Formidable Londoners, THE FIRES BELOW, stride forward with the release of their thunderous new EP, Thorns, which arrives on Friday 7th June. The Brit riff slayers have also released their blistering new single and video, Worth, out now. Formed in 2022, and comprised of Smithy (Vocals, Guitar), Si (Bass), Del …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK is nine weekends away! Here’s the latest news…
There’s just 65 days – or 9 weekends – ‘til your heavy metal brethren thunder their way onto Catton Park’s hallowed turf. As the days count down, BLOODSTOCK has the next phase of Metal 2 The Masses winners to reveal, as well as a new batch of club nights for …
Read More »Introducing: Deliria
Deliria is an evocative post-black metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, formed in 2017 by David Scanlon (DAWN OF OUROBOROS). Quickly joined by vocalist Adam Rupp (Kill the Messenger), the duo sought drummer Jared Klein (RIVERS OF NIHIL) to record their debut album, Nausea. A fundamental critique of …
Read More »Bleed Again to headline Download Festival District X Community Takeover
Brighton metalcore stalwarts Bleed Again have been announced as headliner for the Download Festival District X Community Takeover at the Doghouse on Wednesday 12th June. Returning to the fray after a period of writing and establishing a new line-up, Bleed Again are refreshed and ready to create chaos in all …
Read More »Review: Kerry King – ‘From Hell I Rise’
The marketing ploy of the year has to be Kerry King releasing his debut solo album in the same week as Jonathan Yeo unveiled his divisive portrait of King Charles. Or should that read Jonathan Yeo unveiling his divisive portrait in the same week that Kerry King released his debut …
Read More »NIGHTWISH release ‘Perfume of the Timeless’ and announce pre-orders
Still, Finnish symphonic metal legends NIGHTWISH fill this word with life, when they announced their tenth studio album at the end of last month. Today, NIGHTWISH have officially launched the pre-order for Yesterwynde. Yesterwynde will be available in a number of different vinyl variants, as a jewelcase, digipak, earbook and …
Read More »Review: Ville Valo – Royal Albert Hall, London
All good things must come to an end. OK, that might sound just a liiiitle bit overdramatic, seeing as it’s not actually the last show that former H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo will ever do (or at least we hope not) but rather it’s the last show of his Neon Noir …
Read More »Introducing: Uragh
Uragh are a modern metal outfit based in Dublin, Ireland. The quartet’s debut full-length album Maelstrom has just been released and bassist Sebastian Sparr was on hand to talk about the album, as well as providing the background information on the band. What are the origins of Uragh, how long …
Read More »Review: Feuerschwanz – ‘Warriors’
Whilst not as bizarre as hearing Till Lindemann singing in English on the debut Lindemann album ‘Skills in Pills’, it does take a few moments to get accustomed to ‘Warriors’: the first album from German folk-metallers Feuerschwanz to be recorded entirely in English. Or to be more precise, about 30 …
Read More »COHEED AND CAMBRIA share “The Joke”
COHEED AND CAMBRIA are sharing a rare stand-alone track, titled “The Joke”, out now. This new song is plucked from their Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind album sessions; the band are happy for it to finally see the light of day. Singer Claudio Sanchez reveals, …
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