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…
With Download Festival 2017 mere hours from kicking off fully in style, our latest introducing feature turns to one of the new bands gracing the festival this time out: Irish outfit Dead Label! Their drummer Claire has kindly spent some time with us giving us the low down on what they’re all about: Welcome! Please…
Following on from a very international video of the week last time around that saw J-Rock outfit Esprit D’Air coming up trumps, this time around our video of the week has a distinctly home grown look to it. Almost all the bands are up and coming UK acts, with one notable exception. So, let’s see…
Fear Factory have been around a good while. Often credited as the first band to blend harsh vocals and clean singing courtesy of stalwart Burton C. Bell, the band have been celebrating 20 years since the release of their landmark 1995 album Demanufacture with a UK tour. On December 13, accompanied by Dead Label and…
With the festival season drawing ever closer, the Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2015 organisers have announced news of seven new bands who will take to the Sophie Lancaster Stage over the course of the weekend for BOA 2015. First up are Rock Sins’ great friends and masters of the riff, London sludge metal outfit Hang…