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Tolkien, Art & Metal: Paul R. Gregory Interview

06/08/2014

This year Bloodstock is summoning visions of the dark lord through an onsite exhibition by Bloodstock festival founder and painter Paul Raymond Gregory....

Trioscapes : Digital Dream Sequence

05/08/2014

Throbs with a primal, sweaty and utterly invigorating energy that transcends jazz, funk, metal or rock...

Sebastian Bach : O2 Islington [Live]

27/07/2014

If the music was polished, it was in the between-songs repartee where Bach won the crowd over....

Entrails Vs King of Asgard Vs Secret Cutter

25/07/2014

Metal is a means of escape, perhaps even transcendence; its extremity allowing an explosion of raw passion and primal emotions...

Wolves in the Throne Room : Celestite

23/07/2014

One gets the sense that Wolves in the Throne Room are soundtracking the Joseph Campbell monomyth of their own lives, but rather than a Disneyesque prog version, they’re going deeper. ...

NILE [Live]

09/07/2014

Egyptian mythology-themed death metallers NILE get necrotic in Southampton....

Finntroll (and Friends). [Album Reviews]

03/07/2014

The album is perhaps best seen as an intro to the band’s early to mid era - all polkas, accordia, kazoos, strange insect noises and trolls (lots of trolls)....

Art Exhibition at Bloodstock

01/07/2014

Tolkien and Metal Art at Bloodstock festival....

Tesla : O2 Academy, Islington

21/06/2014

No glitter, no razzle-dazzle, but a rapport that oozes sincerity and solid music to follow up. Tesla, Live at the O2, Islington. ...

Bloodstock 2014 : Preview

12/06/2014

As always with a Bloodstock lineup, there’s a hugely eclectic mix of Metal sounds and subgenres taking to the stage...

Alt-Fest Lineup Update

21/05/2014

Alt-Fest expands from it's already established repertoire of Steampunk, Alternative, Gothic, Electronica and Industrial to bring a slew of the gnarliest metal acts to the Northampton 3-day...

Bis versus Cradle of Filth

14/05/2014

The quality and hooks build themselves up with subtle but sinister precision....

Conan : The Lost Interview

12/05/2014

'You can play everything louder at a show than you can on an iPod' Conan's guitarist and vocalist on priorities....

Loitered Lens : Clutch

11/05/2014

Chungering brute-heavy guitar chops, full-throttle riffage, support from labelmates Lionize. Clutch at the Forum. Photos....

Riverside : O2 Islington

17/04/2014

An ideal band for the many people still missing Porcupine Tree, but on the basis of performances like this, they're far, far more than that....

Sebastian Bach : Give ‘Em Hell

15/04/2014

Compared to previous Sebastian Bach albums, there is an increase in vocal harmonies, and some of the effects used give a sense of an alternative or electronic sound at times....

T.O.M.B Versus Pilgrim Versus The Unholy

11/04/2014

All of a sudden, what had been sinister, suggestive and harsh starts sounding instead like some bloke making funny 'WURRRRGH!' and clanging noises in a recording studio. ...

HRH Prog 2 Festival

09/04/2014

There were complaints from some quarters that it was an inconvenient location. But it was an equal opportunity inconvenience; it takes just as long wherever you're coming from. HRH Prog 2...

Conan : Blood Eagle

12/03/2014

Devastation bleeding from the speakers....

Def Leppard Interview (Part 2)

11/03/2014

I think a lot of that was down to “Mutt” Lange. He worked us so hard on those records to make it sound special. He didn’t want us to sound like a run of the mill rock band. ...

A picture of Church of Misery by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Church of Misery

09/03/2014

Doom-sludge metal at stratospheric volume. Photos of Church of Misery live at Koko, London...

Nocturnal Breed album cover for Napalm Nights

Caliban versus Slough Feg versus Nocturnal Breed

06/03/2014

It’s immature, it’s juvenile and it will never, ever grow up. ...

Def Leppard : Interview

04/03/2014

There are so many artists, bands and so many different ways of getting them. It’s taken the special out of it. There’s too much out there. ...

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Bigelf : Into the Maelstrom

03/03/2014

It's been a long wait for this album, but the wait has been worth it. ...

Tribazik : Data Warfare

26/02/2014

Pulsing bass, heavy insistent drums, chugging guitars. Despite having a lot of distorted rock trappings, Tribazik are a force of groove and emphasise the ‘one’ with the sort of dedication you...

A photograph from Tarja Turunen London show by Tim Hall

Loitered Lens : Tarja Turunen

23/02/2014

'the world of metal definitely needs more cellos'. Photos of Tarja Turunen live at the O2 Academy, February 2014...

Loop / Godflesh UK Dates

21/02/2014

There was always a bond and forever shall remain one. Loop and Godflesh back together, where they belong....

Tarja Turunen : 02 Academy [Live]

19/02/2014

Tarja is a dynamic live act with a remarkable and unique voice, and on the strength of performances like this doesn't only reproduce her records live but exceeds them. ...

Supersonic Festival 2014 2-Dayer

12/02/2014

On 30th and 31st May, Capsule present 'Supersonic Festival Ltd Edt' and shall return to the Custard Factory where it all began…...

25 years of Meshuggah

03/02/2014

In celebration of 25 years of Meshuggah Nuclear Blast has spead a nice little message from the stupendous drummer Tomas Haake: A QUARTER CENTURY OF DEVIANCE Influential Swedish metallers Meshuggah...

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