metal
News: Bury Tomorrow Release Trailers For New Album Earthbound
Bury Tomorrow fans should be holding their collective breath in anticipation of January 29th– which sees the release of their fourth studio album Earthbound. In talking about the album, frontman Dani Winter-Bates says this; ‘’A big thing for us this time around was to get down to the real nitty gritty of what our fans …
NEWS: Bring Me The Horizon Announce Arena Shows
Bring Me The Horizon have enjoyed nothing short of a meteoric rise. Their fifth studio album That’s The Spirit reached far more commercial realms than any of their previous offerings, resulting in a world-wide tour, as well as sales of over 450,000 on the album- which has now gone Gold here in the UK. Last …
News: Motorhead’s Lemmy Dies Age 70
Ian Fraser Kilmister, commonly known as “Lemmy” has died aged 70. The news was confirmed by Eddie Trunk, an American radio personality. Lemmy had recently celebrated his 70th birthday on Christmas Eve. Ozzy Osbourne tweeted “Lost one of my best friends, Lemmy, today. He will be sadly missed. He was a warrior and a legend. …
Track: Vampires Everywhere – Black Betty
It’s been a wait, but finally Los Angeles rockers Vampires Everywhere have dropped some new music, their first since 2012, in the shape of Black Betty. It comes ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Ritual’, due out in the new year. As vocalist Michael Vampire explains,”This song is special to me because it represents a part …
Album Review: Baroness – Purple
As a Baroness album Purple is exceptional, as a rock album in 2015 Purple is unmatched and as an example of modern forward thinking music Purple is a shining light. With their previous album, Yellow and Green, Baroness began to experiment with bigger and more expansive sounds all contained within the mould of short, punchy, …
See: Like Moths To Flames release new video for ‘Wither’
Columbus, Ohio metalcore quartet Like Moths to Flames have released a new video for their track Wither, taken from their highly regarded ‘The Dying Things We Live For’, out now on Rise Records. The track is muscular, in your face aggressive and yet has this certain swagger about it, laying down these sour sounding chords …
Premiere – Barons Of Hiddenhausen stream new EP ‘Bedroom Edits’
Mortiz Kofler, aka Barons of Hiddenhausen has a new EP, Bedroom Edits out this Friday, and we’re delighted to premiere a stream of the whole thing here on Backseat Mafia. The Vienna based musician locked himself in his flat and has made an EP that belies the title which suggests some kind of lo-fi recordings. …
Album Review: Sikth – Opacities
After 9 years away Sikth have come back to embarrass everyone else in the scene by just being brain meltingly brilliant. Their new mini-album Opacities is exactly what modern forward thinking metal should be, exciting, unpredictable and unique. Without missing a beat Sikth have just continued where they left off and re-emerged as frontrunners of …
Live Review: Judas Priest, Wolverhampton 26.11.15
Leather, Spikes and Roaring Motorbikes! So where to start reviewing such Legends of metal? After numerous changes (how many drummers?) and constant evolution of their sound over 45 years the Midland Metal Gods are making a return to their homelands, and what could be better? With Black Sabbaths “War Pigs”, blasted to introduce the band, …
News: RIP – Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor
Ex-Motörhead sticksman, Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor, has died aged 61. Originally from Chesterfield, Taylor joined the London metal band in 1975, not long after its conception. Alongside Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister and Larry Wallis, Taylor played with the band for a year before guitarist Wallis was fired, to be replaced by Eddie ‘Fast’ Clarke. Following this, …