The Treatment - Running With The Dogs

One of Britain’s best upcoming rock bands The Treatment have made a name for themselves touring with KISS, Motely Crue and Slash. They are back with a brand new album that most certainly shows the growth of the Cambridge rockers!

Kicking off with the single I Bleed Rock And Roll is a song that I think particularly sums up The Treatment to a tee…they bleed some classic, raw rock and roll perfectly. The album from that point on just gets better with songs such as Drop Like A Stone, title track Running With The Dogs and Cloud Across The Sun; these songs contain the crucial ingredients needed for the perfect rock songs, which includes original guitar riffs/solos, excellent vocal work and melodies that will fly around in your head for hours on end.

My personal favourite tracks on the album are Emergency, Cloud Across The Sun and Unchain My World. I cannot get enough of the song Emergency; I have probably listened to that about ten times today because the fantastic harmonies in the catchy chorus just have you hooked. Cloud Across The Sun is the equivalent of Just Tell Me Why from the previous album, a brilliant track just to sway and wave your arms along to when you need a break from headbanging. Unchain My World is a beautiful acoustic ballad that really shows off the ability of vocalist Matt Jones and it’s very different to the tracks I have heard from them previously.

So from this review I’m sure you gathered that I really enjoyed this album from The Treatment. All I can end the review with is that the albums of 2014 have most certainly got off to an unbelievably cracking start and Running With The Dogs is vital evidence of that!

Click here to listen to their new album before release date Monday, I've bought my copy!

Rating:  10/10

R.I.Y.L:  Aerosmith, Jettblack and AC/DC

Stand out tracks:  Emergency, Cloud Across The Sun and Unchain My World

Be sure to catch them on their UK tour which starts Monday 3^rd Feb!

Tour dates

03/02/2014             Waterfront Studio, Norwich

04/02/2014             Rock City (Basement), Nottingham

05/02/2014             The Sugarmill, Stoke On Trent

07/02/2014             O2 Academy Islington, London

08/02/2014             Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton

09/02/2014             Academy 3, Manchester

10/02/2014             Corporation, Sheffield

11/02/2014             King Tuts, Glasgow

13/02/2014             Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

14/02/2014             Thekla, Bristol

Find The Treatment on Facebook and Twitter

Introducing - Cage The Gods

With an appearance in Classic Rock magazine, an upcoming tour and upcoming debut album under their belts, it looks like Cage The Gods are the newest rock band to watch out for this year. ‘Comparing it to previous experiences, 2013 has been quite quick for Cage The Gods’ says guitarist Jam ‘Our first gig was almost a year ago, so 2014 could go at the same pace’.

They will be joining fellow hard rock band The Treatment for their UK tour, both of these bands will be promoting their brand new albums, for Cage The Gods it will be their debut album Badlands. ‘Favourite Sin the title track of our previous EP will be included on the album’ Jam reveals ‘An acoustic version of Sacrifice will also be on the album too.’

Be sure to catch Cage The Gods on tour with The Treatment throughout the UK, which starts 3^rd February.

Tour dates

03/02/2014             Waterfront Studio, Norwich

04/02/2014             Rock City (Basement), Nottingham

05/02/2014             The Sugarmill, Stoke On Trent

07/02/2014             O2 Academy Islington, London

08/02/2014             Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton

09/02/2014             Academy 3, Manchester

10/02/2014             Corporation, Sheffield

11/02/2014             King Tuts, Glasgow

13/02/2014             Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

14/02/2014             Thekla, Bristol

Find Cage The Gods on Facebook, Twitter and their official website.

Cage The Gods to join The Treatment on UK tour!

Following the success of their tour with The Answer, Cage The Gods will be hitting the road with The Treatment!

I was very excited to open up the email from Duff Publishing announcing this because The Treatment are a personal favourite band of mine and I watched Cage The Gods perform when they were support Heaven's Basement and they were a fantastic live band to watch! This run of tour dates (seen below) are in support of their debut album Badlands!

Their EP Favourite Sin is available from iTunes so be sure to give that a listen before catching them on tour.

You can find Cage The Gods on Facebook and their official website

Tour dates

Sat 7th Dec 2013           Great Yarmouth, Planet Rockstock (4pm start)
Wed 12th Dec                Nottingham, Rock City Headline Show
Thurs 13th Dec              Sheffield, Greystones Headline Show
Fri 14th Dec                   Manchester, Deaf Institute Headline Show
Mon 3rd Feb 2014         Norwich, Waterfront Studio - supporting The Treatment
Tues 4th Feb                  Nottingham, Rock City Basement
Wed 5th Feb                  Stoke, The Sugarmill
Fri 7th Feb                     London, O2 Islington Academy
Sat 8th Feb                    Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
Sun 9th Feb                   Manchester, Academy 3
Mon 10th Feb                Sheffield, Corporation
Tues 11th Feb                Glasgow, King Tuts
Thurs 13th Feb              Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Fri 14th Feb                   Bristol, Thekla

Jettblack and Crashdiet @ The Joiners, Southampton 28/04/2013

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CRASHDIET, WESTERN SAND + HOLLYWOOD TRASH @ THE JOINERS, SOUTHAMPTON 28/04/2013
Words by Charlotte Whittingham
Photos by Naomi Rigley

Thunderous drums, slick guitar solos and big hair were the main factors of Jettblack and Crashdiet’s sold out co-headline show at The Joiners for the last night of their tour.

The night kicked off with local hard rockers Hollywood Trash, influences from Motley Crue and Guns ‘N’ Roses were very clear through the band’s music. With powerful vocal work, rolling drums and original guitar solos, this young band definitely have the whole rock package and have the potential to climb high on the musical ladder with their catchy songs such as Mr Rock ‘N’ Roll and Diamond In Your Eye. Overall a great performance from Hollywood Trash and a fantastic way to start a fantastic evening, if you haven’t seen this band already I highly recommend it. The positive reactions amongst the crowd from beginning to the end of their set said it all.

Next up were Bournemouth Southern rockers Western Sand, this gig showed that they have most definitely grown as a band and how far they have come since I first saw them nearly two years ago. An atmospheric backing track built up anticipation amongst the crowd as they made their way onto the stage, starting with song Better Days really got the crowds going and their set was well underway. Tonight was the premier of brand new song Dog Without A Bone that started off quite ballad like, so when it sharply transitioned to the upbeat tempo I was taken aback as I did not expect it. Overall a fantastic performance from the boys, they now also have a new EP available click their link at the bottom of the page for more details.

As Swedish glam rockers Crashdiet made their way to the stage the cheers and chants were heard all over the venue. I hadn’t seen them live before so I didn’t know quite what to expect. Starting off with their new album opener Change The World got the crowds going instantly, they had a great stage presence and it was great how they interacted with the fans. There was a mixture of material from their latest album and their previous albums, from Riot in Everyone to Garden Of Babylon everything about Crashdiet’s performance on stage was flawless. From their slick guitar riffs to vocalists Simon Cruz’s charismatic stage presence, Crashdiet definitely did themselves proud and blew the roof off The Joiners. Judging from the crowd’s reaction I think Southampton would like to see them come back soon.

Last but by certainly no means least High Wycombe rockers Jettblack take to the stage. Seeing them previously, they usually tend to bring a stadium like atmosphere to small venues and Sunday night saw just that. Opening with anthem Two Hot Girls went down so well with the crowds that the mosh pits started early on. I could tell from that moment that Jettblack were well underway. Last year they released a new album Raining Rock so it was great to hear some of the new songs played live including my personal favourites Sunshine and Prison Of Love. I should also mention they filmed the live premier of Black Gold which bought a calmer tone to the evening. It was also fantastic to hear the classics such as Get Your Hands Dirty and MotherF*****. Closing with Raining Rock and their explosive cover of Danger Zone marked the end of an explosive show.

To conclude, this sleeze, glam, hard rock fest that happened at The Joiners it was truly an experience I will remember for a very long time. All the bands were fantastic and the atmosphere was just amazing, all I can say is if Crashdiet and Jettblack ever co-headline again I highly recommend going along.

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Find Western Sand on Facebook, Twitter and their official website

Find Crashdiet on Facebook, Twitter and their official website

Find Jettblack on Facebook, Twitter and their official website

Heaven's Basment preview

I am loving posting updates from bands I love and respect. London rockers Heaven's Basement have posted a video previewing songs from their brand new album and promoting their UK joint headline tour with Jettblack in May, one of the venues is Southampton's Talking Heads so you can guess I'm going....can't wait. Ever since hiring a new singer their sound is a little bit different to their previous stuff but I think the new sound is pretty cool. Here is the video.

For tour date info click here