BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCES 14 BANDS FOR 2024!


With BLOODSTOCK 2023 well under way, the festival is thrilled to already be looking forward to next year and announcing 14 bands for the 2024 event. BLOODSTOCK 2024 is set to take place on 8th-11th August 2024 at Catton Park, Derbyshire. 

AMON AMARTH are set to headline Sunday night’s Ronnie James Dio main stage in a 2024 UK exclusive show. AMON AMARTH’s chief marauder Johann Hegg proclaims, “England! We are excited to be returning to the Bloodstock hallowed grounds to do battle with you and the Saxon hordes! We look forward to fighting and feasting with you! See you soon.” Check out a message from the band here

ARCHITECTS will headline Saturday’s main stage in a 2024 UK exclusive show. 

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Dead Icarus, Feat. ex-Atreyu Singer Alex Varkatzas, Signs to MNRK HEAVY + Drops “Sellout” Video


Dead Icarus, the new project of former Atreyu lead vocalist and Gold-selling artist Alex Varkatzas, has officially signed a worldwide deal with MNRK Heavy

To herald this exciting news, Dead Icarus have shared the video for the new single “Sellout.” Watch it here.

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URNE releases new album and focus track ‘A Stumble Of Words’


Today, London metal trio URNE have released their new album A Feast On Sorrow via Candlelight Records. This deeply personal studio album is a stark rumination on the grim inevitabilities of disease, dementia and deterioration in old age. In celebration of the release, URNE have also shared the album’s focus track and visualiser for ‘A Stumble Of Words’.

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KATAKLYSM new album ‘Goliath’ out now + release music video for ‘Dark Wings Of Deception’


For almost three decades, the US/French Canadian-based melodic death metal syndicate KATAKLYSM have delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the entire globe. The band’s fifteenth full-length studio album, Goliath, is now available for the masses via Nuclear Blast Records.

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BLEED FROM WITHIN release new single ‘The Will to Resist’


Having completed a hugely successful debut American tour earlier this year with August Burns Red and The Devil Wears PradaBleed From Within are now currently in the midst of a colossal summer tour, taking in both headline shows, some performances with Heaven Shall Burn and festival appearances at the likes of Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Summer Breeze (Germany) and Alcatraz (Belgium). This run is due to be topped off by a 13-date tour supporting Trivium across the UK and a visit to the USA for Blue Ridge Rock Fest.

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Goth Rock Icons THE 69 EYES Release Their Smoking Hot Cover Of RAMMSTEIN’S “FEUER FREI!”


Goth rock all-stars, The 69 Eyes, are setting the scene alight with another high-profile hit, hot on the heels of their gothabilly transformation of The Cramps’ “Aloha From Hell.” Their latest release comes just in time to bring the summer heat, as they roar to the forefront with a fiery rendition of Rammstein’s explosive hit, “Feuer Frei!” This scorching track was originally released as the fifth single from the German industrial giants’ third album, Mutter, which debuted on April 2nd, 2001, and has since sold nearly 1.7 million records worldwide. On August 9th, 2002, “Feuer Frei!” made its film debut in the Rob Cohen action feature, xXx, starring Vin Diesel, and can be heard in its near entirety at the beginning of the film, which takes place at a Rammstein concert.

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