Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
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…
In his third recap from the excellent Beyond the Redshift Festival 2014, Matt bring us coverage of Norwegian black metal masters God Seed, who arose from the ashes of Gorgoroth a few years ago. Let us dive straight in… Right, onto the stand-out band of the day, and as I’d seen CULT OF LUNA before,…
2014 might well be dubbed the year of the more intimate, boutique festival when it comes to rock and metal (and their copious amounts of sub-genres) in the UK. Alongside the established big boys of Download, the returning Sonisphere and Bloodstock, new festivals are springing up all over the place. One of the most enticing…
There are festival announcements at the moment almost on a daily basis. Between the news of Metallica and Iron Maiden teaming up at the relaunched Sonisphere Knebworth some smaller festivals may have had their announcements fall through the cracks slightly. One announcement that deserves everyone’s attention is the news that post metal pioneers Cult of…
