In what may be the dream of numerous metal fans all across the UK and beyond, in an announcement made on site at 2013 Bloodstock Open Air Festival a few minutes ago, the first headliners for next years edition of the festival are none other than the recently reactivated black metal legends Emperor! This announcement…
The release of their new album Fortress is getting closer and closer and now the Alter Bridge faithful have their first taste of new music. The first single from Fortress, entitled Addicted To Pain, has become available on YouTube in the last twenty four hours or so, and we think it’s a cracker. Don’t waste…
As many people are aware, industrial noise pioneers Nine Inch Nails, fronted by their enigmatic leader and founder Trent Reznor will be making their live UK return at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals. However, Trent and co have decided to have a little public tune up session first, and Nine Inch Nails have announced…
The end of September is rapidly rushing up upon us and that means the release of the latest release from progressive metal legends Dream Theater. The band will be releasing the first self titled album in their multi-decade spanning career, and the first song from “Dream Theater” has now surfaced. The band have released a…
The second part of James’s account of his stay in a field in Surrey for the delights of Redfest 2013. Saturday saw Bleed From Within headlining the Hype stage and, we must say James was only a little bit excited to see the new material off Uprising… First on Saturday’s lineup for Rocksins to catch…
Five Finger Death Punch are a band on the up and up all over the world. Having drawn one of the biggest crowds of the day on their performance at the 2013 Download Festival (review available here), and having co-headlined the US Mayhem touring festival with the legendary Rob Zombie, last week saw the release…
Last week, Five Finger Death Punch were celebrating the release of the first of two albums this year, with The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volume 1 hitting the shelves on both sides of the Atlantic. Last month the band made their third and most high profile appearance to date…
One of metal’s all time greatest frontmen, Metallica’s James Hetfield turns the big 5-0 today, August 3rd 2013. We’d like to join the masses of Metallica fans in wishing James a happy 50th, and also to give everyone the heads up about the trailer for Metallica’s forthcoming groundbreaking movie Through The Never. For the first…
We recently sent James to a field in Sussex to review Redfest – a small, independent festival that’s been going for a few years now. What is especially impressive about Redfest 2013 is just how diverse the line-up is. Any festival that can book Scottish bruisers ‘Bleed from Within’ to play at the same time…
