Not everything fits into one slot.  We’re taught as children to match like shapes and sizes with appropriate concave spaces.  The same applies for music.  Trying to play a 24 minute drone track on the radio isn’t going to fly, nor will it work at...

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Picking up from where they left off on “The Mountain Daylight Time,” Swiss band, Kehlvin broke into 2012 on a high note with “The Orchard of Forking Paths” through Division Records; a label they’ve been with since day one.  Their official video clip for this...

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Co-authored by Berns von Bernington Our arrival was anticipated a day before the actual Wacken Open Air 2012 festivities were to begin.  For an extra 10 Euro, we received nothing more than a bracelet of admittance and the joys of ill equipped outhouses under a...

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Co-authored by Steve Fallows The Headliner Alice Cooper The final day of Bloodstock sees the grand master of shock rock take to the stage to show everyone else how its done. You can expect beheadings, hangings, poisoning and all manner of other gruesome forms of...

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Co-authored by Simon Crampton The Headliner Machine Head Saturday sees the arrival of Machine Head to the Bloodstock grounds, bringing with them a wealth of hits as well as their reputation for being one of the finest live bands around. Not only is this the...

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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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Oozing through the queues waiting to enter The Moho was a rainbow of black and other vivacious colours of spectators. They were present to sample the grand vision that is the Evolution Tour. Three EBM performances were ready to transform one small room into mass...

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This year, the quality of the unsigned bands on offer is outstanding, resulting in the New Blood stage’s most exciting line up to date. With sold out finals up and down the country in 200 – 600 capacity venues, as well as reaching over the borders...

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An unexpected heat wave settled on the streets of Sheffield, with picnics and beer gardens crammed on every street corner. Fixed to tear down the walls, the most talked-about quartet of 2012, Gojira were set to bring their eager onlookers the ride of their lives...

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Bloodstock Open Air has revealed its final headliner for 2012 as Oakland metal titans Machine Head, who will make their first ever UK festival headlining appearance on Saturday, August 11th on the Ronnie James Dio main stage. Machine Head first graced UK shores in the wake...

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Expectations were high for Team TINAS’ as the visual spectacle of the multi-talented Emilie Autumn and the F.L.A.G Tour [Fight Like A Girl] was about to be witnessed. Before the rampage of feet thumped the ground, it was probable for this to be an all-girls...

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Friday the 13th is a time where horrible things are lurking around every corner. Team TINAS would approve, however, this Friday the 13th we will be having the day off this time around. White apparel and many graphic t-shirts embracing the all-familiar signature pose of...

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Those boys over at Download HQ are certainly not resting on their laurels, with the announcement of  six more bands added to the ever growing 2012 line-up. These include Roadrunner stablemates Killswitch Engage, Shinedown and Opeth along with Black Veil Brides, NOFX, and Nightwish. Killswith...

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So… Download aren’t pissing about for their 10th anniversary are they? The 14 more bands that have been announced are: Megadeth, Black Label Society, Slash (with Myles Kennedy), Five Finger Death Punch, Kyuss Lives!, Steel Panther, As I Lay Dying, Rise Against, Fear Factory, Billy...

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Download Festival kingpin Andy Copping has once again pulled a master-stroke out of the bag by announcing grunge rock behemoths Soundgarden for this year’s festival. Joining the Seattle rockers are foul-mouthed comedy rockers Tenacious D, Scottish rock stalwarts Biffy Clyro, young British upstarts YouMeAtSix and...

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Canadian rockers Theory Of A Deadman, who recently impressed crowds opening for UK labelmates, Alter Bridge on their recent arena tour, have lined up a headline tour for early 2012. Back in their homeland, Theory Of A Deadman… rack up gold and platinum sales and...

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Californian blues-rockers Rival Sons have confirmed a 2012 UK tour with Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry. Currently on the road in Europe on their own headlining tour, Rival Sons will be crossing the Atlantic once again in 2012 for the UK tour with Black Stone...

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The Black Dahlia Murder have announced a mammoth 21 date UK tour which kicks off with two shows at The Underworld in London on January 11th and 12th, 2012.

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