Amaranthe are looked upon by many in the metal world as something of a guilty pleasure. Dismissed by others as “Disney metal”, comments like this belie the fact that Amaranthe have been producing consistently great, catchy heavy music since their debut album almost a decade ago. What they haven’t always been able to do since…
For those not familiar with Kamelot, the US / Euro power metal stalwarts are among the biggest names in their particular niche of metal. Outside of the arena thrilling skills of Sabaton and the wizardry (pun intended) of veterans Blind Guardian, Kamelot are about as big as it gets in power metal, with a huge…
Welcome back for another installment of the Rock Sins weekly playlist. Given all the developments over the last week or so, we’ve decided to focus more heavily on promoting new releases this week, but as always we have a healthy mix for our readers and listeners. This week, the Rock Sins playlist brings you new…
With Swedish meatballs on the menu in the SSE Arena, multiple fans clad in chequer-plate vests filing their way inside, and enough canisters of pyro fluid to give Guy Fawkes a serious hard on, tonight could only mean one thing – Sabaton had brought their Great Tour to town. After a successful summer that included…
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, we’ve put together a very special installment of our playlist feature. With old favourites from the likes of No Doubt, Evanescence, Lacuna Coil and Garbage through to brand new tracks from the likes of Dream State and Venom Prison, there are all flavours and styles of rock and…
It’s that time of the year again when Bloodstock Open Air is almost upon us, so we’ve dedicated the return of our weekly spotify playlist to the UK’s favourite metal festival for the metal purists. With headliners Nightwish, Gojira and Judas Priest (who feature twice, because, let’s face it, who doesn’t love a double dose…
It’s Bloodstock 2018 Festival Line Up news time. The BOA team have got another eight bands for us all and in typical Bloodstock fashion, it’s a real mixed bag of sizes, shapes and styles. Leading the charge this time are Swedish pop/death metallers Amaranthe, who will hit the Ronnie James Dio main stage of BOA…
