I had a chat with Dan Jacobs following Atreyu’s set at Download Festival this year about the comeback, why the three year hiatus was needed and whether it gets old having a drummer on lead vocals….
Read More »RavenEye Interview – Download Festival, 11/06/16
I got to speak to Oli and Aaron from RavenEye at Download Festival this year about their set on Friday, current affairs within the band and who has treated them the best on tour…
Read More »Municipal Waste Interview – Download Festival, 11/06/16
I had a chat with Tony Foresta from Municipal Waste about returning to the UK, why their songs are always so short and THAT Donald Trump-inspired t-shirt…
Read More »Scorpion Child Interview – Download Festival, 11/06/16
I spoke to Aryn and John from Scorpion Child at Download Festival this year about new album Acid Roulette, plans for the rest of the year and how their set on the Encore Stage went earlier that day. Presumably in the rain…
Read More »Forgotten Remains – Morbid Reality
After listening to thrash/death metal for over 30 years it takes a lot to surprise me anymore but Chesterfield based band Forgotten Remains are a welcome breath of fresh (or even fetid) air into the genres with their 3rd E.P Morbid Reality. Produced and recorded by Russ Russell they are …
Read More »Rival Sons Interview – Download Festival 11/06/16
I spoke to Mike Miley from Rival Sons at Download Festival this year about new album Hollow Bones, what they did when Rock Am Ring got cancelled and why they love playing at Donington so much…
Read More »Avatar Interview – Download Festival, 11/06/16
I had a chat with Avatar drummer John Alfredsson about new album Feathers and Flesh, the challenges in writing a concept album and Frank Zappa, amongst other things….
Read More »Skillet Interview – Download Festival, 10/06/16
I spoke to John Cooper of Skillet at Download Festival this year about all manner of things from the band name to new record Unleashed to an insight into having a faith when immersed in a secular music world loaded with imagery of Satan…
Read More »Raging Speedhorn Interview – Download Festival 10/06/16
I spoke to John from Raging Speedhorn at Download Festival this year about their first album in nine years, why they used PledgeMusic to get the record released and album artworks containing metal monkeys, giant willies and Jesus. Yep, you read that right….
Read More »Counting Days Interview – Download Festival, 10/06/16
I had a chat with Thom and Curtis from Counting Days about their rise and rise to prominence, how they were adjusting to their newest member and what it’s like to balance out a band when they all have full-time jobs…
Read More »As Lions Interview – Download Festival, 10/06/16
I had a chat with Conor and Will from British upstarts As Lions at Download Festival this year about their debut set earlier on the in day, plans for the rest of the year and the unique feat their frontman is a part of this year… …
Read More »Havok Interview – Download Festival, 10/06/16
I had a chat with David Sanchez of US thrashers Havok at Download Festival this year, discussing touring with Megadeth, the benefits of using PledgeMusic to make an album and an inside account into the race for the White House…
Read More »Van Zant – Releases “Red White & Blue (Live)” On July 29th
VAN ZANT RELEASES RED WHITE & BLUE (LIVE) JULY 29, 2016 BROTHERS JOHNNY & DONNIE RECORDED LIVE VAN ZANT SHOW JANUARY 28, 2006 AND IS THE ONLY CONCERT RECORDING IN EXISTENCE FROM THEIR ONLY TOUR TOGETHER Loud & Proud Records will release Red White & Blue (Live), a recently unearthed …
Read More »Lebanon’s Blaakyum Announce ‘Line Of Fear’ Album Details
Lebanon‘s leading Heavy Metal band BLAAKYUM will release their much anticipated new album “Line Of Fear” as CD (with one bonus track) and digital on June 25, 2016. The cover artwork was made by by Stan-W Decker (Masterplan, Vanden Plas, Resurrection Kings, Stryper). The bonus track on the CD edition, “Riot Against Riot“, is a narration on Lebanon‘s recent anti-corruption protests that …
Read More »The Wildhearts – Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung – PHUQ live’
Holy PHUQ! My album of 2016 has just blown me away. Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung – PHUQ live’ is the perfect example of how a live album should sound like, which is the feeling that you are at the show. In September 2015 The Wildhearts played 8 UK dates to …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Announce New Album ‘Bury Me In My Boots’
THE CADILLAC THREE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM BURY ME IN MY BOOTS OUT AUGUST 5THNew single – ‘Drunk Like You’ Playing Ramblin’ Man Fair – July 24th plus November UK Headlining Tour including London’s Shepherds Bush Empire Nashville natives THE CADILLAC THREE have revealed their long-awaited album BURY ME IN MY …
Read More »Dan Reed Network – 100 club, London – 15th June 2016
The opening act tonight is Scottish band The King Lot. Sometimes they play a full electric set, but tonight they’re doing an acoustic set. A three-piece, you have two guitarists and a drummer (tonight playing a cajon). All three of them also do vocals, and when the three of them …
Read More »Buffalo Summer to ‘warm up’ Steelhouse revellers
Buffalo Summer will headline the Steelhouse Festival‘s warm up show, which takes place on Friday 22 July. They will be joined by Those Damn Crows and the winners of a Battle Of The Bands being held at Fuel Rock Club in Cardiff on Sunday 3 July. Admission to the warm …
Read More »The Dead Goats – Details for Sophomore Album
The Dead Goats – Details for Sophomore Album and First New Song Revealed The highly anticipated second full-length of Polish death metallers THE DEAD GOATS, entitled “All Of Them Witches”, will be released through Testimony Records on July 22nd, 2016. Since their foundation in 2011, THE DEAD GOATS pay tribute …
Read More »Fields Of The Nephilim Announce Support Act for their Summer Solstice Show
WITH SUPPORT FROM O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON 20th JUNE Iconic gothic-rock legends Fields Of The Nephilim have announced steampunk stalwarts The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing as support for their forthcoming Summer Solstice show at the O2 Kentish Town Forum, London next Monday. Fresh from a …
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