Posted on July 21, 2011 |
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What, no dreadlocks!!! Anders Friden chopped off his trademark dreadlocks, yes, yes, we know he did it last year but this is the first time we’d seen it! Anyway enough about hair, what about the In Flames show? Well, we didn’t actually see the show...
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Posted on July 21, 2011 |
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Take a look at our photos of the mighty Arch Enemy, from their set on the Apollo Stage at Sonisphere 2011. Angela Gossow, Michael Amott, Christopher Amott, Daniel Erlandsson and Sharlee D’Angelo put on a storming show, entertaining the assembled masses!
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Posted on July 20, 2011 |
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Sunday saw an increase in “Lady Gaga Must Be Destroyed” t-shirts which can only mean one thing… Messrs Jericho, Ward, Grey, Delson and Fontsere were in town and it was Fozzy day on the Jägermeister Stage. Fozzy live is an experience, it’s full on high...
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Posted on July 20, 2011 |
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Airbourne, the rough and ready Aussie rockers really take the biscuit for pure entertainment. Right from the opening “Terminator” intro music, through to set closer ‘Stand Up For Rock ‘n’ Roll’, Joel O’Keefe and his boys prove to be the perfect festival crowd fodder… and...
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Posted on July 20, 2011 |
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Sonisphere Sunday arrived with a healthy hangover, it certainly wasn’t a bangover after the disappointingly damp squib that was The Sisters Of Mercy… Thankfully, there was a fine cure on offer first thing in the shape of Elvis Metallers Volbeat! We love this band here...
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Posted on July 20, 2011 |
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On a rather damp but quite warm Sunday morning, the final day of the ever-magnificent Sonisphere Festival has landed on us with full force. Smiles and groans met with very bouncing sound in the air. I, for one, was prepared for a mission to document...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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Saturday saw two heavyweights of gothic gloom going toe to toe. Follow the river of mascara, the Goths and closet Goths flocking to the Bohemia Stage, and you have Paradise Lost and The Sisters Of Mercy flooding Sonisphere with hypnotic darkness. Sonisphere marked The Sisters...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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Saturday night at the Bohemia Tent belonged to the dark side, weepers and gloom seekers, with both Paradise Lost and The Sisters Of Mercy adding a darkened alternative to Biffy Clyro. Judging by the impressive audience these two gothic heavyweights pulled, Bohemia was full of...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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The powerhouse line-up on the Bohemia Stage continued with mighty French progressive metallers Gojira, yet another band that got us excited at TINAS Towers when they were announced for Sonisphere. Renowned for their powerful performances, this was one show that we were NOT going to...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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Rival Sons are superb, that’s a fact. Today’s Jägermeister Stage performance reinforces this fact tenfold, and these boys really are on fire. The latest addition to the Earache stable, anyone expecting the usual Earache extremities will be sorely disappointed, as these boys serve up a...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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Ginger Wildheart got called into the Sonisphere mélee at the last minute to replace One Minutes Silence on the Bohemia Stage. As ever, he does what he does best and plays to his strengths, and with a huge bounce-tastic Wildhearts based set, he and his...
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Posted on July 18, 2011 |
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The Architects set on Saturday morning on the Apollo stage was one we were hugely looking forward to. These guys are getting such a reputation of being ferocious live so when Sam Carter and crew come screaming out of the traps… all Hell breaks loose....
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Posted on July 17, 2011 |
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Once again the curse of popularity and/or the rain, struck again… after our denial of entry for TesseracT and the long, damp trudge from the Red Bull Jams Bedroom Stage to the Bohemia Stage we were more than ready for some Djent action in the...
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Posted on July 17, 2011 |
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TINAS favourites TesseracT are a band we would never miss out on the opportunity to see live again and this year’s Sonisphere Festival was no different. We headed through the pouring rain over to the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage to catch their set… Now,...
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Posted on July 17, 2011 |
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When a band calls it a day it’s always a time for reflection, what could have been, what should have been, but it’s also a time to celebrate what was! That’s where we found ourselves at 3pm on Saturday in front of the Jägermeister Stage...
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Posted on July 17, 2011 |
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Our intrepid photographer Sabrina Ramdoyal managed to run between stages to catch Kids In Glass Houses‘s set on the Saturn Stage on Saturday at Sonisphere. There are no words, we’ll let Sabrina‘s photos tell the story…
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Posted on July 17, 2011 |
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Vintage Trouble first came across our radar earlier this year when the news landed on our desk at TINAS Towers that they had signed a management deal with the legendary Doc McGhee (Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, KISS, Guns N’ Roses). This instantly alerted us, that...
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Posted on July 16, 2011 |
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Whilst on my way back from the Hayseed Dixie show the previous night, there were murmurings and rumours about Saturday afternoons set from Gallows. Just after midnight on Saturday morning, frontman Frank Carter announced he was leaving the band via twitter and his personal website...
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Posted on July 16, 2011 |
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Booking Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine for Sonisphere was a master stroke. He turned out to be the ultimate mood lifter. Adding a healthy does of “what the fuck?”, humour and swing based lounge music, it had all the ingredients to be a...
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Posted on July 16, 2011 |
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With our Big 4 bangovers still very much in effect we made our way to the Apollo Stage at the crack of dawn to catch one of Britain’s rising bands. The band in question was, of course, Reading’s own, Sylosis. Despite the early hour, yes...
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