The Download Festival powers that be have spoken for the first time on the line up for 2020. *Drumroll Please* Your headliners for Donington next year are KISS, Iron Maiden and System Of A Down! They will be joined on the Download Festival 2020 line up by another 9 bands in the first announcement. With their…
“I was confident whatever I did to it, it wouldn’t harm The Beatles.”
Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal for the uninitiated) outfit Saxon have unfortunately had to postpone their remaining shows for this year. Legendary frontman Biff Byford has been diagnosed with a heart condition, and needs to undergo surgery and a period of recovery, making it not practical for them to tour until he’s…
Blink-182 were one of the key bands during my formative years. Enema Of The State & Take Off Your Pants and Jacket were albums in constant rotation back in the day. So it is with more than a passing interest and a keen ear that I’ve followed the band through their career. Like every band,…
Having first teamed up together on UK soil all the way back in 2003, Bowling For Soup and Simple Plan are set to do it again early next year. The Together Again, You’re Welcome tour brings Texas’ favourite pop punk export together with their Canadian counterparts for six huge shows across England and Scotland in…
Liam Gallagher is a musical icon. One time frontman of one of the most iconic bands to ever come from the UK, and now a very successful solo artist in his own right. While Liam would have you believe that he is an ok songwriter at best, his ear for a melody is uncanny and…
How do you sum up a legacy like that of Cult of Luna’s? It would take someone or something of incredible skill, depth and eloquence to really grasp what it is that makes the band so revered, so beloved and so fabled in the world of post-music. Having released what is – spoiler – one…
So let me get this straight – this month has seen a tour with Static-X & Soil, Logan Mader in Machine (fucking) Head, new albums from Cold, Korn and now Puddle of Mudd have released Welcome to Galvania and it’s 2019??? Are you sure?? Whatever the year it’s an exciting time to be fan of…
Following on from the sights and sounds of Bloodstock Open Air Festival’s first day, we’re straight into the action on day two. After another soggy night out at the campsite it’s up to Canadian hardcore heavy hitters Cancer Bats (8) to wake everyone up and get things going on Saturday morning and they absolutely smash…
Released on Friday 13th it perhaps should come as no surprise that Korn’s 13th album The Nothing is the darkest of their long and storied career. Penned in the aftermath of the death of frontman Jonathan Davis’ wife Deven last August, The Nothing is more than an album, it’s part of the grieving process. At…