rock/metal
Track: Enslaved Return With New Track ‘Kingdom’
Enslaved have shared their new track titled ‘Kingdom’ alongside an evocative concept video. Ivar Bjørnson stated:“Kingdom – a tribute to the endurance of ideas and the people that carry them forward through hardship and fatigue, for the benefit of us all. Musically, it is a tribute to the Riff and the Rite: to the Teutonic Thrash kings, to Space …
Album Review: Excuses Excuses – Listen Up
After exploding on to the music scene with three energetic singles that took the music world by storm. Excuses Excuses have finally unleashed their debut album to the world in a joyous expression of loud and proud guitar led music keeping true to their live shows. Lead vocalist Kyle Wilton states: “I was always very …
Live Review: Covet / Colossal Squid – The Asylum, Birmingham 22.08.2022
Words and photos by Maxine Adams 1 man band Adam Betts from Colossal squid kicked off the Covet gig on a Sunday evening in Birmingham. A fan yelled ‘the best drummer in the world’ as he walked onto the stage, and after seeing what followed it was easy to see why he was praised so …
NEWS: Himalayas announce highly anticipated UK Headline Tour
Following the successful release of their single Alone, Cardiff-based HIMALAYAS have just announced the long-awaited news of a UK headline tour! The quartet will kick things off with a bang, and play a very special show in their hometown at the iconic Buffalo bar. Having once seen legendary artists such as Adele, Stormzy and James Blake perform there, Buffalo closed …
Track: Malevolence – Karma (Feat Will Ramos of Lorna Shore)
In celebration of their recent career-defining headline performance at Bloodstock Open Air 2022, Malevolence offers the world a sneak-peak into the festivities with a video of set highlight ‘Karma’, featuring live special guest Will Ramos of Lorna Shore. Malevolence laid waste to the attending crowd during their biggest headline show to-date, in a packed-to-the-rafters tent inundated with frenzied crowd surfers. Malevolence vocalist Alex Taylor commented: “We knew that …
Track: Clutch – Slaughter Beach
US groove rockers Clutch have shared new single, ‘Slaughter Beach’. The track is included on Clutch‘s upcoming thirteenth studio album, ‘Sunrise On Slaughter Beach’ due 16th September via Weathermaker. Discussing the track, frontman Neil Fallon confides, “The lyrics for Slaughter Beach were inspired by a late night walk along the southern Delaware Bay. Odd things happen there.” A laid back groovy …
Meet: Alex Keevill, The Man Behind Alternate Rock Project ‘The Microdance’
Can you give us a potted history of the band Firstly, I’d like to make it known that although The Microdance has been a thing since 2007, I’m definitely not in the position to say Ive had a band for 15 years. A combination of a lot of pretty anomalous life events and general misfortune …
Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 14.08.2022
As the news broke overnight that due to the unfortunate illness of a member of Life Of Agony, the main stage had had a slight change in proceedings, Skarlett Riot had been plucked from the Sophie Stage lineup and were now opening the Main Stage, wow, kudos to Bloodstock for allowing one of the ‘smaller’ …
Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 13.08.2022
What better way to start a Saturday than with a healthy slab of brutal Death Metal and today’s slab comes in the form of Danish batterers Baest. I was keen to catch these Danes again ever since I reviewed their last offering, ‘Necro Sapiens’, and today my wishes had been answered. Again, a healthy crowd …
Track: Motherland – Ocean Drive
North East alternate rockers Motherland have returned with new single Ocean Drive. A crisp clear return with big crunchy chords and bright confident vocals. Getting straight into the groove when the whole band join in which lifts the track up into a euphoric banger. You can clearly hear the bands own sound identity being carefully …