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Sunday is always a sad day when it’s the last day of Bloodstock so it was the final journey from our hotel in Tamworth (getting too old to sleep on the ground now) to just catch the start of the rain and opening Ronnie James Dio Stage band Monument. Fronted …

Something heavy this way comes from ROAR Rock Of Ages Records that goes under the name of Hellhound, the third studio album from metallers Monument! No cliche is left out as they hammer out nine songs of pure heavy metal with joyous vigour. Lead by the powerful vocal pipes of …

British Heavy Metal Band MONUMENT have released a new music video for ‘William Kid‘. It’s the second single off their upcoming album “Hellhound“, including the Rainbow cover song ‘Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll‘. The song tells the tale of the infamous privateer of the same name and finds the band in incredible form giving some of their …

This year’s HRH Metal took place at the weekend in Birmingham. It’s the second year of the event, and the lineup was definitely appealing. The festival appeals to a lot of the same people as Hammerfest but for many people Birmingham is just easier to get to. With three stages …

The night kicked off with 2 cards of 25, a London based Hard rock band.  It’s certainly an unusual name which presumably has some meaning, but ignoring the name, what you have here is a very good hard rock band.  Singer Diego Gutierrez has a good voice, and is helped …

International rockers Outloud (now signed to Rock Of Angels Records in Greece) have been speaking about their forthcoming UK tour with Monument, which starts here on Friday April 10th at the Rebellion Rock Bar in Manchester…. “We are really psyched to be touring the UK for the first time,” says …

Monument played a superb set on the Sophie Lancaster stage on Thursday at Bloodstock.  Here are some photos of their set…. [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157646625602312″ size=”z” count=”100″]

Bloodstock is thankfully here with us once again with another 4 days of true metal but before the 3 main days the Sophie Lancaster stage hosts 5 bands on Thursday night, highlighting the wealth of UK metal.  Opening act  Stoke On Trent based Balls Deep wasted no time in stamping …

So, my second low key festival in July and as with Les-Fest in Scotland a few weeks earlier, came away completely blown away by the wealth of known and unknown talent on display. S.O.S Festival is now in it’s seventh year, set up by Rocksector Records owners Lynne Hampson and …

Things are hotting up at BLOODSTOCK HQ as even more bands are unveiled for 2014!! Joining the main stage bill are the newly renamed, ENTOMBED A.D.  After having to change their name from just ‘Entombed’, LG Petrov and his fellow band members are once again ready to let the music …

Saturday dawned bright, but not so early (I do need some sleep) and brought with it a busy day indeed.  The day kicked off gently with a local breakie and then heading over to the main stage at 12.15 for Bull-Riff Stampede.  Having seen their set on the New Blood …

We all felt kinda broken, beat and scarred after the brutality of the day and night of Day 1 of Les-Fest 2, but Saturday dawned with excitement and expectation as the acoustic stage came to life alongside the main stage to give those festival-goers a chance to chill out and …

One of the latest interviews we did at Les Fest at about 2am, we spoke to Peter Ellis (vocals) after Monument’s set.  As this was their first gig in Scotland we were interested to know what he thought of Les Fest, what the highlights have been for the past 2 …

Some pictures from day 2 of Les-Fest 2 from both stages.

Set to play the main stage at Les Fest this coming weekend, I caught up with Peter Elis (vocals) to discuss all things Les Fest.   There are only a couple of weeks now until Les Fest in Scotland, how excited are you about playing there? We are really excited …

Les-Fest is Scotland’s Award Winning* Rock & Metal Festival and is held in June at Valley International Park, Lanarakshire. The event takes place close to the village of Lesmahagow, on Friday the 28th until Sunday the 30th June 2013 and will see over 60 bands perform within the Valley International Park, …