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Meet: From Coffins to Cosmic Fire: Hendriek Bleik’s Electrifying Afrikaans Rebellion
Lichtenburg’s Loudest: How Hendriek Bleik is Dragging Afrikaans Music into the Future
slayer announce two huge uk shows for the summer
SLAYER will return to the U.K. after six years, performing their biggest headline shows ever in the country with special guests Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and Neckbreakker. These shows mark their only European headline appearances of the year, and fans can secure tickets early through an exclusive presale starting March 5th at 10AM GMT …
bloodstock announce a new addition to their arsenal, bloodstock’s winter gathering
ANNOUNCING…. BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING!! Be part of BLOODSTOCK history!! Will you be one of the very first to bear witness to BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING this December?! This brand new, one-day edition of the premier heavy metal summer weekender is set to debut this festive season on 6th December 2025. Raising the roof at the fabled …
Feature: Morgan Saint on Love, Loss, and Finding Light in the Darkness
Creating Without Limits: The Intimate and Unfiltered World of Out of the Blue
black sabbath to play one last gig and they will be joined by an all star line up for a one day charity festival
Ozzy Osbourne will be joining Black Sabbath for one last time and it will see the first time that the original Black Sabbath line up has been together in 20 years. The one day festival, to be held at Villa Park on 5th July, will feature a mouth watering array of Heavy Metal heavyweights including …
Live Review and Gallery: Hoodoo Gurus, Princess Wharf, Hobart, 31/12/2024
The Hoodoo Gurus set off their own blistering fireworks show at their end of year gig in Hobart, as part of the Tasmania’s Taste of Summer Festival. Of course, the Gurus have carved out a very special niche in Australian indie scene – they were part of an innovative underground movement in Perth, along with …
Feature: Backseat Downunder’s favourite Australian gigs and photographs from 2024
2024 represented a return to full service – and more – in the live music scene in Australia where the Backseat Mafia’s Backseat Downunder Team are located. With an ever expanding range of shows attended, we covered everything from international superstars like Taylor Swift to local bands plying their trade in small corner pubs. It …
Feature: Ugly Mac Beer Gives Us A Track By Track Of New Album Broken III
French hip-hop producer Ugly Mac Beer, with over 20 years of experience in the industry, returns to his youthful passions and ventures into synth-punk production for the first time with his new album titled ‘Broken Ill’. Three decades later, he brings to fruition an album he has dreamed of making since the age of 16, adopting a “Rick …
Northern Kin Festival. Thornley Hall Farm, Durham. 9th/10th/11th August 2024.
Back for it’s sixth year and in a new ‘venue’ Northern Kin 2024 certainly had some organisational issues to deal with prior to the weekend. Last year the weather caused chaos with the old site turning into a mudbath. This year the festival, on it’s new site at Thornley Hill Farm, was originally scheduled for …
Feature: Rumin Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New EP Horizontal/Vertical
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL is a collection of the first three songs that have been created by RUMIN. It is a totally self-produced recording, done on a zero budget. Drums were captured by Andy Ellis in a rehearsal room in Pirate Studios, Hove. Bass, guitar and vocal tracks were all recorded in Andy’s home studio in St Leonards, East Sussex. …