_{Queens Of The Stone Age have announced their Irish return as part of the Villains World Tour at 3Arena, Dublin on Friday 24th November 2017. The tour follows the release of the new album “Villains” on 25th August. Tickets priced from €50.65 including booking & facility fees go on sale next Thursday 22nd June at 9am via Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.ie}

_{Napalm Records have revealed detail of a new band called Exit Eden which features four female lead singers including Amanda Somerville (Trillium & Kiske Somerville). The band will release an album called “Rhapsodies in Black” on 4th August. The press release about the new band and the album has been copied below. You'll find an interview that I recorded with Amanda Somerville back in May 2015 on the Rock Radio NI website and on our MixCloud page -http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1974-ni-rocks-interview-with-amanda-somerville.html}

_{“Apex” is the fourth studio album from Canadian metal band Unleash The Archers and it was released on 2nd June via Napalm Records. I’d seen the ‘death metal’ label applied to the band in the past, but that really doesn’t reflect what I’d heard from the band recently. Listening to the album I really liked what I heard – definitely more heavy metal than death metal and definitely worth checking out. I played the opening single “Cleanse The Bloodlines” on the Friday NI Rocks Show uploaded on 3rd May and “The Matriarch” on the Show uploaded on 17th May. An interview with lead singer Brittney Slayes will be featured on the Show next week along with more tracks from the album.}