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enkElination : Tears of Lust

08/09/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”J/dropcapust when it seemed that Valkyrie-fronted metal has reached saturation point, along comes Anglo-Finnish outfit enkElination to...

Cambridge Rock Festival [Part 2]

04/09/2014

The veteran acts topping the bill pulled in the punters while the newer acts lower down the bill ended up giving the best performances....

Hey Preston! [Festival]

22/08/2014

Hey Preston! is an all-day indoor music event coming to Preston’s finest live venue 53 Degrees on Saturday 20th September...

Bloodstock 2014

19/08/2014

Whereas most crowds will sing the words to a song, Megadeth’s break from tradition a little bit by singing the riffs. ...

Red Fang Free London Show

13/08/2014

RED FANG have announced a free show in London to round off their summer European tour dates....

Tolkien, Art & Metal: Paul R. Gregory Interview

06/08/2014

This year Bloodstock is summoning visions of the dark lord through an onsite exhibition by Bloodstock festival founder and painter Paul Raymond Gregory....

Trioscapes : Digital Dream Sequence

05/08/2014

Throbs with a primal, sweaty and utterly invigorating energy that transcends jazz, funk, metal or rock...

Sebastian Bach : O2 Islington [Live]

27/07/2014

If the music was polished, it was in the between-songs repartee where Bach won the crowd over....

Entrails Vs King of Asgard Vs Secret Cutter

25/07/2014

Metal is a means of escape, perhaps even transcendence; its extremity allowing an explosion of raw passion and primal emotions...

Wolves in the Throne Room : Celestite

23/07/2014

One gets the sense that Wolves in the Throne Room are soundtracking the Joseph Campbell monomyth of their own lives, but rather than a Disneyesque prog version, they’re going deeper. ...

NILE [Live]

09/07/2014

Egyptian mythology-themed death metallers NILE get necrotic in Southampton....

Finntroll (and Friends). [Album Reviews]

03/07/2014

The album is perhaps best seen as an intro to the band’s early to mid era - all polkas, accordia, kazoos, strange insect noises and trolls (lots of trolls)....

Art Exhibition at Bloodstock

01/07/2014

Tolkien and Metal Art at Bloodstock festival....

Tesla : O2 Academy, Islington

21/06/2014

No glitter, no razzle-dazzle, but a rapport that oozes sincerity and solid music to follow up. Tesla, Live at the O2, Islington. ...

Bloodstock 2014 : Preview

12/06/2014

As always with a Bloodstock lineup, there’s a hugely eclectic mix of Metal sounds and subgenres taking to the stage...

Alt-Fest Lineup Update

21/05/2014

Alt-Fest expands from it's already established repertoire of Steampunk, Alternative, Gothic, Electronica and Industrial to bring a slew of the gnarliest metal acts to the Northampton 3-day...

Bis versus Cradle of Filth

14/05/2014

The quality and hooks build themselves up with subtle but sinister precision....

Conan : The Lost Interview

12/05/2014

'You can play everything louder at a show than you can on an iPod' Conan's guitarist and vocalist on priorities....

Loitered Lens : Clutch

11/05/2014

Chungering brute-heavy guitar chops, full-throttle riffage, support from labelmates Lionize. Clutch at the Forum. Photos....

Suicide Silence announce new album

23/04/2014

Suicide Silence announce new album You Can't Stop Me - release July 14th...

Riverside : O2 Islington

17/04/2014

An ideal band for the many people still missing Porcupine Tree, but on the basis of performances like this, they're far, far more than that....

Sebastian Bach : Give ‘Em Hell

15/04/2014

Compared to previous Sebastian Bach albums, there is an increase in vocal harmonies, and some of the effects used give a sense of an alternative or electronic sound at times....

T.O.M.B Versus Pilgrim Versus The Unholy

11/04/2014

All of a sudden, what had been sinister, suggestive and harsh starts sounding instead like some bloke making funny 'WURRRRGH!' and clanging noises in a recording studio. ...

HRH Prog 2 Festival

09/04/2014

There were complaints from some quarters that it was an inconvenient location. But it was an equal opportunity inconvenience; it takes just as long wherever you're coming from. HRH Prog 2...

Conan : Blood Eagle

12/03/2014

Devastation bleeding from the speakers....

Def Leppard Interview (Part 2)

11/03/2014

I think a lot of that was down to “Mutt” Lange. He worked us so hard on those records to make it sound special. He didn’t want us to sound like a run of the mill rock band. ...