Opinion

I caught up with Ben from Night By Night at Hard Rock Hell VI to chat about the rationale behind the band’s name, touring, their upcoming album and, well, just a bit of randomness as well.   http://nightbynight.co.uk/  

Sunday morning comes around all sunny and clear…well ok not necessarily for the whole day as it did bucket it down as well, but you get my meaning.  This was the last day of the festival and today was all about Stage 1.  Why?  Well, cause that was the only …

Saturday dawns bright and brings with it the promised of yet more great bands, beer and festivities.  There were so many bands on this day I wanted to camp by both stages and just watch everything.  But, short of cloning myself and creating a psychic link with said clone, this …

With four days this year the line-up was jam packed full of bands and there were a lot to choose from.  Things kicked off on Thursday which was party night with the crowd really getting into this year’s theme by dressing up Western style.  I didn’t manage to get to …

Epica prove to Manchester why they are a true force to be reckoned with.   The Ritz in Manchester is a cracking venue without doubt and tonight’s gig promised to be one most worthy of playing within it’s hallowed walls as the Epica world tour arrived on the latest leg …

I had the opportunity to catch up with Cauldron on their ‘Europe’s Lost Tour’, discussing their new album and how the fans have taken the transition from Goat Horn to Cauldron and their headline European tour. Enjoy!                      

Australia has been producing some quality metal and rock acts of late and another, Mammoth Mammoth, recently released their third studio album last month through Napalm Records that was pretty cool to the ears as you can read from our recent review. We caught up with guitarist Ben Couzens to …

It started outside the Academy itself. First, a man called Dino Canizares walked out of the main doors, posed with some fans, then made his way round past the long line of people queuing for entry and made his way (presumably) to the tour bus. Minutes later, a taxi pulled …

With Huron taking to the road for a brief tour of the UK with ragga punk metal meisters Skindred, we caught up with guitarist Rimmy Sinclair to talk about their EP and tour and what lies ahead in 2013. Hi Rimmy, thanks for taking the time to chat to us …

A change of any band member is always hard, but somehow seems harder when it is the singer, the front man of the band. Some bands manage this well and others do not, thankfully for us, Night By Night are one of the former. Warning us that their set was …

This was a gig I had been brought in at the last minute to review, and having never heard anything from all of the bands playing at The Classic Grand tonight, meant I spent most of the early part of the day checking them out, and listening to recent and …

I had the pleasure of chatting with Devin Townsend before their amazing show at The ABC in Glasgow. We discuss the Devin Townsend Project, how the tour has been going, their latest album ‘Epicloud’, the extravaganza Retinal Circus,  future plans and what Devin would like from Metal Santa for Christmas!! …

I had the pleasure of chatting with Fear Factory‘s guitarist Dino Cazares before their amazing show at The ABC in Glasgow. We discuss what they got up to after their show in Wolverhampton last night, how the tour has been going, their latest album ‘The Industrialist’, future plans and what …

It’s a discussion which has been held in bar rooms up and down the land – and, indeed, on these very pages: the merits and demerits of what happens after an iconic band loses one of its pivotal members – and particularly someone in turn as iconic as their frontman. …

Check out our interview with Pig Iron at Hard Rock Hell VI which was their third time at the festival. Warning – this interview contains bad jokes, embarrassing moments on stage, junk jiggling and butlers. \m/   Their new album ‘IV’ is out now so get on line and check it …

For those of you that tuned into Metal Nymph Presents’ radio show a couple of months ago you would have heard the interview I did with Carlo, lead singer from Diaries Of A Hero, prior to their tour with Anthrax and Motörhead. Ahead of their show at Brixton Academy last month I caught …

I met up with Nick Ingram (lead guitar) and Alex Macaskill (lead vocals and bass) at Hard Rock Hell VI to talk about their new EP ‘The Visitors’ which was released that weekend.  I also threw a few random questions at them for good measure. Check it out – it’s amusing.     …

  Having recently toured with Romeo’s Daughter, Serpentine were now due to take on Hard Rock Hell VI for their last gig of the year.  But they will be back in 2013, so have a listen to our interview with Gareth Noon (keyboard) and Gareth Vanstone (bass) and find out …

Saturday 1st December was the second year Dublin was to be subjected to a beating. The dealer of this beating was Robbie McCabe of Eye Hate Tony Promotions. Seasons Beatings 2 was an all day gig with a long line-up of a variety of Irish metal bands. So, let me …

Goat Horn was Jason Decay’s previous band that had similar attributes to Cauldron. Now Cauldron are into their third album ‘Tomorrow’s Lost’, discovering a whole new path in what you could call ‘retro-metal’. They return to Europe on a headline tour covering some of the major cities that they once …