recently shared a first glance with today's Video Of The Day of 'Rire clavecin'. Formed in 2012, and inspired by Can to Léo Ferré, through Tame Impala or The Electric Prunes, in 2015 they released their debut full-length, 'Histoires', followed three years later by 'Solstices', which resulted in massive airplay on national radio plus a bunch of gigs in and around their local patch of Lausanne.

This week's Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day features both a preview of Gillingham's UKBlues Fuse Mini Festival on Saturday 18th June and new IBBA Picks of the month, with tracks from Mudlow, Will Wilde, Five Points Gang, The Cinelli Brothers, Dave Ferra and Catfish, plus there's also music from Emma Wilson and The Milk Men who will be playing Coulsdon's Tuesday Night Music Club, a tune from The Achievers who took part in The European Blues Challenge, and new releases from Eva Carboni, Mike Brookfield, The Terraplanes Blues Band, Geoff Achison and Brave Rival (pictured).

Originally broadcast on Tuesday on Ridge Radio, listen again to today's Simply Country Podcast Of The Day, featuring Katrina Burgoyne, Brei Carter, Arbor North, Stacey Z, The Gillies, Frock n Troll, Wesley Dean, Aishling Rafferty, The Heartland Roots Band, John Lewitt, Chelsea Kelly, Christa Fartek, Toni West, Danny McMahon, Downtown Roundabout, Emily Faye, The Carryover, Littlemen (pictured), The Kindly Ravens, Lainey Wilson, Lisa McHugh, Melody Moko, Molly O Connell, Morgan Johnston, Ashley Cooke & Brett Young, Auntie G, Shunie Crampsey, Stephanie Rabus and more.

Five-piece midwest rockers, Fight The Fade, continue the campaign towards their upcoming album, 'Apophysitis', out on Friday 22nd July on FiXT, featuring 14 ultra-catchy tracks that's a one-stop shop for their signature heavy-hitting edge that fans love about the band, including their latest single released last week, 'Revival', which is also one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Virgin Idol, Ernest Moon, Sheltered Sun, Prehistoric Animals and The Beast Of England.

Ahead of his UK Tour this month, iconic US Blues-Rock guitarist Walter Trout has recently revealed today's Video Of The Day for 'Ride', taken from his 30th solo album of the same name, which will be released on Friday 19th August via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Indeed, Walter is the beating heart of the modern Blues Rock scene. Respected by the old guard. Revered by the young guns. Adored by the fans who shake his hand after the show each night, and after five decades in the game, Trout remains a talismanic figure. Walter will also be joined by Elles Bailey in Chester, Buxton, Brighton, London, Holmfirth, Bury St. Edmunds and Frome (Monday 13th - Tuesday 21st June), Blue Milk in Edinburgh (Sunday 19th June) and Mollie Marriott in Southampton (Wednesday 22nd June).

Joining Grammy-winning Rock band Greta Van Fleet as Special Guests this month on their UK & European headline leg of their Dreams In Gold world tour, will be British Rock band The Amazons in Berlin, Vienne, Cologne and Frankfurt, plus US sensation Marcus King in Dublin, London and Manchester, and today's Video Of The Day of 'Safari Song', goes back to when we first saw them at London's O2 Islington Academy in April 2018. Indeed, their second album, 'The Battle at Garden’s Gate', released last year, elevated an elegance unseen from the young band before, with string orchestras, explorative songs, building a visual story with every track, thus exploring the boundaries of the group’s artistry. Suffice to say that in just four years, Josh Kiszka (vocals), Jake Kiszka (guitars), Sam Kiszka (bass & keys) and Danny Wagner (drums) have gone from touring the grimy Rock bars of Detroit and Saginaw to headlining shows on five continents with audiences triple their hometown’s population!

Released digitally last Friday by Seahorse Recordings, 'As a Sky of Fallen Planets', is the debut album by the enigmatic Faceless Night Lines, a young composer based in the South of Italy, near Naples, and his dense, exoteric work, that will likely appeal to fans of the icy and enigmatic minimalism of Mùm, Sigur Ros, Ulver, Howard Shore and Akira Yamaoka, is more than evident on 'A.7-The Call Of The Horn', one of today's six of the best 'Platinum Jubilee Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Fear Not, Weimar, StormbounD, The Algorithm and WEAK13.

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, featuringThe Groove Krewe, Larry McCray (pictured), Malaya Blue, Gary Cain, Kenny Neal, Elkie Brooks, The McNamarr Project, The Love Light Orchestra, Bloomin' Hummerz, Johnny Sansone, The Cinelli Brothers, Gary Moore. Dana Fuchs and many more.