The mothership of German Industrial/Metal crossover strikes again as Die Krupps release their new covers album, 'Songs From The Dark Side Of Heaven', on Friday 28th May on Oblivion/SPV, of which Blue Oyster Cult's 'Don't Fear The Reaper' is one of today's six of the best 'Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by by five further new and forthcoming releases fromSense Of Fear, Autumn Tears, Deadwolff, Jizzy Pearl's Love/Hate and Wooden Veins.

Don't miss out on two mouthwatering virtual experiences today, as Los Angeles rockers Black Veil Brides perform 'Unplugged' at BlackVeilBrides.LIVE at 4pm PDT/7PM EDT/Midnight BST, ahead of the release of the band’s sixth studio album,'The Phantom Tomorrow' on Friday 4th June, whilst earlier at 8pm BST, at www.facebook.com/EMPYRE/live (also available to non-Facebook users), British Rock band Empyre celebrate today's release of their latest album, 'The Other Side', with a live show, of which the acoustic track, 'Too Close', is today's Video Of The Day. Recorded live in Los Angeles at the Den Studios,radio hits and fan favourites comprise theBlack Veil Brides’setlist, including'Vale (This Is Where It Ends)' from the band’s fifth studio album, which has never been performed live before. Meanwhile, before their main event, at 6pm BST, Empyre fans can also tune in to RWS 103.3FM's Lee Graham at https://rwsfm.co.ukfor a two hour "Empyre Special".

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and Beyond with More Music and Less Chat, including New Releases, Classic Tracks and UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, featuring music from Chris Cain, Tomislav Goluban, Rebecca Downes, AJ Fullerton, The Hitman Blues Band, Half Deaf Clatch, Wily Bo Walker & E D Brayshaw, Trevor B Power, JP Williams Blues Band, Steve Cropper (pictured), Altered Five Blues Band, Dexter Allen, Amaury Faivre, Dave Thomas, Arielle, BluesShack and many more.

Royal Hunt's Andre Andersen recently reached number three spot in Burrn Magazine's 'Top Keyboards Players' chart, and 'The Art Of Dying', taken from their latest album, 'Dystopia', is one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by by five further new and forthcoming releases from Warped, Hippie Death Cult, Bloodbound, Madisyn Whajne and Mordred.

Following his debut album, 'Karmic Blues', which topped the Amazon Blues Charts in 2019, one of the Blues album's of 2021, Ajay Srivastav’s 'Powerless', is due to be released on Friday 25th June, of which the infectious, 'Golden', is today's Video Of The Day. Unabashed in its feeling for joy, it sounds like Chuck Berry navigating his giddy way across the Indian subcontinent, whispering “We are golden because we’re alive”. Indeed, Ajay's soulful, genre-stradling songs are the product of a crossfire hurricane of influences, drawing equally from the Mississippi Delta that sired the Blues and the Varanasi Ghats where prayers are performed beside the Ganges.

Nocturnal Hollow join today's Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day to play and to talk about their new album, 'Triumphantly Evil', plus there's brand new releases from Bark, Inhuman Condition, Misanthropik Torment, Capra, Midnight, Temple of Void, Midnight Dice, Cannibal Corpse, Monster Magnet, Bongzilla, Bloody Hammers, Empress, Extinguish, Luna's Call, Ad Meliora, Morbid Saint, Solus Ex Inferis, Green Lung, Sombre, Wizardthrone, The Obsessed, Winter Eternal, Pestilence, Siderean, Paradox Community, Cadaveric Incubator, Michael Fulkerson, and some classics, by request, from Death Angel, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane and Obituary!

Hailing from Cannock, J.R. Harbridge is a talented, multi-instrumentalist and master musician, and his brand-new album, ‘Long Black River’, is due to drop this Friday 30th April, of which the track, 'Sunshine Not Rain', is one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by by five further new and forthcoming releases from The Age Of Ore, Léanie Kaleido, Nocturnal Hollow, Mike Ross and King Zebra (Feat. Guernica Mancini).

If you missed the original pay-per-view event, or just want to watch it again, 'Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman', is the new live CD/DVD from Joe Bonamassa, out on Friday 11th June, of which, 'High Class Girl', is today's Video Of The Day. Last September, Blues Rock Superstar Bonamassa set out to perform his latest solo studio album, 'Royal Tea', for fans amidst a global entertainment shutdown, that led to this incredible live concert, and Joe's final show of 2020, at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Indeed, no audience was allowed in the venue, but VIP ticket holders, whose tickets included a donation to the 'Fueling Musicians Program', were immortalised as cardboard cutouts, filling the pews of the Ryman!

White Moth Black Butterfly, the project from TesseracT’s Daniel Tompkins, have shared their first single, and today's Video Of The Day of 'The Dreamer, from their new album ’The Cost of Dreaming’, which is due out on Friday 28th May via Kscope. The project sees Tompkins collaborating with New-Delhi based Skyharbor songwriter and producer Keshav Dhar, US based producer and string arranger Randy Slaugh (who has previously worked with the likes of Devin Townsend and Architects & Periphery), the ethereal vocals of UK singer and lyricist Jordan Turner, and last, but not least, drummer Mac Christensen.

After a brilliant 2019, Sunderland's Kubix Festival returns for a rescheduled third year on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd July across their two stages at Herrington Park, and today's six of the best 'Kubix Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day focus on the bands playing on the second day (pictured), namely Levellers, Wilko Johnson, Hugh Cornwell, Stiff Little Fingers, Cast and New Model Army.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day takes two UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association picks of the month from Rob Berry and Scott McKeon, five 'International Artist' finalists in The UK Blues Awards (Shemekia Copeland, Larkin Poe, Southern Avenue, Savoy Brown and Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar), two upcoming bands in Delta Fuse and Brass Hip Flask, plus five new releases from Lynne Jackaman (pictured), Alex Lopez, Mike Ross, The Halley Devestern Band and Wily Bo Walker & E D Brayshaw!

Canadian Rock/Metal crossover quartet Sumo Cyco transcend into an explosive new era with their third full-length album and Napalm Records debut, 'Initiation', on Friday 7th May, of which their track, 'Bystander', is today's Video Of The Day. Indeed, 'Initiation', sees the Hamilton, Ontario, natives duly inviting a mass of new fans into their warped, dystopian-like world of “Cyco City”! Interlaced with infectious Heavy Metal grooves, Pop-perfected hooks, electronic undertones and a dose of Punk flavour, 'Initiation' breaks all the rules while delivering a cohesive yet purely unbridled sonic adventure.