Having completed a hugely successful debut American tour earlier this year with August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada, Bleed From Within is now currently in the midst of a colossal summer tour, taking in both headline shows, some performances with Heaven Shall Burn and festival appearances at the likes of Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Summer Breeze (Germany) and Alcatraz (Belgium). This run is …
Read More »Download festival announce 2019 headliners
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced Def Leppard, Slipknot, and Tool, as its 2019 headliners, plus SEVENTEEN of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and metal. The three-day festival takes place on 14 – 16 June 2019 at the spiritual home of rock …
Read More »Trivium release live video for Betrayer; UK tour in April
US riff champions Trivium have released a video recapping the Autumn 2017 leg of ‘The Sin and The Sentence Tour’, featuring Arch Enemy. A big success for the band, it notched up some of the largest North American attendance tallies in Trivium’s history. In the six-minute clip, singer/guitarist Matt Heafy …
Read More »TRIVIUM release ‘Lake Of Fire’
TRIVIUM have shared ‘Lake of Fire’, the third and final instant grat track from their forthcoming reissue of Ember To Inferno, out December 2 via Cooking Vinyl. Listen to “Lake of Fire” here. “‘The Red Album’ is the best recorded version of the absolute earliest Trivium there is,” said singer and guitarist Matt Heafy. “‘Thrust’ was the very first Trivium …
Read More »Trivium unearth rare demo ahead of re-release; support bands announced
Ahead of the re-release of their catalyst debut album ‘Ember To Inferno’, firebrands Trivium have unearthed a rare demo for fans to get their hands on early. For pre-orders of ‘Ember To Inferno’ (set for release on December 2 via Cooking Vinyl), fans will now receive ‘The Storm’ as an …
Read More »Theories Divide – The Outcast
The first sip of a perfectly poured pint of Guinness. The choreography of Riverdance. Sheamus’ Brogue Kick. The clash of the ash. Whatever way you look at it, Ireland packs a serious punch. Theories Divide can safely add themselves to the list. Formed in Dublin in 2008, the quartet have been …
Read More »Blunderbuss Unleash New Song “Stop it now”
Blunderbuss Unleash New Song “Stop it now” 12 days before the release of their brand new EP ‘Resurrection’ and a few weeks after the single “Last Day Before Resurrection”, French alternative Nu-metal outfit Blunderbuss just unleashed a new bouncing song from this upcoming effort called “Stop it now” and available right …
Read More »Trivium – O2 Academy Leicester, 26/3/16.
As the chords of Iron Maiden’s epic ‘Run to the Hills’ play as an intro, the impending Easter bank holiday means one thing, no one’s holding back. With the O2 being located in student land and this being Trivium‘s first outing to Leicester, it all adds up to one hell …
Read More »TRIVIUM unveil new video for Dead And Gone; UK tour kicks off March 20
US heavy metal goliaths TRIVIUM have unveiled a brand new video today for their song ‘Dead And Gone’, from their latest album ‘Silence In The Snow’. TRIVIUM kick off their UK headline tour in Norwich on March 20. The band are playing 11 shows across England and Scotland, deliberately going …
Read More »Metal Allegiance – Metal Allegiance
This debut album should really have been a stone cold classic from Metal Allegiance as their core musical line up consists of Mike Portnoy on drums, Alex Skolnick on guitar and Dave Ellefson on bass guitar with an array of guest vocalists but out of the 9 tracks, only 7 …
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Friday, 7/8/2015
Another year another Bloodstock and 2015 was one of the best I have attended to say the least. All 4 stages threw up some incredible performances although 2 out of the 3 main stage headliners were below par for me. I headed off from my hotel in Tamworth early so …
Read More »Trivium interview at Bloodstock 2015
Was there ever any doubt that Trivium would do anything else but triumph at Bloodstock? Of course not, with new material, a new stage set, all debuted at this years festival, this was a headline set not to be missed. I had a chat with Corey prior to the show, …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK reveals final headliner TRIVIUM + SABATON & AGALLOCH
While large portions of the UK are cooing over the penguin in the John Lewis Christmas TV ad, over at BLOODSTOCK HQ, we prefer this little fella: If our SEPULTURA-listening friend is more your style too, BLOODSTOCK HQ have got your back, with three more crackin’ bands announced before the …
Read More »Dragonforce – Maximum Overload
British Power Metal band Dragonforce release their sixth album in August. Entitled Maximum Overload, it’s their second album with their current singer Marc Hudson, and will be followed by a Headline tour of the UK – and unlike many bands that announce a “UK tour”, this one isn’t jsut dates …
Read More »Hellfest Open Air – Friday, 20th June 2014
With an estimated 138,000 people passing through the gates this year across the weekend, it’s clear that Hellfest is bigger than ever. Planetmosh took a trip across the pond to get a taste of the ‘ooh-la-laAAARGH’ at France’s biggest rock festival… With six stages operating a ‘three on, three off’ …
Read More »Download Festival 2014 – Interview with Trivium
I was lucky enough to catch up with Corey from Trivium at Download Festival to talk about THAT 2005 Donington set, working with David Draiman and Paolo’s internet-famous cat…
Read More »Second Rate Angels – ‘The Lost Days’ EP
Second Rate Angels are a four piece from Hemel Hempstead, England (a place not known for metal… lol!). They have been a hard working band since late 2011 with a load of gigs under their belts, and they have just released their debut EP, ‘The Lost Days’. This EP is …
Read More »10 bands to see at Download Festival!
It creeps round quickly, festival season, doesn’t it? Somehow a full 12 months has passed since Download 2013 closed with Rammstein setting everything on fire and now it’s all about to go utterly batshit again. Most people going will already have a good idea of who they intend on seeing, …
Read More »HELLFEST 2014 latest update – Dark Angel confirmed + running order changes
Hellfest have released this update: “More than 20 days before the opening of the doors of the festival, we are all very excited to welcome you and you submit the new configuration of the Hellfest 2014! We would like also to you announce small last minute changes: DEATH ANGEL (cancelled …
Read More »BATTLECROSS launches three live bootlegs on three youtube channels!
Battlecross have launched three new live bootlegs! POV Recordings recently shot and edited live videos of “Flesh & Bone“, “Never Coming Back” and “Kaleb” from the band’s show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC. The videos can be seen on the Metal Blade Records, Battlecross, and POV Recordings youtube …
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