DJ Xander

07/08/2024

Regardless of your position on immigration, DO NOT GO TO SOMEONE’S HOUSE TO “PROTEST” (riot), you PoS.

18/07/2024

In one month I'll be playing the Birmingham NIA!! 40% of my target, chip in a quid, yo!

Help NIK ALEXANDER raise money to support UPRAWR Mental Health Foundation

12/06/2024

Artists, do NOT use Viberate!!!

04/06/2024

Do young people listen to radio any more?

That was a question we at TotalRock asked ourselves recently. Recognising that the age of the audience for the radio part of the brand (which turned 24 years old last week) was starting to creep ever upwards, we decided to launch a new brand aimed designed exclusively for Under 25s.

Launched by the management team behind media company TotalRock, led by Tony Wilson (producer of rock shows at Radio 1 from 1973-1995), We Are TRXSH is designed exclusively for the under 25 generations with a safe community for Gens Z & A alt music fans and bands at its heart.

Responding to the different music discovery habits of the under 25 generations and embracing their highly eclectic sensibilities, We Are TRXSH aims to provide support for the alt music sub culture with direct engagement between fans and artists.

TRXSH has launched initially on TikTok, Discord and Instagram with a team led by Andrea Cutts whose CV includes label digital planning at Sony and Influencer marketing as a senior account executive at Digital Voices.

" We Are TRXSH is here to revolutionize the rock and metal music scene for the under-25s, particularly Generation Z and Generation Alpha. Our brand is dedicated to creating an inclusive and dynamic community where our audience can discover and engage with the raw energy of rock and metal artists. I am absolutely stoked to be heading up We Are TRXSH. We're not just about the music; we're about making noise, breaking barriers, and defining the future of rock and metal for the next generation.” - Andrea Cutts

“2023 was the year when I finally understood that there was a whole sub-culture of young alt. rock & metal fans and bands that had no on-line home. The solution was obvious - we had to create one. Clearly having recently acquired octogenarian status I was not going to take the lead. We advertised and recruited Andrea Cutts and a small team who have brought the idea to life and are now ‘ready to rock’ – as we would have said in the old days I” – Tony Wilson

Contacts

Content: Andrea Cutts - [email protected]
Business: Neil Jones - [email protected]

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Heading to Download? Keep an eye out for us!

25/04/2024

31/01/2024

***ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT***

Raised By Owls are proud to announce their long-awaited new album, Vol.3: (The Satirical Verses).

Set for worldwide release on Friday 3rd May 2024, Vol. 3: (The Satirical Verses) is assured to provide listeners with a levelled-up sonic onslaught. Eleven tight, well-crafted songs that pay homage to the music Raised By Owls love while poking gentle fun at the inherent silliness of metal culture is the band’s gambit.

Sam Strachan (vocals) states “Ironically, we’re not messing about when it comes to songwriting on this record. It’s such a cliché but these eleven songs are easily the best we’ve ever written. We all knew we needed to level up or risk fading into the realms of irrelevancy. I’m proud to say that the lads have knocked it out of the park. This feels like a soft re-brand for the band on all levels.”

TRACK-LISTING:
1. Comedy Metal is a F**king Embarrassment
2. Robert Zombie
3. Going for a Pint with Corpsegrinder
4. Dance Like Barney Greenway
5. The Dark And Twisted Realm In Which Fred Durst Resides
6. I’m Sorry I Wore a Dying Fetus T-Shirt to Your Baby’s Gender Reveal Party
7. Altars of Sadness
8. Strictly Come Danzig
9. I Honestly Thought OSDM Was A S*x Thing
10. Live, Laugh, Lars
11. None of This Will Matter in the End

Talking about the lyrical change in subject matter, Sam states “I knew I couldn’t do another album of British celebrity references. It wasn’t something I was particularly interested in doing, and I feel it’s the kind of thing that can get stale very quickly. When we started doing the online sketches regularly in 2020, I realised that poking fun at the absurd idiosyncrasies of metal itself resonated with people. Metalheads have a great sense of humour for the most part, and even the ones who don’t are unintentionally hilarious. It’s still recognisably us but it felt like a natural evolution to migrate the themes from our videos into our music.”

The artwork was created from the magnificent mind of Dan Goldsworthy Art (Corpsegrinder, Aborted, Sylosis). Sharing a similar love of extreme metal and cult UK comedies, Dan has captured the album’s themes perfectly. The artwork is a fantastic spectacle packed with nods to the album’s track-listing and lyrics. Make sure to zoom in and see if you can spot all the easter eggs!

With Vol.3: (The Satirical Verses), Raised By Owls are looking to push the band further than ever before and prove that there is a place for their brand of irreverent eccentricity within metal’s hallowed halls.

The first single (with accompanying music video) and album pre-orders launch this Friday. Mark it in your calendars, you don’t want to miss this!

Management/Booking/Press Enquiries: [email protected]

03/01/2024

Tried to make myself, apparently I'm just Mike Portnoy 😂

30/11/2023

How's that for a lineup! Early bird tix: www.mangatafestival.co.uk Do you think this will sell out for a third year in a row?

21/10/2023

Just a week until this awesome event takes place!!

26/09/2023

BLOODSTOCK 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT 🔥

If you've been hanging on for a few more bands to be revealed for BLOODSTOCK 2024 before snapping up your early bird ticket, this is the announcement you’ve been waiting for, with seven more stellar acts joining the bill.

🔥 Swedish progressive legends, Opeth will headline Friday’s Ronnie James Dio main stage for a very special fan-chosen set. What’s more, the performance will be their only UK show in 2024.

🔥 The mighty Hatebreed are bringing their 30th Anniversary set to Friday’s main stage bill.

🔥 Avant garde prog extremists Enslaved play the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Sunday.

🔥 Brazilian thrash outfit NERVOSA landing themselves a main stage slot on Friday.

🔥 There’s even more LatAm talent with Brazilian death squad CRYPTA bringing their brutal noise to the main stage on Saturday

🔥 Calling all power metal fans! BLOODSTOCK is pleased to share that Finnish PM gang, Beast In Black will be strutting their stuff on the main stage on Sunday.

🔥 Bay Area thrash veterans, Forbidden grab a slot on Saturday’s main stage.

Don’t wait much longer if you want an early bird ticket, because the allocation is over 90% sold, and after that, prices will increase bloodstock.seetickets.com