One of London’s finest proponents of doom and sludge metal mixed in with a barrel full of riffs, Hang The Bastard have just confirmed their first show of 2014. It’s one hell of a show too, as they have been announced to supporrt the mighty Crowbar on the London show of Crowbar’s 2014 UK tour…
And so, it falls to my turn to collate my own summary on the weird, wonderful and down-right frustrating releases of the year 2013. Let it be said, it hasn’t been the most notable year for music… but maybe that’s because Opeth and Mastodon were so relatively quiet 😉 –##– Album of the Year :…
Hang The Bastard are currently one of the UK’s finest metal bands. They may not yet have the mainstream exposure of their friends Sylosis, or some of the other bands flying high such as While She Sleeps or Bury Tomorrow, but 2013 has been Hang The Bastard’s best year to date. The crowning moment of…
Fresh from having the song DYAD featured as track of the week last night (2nd September 2013) on the Daniel P Carter Radio One Rock Show, London’s doom & sludge riff lords Hang The Bastard have announced the release of a Double A-Side single. Featuring their recent fan’s favourite Sweet Mother alongside new song DYAD,…
After all the build up, the band announcements, the hype, the anxious constant monitoring of the ever unpredictable British weather and worst of all the waiting, the eleventh annual Download Festival at Donington Park was finally upon us. Even before the bands had begun to play at 2013’s installment of the festival plenty had transpired….
Back in 2003, I went to my first Download festival following the last ever Ozzfest at Donington in 2002. Whilst memories of IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH, DEFTONES, STAMPIN’ GROUND, SEPULTURA and of course those cheeky chaps in METALLICA remain steadfast as being some of my greatest, throughout the years many of the following Downloads have involved…
Good friends and kickass badmen Hang the Bastard have announced that they have signed with Century Media Records and Siege of Amida Records for a worldwide record deal. You can catch the impressive new video for ‘Sweet Mother’ at YouTube, or save the effort and watch below. [youtube id=”rjIER83eQ7U” width=”600″ height=”350″] Follow the lads and…
We’re now just a month away from the UK’s annual premier rock and metal shindig that takes place at Donington Park in Derbyshire, the one and only Download Festival. Having seen off Sonisphere to the point where their rivals at Knebworth have not staged the event for the last two years, Download has firmly re-established…
It seems that Andy Copping and The Powers That Be at Castle Donington & Live Nation HQ are just determined to continuously outdo themselves this year. Well, this most recent bit of news for Download 2013 is gonna go down in the history of Download as one of the most impressive announcements ever. Not content…
