BLOODSTOCK is hurtling towards the Xmas season at a rapid pace, but planning for August 2023 is still in full swing. The Deposit Scheme is also ready to go, so if you’ve not already grabbed your ticket, secure yours now by signing up and making paying for your ticket a little more …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK reveals first batch of 2023 bands!
BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCES 10 BANDS FOR 2023!HEADLINERS INCLUDE MEGADETH & KILLSWITCH ENGAGE With BLOODSTOCK 2022 well underway, the festival is thrilled to already be looking ahead and announcing a swathe of awesome bands for the 2023 event, which is set to take place on 10th-13th August 2022 at Catton Park, Derbyshire. Metalcore pioneers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are set …
Read More »Decapitated – Cancer Culture album review
Polish death metal stalwarts Decapitated return with their 8th full-length album “Cancer Culture” After the somewhat disappointing “Anticult” released in 2017, it is going to be interesting to see how they come back after 5 years… Cancer Culture is a much, MUCH better offering! Where the former really trod in …
Read More »DECAPITATED | reveal new single + video ‘Just A Cigarette’
The release of Decapitated‘s long-awaited new album Cancer Culture is getting closer and closer. Across eight studio albums, Decapitated grew from the adolescent dream of teenagers from a small Central European town to one of the leaders of the metal genre. Each successive album has further expanded the band’s sound with genre-bending authenticity and integrity.Today, we …
Read More »DECAPITATED + DESPISED ICON | announce European co-headline tour this autumn
Polish death metal masters Decapitated and their label mates, Canadian deathcore outfit Despised Icon, will be teaming up for a European wide tour this autumn.The bands will bring their neck-breaking setlists to 22 cities across 11 countries, including 5 UK shows, incorporating a performance at Damnation Festival 2022.Decapitated and Despised Icon will play as rotating headliners. Special guests on the road will be Brand …
Read More »DECAPITATED announce 25 Year Anniversary UK/EU headline tour dates for 2022
DECAPITATED announce 25 Year Anniversary UK/EU headline tour dates for 2022Having recently released their critically acclaimed early demos collection The First Damned, Decapitated are proud to announce that 2022 will mark their return to Europe-wide touring. The 33-date trek, launched in celebration of their 25th anniversary,will see the masterly death metallers hit stages across 11 different countries. …
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Friday 11/08/2017
Doesn’t time fly! My tenth Bloodstock Open Air Festival and definitely the most enjoyable due to the quality of the bands on show. Over one hundred played this year and I managed to catch over forty of them over the weekend playing on four stages. A mad dash to the …
Read More »Decapitated – Anticult
It’s testament to Decapitated guitarist Vogg Kiełtyka that he has managed to harness everything that was so great about the death metal outfit’s first four albums and replicated it on the two following the tragic death of his younger brother Vitek and the departure of vocalist Covan, unable to recover quickly …
Read More »Bloodstock Releases Remaining VIP Tix & Announces 2017 Payment Plan
Bloodstock Releases Remaining VIP Tix & Announces 2017 Payment Plan With Christmas almost upon us, BLOODSTOCK HQ is a-buzz with 2017 planning. The remaining VIP ticket allocation is now available for purchase, as well as VIP upgrades for those who’ve already purchased their weekend ticket. Don’t hang around to …
Read More »Bloodstock Announce 3 More Bands for 2017
BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCE 3 MORE BANDS FOR 2017 BLOODSTOCK is excited to roll out their next band announcement for 2017 and it’s a brutal one! Florida death metal kingpins, OBITUARY land themselves a Sunday slot on the main stage. With a brand new studio album coming in Spring 2017 via Relapse …
Read More »Soilwork Announces “We Sold Our Souls to Metal” Tour VIP Packages
Swedish metal experts SOILWORK recently announced their upcoming direct support position on the “We Sold Our Souls to Metal” U.S. tour in support of headliners Soulfly, with additional special guests Decapitated and Shattered Sun. The tour kicks off in Los Angeles, CA on September 30th. Right now, Fans can purchase …
Read More »Shattered Sun Join Second Leg Of “We Sold Our Souls To Metal” 2015 Tour
Texas metal frontrunners SHATTERED SUN tore up the scene on this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and are continuing the trend this fall, further proving their road warrior status! SHATTERED SUN recently announced their support on the first leg of Soulfly’s “We Sold Our Souls to Metal” 2015 tour, …
Read More »Behemoth – O2 ABC, Glasgow – 10/12/2014
In between all the rush from one gig to another there was yet another one in the “must attend” list – Behemoth’s concert in Glasgow. Occupying the O2 ABC stage on the day after killer Morbid Angel show makes it a little different but the perfect continuation. These Polish blackened …
Read More »UK TECH-FEST 2015 Announce DECAPITATED, THE CONTORTIONIST, HAKEN Plus 14 More Bands
UK TECH-FEST returns in 2015 for its fourth year and kicks things off with a huge band announcement, promising to once again deliver the most forward thinking metal line up the UK has seen. Technical death metal legends DECAPITATED (UK Exclusive) will be one of the headliners who are …
Read More »Decapitated – Blood Mantra
Polish Death Metal juggernauts, Decapitated, are back on the scene and this time they’ve upp-ed their game. Blood Mantra is the band’s sixth full-length studio album, the first to feature the bands new blast-beating machine, Michal Lysejko and they’ve never sounded better! The album highlights Decapitated’s ever-evolving sound and it’s …
Read More »Blastfest confirms more acts
The second annual Blastfest – being held in Bergen, Norway from February 19 – 21 – has confirmed six more acts. Dark Tranquility join At The Gates, Paradise Lost, Satan, Dead To This World, The Sickening and Byfrost as the latest tranche of acts to be added to a bill …
Read More »DECAPITATED release lyric video for “Blood Mantra”
DECAPITATED have released the title track of their highly anticipated forthcoming release ‘Blood Mantra‘. Mastermind Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka commented: “Take a break from what you are doing and check our new lyric video for the song “Blood Mantra”. After “Psalm” its a second full song we want to share with …
Read More »At The Gates, Dark Funeral, Rotting Christ + more announced for Blastfest 2015
Bergen, Norway, former home of the legendary Hole In The Sky Festival and considered thee black metal capital of the world, is now just under 6 months away from seeing a total extreme metal annihilation! The second edition of Bergen’s new indoor metal festival, Blastfest, has already been launched with …
Read More »Decapitated at Bloodstock 2014
Decapitated played the main stage at this years Bloodstock festival. Here are some photos of their set…. [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157646600090125″ size=”z” count=”100″]
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air – Saturday (August 9)
With action on the New Blood Stage already well and truly underway (see our separate review), Babylon Fire kicked off proceedings on the Sophie Lancaster Stage with their classic-inspired metal, delivered with grunt, grit and fist-pumping angst – but, it was over on the main Ronnie James Dio Stage that …
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