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Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 11.06.23
The final day of this epic rock voyage and it was a fairly stripped back affair for me. The heat was truly oppressive from the off and wherever you stood in the vast Donington arena it was stifling. The water points were gridlocked, and it took almost an hour of queueing to become victorious and …
Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 09.06.23
As I entered the arena for day two I decided to take myself to the Dogtooth Stage in preparation for Pupil Slicer and in doing so I managed to catch the last 3 songs of Mancunian outfit, Witch Fever, and their brand of post punk measured chaos, and from the moment the anarchic and frenzied …
EP Review: Kilonova – Moment Of Clarity
Northern metallers Kilonova exploded out of the North-East of England back in 2018 immediately making an instant impact wooing audiences at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival, are braced to drop their stunning new EP, ‘Moment of Clarity’. Born out of the pandemic the EP is the band’s most personal and genuinely savage music so far. Bassist, Joe …
News: Malevolence announce UK and European tour
Malevolence, the UK’s reigning champs of contemporary metal, have been unstoppable since unleashing their latest album Malicious Intent. Now they’re ready to conquer the world, starting with an epic tour across the UK and Europe this winter! Brace yourself for a ferocious evening with thrash metal giants Sylosis, rising underground contenders Guilt Trip, and Aussie monsters Justice for The Damned. Malevolence front man Alex …
Track: Devildriver – Through the Depths
As Devildriver enter their third decade with nine full-length albums, countless international tours and worldwide renown, they are more resilient than ever. In 2020, they released the first instalment of their two-part Dealing With Demons saga, ‘Dealing With Demons I’. They are now set to share the second part of the series with ‘Dealing With Demons Vol. II’. Once …
Live Review: Lamb Of God / Kreator / Municipal Waste – Manchester Academy, Manchester 07.03.2023
Another trip over the Pennines, this time with a full thrash assault set firmly in the sights courtesy of the unmistakable chaotic Municipal Waste and the mighty Kreator bolstered by a huge slab of American metal by way of Virginia’s very own Lamb of God. This was going to be special and as such, I …
Meet: Teesside Metallers Motions
2023 will be a big year for Motions. With their single Dead Seeds out now and their debut album due in April, we caught up to learn a little about the band. Give us a potted history of the band We’ve been a full band since July 2022, so not long at all really. We’re …
Meet: Drew Davies With The Release Of His New Single And Forthcoming Album
No stranger to the music business, Drew Davis has returned with his second solo album due later this year and a brilliant new single titled ‘The Comeback’ which is out now. We find out a little bit more about Davies as he answers our questions. Give us a potted history of yourself It’s been about …
Live Review: Trivium/Heaven Shall Burn/Malevolence – o2 Victoria Warehouse 14/01/23
Opening the night is Sheffield based heavy metal band Malevolence. The 5 piece band consists of Alex Taylor (Vocals), Josh Baines (Guitar), Konan Hall (Guitar/Co-Lead Vocals), Wilkie Robinson (Bass) and Charlie Thorpe (Drums). Lead singer Alex speaks of how amazing it is to be playing to a room of 3,000 people as well as announcing …
News: Beyond Extinction release new single ‘Gravedigger’
Essex-based death metallers BEYOND EXTINCTION have returned with a brand new single and music video for ‘Gravedigger’, premiered via Slam Worldwide. The track is the second to be taken from their upcoming second EP, Nothing More Wretched, due 17th March 2023. On the new single and music video, vocalist Jasper Harmer explains:“’Gravedigger’ pulls together the apocalyptic visions and sounds we …