Festival Preview: Brutal Assault 2017 (Czech Republic)
I’ve been attending Brutal Assault for a few years now and I can confidently say that this festival exceeds every expectation year after year. If you are a metalhead and someone who likes attending...
View ArticleHELLFEST 2014: First Bands Announced!
Have you already started planning your holiday for next year? Isn’t it a little bit early for that, you might ask. With the first bands having already been announced for Hellfest 2014, it is definitely...
View ArticleDOWN: To Headline Friday of Bloodstock Festival.
New Orleans’ metal supergroup Down have been announced as the headliner for the Friday of 2014’s Bloodstock Festival! They joined the already announced Emperor for the upcoming installment of...
View ArticleBLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2014: Megadeth To Headline.
Sunday’s headliner of Bloodstock 2014 will be none other than thrash metal legends Megadeth, playing an exclusive UK show. Dave Mustaine and co, who will be celebrating their 20th anniversary of the...
View ArticleBLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR: Carcass, Lacuna Coil and Primordial To Play Festival.
This week’s Bloodstock announcement has had fans across the country squealing with excitement as British legends Carcass have been announced as the special guests behind Emperor on the Saturday. With...
View ArticleBlast From The Past: Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse
Critics have called the rise of death metal improbable but those of us who were into Slayer or any of “the big three” teutonic thrash metal bands (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction), heard this change...
View ArticleROTTING CHRIST, SATAN & SISTER SIN: Announced for Bloodstock 2014.
After a long anxious wait, the headliners for Bloodstock’s Sophie Lancaster stage have been announced. On Friday it will be Greece’s extreme metal heroes Rotting Christ, Sister Sin will headline on the...
View ArticleDIABOLICAL: Confirmed For Bloodstock Festival. Catch Them On Tour Right Now.
Swedish death metal horde Diabolical have been confirmed for Bloodstock Festival 2014! The band recently confirmed a string of tours which sees Diabolical campaign across Europe over the coming months...
View ArticleWacken Open Air 2014: Ten Bands That NEED To Be Seen
We are about 120 days from Wacken Open Air 2014 – its 25th anniversary spectacular. It’s already shaping up to be something that gives legendary a new meaning. But the thing is, Wacken is always a...
View ArticleFestival Preview: Hellfest 2014 – Mainstage 2
Hellfest. Rarely has a name been quite so apt for a festival. Set in the rural area of Clisson, France, the festival has several reasons to live up to its name. Firstly, the lineup almost invariably...
View ArticleHELLFEST 2014: Day 3 Photo Report by Vivien Varga
Unfortunately, all things have to come to an end. This is the last part of Vivien’s photo report of her diabolic journey into France’s Hellfest Open Air. This last day, however, did not lack hellish...
View ArticleBloodstock Open Air 2014: Sixteen Bands That NEED To Be Seen
With Bloodstock fast approaching, I thought it would be appropriate to look at the bands most anticipated for the weekend. When making the selection I realised I ended up picking the entire Saturday,...
View ArticleHellfest 2014: Day 3
By now the entire festival ground is completely covered in a thick layer of dust, and barely a hint of rain has meant the place resembles more a French desert than the stereotypical mud bath festivals...
View ArticleWacken Open Air 2014: Review and Interactions
It’s almost a foregone conclusion that all our readers would be familiar with Wacken Open Air, for the little reason that it is the biggest metal festival in the entire world. This year marked the 25th...
View ArticleLive Report: Bloodstock Open Air 2014 – Saturday
Waking up to some fellow campers yelling ‘White Flour’, I knew I was still at Bloodstock. The day had many wonders in store for me, including robots, jazz metal fusion, brutal death metal, more sludge,...
View ArticleBLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL: Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura and Ihsahn Added to Line-Up
After the announcement of Within Temptation and Opeth for Bloodstock 2015, the festival has announced more bands for next year’s edition. The brutal Cannibal Corpse will be playing an exclusive UK show...
View ArticleIhsahn – Arktis
Ihsahn is an artist who can do whatever he wants, he could release an Earth, Wind & Fire covers album and people would still take note. His influence among modern metal is near unparalleled,...
View ArticleWACKEN OPEN AIR: Emperor, Orange Goblin and Turbonegro Among 11 New Bands to...
Eleven new bands have been confirmed for the 28th edition of Wacken Open Air. The new bands were announced at the Hamburg Metal Dayz festival which is organised by the same festival company. The new...
View ArticleHELLFEST 2017: Yet Another Jaw-Dropping Festival Line-Up
Here we go again. Hellfest did it again. They dropped their complete band line-up for the 2017 festival edition and as every year, it is insane. How they manage it, it’s beyond me. With three day...
View ArticleRITUAL FESTIVAL’s Dan Vaughan: “Creating an Immersive Experience Is Something...
Last year’s Ritual Festival was one of the highlights of the calendar year. A mixture of all things dark and heavy, for a first time a festival hit all the right notes. Now Ritual is back with Ihshan...
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