We caught up with Cyrus and Ian from New Found Glory when they were in the UK for Warped Tour for a chat about the anniversary of Sticks and Stones, Touring with their friends and Ian’s love of Carly Rae Jepsen. How has this UK tour (Road to Warped Tour, featuring Less Than Jake, Man Overboard…
Architects had a busy 2012, touring all over the world, we managed to talk to their lead singer, Sam Carter, about their experiences touring, playing Warped and that PETA advert. How has the tour been so far? Sam: It’s been great, been cool to get back to the UK. All in, the whole three or four months…
Fresh from a UK tour supporting Trivium, we had a chat to Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying about their new album, touring and his Arnie inspired side project. You recently toured the UK with Trivium, Caliban and Upon A Burning Body. Why do you think package tours such as that work so well?…
Four tracks, 12 minutes, 1,000,000 riffs. Your Demise are back, and they’ve got a point to prove. Last year’s The Golden Age split the band’s fanbase down the middle. Some people embraced the new direction Your Demise had taken, others weren’t so keen. The increased use of clean vocals and the pop punk style of…
Landscapes and Hildamay are both on the verge of massive success, so a co-headline gig with the two of them was always going to be something special, right? Hildamay [9] are about to drop their new album Miles Away, so they use tonight as a chance to see how the new material goes down live….
One of the most anticipated tours of 2012 hits the Garage in Glasgow. Opening this tour are the fantastic Polar [9]. Treating Glasgow to tracks from their amazing 2012 album Iron Lungs, as well as their EP This Polar Noise. Their brand of heavy-as-fuck hardcore gets the majority of the crowd moving, and vocalist Adam…
The Rise Records tour, featuring Secrets, Memphis May Fire and Of Mice & Men, makes its way to Glasgow. The first band to take the stage are Secrets [5], and to be brutally honest, they aren’t very good. Repetitive riffs, boring songs, and two poor vocalists, this band aren’t impressive at all. However the majority of the crowd seems…
Ahead of the release of their second album and one of the most anticipated British metal records of 2012, The Union of Crowns, we chat to Bury Tomorrow’s Jason Cameron (Guitar and clean vocals). Afterwards, Bury Tomorrow went on to lay the smackdown on Glasgow’s Cathouse, you can read about that HERE. Alright Jason, you’ve just signed to Nuclear…
Remember in 2009 when Architects released Hollow Crown? it sounded fresh, vital and genuine, and it made them one of the most influential British metal bands around. They followed it up with the much more mainstream friendly The Here And Now. Many fans and critics didn’t take too kindly to the album, but it was…
Opening the show are the Japanese metalcore band Crossfaith [7], They aren’t exactly reinventing the wheel with their sound, but it’s undeniably fun music. The highlight of their set is a heavy as fuck cover of The Prodigy’s Omen, which causes the Cathouse to go completely nuts. Opening with recent single, Lionheart, Bury Tomorrow [9]…
It’s common knowledge that the UK hardcore scene is enjoying its golden age right now. The nation is producing dozens upon dozens of bands that are surely destined for success. But there is one band that are ready to step up and take their throne as the new kings of UK hardcore. From the label…
Opening with War of The Gods, Amon Amarth are welcomed to Glasgow with rapturous applause. The Swedish Vikings treat the Glaswegian crowd to 16 slabs of Norse mythology based death metal, and to be honest, who doesn’t like heavy metal songs about Vikings and Thor? The majority of the set is taken from the bands…
