The London five piece have put their new spine crushing, face melting, Spleen destroying track “No Turning Back” up for you horrible lot to listen to free of charge on their glorious facebook page (which van be found at the bottom of the page). The guys who originally formed in 2007 deliver a sound that really [...]
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I had the pleasure of catching a few words (and a few drinks) with Ireland’s newest metal export Twisted Wrath. Here’s their Bio: Formed in late 2007, TWISTED WRATH are a Heavy Metal outfit from the west of Ireland. Showcasing the Metal drive of bands like Megadeth, Testament, Metallica with of hints of W.A.S.P, Iron [...]
Following their support set with Sabaton at the KoKo in London I had the great pleasure of catching up with Andy Sneap who has been instrumental in resurrecting Hell……. Here’s a pic and the audio is below, warning though he said “F**ked” :) Hell
What better way to kick off Christmas than with a gig in fact tonight was my final gig of 2011 and it also just so happens to be two of my favourite bands Gothenburg, Sweden’s awesome power metalers Hammerfall and Yorkshire, England’s legendary Saxon. I am unfortunately ( I say unfortunately but it wasn’t [...]
I was lucky enough to catch up with Enid, Denise and Jackie of the fantastic Girlschool at this years Hard Rock Hell festival in Prestatyn. I managed to convince them to come back to my chalet and have a chat about Hit and Run revisted, playing at the Hard Rock Hell festival and a few [...]
First act of the evening were London’s own Designs of Chaos a five piece setup that deliver head splitting vocals with demonic beats finished off with some brilliantly catchy riffage. Listing their influences as Lamb of God, Metallica, Opeth and Black Sabbath you can kind of imagine what I mean by the first sentence. Set opener of [...]
Prior to their final show supporting Duff Mckagen’s Loaded I had the pleasure of catching up Mikey Satiar and Stew Milton (who for the purpose of the interview will be refereed to as Ben, don’t worry you’ll see what I mean) of Manchester’s fantastic Dear Superstar. If you missed Dear Superstar with Duff McKagen don’t fear as the boys [...]
I was lucky enough to catch up with Biff Byford of metal titans Saxon just before they embarked on the second part of their “Call to Arms” world tour which sees them returning to the UK for a string of shows in December. Saxons UK Shows: Tuesday 13th of December – Oxford – O2 Academy – Tickets [...]
Larry Patterson’s (formerly of Blaze Bayley and now with Rogue Male) lovely Mapex drum kit and Paiste cymbals have been stolen from Palmer’s Green. The kit is unusual in that its colour is not available for that series. The gear comprised: Mapex Saturn Series in Ebony Burst (usually only available for Orion kits – [...]
Right where do I start? Yeah good place the beginning…. Tracer hail from Adelaide and they are a three piece rock outfit made up of Leigh Brown – Bass and Vocals, Michael Brown – Guitars and Vocals, Andre Wise – Drums and bring a sound something like a lethal cocktail of Zeppelin, Foo Fighters and Pearl [...]
Firstly I have to thank my good friend Jorrin from Holland as without him I may have not heard of Volbeat until much later on my life so Jorrin thanks very much mate! The first time I heard Volbeat I knew I’d be a fan for life and between us Jorrin and I have introduced [...]
As you all should know by know the greatest rock band in history have returned, yes that’s right Wolfsbane are rocking the world once again. The quartet of superstars have just announced the track listing for the new album “Wolfsbane save the world!” which is available to pre order now and it is as follows: [...]
Well the time has finally come! 17 years since our ear drums were sexually abused by Wolfsbane and their new album is only licking distance away. Wolfsbane Save The World will be available to pre order tomorrow from their webshop and has been produced with no interfering record company, No bullshit pushing arseholes telling them [...]
American Thrashers go head to head at Hammerfest IV Well, well, well, ..If it wasn’t enough to get Anthrax slamming their sound n couture all over Friday night, we now see them going head to head with American Thrash lords…Exodus..who now take centre stage for a double Thrash header which should blow the place to [...]
Los Angeles based underground metal veterans My Ruin featuring lead screamer Tairrie B and guitarist / husband Mick Murphy announce their “Southern Revelation Tour” to celebrate the release of My Ruin’s new seventh album “A Southern Revelation” which the band are making available as a *Free Download* and gift to fans starting December 7, 2011 [...]
Back in the early eighties is when the now infamous Onslaught were brought in to existence by guitarist Nige Rockett, bassist Paul Hill & vocalist Jase Pope however it wasn’t until 2007 now joined by Sy Keeler on vocals when the band delivered us the album “Killing Peace” (which was as much like being kicked [...]
[media-credit name="Carved Photography" align="aligncenter" width="559"][/media-credit] Triaxis invite you to ‘Name That Tune’! No, seriously, they actually do need you to name one of their tunes! They are going into the studio next week to record their second album and one of their new songs desperately needs a title (it’s been going by the working title of ‘Rather Fast’ for the [...]
Attica Rage with support from L Sol Tace, Mekanizm & Kopperhed A warm Saturday evening and it’s off to Holloway for an evening of Metal shenanigans laid on for us by the awesome Monsta Ents and first up were Kopperhed. Hailing from London it was nice to begin the evening with some local talent and [...]
[media-credit id=4704 align="alignleft" width="800"][/media-credit]Hammerfest now in it’s forth year is truly shaping up to be a must attend event, this year sees Welsh Ragga Metallers Skindred return to headline the Saturday with the very welcome additions of Heavens Basement who have not played the Hammerfest stage before and also to the incredibly awesome Sci Fi Mafia who made their [...]
[media-credit id=4704 align="alignleft" width="887"][/media-credit] Inmoria’s second studio album ‘A Farewell To Nothing – The Diary Part I’ is now confirmed for release via Rock It Up Records, and Metalbox Recordings (digital). Release Date: 7 October 2011 Tour Dates October 15 – Sweden, Sonderham, Club Helldorado 21 – UK, Plymouth, The Junction* 22 – UK, Exeter, [...]

