Live: The Enemy Farewell Tour – Manchester O2 Ritz – 07/09/16
A soundtrack of classic songs from local bands plays over the speakers of the O2 Ritz in Manchester. The walls are already sweaty and crowd lively from the great opening sets from Orphan Boy and Prose. The Enemy are embarking on their final tour of the country after a successful ten years in the business; …
Preview: Reading And Leeds Festival 2016
Reading and Leeds Festival is now only TWO WEEKS away! The bank-holiday is fast approaching and with Reading already selling out of weekend tickets, you’d better move fast if you want to head to the Northern date of the festival. Here at Backseat Mafia, we’ve picked out our 10 artists you should check out if …
News: Avenged Sevenfold Announce Huge Arena Tour For 2017
What’s better to get you through the upcoming winter months than an Avenged Sevenfold tour? The Californian five-piece have announced a massive arena tour for January 2017. The last time the band graced the British shores was for their incredible headline performance at Download Festival in June 2014 and haven’t toured since December 2013, where …
EP: The Brackets – Nothing To Write Home About
Branded as “Northern indie for your precious ears” on their Twitter bio, Wakefield four-piece The Brackets have just stormed onto the scene with their debut EP Nothing To Write Home About. Wakefield, famous for being the home of the Cribs, is consistently producing great new bands and Long Division festival is showcasing the best of …
Album Review: Beartooth – Aggressive
Columbus natives Beartooth are back in 2016 with a brand new album, Aggressive. The follow up to Disgusting released in 2014, Aggressive is a less angry but still as powerful Beartooth. Opener and title track, Aggressive is huge. The melodic chorus twinned with the lively guitars and gang vocals increases the overall dynamic of the …
Competition: Win A Beartooth Festival Survival Pack
In just under a month hardcore outfit Beartooth are set to rip up The Lemmy Stage at Download Festival, with a taster of new songs from new album Aggressive, out June 3rd. The title track was premiered on April 22nd and you can view the video below: Aggressive gives a great insight into the …
News: Beartooth Announce New Album Details
Hardcore band Beartooth have announced details about their forthcoming album Aggressive out June 3rd 2016. Front man Caleb Shomo wrote and recorded the new album at his home studio, with a little song writing help from John Feldmann (Blink 182, The Used) whilst David Bendeth (Killswitch Engage, Paramore) was drafted in to mix the album. …
News: McFly Announce Anthology Tour
Everyone’s favourite guilty pleasure pop/rock boy band McFly are back after a two year break, announcing their return to touring with the Anthology Tour in June 2016. The tour is stopping at Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London with the band playing three nights in each city. The first night of the three dates sees the …
News: Sleeping With Sirens Announce New Single ‘Go Go Go’ and Tour News
Billed by Kerrang! Magazine as “a band heading for the stratosphere”, Sleeping With Sirens are set to have one of their biggest years yet. The band are to release new single ‘Go Go Go’ on March 18th. The single is taken from the hugely successful album ‘Madness’ which came out March 2015. It was produced …
News: Bloodstock Festival Announces Three More Bands For 2016!
Three more bands have been announced for the UK’s biggest metal festival, Bloodstock. First band announced today are the Metal Allegiance. The line-up for this band is never fully known, but confirmed to show up on the day are Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Death Angel’s Mark Osegueda, Anthrax’s Scott Ian & Charlie Benante, Gary Holt from …