With Wheels of Steel still ringing in our ears, we’re up bright and early ready for day two of Bloodstock. Our first band of the day, Party Cannon (9) are a much better hangover cure than the hair of the dog too. Starting things off with Weird But Not Illegal, which seems like the perfect way…
It’s been two and a half decades after Bloodstock first started in the Assembly Rooms in Derby. Ever evolving and growing, moving to an open air format back in 2005. The event has since become a staple of the UK festival scene and a Mecca for all things heavy metal. One which now sees 20,000…
For many heavy metal fans around the world, July has taken on a new significance. Not only is it the month in which Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath took their final bow with Back to the Beginning at Villa Park. An epic show that will no doubt go down in history as one of the…
Back in the good old days, MTV used to play music and lots of it. During its heyday in the 80s and 90s, MTV had it’s finger well and truly on the musical pulse and one of its most popular shows was MTV Unplugged, a series which saw some of the biggest artists of the…
10 years is a long time in music. Since Jonathan Davis began work on his debut solo album in 2007, the musical landscape has changed significantly. Nu metal collapsed from the mainstream, dubstep came and went, and One Direction took over the world momentarily. Nevertheless, Davis continued to toil away at his album and, in…
Before getting into the nuts and bolts of Five Finger Death Punch’s seventh studio album, And Justice For None, some context is required. The album was recorded roughly eighteen months ago, with a dispute with the band’s old label holding up the album’s release until now. At the time And Justice For None was recorded,…
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like being trapped in a tiny room with an angry bear and no escape? well, imagine that you haven’t but you are curious to know what that feels like…Well, may I suggest listening to the new Bleeding Through album? It’s been 6 long years since the bands…
There is a certain level of prestige that comes with a band like Tesseract. Constantly performing at the highest level, there aren’t many bands that can compete with them at their best. Sonder their fourth full length album looks to further this point by being absolutely breathtaking in almost every concievable way. This is music…
Bad Wolves are already a legacy band. Made up of former members of Divine Heresy, God Forbid, Devildriver and In This Moment, the expectation was always going to be high for their debut album. The good news is that Bad Wolves more than rise to the challenge. Disobey is a modern metal debut for the…
The Yorkshire Dales lend their unpredictable nature to Keighley outfit As Sirens Fall, the offspring of a gothic affair with emo and captivating pop. Second EP ‘Where Lost Things Go’ fine-tunes their established genre-hopping aesthetic with an expertly produced edge. Prime gothic glamour bursts through opening stormer ‘Lily’, its morbid seduction both addictive and complex…