Category Archives: news

DESERTFEST LONDON announces day splits alongside 32 additional artists for this year’s festival


Desertfest London has revealed their day and stage splits for their 13th edition, taking place this May across multiple venues in Camden, London.

The festival proudly welcomes Masters of Reality as Friday’s Electric Ballrooms headliners, with Chris Goss at the helm providing a master-class in desert sounds. Plus, newly announced for this stage are Colour Haze and Frankie and The Witch Fingers who will join Brant Bjork Trio and Mondo Generator to kick off the weekend in true Desertfest style. Mantar and Raging Speedhorn will shake-up the Underworld, whilst Brume and Alber Jupiter psych-out at The Black Heart.

Continue reading DESERTFEST LONDON announces day splits alongside 32 additional artists for this year’s festival →

22 more artists added to Download Festival XXI


Liquid Death presents Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, has today announced a further wave of 22 artists for this year’s festival, further bolstering a stellar 2024 line-up and truly delivering something for everyone. The new additions include Tom Morello, Enter Shikari, Black Stone Cherry, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The Struts, Of Mice & Men, Busted, Wheatus, Electric Callboy and more. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Continue reading 22 more artists added to Download Festival XXI →

DEFECTS Debut Album ‘Modern Error’ + Video For “Lockdown”


UK metallers Defects will release their profoundly personal debut album, Modern Error, on 24 May via Mascot Records. They have also revealed the video for their brand-new song Lockdown.
 
Listen/Pre-Order HERE
 
Recently the band have been confirmed to play at Download (UK), Graspop (BE), Rockharz (DE) and Rock The Lakes (CH) and have just announced that they will join Orbit Culture on their UK & European “Descending Into Madness” March tour. They will call through the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland. Tickets are available from HERE.

Continue reading DEFECTS Debut Album ‘Modern Error’ + Video For “Lockdown” →

30 new acts confirmed for Graspop Metal Meeting 2024!


The year has barely started but here at GMM we’re going full throttle. Feast your eyes on the 30 new acts we’re adding to the #GMM24 line-up. British metalcore sensations Architects, Mr Bungle with Faith No More chief Mike Patton, nu-metal stalwarts Limp Bizkit, legendary hard rock band Heart and hardcore punks Turnstile are just a few of the names promising to raise hell at the 27th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting this summer. ​

Continue reading 30 new acts confirmed for Graspop Metal Meeting 2024! →

UTOPIA SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE & ALBUM TITLE TRACK ’SHAME’


Building upon their debut album ‘Stalker’, released in 2021 and named after the 1979 Tarkovsky film, UTOPIA have upped their game for their second release ‘Shame’. 

Their debut album, put together during the pandemic with guest musicians, featured the extreme drumming talents of Billy Rymer (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Baard Kolstad (Leprous), Lee Fisher (Fawn Limbs), Si Blakelock (Tangaroa) and Simon Peter King. Now featuring a fixed lineup, the original members of John Bailey on guitars, Chris Reese (Corrupt Moral Altar) on vocals and Arran McSporran (Virvum/Vipassi) on fretless bass are now joined by Jay Walsh on drums and a second guitarist in Jimmy Wilson.

Continue reading UTOPIA SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE & ALBUM TITLE TRACK ’SHAME’ →

ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL 2024 Huge line up announcement


To help celebrate the 10th year (THE TENTH YEAR!) of the mighty ArcTanGent Festival in 2024, todays band announcement is very likely it’s biggest ever band announcement in its history. Yes, it is a biggie, and yes it will make you all very happy.

Announced for this years event are the world renowned, globally acclaimed Scottish post rock band Mogwai, who play the festival for the very first time. An incredibly special band with one of the richest, most varied, interesting and loved back catalogues of music, ArcTanGent Festival is thrilled to have them grace our stages this summer. They are a band that the team at ATG has been trying to book since it began, back in 2013.

Continue reading ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL 2024 Huge line up announcement →