Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. It’s reached the waning end of Summer in the UK once again so that means one very important thing to the UK metal community – it’s time for the Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The 2014 instalment of BOA had one of the most impressive…
Words by Lisa Fox, photos by Alan Swan. It is always going to be tough to review a band that claim to be “The Greatest Band of All Time”. Everything Arnocorps do is harder, louder and heavier. They make no apologies for this confidence. In fact they simply bring balls to the walls attitude as they make music and…
Words by Matt Hill and Jamie Giberti, photos by Jamie Giberti. As far as the last few years ago, the amount of new music festivals that the UK has seen come (and in many cases go) is almost innumerable. Occasionally from the glut of new events certain ones rise from the pack to become events…
Words by Matt Hill, Intro & Photos by Jamie Giberti. The second of our in-depth individual band reviews from the superb Beyond the Redshift festival comes in the form of Irish group God is An Astronaut. Without anything further, it’s over to Matt… After quenching one’s thirst with a delightful drink and some standard conversation…
Words by Matt Hill, Intro and Photos by Jamie Giberti. Our first in-depth band review from the wonderful and unique Beyond the Redshift festival features one of post-metal / noise most revered figures and one of his many bands. Matt recaps how it occurred. At a festival with a roster dripping in ambiance, post-rock and…
Baltimore 4-piece All Time Low returned for the first of two huge shows at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on the 11th of March. Opening their 22 song strong set with fan favourite “Do You Want Me (Dead?)” the US rockers were met with ear splitting screams of delighted and delirious teenage fans packed in as close…
Last touring the UK in 2012, Southern Californian quintet Of Mice and Men returned this month selling out every date on the tour across the UK. Along with the tour Of Mice and Men appeared in a selection of FOPP! stores signing copies of their new album “Restoring Force” (out now on Rise Records) giving…
Thursday, March 13th 2014 – words by Matt Hill, photos by Jamie Giberti Though bands come and go and, these days, their success ultimately varies on their luck rather than the quality of their outputs or touring activities, some remain hardcore stalwarts regardless of the path they tread… I’d suggest it were impossible you’d be…
UK metal quintet Rise To Remain were looking to kickstart their 2014 with a bang and promptly decided to do it with a London home-town show. Tonight’s gig at The Borderline on Tottenham Court Road was the beginning of Rise getting back up to full gear, alongside two fellow UK metal acts. First up, Chapters…