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BLOODSTOCK’s countdown is hotting up, with just 9 weeks left to go! There’s still plenty of exciting things to reveal about 2018’s event though, including this stellar collection of thirteen more bands you’ll be lucky enough to see, if you’ve snapped up a ticket!   Your support for BLOODSTOCK’s regional …

As BLOODSTOCK’s regional finals for their grass-roots-artist-supporting METAL 2 THE MASSES scheme thunder through local venues around the country this month, the festival is very excited to announce the first winners who won themselves a slot on 2018’s New Blood stage this August. Joining the bill on Friday are hard-rocking …

TUSKA 2018 – EMPEROR AND OTHERS ADDED TO THE LINE UP, DAY TICKETS ON SALE – Tuska festival at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland 29.6.-1.7.2018 – New additions: Emperor, Stick To Your Guns, The Charm The Fury and Shiraz Lane – Show days of Artists announced, day tickets and two day tickets …

It’s the first week back to the grind, but here comes BLOODSTOCK HQ with some news to brighten your week!   If you’ve not picked up your ticket yet, the very popular deposit scheme is now available to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2015 ticket.  Now you …

SCUZZ TV‘s 2-part show from this year’s BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL premieres at 9pm TONIGHT Fri 3rd October, with the second part going out on Saturday 4th.  The show will be repeated at various times on the channel during the coming weeks. Packed with a selection of live performances and interviews from …

Emperor headlined the main stage on Saturday at Bloodstock, and brought their pyros with them (you can’t beat some good old fashioned flames to liven up a set).  Here are a few photos of their set………… [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157646179661647″ size=”z” count=”100″]

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 …

It appeared that someone from on high looked down with a smile on the second day of Hellfest – because the beginning of the third and final day was cloud cover and a drop in the temperature, with even a small amount of rainfall during the morning as well. It quickly transpired …

Final day of Hellfest :( which we have been affectionately calling ‘Dustfest’ this year due to the amount of dust that is being churned up from the parched earth. It’s even hotter today but is overcast on the way into the festival and we do get a 4 minute long shower …

With under 30 day go until the 25th Wacken and with bands like Accept being added to the line up last month the excitement is starting to build. I was last there in 2012 the year of torrential rain so I’m hoping this year it’ll be different. There has been …

I’ve often accused black metal of being staid and derivative, content to rest on its laurels:  but, part of the excitement which initially drew me to what I regard as real darkened extremism was the way in which BM artists were prepared to experiment and push their boundaries to their …