rock/metal
News: Kerry King Drops First New Music; Announces Debut Album, ‘From Hell I Rise’
The Los Angeles Forum, just before midnight on Saturday 30th November 2019. SLAYER’s KERRY KING stood center stage; his signature chains hung from his belt; he walked over to stage right, unhooked the chains and held them high, dropped them on to the floor, turned around and walked off the stage. “I knew early on that …
Live Review & Gallery: A Night of Metal Mayhem at Metro Theatre as Wednesday 13 Resurrects Murderdolls – 03.02.24, Eora/Sydney
Saturday night at the Metro Theatre in Eora/Sydney marked a triumphant return to the stage for Joseph Poole, better known as Wednesday 13. The iconic frontman and songwriter of Murderdolls, after a hiatus of well over a decade, brought back the twisted anthems from their dual album discography. The atmosphere was charged with anticipation as …
EP Review: Blue Nation – Reflections
One of Backseat Mafia’s favourites Blue Nation have returned with a new EP titled Reflections. This follows on from their previous EP Echoes (read our review here) The band collectively state: “This collection of songs represents a journey of creativity, emotion, and camaraderie that we’ve poured our souls into… …’Reflections’ is more than just an …
News: Over Fifty Huge Names Revealed For Reading & Leeds 2024
Reading & Leeds announce over 50 new artists for 2024 including Reneé Rapp, Fontaines D.C., Denzel Curry, Pendulum, Neck Deep and Nia Archives who will join the six headliners, including UK festival exclusives Fred again.., Lana Del Rey and Blink-182, plus, Liam Gallagher, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon. They will also join the previously announced London-born hip-hop star 21 Savage, BRIT nomination record breaker RAYE, pioneering producer Skrillex, UKR&B …
Track: The Halo Effect – Become Surrender
Gothenburg´s mettallers The Halo Effect have returned with a brand new single ‘Become Surrender’. The track has been a staple of their live shows for a while now, and has quickly become a fan-favourite. Mikael Stanne comments: “‘Become Surrender’ was written and recorded during the ‘Days Of The Lost’ sessions, but for some reason we left it out of the album. It …
See: Malevolence Share ‘Higher Place’ feat. Espera (Sleep Token) Live Video From The Forum, London 2023
Malevolence are set to shut down cities across the UK, starting tomorrow with a full-on, 11-date club tour, featuring New York’s Pain Of Truth and MLVLTD’s finest Rough Justice. The run is now almost completely sold out, with the Liverpool venue recently upgraded due to high demand. In celebration, the UK’s reigning champs of heavy metal present a special memento from their sold-out UK tour …
Live Review: Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band / George Shovlin And Friends – Sedgefield Blues Club, Sedgefield
Tonight was all about talent and what a night it was at Sedgefield Blues Club. The club has been going for a long time now and has generated a reputation for putting on exceptionally high-quality gigs to the point where people now will show up even without knowing the band. Such is the club’s guarantee …
Album Review: Drew Davies – Holloway Nights
Somewhat of a Backseat Mafia favourite Drew Davies gathered together friends old and new to record Holloway Nights an “almost conceptual; a year in the life of Holloway Road, London” First track and single ‘Bitter End’ is a fantastic way to start, an 80’s tribute of deep throbbing bass and soaring Bowie like vocals that …
Feature: Utopia Give Us A Track By Track Of New Album ‘Shame’
With their new album out today we caught up with John Bailey from the band to give us a low down of each track and how it all came together. All the music that I write starts with a rhythm. In fact, it actually starts with a metronome tempo in my head. I think about …
News: Peruvian Metal Band Chaska Share New Single Nymph Of The Lake
Peruvian metal band Chaska are set to release their new 6-track EP ‘Rites of June’ on May 5th 2024 via Finnish Inverse Records. The band have shared the video for the first official single taken from the EP ‘Nymph of the Lake’. Singer and guitarist Hueso Raffo comments: “Nymph of the Lake is a song inspired, in some …