The line up for the 2022 Download Festival has taken further shape this morning with 14 more acts joining the party. A couple of bands who have had huge success over the last year have also been rewarded with new slots on bigger stages! Kicking things off in the biggest main stage slot of their…
2013’s Whales and Leeches saw Red Fang moving towards a sharper, more aggressive sound, and its clear from the opening moments of Flies, the first track of Only Ghosts, that the band have continued their progression towards angular, aggressive riffs. Eschewing the long, drawn out chords of many of their stoner/sludge contemporaries, Only Ghosts tends…
Warming up for Red Fang is definitely an unenviably challenging prospect. It’s a task that would leave many lesser bands forgotten the moment the headliner took to the stage, but Relapse labelmates Torche (7)perform a short, sweet set that marks them as distinctively memorable in their own way. For a start, the band’s performance is…
It’s been nearly a month since our last video of the week contest where prog genre benders Vola came out on top – oops, where did September go? Not to worry though, we’ve got a bumper edition to make up for our tardiness. Eight brand new videos (including another great animated offering from our last…
Making his Rocksins’ return after a rather eventful second half of 2013 where he’s now a national radio show presenter as part of the Metal Hammer Show team on Team Rock Radio as well as appearing at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, here’s the pick on the bunch from 2013 from the one and only Stephen…
