So, my second low key festival in July and as with Les-Fest in Scotland a few weeks earlier, came away completely blown away by the wealth of known and unknown talent on display. S.O.S Festival is now in it’s seventh year, set up by Rocksector Records owners Lynne Hampson and …
Read More »Les-Fest 3 Day 1 – Friday Review by Dennis
This was my first time attending Les Fest and this year’s event had been moved to a new location, Wiston Lodge situated in South Lanarkshire. Following a 4+ hour train journey from Crewe to Glasgow + connecting train to Lanark, then a 25 minute car journey, with an hours sleep …
Read More »BLEED FROM WITHIN play Exclusive Scottish Headline date for Les-Fest 3 in 2014
Fast rising metal stars Bleed From Within have today been confirmed to headline Friday night at Les-Fest 3 in 2014. Having recently concluded the highly successful Defenders of the Faith Tour with Carcass, Amon Amarth and Hell and now ready to hit the road in 2014 with DevilDriver, once again …
Read More »LES-FEST release third announcement for 2014 event
Keeping things hard, fast and heavy for Friday night Les-Fest announce a handful of bands for their 3rd event in 2014. First up are Manchester based hard groove Metallers Incassum, signed to Rocksector records and with a very successful Bloodstock Festival under their belts in 2013, this again shows, Les-Fest …
Read More »Kobra and the Lotus – Alter Ego, Manchester: 5th November 2013
Alter Ego on Princess Street, Manchester was the basement venue where tonight’s bonfire night gig was taking place. Consisting or a warren of rooms with a bar to the left, as you enter, and a stage to the right, with the only access to the stage being across the dance …
Read More »Incassum interview at B.O.A.
Planetmosh caught up with the guys from Manchester’s finest Incassum at this years Bloodstock Festival to talk about their set, future plans, etc. Incassum interview at B.O.A 2013 https://www.facebook.com/incassum.manchester
Read More »4Bitten, Incassum and Triaxis cd’s up for grabs
Planetmosh in association with Rocksector Records are offering one reader the chance to win a trio of female fronted metal band cd’s. One lucky reader will win, 4Bitten-Delirium, Incassum-Rite Of Passage and Triaxis-Rage and Retribution. To win this fantastic bundle, just answer this question. Name the festival that all …
Read More »Hanging Doll, Triaxis & Incassum, Birmingham Asylum 2, 08/02/2013
Tonight at the Asylum 2 we had three female fronted bands, all signed to the Rocksector label. Aside from them being on the same label and having female singers they share little in common. Incassum are heavy as f**k – melodic death metal being a good description of their music, …
Read More »Incassum interview, February 2013
I spoke to Manchester band Incassum outside the Asylum 2 venue in Birmingham where they were playing alongside Rocksector label mates Hanging Doll and Triaxis, and had put in a great performance on stage. We talked about what band they’d describe themselves as being similar to (Abba apparently), tour dates, …
Read More »Incassum – Rite of passage
Manchester based Melodic death metal band Incassum have just released their debut album – Rite of Passage. The band have previously released two demos and a mini-album (In Vain), and have built on this to create their album. As a female fronted melodic death metal band then comparisons with bands …
Read More »Incassum Album lanuch Club Ater Ego, Manchester 24th November 2012
Tucked away beneath the rain swept streets of Manchester, we find ourselves at club Alter-Ego, and the stage for the launch of Incassum’s second album, ‘Rite of Passage’. In support tonight are Lazarus Syndrome and Hanging Doll, both of whom, curfew or otherwise, assist in making this intimate subterranean microcosm …
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