Purest of Pain are the Dutch winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. …

Crescent are the Egyptian winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. We are Crescent …

Room of the Mad Robots - Pre Fest Interview Wacken 2014

AEONS OF ASHES – “We are excited and proud to have signed with Noiseheadrecords, a label of international reputation and home of great bands like Darkfall, Before The Fall or GodHateCode. We are totally looking forward to this cooperation which we’re sure will be successful for both parts. For us, …

Platinum selling rockers American Hi-Fi are back and have announced plans to release ‘Blood & Lemonade’, their first album in 5 years, this September via Rude Records. ‘Golden State’ is the second single to come from the album and closely follows the single ‘Allison’ which kicked things off earlier this …

Emerging from the darkness of Scandinavia comes one­woman black metal project, MYRKUR. Combining the rawness of second wave black metal bands like Ulver and Darkthrone with a natural sonic, ethereal beauty, MYRKUR has created a wholly unique perspective on the genre. Hailing from Denmark, MYRKUR signed to Relapse Records earlier this year and will release …

Agni Kai are from Macedonia and are representing Former Yugoslav Republic at this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick …

Crying Steel are the Italian winners of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? To …

Blind Channel are the Finnish winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band. Blind …

Convivium are the Swedish winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Hailing from …

Dirty Shirt are the Romanian winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? I …

Trouble Agency are the Belgian winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? Trouble …

Mutank are the Canadian winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band? We are …

Earth Divide are the Faroe Islands winners of this years Wacken Metal Battle. They play at Wacken along with all the other Metal Battle winners from all over the world to compete for the Over All Metal Battle Champion! Can you give the readers a quick introduction to the band please. …

I had the pleasure of chatting with Sy Keeler, vocalist from Onslaught before their stunning set in Glasgow. With the sounds of sound checking in the background we discuss the band, what’s in store for us tonight, the tour, festivals and US Tour, today’s metal scene, stage divers, future plans …

I had the honour of chatting with Michael Stützer, guitarist from Artillery before their superb in Glasgow. With the sounds of Demonic Resurrection sound checking in the background we discuss the band, what’s in store for us tonight, their first time touring in the UK, festivals and US Tour, Danish …

Seattle speed metal band Blood of Kings are pleased to announce a US tour with Hessian! Starting in Seattle and ending in Brooklyn, the tour consists of a whirlwind 25 shows in 29 days. The band’s drummer Eric Jelsing had the following to say:  “We’re very stoked to hit the …

To The Wind are set to release their new full length record titled Block Out The Sun & Sleep July 21st on Pure Noise Records. You can host the stream of the album which premiered on Revolver last night by clicking HERE. The new album was recorded and engineered by Kyle Black (Comeback Kid, New Found Glory, Paramore, …

French metalcore titans BETRAYING THE MARTYRS celebrate the release of their new record Phantom with a cover of the Disney hit Let It Go. Check it out here: Phantom is the band’s second full-length, released this week via Sumerian. The Paris based unit is a venerable freight-train of aggression with …

Sleepy Sun are set to brace our English shores, once more with a 3 date headline tour this September. Dates: 26 September 2014                    Shacklewell Arms, London (UK) 27 September 2014                    Liverpool Psych Fest, Liverpool (UK) 28 September 2014                    Oobleck, Birmingham (UK) The band return this September in support of their …