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From Friday 27 January 2017

Korn announced for Reading + Leeds Festivals

Following yesterdays huge announcement which saw a number of bands added to the line up for Reading + Leeds the official Instagram account today announced that mighty Nu-Metal rockers Korn will also be playing across the weekend. If their sets across the country at the end of last year

Mastodon announce new album ‘Emperor of Sand’

Mastodon have announced the release of ‘Emperor of Sand’. Due on the 31st March this will be the Atlanta bands 7th studio release and surely one of the most anticipated metal albums of the year. The band have also made opening track ‘Sultan’s Curse’ available immediately. The band had this

Friday 20 January 2017

WSTR – ‘Red, Green or Inbetween’

Liverpudlian pop punk four piece WSTR get 2017 off to a great start with an early contender for one of the albums of the year and they’ve wasted no time at all in making a name for themselves. Debut album ‘Red, Green or Inbetween’  is

Wednesday 11 January 2017

LIVE: Korn / Limp Bizkit @ The SSE Arena, Wembley

Looking at tonight’s line up, you could be forgiven for thinking we’ve been transported back to the late 90s. Korn and Limp Bizkit were pioneers of the Nu Metal scene. both enjoying success on a global scale. Whilst Limp Bizkit haven’t released any material for a few years, tonights

Gone Is Gone – ‘Echolocation’

The term ‘supergroup’ is one which is banded about all too easily these days. It’s pretty much used to define any band containing members from successful backgrounds. Once in a while a band emerges on to the scene from prestigious beginnings and Gone is Gone are one

Tuesday 10 January 2017

The Hyena Kill get aggressive

This Manchester duo are one that have been on my radar for a little while now, having released a couple of EP’s since forming back in 2012.  However, the release of debut album, ‘Atomised’, at the back end of last year was a statement of intent. The bands latest single,

LIVE: Bullet For My Valentine / Killswitch Engage / Cane Hill @ O2 Academy, Brixton

At one time, Bullet for my Valentine were heralded as the saviours of British metal. Their debut album,’The Poison’, burst onto the scene 12 years and was followed up by the hugely successful career. The band toured solidly, amassing an army of fans. A lot of things have changed

Monday 09 January 2017

LIVE: Beartooth @ O2 Empire, Shepherds Bush

In their relatively short career, Beartooth have taken the rock scene by the scruff of the neck and thrust themselves in to the centre of it all. The band only formed back in 2012 by vocalist Caleb Shomo, but have already supported Slipknot, played Reading & Leeds festival and even

Tuesday 03 January 2017

LIVE: Black Stone Cherry @ O2 Empire, Shepherds Bush

It hasn’t been long since Kentucky rockers, Black Stone Cherry, were last on U.K. soil. Having toured back at the start of the year, they played some of the biggest arenas up and down the country, but this time around they’ve opted for a somewhat more intimate set of

Thursday 22 December 2016

LIVE: Every Time I Die / ’68 @ Brooklyn Bowl, London

For the second time this year Buffalo’s finest hardcore band Every Time I Die roll through London Town demolishing yet another venue in their wake. Having taken up residency for a week earlier in the year Keith Buckley & co return to play… a bowling alley because who doesn’t