metal
live review: bloodstock open air festival, catton hall. 10/08/2025
So, on to the final day and my morning was starting with a huge slab of Modern Deathcore by way of The Cartographer on the New Blood Stage. With guttural roars and animated vocals it was the perfect way to jump headfirst into a full day of Metal. The tent was suitably rammed for the …
bloodstock open air festival announces 25 bands for the 25th anniversary
Bloodstock will be returning to Catton Park in August 2026 to celebrate its 25th anniversary and they have announced a massive 25 bands already. BLOODSTOCK is overjoyed to welcome back titans of groove metal, the unmistakable Lamb of God as Friday’s headliner on the Ronnie James Dio stage. Frontman D. Randall Blythe states, “We are …
The mighty Incineration Festival has announced its date, venues and the first band for the 2026 edition. FIVE DEATHLY GROUNDS The Roundhouse will be the setting of our main stage in 2026 – a stage that will host a headline performance by one of the most special bookings we’ve ever had the pleasure of confirming. …
live review: bloodstock open air festival, catton hall. 07/08/2025
After having successfully traversed through a downpour that Noah and his Arc would have potentially been stumped by and Poseidon would have undoubtedly been proud of I eventually made my way onto the hallowed grounds of Catton Park, a headbangers Utopia if you will, just in time to be launched head first into the Punky …
live review and + gallery : slayer, amon amarth, anthrax, mastodon, hatebreed & neckbreakker – finsbury park, london 06/07/2025
Six years, which some would say seems like an eternity, and the day had finally come for the Capital to experience the return of the Thrash overlords, and if the stripped back Cardiff event (just three days earlier) is anything to go by then we were in for a treat of epic proportions. First to …
Live Review & Gallery: LANDMVRKS Get Loud and Stay Loud at Metro Theatre For Their Australian Debut – Eora Land/Sydney, 10.05.25
French metalcore outfit LANDMVRKS didn’t need to bother with dramatics when they hit the stage at the sold-out Metro Theatre over the weekend. As part of their Australian debut, they simply walked on and started swinging. No build-up, no bloated intro – just volume, sweat, and riffs thick enough to cave your chest in. The …
10 weeks and counting until one of the biggest metal events for 2025 hits the uk, slayer and a huge supporting cast
Slayer will be playing two UK dates in July, their first since 2019, and they will be joined by some giants of the metal world. Slayer will be playing the Blackweir Fields, Cardiff, on 3rd July and then Finsbury Park, London, on 6th July. Tickets for the london show have reportedly hit the 50% sold …
Live Review & Gallery: ERRA and Guests at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 15.03.205
Metalcore Majesty: ERRA’s Australian Headline Tour Leaves Sydney Shaken
Live Review & Gallery: Knotfest Sydney Ignites: A Day of Chaos, Hardcore, and Heart 8.03.2025
Knotfest storms into Sydney with relentless energy, as bands from hardcore upstarts to metal veterans ignite the pits, industrial chaos rumbles under ominous skies.
live review: brand of sacrifice, fit for a king, motionless in white. o2 victoria, manchester. 21/02/2025
Tonight, the Transatlantic world of Core had been brought to the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester and it well and truly shook the building and all that stood within its confines to their roots. First up were Brand Of Sacrifice and they battered the healthy early evening contingency with their unrelenting and unapologetic Death Core …