Lord Of The Vile, taken from current studio album The Electric Abyss sees Scottish crushers Dog Tired pummel on a metronomic pound. They, unfortunately, slipped past my radar since I last saw them tear through their set at Wildfire Festival in 2015 but it’s great to hear that they are …
Read More »Wildfire Festival – Wiston Lodge, Wiston, Scotland. Sunday 28/06/2015
As yet another old saying goes, “All good things must come to an end”, so bleary eyed we headed off to the main stage for the final day of Wildfire Festival in more glorious sunshine. Another 11am start and opening band, Sheffield based trio Silverjet faced a packed out tent …
Read More »Wildfire festival 2015 preview
It barely seems almost a year ago since I attended Les-fest, now renamed Wildfire, an annual 3 day classic rock & metal festival situated in the picturesque setting of Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire in Scotland. Now in it’s 4th year it has gone from strength to strength and organiser Dave …
Read More »Wildfire announces main stage line-up and the return of the CackBlabbath.com stage for a second year
Wildfire, Scotland’s premier three day rock and metal festival announces main stage line-up and the return of the CackBlabbath.com stage for a second year. The country may be in the grip of winter, but what better time for some warming information from Wildfire H.Q. Topping the main stage bill we …
Read More »Wildfire Festival Announce 7 on 7th
What better way to banish the winter blues than with another red hot Wildfire announcement, fresh off the press here at Les-Fest HQ. Occasionally a band comes out of nowhere and just blows you away. After catching a show stealing performance in the summer, Empire rocketed pretty much straight to …
Read More »Bloodstock Open Air – New Blood Stage (8-10/08/2014)
As one of the ‘new bloods’ on the PM team, the editorial board took it upon themselves to throw this Bloodstock debutante in at the deep end by sending me to cover the stage of the same name – presenting the daunting task of covering some 13 bands each day, …
Read More »Les Fest Part One – By Rowena
After having really enjoyed my first Scottish festival last year, Les Fest 3 had been in my calendar pretty much as soon as the dates were announced. Last year’s line-up for me was fantastic and with the change in venue I couldn’t wait to see how much better the organisers …
Read More »LES-FEST 3 – Six more bands announced
Les-Fest are at it again with a further 6 acts confirmed for their 3rd annual festival to be held at larger venue, Wiston Lodge, Lanarkshire. First up and confirmed to headline the Cackblabbath.com stage on Sunday is Irish Power Trio led by former Mama’s Boys and Celtus guitarist/violinist,singer and songwriter …
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