Posted on January 29, 2013 |
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For those of you not familiar with The Recovery! they are 5 piece hailing from Glasgow and though you may not have heard of them yet, chances are that you soon will. They are a name that is cropping up in the magazines with increasing...
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Posted on November 15, 2012 |
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The UK post-hardcore scene is currently bursting at the seams, with big names like Architects shifting a sizeable amount of units and spawning a legion of sound-a-likes who all wear each others’ shirts and get touted by the likes of Front Magazine as the best...
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Posted on October 3, 2012 |
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AxeWound; the supergroup of the moment. Prior to the release of their debut album ‘Vultures’, TINAS operative Mark Wrigley was fortunate enough to spend some time with the band’s driving force and sticksman, Jason Bowld. Hey Jason, how’s it going mate? You getting sick of...
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Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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AxeWound is the moniker for the creative collaboration between Cancer Bats’ lead vocalist Liam Cormier and South Wales metalhead Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine. “Vultures,” their debut album, is full of vim and vigour but whilst it doesn’t set my world on fire,...
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Posted on September 3, 2012 |
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Since the release of debut record “The North Stands For Nothing” in 2010, Sheffield’s While She Sleeps have been on the radar of metalheads across the UK. Fast-forward to today and the metalcore mob have been crowned Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards and...
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Posted on August 15, 2012 |
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Do not be fooled by our polite smiles and unceasing repetition of the words “I’m sorry” for even the most innocent of slights, Canadians are a thoroughly metal people. The frost and chill of the Great White North flows in the blood of every proud...
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Posted on August 11, 2012 |
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Heavy T.O. Festival Preview – Saturday It’s been a wild ride getting to Canada’s biggest heavy metal festival. Heavy T.O. has suffered a few lamentable losses since the lineup was first announced. High on Fire was the first to have to give the fest a...
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Posted on July 27, 2012 |
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Intergalactic Mutant Overlords GWAR, are plotting their return to the road this fall. Taking a break from working on their new album as well as an extended arctic slumber, GWAR is back with an entirely new show. Your lords and masters will be wreaking havoc...
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Posted on June 20, 2012 |
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Billy Talent – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Friday 16:50 – 17:35 Billy Talent are one of those bands I’ve always been on the fence about, they have a singer who sounds like a Chihuahua in pain and generally do absolutely nothing for me...
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Posted on June 20, 2012 |
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Fear Factory – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Friday 14:40 – 15:15 Fear Factory are still to this day one of my all time favourite bands, and they continue to release killer albums, however, I am pretty sure I never want to see them...
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Posted on June 18, 2012 |
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Whitemare are a ‘speed rock’ group from Brighton who compose of ex-members from Architects, Johnny Truant and Centurion, and together create a trio so metal you could build a skyscraper out of them. The latest release by the band “Snider” hit the shelves on November...
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Posted on May 14, 2012 |
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Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats turned quite a lot of heads with their latest album, so reason enough to have an interview with these gents. Louisa Smith had a friendly chat with singer Liam Cormier about their latest musical ventures, the therapeutic benefits of...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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A couple of weeks ago on April 21, Canadian punks Cancer Bats played six shows (at five different venues in London) all in a day. They Played The Shows in ONE Day! Starting at 11:30am, the band played their first show to a packed out...
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Posted on March 25, 2012 |
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Cancer Bats are one of those bands that flew under my radar for a really long time, not for any particular reason that springs to mind, they just passed me by. It wasn’t until I saw the band live that I took notice and started...
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Posted on February 29, 2012 |
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It seems that the good news just keep rolling in from Download HQ, who are celebrating their 10th year as the Download Festival, with the release of 22 more names for this year’s festival line-up on main man Andy Copping‘s @Maverick_AC twitter account this morning....
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Posted on July 25, 2011 |
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It would be fair to say that right from their outset a few years back, there has been something of an anticipation about the potential for UK based metal act Huron. That sense of anticipation, building out of their debut album “Cheyne Stoking”, was doubtless...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 |
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All of you Cancer Bats fans out there should be able to recognise that Golden Tanks is also the name of one of the band’s songs. How predictable it is then that the band of that name would sound much like an almost complete carbon...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 |
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Naming your band after a track by an established and respected act in the scene has its downfalls. Despite how great of a name it may be, people are always going to make connections between the two, and maybe even go as far as writing...
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Posted on April 11, 2011 |
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SONISPHERE FESTIVAL KNEBWORTH has revealed another 28 names for its 2011 line up. Including Bad Religion, Cavalera Conspiracy, Cancer Bats, Sylosis, Demonic Resurrection and Paradise Lost.
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Posted on February 28, 2011 |
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Exeter four-piece, Idiom, made up of Matt Sharland, Grant Knight, Dan Harrison and Kris Gibbs, found themselves finishing a fruitful 2010 with a memorable gig at Camden's iconic Underworld.
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