Posted on April 7, 2013 |
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I think most of us have had a snigger when we first read about bands releasing their material on cassette. You know all the jokes about what’s next as every wag googles an older form of sound recording until the list is a mile long...
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Posted on October 20, 2012 |
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As sailors were the first Europeans to get tattooed, it is fitting that The International London Tattoo Convention has made Tobacco Dock it’s home for the last several years. There are pirate ships moored outside and much dockyard ephemera still sits about this (usually) abandoned...
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Posted on August 4, 2012 |
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Co-authored by Steve Fallows Bloodstock Festival is almost upon us, the UK’s premier metal festival is now in its 12th year and continues to go from strength to strength. The four day event will be held at Catton Hall in Derbyshire and will play host...
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Posted on July 7, 2012 |
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The editor’s at team ThisIsNotAScene polled our writing and photography crew to ask them what their top 5 favorites were at this point in the 2012 release year. With so many great releases so far in 2012 we thought it would be a good idea...
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Posted on April 1, 2012 |
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Having seen Kyrbgrinder before at the Roadhouse in Manchester, I have always known them to be a very interactive band with the crowd and at Hammerfest IV they proved it yet again. The band consists of drummer/vocalist Johanne James, Dave Lugay on bass and Tommy...
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Posted on April 1, 2012 |
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Since 1998 Dirty DC have been dominating the UK & European stages performing a tribute act to Aussie greats AC/DC. Every detail from the clothing, vocals and stage presence was exact. Even knowing the band was a tribute act, every die-hard fan and hard rock...
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Posted on March 14, 2012 |
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Co-authored by Sabrina Ramdoyal and Phill ‘Krav’ Krawiec. As if the Thursday and Friday line-up at Hammerfest IV wasn’t enough to finish us off, they only went and filled Saturday up with monster bands just to make sure we all go home in a zombie-like...
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Posted on March 13, 2012 |
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Co-authored by Phill ‘Krav’ Krawiec and Steve Fallows. There was a time when March used to be about daffodils, St. Patrick’s Day, Mothers’ Day and the occasional chocolate egg but not any more. March is now the month of Hammerfest and everything else pales in...
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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The dark invaded the skies as the night was ready and waiting for the last act to take to the stage, the mighty Furyon. The crowd, en masse, gathered at the front of the stage and the excitable chatter grew. It has been an eventful...
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Travelling all the way from Northern Ireland to perform at Twitrfest II were Trucker Diablo, treating the crowd to a set filled with good old wholesome in your face hard rock! “We’re Trucker Diablo and we’re here to rock!” blasted through the speakers, setting the tone...
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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There was no question as soon as the voice of Peter Ellis [ex-White Wizzard, ex-The More I See] erupted from the speakers, influences of many greats of the British Metal scene could detected. There was also no denying that all of the members of Monument...
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Describing themselves as a full throttle rock and band, Wolverhampton rockers My Great Affliction know how to deliver the goods. Thundering tracks from start to finish expressed their raw and aggressive sound and My Great Affliction were not afraid to wear their inspirations on their...
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Posted on March 10, 2012 |
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With performances at Bloodstock Open Air & last year’s Hammerfest, their first album “Key To The Kingdom” reaching critically-acclaimed status and an ‘as yet untitled’ second album along the way this year, nothing can stop the Welsh massive thrashers Triaxis from illustrating why they’re at...
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Posted on March 10, 2012 |
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To kick things off with Twitrfest II was Birmingham’s Valous. With their infectious riffs and the variety in Mat Shutt’s vocal work, the day got off to a great start, despite the early kick off of the festival. You could hear many influences in the Valous sound, but...
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Posted on March 10, 2012 |
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This was a little trip down memory lane. The crowd might as well have made daisy halos and built little teepees. The twist is, this is not your everyday walk in the blissful park. Four piece Groan was an excellent addition to the set of...
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Posted on March 9, 2012 |
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Everyone loves a little bit of power metal and leather, right? What about a keytar and blistering riffs? Then you can’t go far wrong with the awesome Dakesis. The magic in the Dakesis camp was on full display at Twitrfest 2. The vocals from vocalist/guitarist...
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Posted on March 9, 2012 |
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Success at a young age is something to take notice of, especially when voted as the best unsigned band in the Terrorizer Readers Poll last year. The young progressive metal outfit Bleeding Oath made it clear that their early success will not affect them and...
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Posted on February 13, 2012 |
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“Heavy Metal in Baghdad” is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition...
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Posted on January 31, 2012 |
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2011 was a year that saw many impressive returns, an abundance in high quality releases and a strong arrival of new bands that made the metal world take notice. There were also plenty of excellent bands that did not quite find the moment to capture...
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Posted on June 17, 2011 |
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Co-authored by Mark Wrigley. OK, so after a day of pleasure and debauchery, there has got to be some payback, right? Yep… definitely… and at Download, the Sunday payback comes in the form of hangovers pushing the upper limits of the Richter Scale, and just...
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