Originally from Finland, five-piece Rock band Grandmother Corn will release 'Help Me' this Friday 20th November, and it's the second single to be released from their upcoming fourth album. The band’s trademark sound is a mix of fast intricate rhythms, scorching guitars and energetic vocals. Indeed, the Helsingin Sanomat, the largest subscription newspaper in the Nordic countries gave their last album, 'Don’t Look Back', a glowing five-star review! Touring constantly and gaining a remarkable reputation with their high energy performances, the band played a round of sold out shows in London, Bristol, Harrogate, Helsinki and Tallinn at the beginning of this year.

For fans of Iron Maiden, Helloween, Symphony X, Kamelot, Marty Friedman, and Dragonforce, Progressive/Power Metal quartet, Immortal Guardian, recently unveiled the music video for today’s Track Of The Day, ‘Lockdown’, taken from their upcoming 2021 concept album, ‘Psychosomatic’, via M-Theory Audio, out on Friday 12th February. It’s the second single taken from ‘Psychosomatic’, and the album itself is a product of the extraordinary events of 2020. Indeed, the result is a truly multi-national record, with guitarist/keyboardist Gabriel Guardian remaining in Las Vegas, vocalist Carlos Zema recording his vocals from his home in Brazil, new drummer Justin Piedimonte joining the band from his hometown in Montreal, and new bassist Joshua Lopez remaining in Immortal Guardian's native Texas. Following on from their acclaimed 2018 debut full-length, ‘Age of Revolution’, this is the next step, capturing the band’s exhilarating trademark melding of Melodic Power Metal with Progressive/shred tendencies.

‘Dance Of The Black Tattoo’, a magnificent collection of rare and vital versions of Magnum’s most accomplished, uplifting Rock compositions, is all set to more than light up every Rock music fan’s dreary winter days once it’s released next year on Friday 8thJanuary on Steamhammer/SPV.During the three years since Magnum brought out ‘The Valley Of Tears - The Ballads’, a compilation that focused on their quiet, more other worldly and dreamy side, the idea matured to follow with a companion piece, ‘Dance Of The Black Tattoo’, alternatively highlighting the band’s anthemic, harder rocking, blockbuster songs. Consequently, Tony Clarkin - guitar,Bob Catley - vocals, Rick Benton - keyboards, Dennis Ward - bass and Lee Morris - drums delved deep into their impressive archives to unearth this rare live cuts and outstanding radio edits of fourteen fist-in-the-air-pumping Rock numbers! The band is also set to tour the UK and Ireland next year, kicking off at Nottingham’s Rock City on Thursday 16thSeptember.

Angelo Tristan, front man of UK rockers Collateral, delivers to fans a present for the festive period, with therelease of his ‘Acoustic Covers Lockdown EP’ on Christmas Day. It consists of four covers of songs that he holds in high esteem, recorded in his home studio during Lockdown this year. The EP will be a digital only release and includes Aerosmith’s ‘Dream On’, Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’, Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin' On A Prayer’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’.

Pulchra Morte joins today’s Zach Moonshine Show Track Of The Day to talk about their new record 'Ex Rosa Ceremonia', the bands influences, recording/live gigs, the band’s origins and stories from the road. They also discuss working with Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More) at Maor Appelbaum Mastering, plus guest appearances from Jay Fernandez (Brutality), Heather Dykstra, 1349, Immolation, Exhumed, Black Tusk, Mondo Generator and more! This episode also features new music from Sacrocurse (Mexico), Wayward Dawn, Briton Rites, Ardduc, Writhing (Australia), Asgardsreia, Elephant Tree, Baxaxaxa, Bloodkill, Cyrax, Sur Austru, Dungeon Weed, State Of Mind, Cardinal Wyrm, Valravn (Finland), Wolfstar, Crawl Below, Dread Sovereign, Blind Witness, Nominon, Mephistofeles (Argentina), Mortiferum, Hermit's Maze, Hypnos, In The Company Of Serpents, Lykantropi, Malsten, plus there’s classics from Gina And The Eastern Block, Warbringer, Alice in Chains, Jason Aaron Wood, Type O Negative, In Solitude, Iommi and Morbid Angel!

Here to pitch a belter of a Video Of The Day is today’s debut Melodic Metal Rock single, 'Waking The Damned', from Jason Payne & The Black Leather Riders, that was released on Friday. After years of focus, tuition programs, past bands and international competitions developing his musical style, 2017 to 2020 saw the London based artistfront the British Rock outfit Louzada on guitar and vocals, amassing thousands of worldwide fans through just one EP. However, the arrival of the worldwide pandemic brought about the amicable hiatus of Louzada, resulting in time to put in the focus and determination needed to launch his most ambitious project yet; Jason Payne & The Black Leather Riders.Think big riffs, impactful grit-laden vocals and an energy just screaming to be invited to the live stage.

To celebrate the release next year on Honey Jar Records, on Friday 5th March, of a double-LP vinyl reissue of their modern classic, 'The Muse', The Wood Brothers have premiered a performance of the album in its entirety, which is today’s Video Of The Day. Originally issued on 1st October 2013 via Zac Brown's Southern Ground label, the 11-track collection was produced by Nashville music legend Buddy Miller and contains many of The Wood Brothers most celebrated songs that remain staples of their live performances to this day, including 'Wastin' My Mind', 'Sing About It', 'Neon Tombstone', 'Keep Me Around' and 'I Got Loaded'. An initial vinyl pressing of ‘The Muse’ sold out years ago and has been in high demand by The Wood Brothers' fanbase ever since.

Larkin Poe (Track Of The Day) are joining forces with Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown at 7pm GMT tonight to bring fans a virtual musical extravaganza, which promises to bring plenty of Yuletide cheer and classic Christmas tunes. Fans can join the airing live here http://shakepoe.veeps.com to watch the show and chat in real-time with both bands. Last month, The GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo of Rebecca and Megan Lovell, released ‘Kindred Spirits’, their first ever covers album - a collection of stripped-back versions of both classic and new songs – and their second full-length album of 2020 following June’s release of ‘Self Made Man'. Both albums were produced by Larkin Poe and released on their own Tricki-Woo Records.

Tonight, The Kris Barras Band perform a very special Kris-Mas livestream show here www.krisbarrasband.com/ticketsat 8pm GMT, where you’ll be able to catch the band from the comfort of your own home with more than a small dose of festive merriment. Barras will perform a 30-minute acoustic set, followed by a full band show. The band will also be hitting the road in 2021, supporting Thunder at the SSE Wembley Arena on Saturday 15th May and be joining Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry for a month from Thursday 9th September and culminating at the legendary Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 29th September.

Following the release of their semi-prophetic Top 10 album, ‘Easter Is Cancelled’, at the end of last year, The Darkness return tonight here https://www.axs.com/uk/events/397551/the-darkness-tickets?skin=aegpresentsuk at 8pm GMT to close 2020 with a new message of festive joy and goodwill with a live concert and stream from London’s Indigo at The O2. It will also be recorded for a live album, ‘Streaming of a White Christmas’, out in April 2021 on CD and Vinyl, in partnership with Live Here Now. The show promises to be a flamboyant extravaganza packed with all the snow and tinsel one could dream of as the band unwrap a selection of their biggest hits, fan favourites and Christmas cracker surprises galore. Spreading further Christmas cheer this year, The Darkness have also teamed up with Signature Brew to create the special extra seasonal bitter, Bells End!

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day is 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 King King, Joe Bonamassa (pictured), Dr. Feelgood, The Teskey Brothers, Catfish, The BluesBones, Tanya Piche Blues Band, Laura B And Her Band, Shaun Murphy, When Rivers Meet, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective, Jo Harman, Frank Bey, Katie Bradley, Dave Ferra, Pink Floyd, Rosco Levee & The Southern Slide, plus many more.

'Rock And Roll Radio', the third solo album by Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Palace, was released by Frontiers at the beginning of this month, of which the track, 'Way Up Here', is today's Video Of The Day. It's the first that Palace has fully self-produced, mixed and mastered, and it delivers authentic 80's influenced AOR/Melodic Rock in spades, with dreamy keyboards, layers of soaring guitars, a huge drum sound and thundering bass. Palace has also featured on releases by other artists, with the likes of labelmates Angelica, Crazy Lixx, Find Me and Creye benefitting from his expert songwriting, guitar and vocal skills. His association with Frontiers began as a songwriter and guitarist for First Signal (featuring Harem Scarem vocalist Harry Hess), Cry of Dawn (featuring session vocalist Göran Edman), Kryptonite (featuring The Poodles vocalist Jakob Samuel) and Toby Hitchcock (also of Pride Of Lions), after which he signed to the label.