After an action-packed night. Mostly spent screaming ourselves hoarse at Camp Midgards bin jousting (you’re our boy, Tom and don’t you forget it!). It takes the promise of German power metal upstarts, Feuerschanwz (8) to beckon us away from the campsite and into the arena. A move that turns out to be well justified, even…
As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
Continuing with the annual Rock Sins End Of Year Awards, it’s now the turn of our live and features editor Jamie to offer up his picks for the past twelve months. Lets dive straight in! Album Of The Year – Alter Bridge – Live At The Royal Albert Hall Having waxed lyrical about this on…
Ever since Slayer’s “Final Exit” was announced earlier this year, those who had secured tickets to the tour had been counting down the days, weeks and months for their chance to (probably) say goodbye to one of heavy metal’s most iconic bands. The impact Slayer have had on the metal world cannot be overstated, and…
The dates for Slayer’s UK leg of their farewell world tour have just been unveiled (or perhaps discovered is a better word). Pre-sale information for the dates is now available on the Slatanic Wehrmacht website, which is Slayer’s official fanclub. According to the Slatanic Wehrmacht, Slayer will be hitting the UK in November for a…
From the final day of Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2017, Fran Dignon brings us some fantastic action shots of the day’s events. Carry on down for shots of Venom Prison, Broken Teeth, Possessed, Obituary, Puppy, Skindred, Hell, Arch Enemy and Megadeth – not necessarily in that order!
Obituary have been together over thirty years now. Releasing a self titled record is often thought of as a career – and legacy – defining move. Whilst Suicide Silence’s controversy ridden eponymous release came with a total change in direction; Obituary have simply solidified their thrashy death metal roots. Indeed, Obituary is almost the band…
Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Well, after a week’s worth of Download announcements, The team at Bloodstock Open Air 2014 have responded in some style with a new quartet of bands for BOA who will really bring the metal to Catton Hall in some style. First up are New Orleans sludge metal legends Crowbar. With Kirk Windstein recently stepping down…
