rock/metal
Meet: Clint Bredin From British Metalcore Band Beneath The Embers
With their new album ‘Condemned’ released at the end of last year and a tour in February supporting Tarja, Backseat Mafia caught up with Clint Bredin, lead guitarist and founding member of the British metalcore band Beneath The Embers. Hey, first off, thank you so much for taking the time out from what must be …
Track: Vaughanstrosity – Fl0w
Vaughanstrosity is the solo project of Ruaidhri Houston who you may know as bassist for highly praised Belfast shock rockers, So Long Until The Séance. Since the project’s formation in 2021, concentrated production on fashioning songs and structures led Vaughanstrosity to start work on a new debut EP, Memes And Dreams. Recorded at JSR in …
Track: Empyre – Hit And Run
Empyre have shared the third teaser from their forthcoming album with their new track ‘Hit And Run’. The band’s new album ‘Relentless’ is due on the 31st of March via Kscope. Commenting on the track the lead singer Henrik adds: “Hit and Run is about returning to somewhere you once knew well, picturing it as …
Track: Babyfang – Goan Go
Babyfang are a Rock trio based in Brooklyn, New York consisting of Théo Mode (guitarist), Canteen Killa (drummer) and 13th Law (bassist) who are all producers, singers, and songwriters. The band was initially formed to work out live versions of some half-written songs by Théo, they playedtwo shows and recorded a five-track demo, before everything …
Track: Enslaved – Caravans to the Outer Worlds (Live from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience)
Enslaved have shared the video for new single ‘Caravans to the Outer Worlds (Live from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience)’. The track is taken from their forthcoming new studio album ‘Heimdal’ due the 3rd of March via Nuclear Blast. The track which also features on last year’s EP of the same name, (read our review here) but this single is …
Track: Katatonia – Birds
Swedish masters of melancholic metal Katatonia have released the third and final single ‘Birds’, taken from their upcoming 12th record, ‘Sky Void of Stars’ which is due the 20th of January 2023 via Napalm Records. Jonas Renkse comments on the track: ”The pulse of dereliction. The insatiable need to expire. Here come the birds.” A melodic powerhouse with stunning …
Live Review: British Lion / Voodoo Six / Airforce – The Leadmill, Sheffield 07.01.2023
First gig of 2023 and what a great start at the Leadmill in Sheffield First up was Airforce formed in 1987by Guitarist Chop Pitman and featuring former Iron Maiden drummer Doug Sampson. A great six song opening set with strong vocals from Flavio Lino who joined the lineup around 3 years ago. With clear Maiden …
Live Review: Volbeat / Skindred / Napalm Death – First Direct Arena, Leeds 16.12.2022
As I ventured into the Leeds arena, I was met with a monstrous ramp of colossal proportions leading out from the stage into the standing area and back again, creating what was simply named The Parasite Pit and housed the lucky few who had secured themselves yellow wristbands by one method or another. Tonight’s bill …
News: Austria’s Wuodan’s Wunde announce debut album ‘Es Glimmt Empor Aus Ewger Nacht’ (‘It Glows Upwards from Eternal Night’ through Altare Productions.
Set for release on 16 January 2023, Austrian atmospheric black metal merchants Wuodan’s Wunde today announce the release of the debut album ‘Es Glimmt Empor Aus Ewger Nacht’ (‘It Glows Upwards from Eternal Night’), via Altare Productions, a Portuguese label specialising in black metal. Wuodan’s Wunde, as a musical entity, is shrouded in enigma and …
Live Review & Gallery: The Casanovas, Frankie’s Pizza 08.12.22
The Casanova’s did it again….(this reviewer says) they’re a 10 outta 10….woah woah woah woah….sorry, got carried away – those 70s inspired rock n roll riffs and catchy lyrics are just too hard to resist! The boys from Melbourne headlined one hell of a night during Sydney institution Frankie’s last week of trading. Taking to …