In Flames announced a few months back that for the first time they were going to host their own festival, Borgholm Brinner (which translates as Borgholm is Burning) in their homeland of Sweden, specifically at the historic Borgholm Castle on the island of Öland. Having previously announced some of the line up including Bullet For…
Midnight Serpent opens up Deep Calleth Upon Deep. The latest addition to the 26 year legacy of Satyricon and immediately something feels different. 2013 saw the Norwegian black metal legends release a self-titled album and it was received to a degree of indifference. 2017 Satyricon feels better from the very start. The six minutes that…
Battered and bruised from two days of metal the last day of Bloodstock is perhaps the best lineup wise. With thrash metal royalty Slayer headlining today and up-and-comers Heart of a Coward sure to make a splash on mainstage early in the day its no time to start winding down. If you’ve missed the first…
Legendary Californian speed thrash metal band Slayer has been confirmed to close next year’s Bloodstock Festival in Derbyshire next August. The fearsome foursome will top the bill on Sunday, following fellow headliners Twisted Sister (Friday) and Mastodon (Saturday). Kerry King and co. made their Bloodstock debut in 2013 just three months after the sad death…
As far as UK festival announcements go, this is pretty spectacular. Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016 is already shaping up to be another amazing installment of the UK’s favourite independent metal festival, and the BOA team have pulled off some more cracking additions to the line up. Leading the charge in their highest profile UK…
The gift that is Download 2013 just keeps on giving! Courtesy of Mr Andy Copping and the Download powers that be, another seventeen bands have been added to the UK’s annual rock, metal and alternative festival pilgrimage to Castle Donington. Heading up the latest batch as US southern rockers Black Stone Cherry. The band, who…
