They’re headlining the second stage at Download Festival this year, they’re on the bill at Glastonbury and they’ve sold out London’s Hammersmith Apollo. And yet, here they are on a UK tour playing venues that have no more than a capacity of 600. But then, Enter Shikari (9) have never been a band to play [...]
Author Archives: Elliot Leaver
It started outside the Academy itself. First, a man called Dino Canizares walked out of the main doors, posed with some fans, then made his way round past the long line of people queuing for entry and made his way (presumably) to the tour bus. Minutes later, a taxi pulled up outside, and out stepped [...]
Rumours of Sabaton’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The Swedish power metallers went from supporting Iron Maiden in Gothenburg and recording a fine album in ‘Carolus Rex’ to ending up with just two original band members out of six following a parting of the ways. But now, with guitarists Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund and [...]
I had the pleasure of catching up with Eric Harris,the bassist and singer of American rockers Gypsyhawk for an interview. The band’s second album ‘Revelry & Resilience’ was released earlier this year. Can you please introduce Gypsyhawk to the readers, please? Yeah man. My name is Eric, I sing and play bass. Andrew Packer and [...]
I had the pleasure of catching up with Julian Matejka, drummer for German outfit Over Your Threshold. The band’s debut album ‘Facticity’ was released earlier this month. Can you please introduce Over Your Threshold to the readers, please? Hi folks, we´re Over Your Threshold from Munich, Germany. We play what is called “progressive death metal”, [...]
Is there no end to Mike Patton’s talent? From fronting Faith No More, to other bands like Mr Bungle and Fantômas and appearances with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Lovage, it appears that nothing is too much of a challenge for the singer. And so it proves again with ‘Laborintus II’, a take on Luciano [...]
With their Sunday headlining set at Sonisphere cancelled, Faith No More took the move to stay in the country and play a couple of London dates to make up for the unfortunate demise of the festival in question. Supporting them on the night at were Guano Padona (6), an Italian trio who were joined by [...]
