Words by Laura Herbert, photos by Rachael Griffiths. Sometimes you just know you’re in for a great evening of live music. Tonight is one of those nights. The Barfly sets out for a killer line up, with Zoax on top for their first UK headline tour. Leading up to a night full with unpredictable moves…
Words by Matt Hill, photos by Rachael Griffiths. People On Vacation are by my own admission not my usual listening, ones own mp3 collection being far more likely to be blasting Behemoth, Arcturus or Megadeth to name but a few. With that being said, with a Thursday evening in the company of “The Jim” and…
Words: James Weaver, photos by Katie Needham On a week where Britain basked in the Spring sunshine, Manchester was treated to a host of heavy metal. Skeletonwitch, Goatwhore and Mortals were set to roll Manchester back into a grim feeling of darkness. But would the band’s styles of black metal transcend well in a live…
Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Kicking off 2015 with a bang, the mighty Amon Amarth have been tearing up the UK at a number of intimate gigs, with support from Huntress and Savage Messiah. On Saturday the 24th they landed in the cold and gloomy Stoke-on-Trent to add a little unforgettable Viking touch to everyone’s lives… As an eight year old…
The Prepare For Hell tour was one of the most anticipated metal tours to come to the UK in quite some time, not only was it’s Slipknot’s return but it was Slipknot with special guests KoRn! On Friday the tour finally made it’s stop at a sold out Wembley Arena and the atmosphere in the…
On the sixth night of Slipknot’s Prepare For Hell tour, the band return to London’s Wembley Arena for their first London show since 2009. Needless to say this was an incredibly anticipated set, especially after KoRn and Slipknot performed a ridiculous but amazing cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” during KoRn’s set, the bar was…
Slipknot in the flesh are a band that make people put down the camera and the phone and live in the moment. Slipknot’s first full UK tour in over six years has been eagerly awaited since the day it was announced some months ago. Throw in the fact the Prepare For Hell tour also had…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. After some tremendous performances from the likes of Prong, Hatebreed and headliners Down on day one of the 2014 edition of Bloodstock, it was time to head back into the arena at Catton Hall for more metal mayhem on day two of the festival…
2014 has proven to be a huge year for Martyr Defiled, with playing Download Festival in the summer, to heading down under next month with Boris The Blade. They’ll also be ending the year with a run of UK dates with Upon A Burning Body. In short, they’ve been doing it all. However this month…