Bloodstock Festival –LIVE REVIEW by Carina Lawrence
Bloodstock festival continues to grow each year, with 2024’s event being their biggest yet. This was evident by selling out weekend tickets and Saturday day tickets, a mighty achievement that was well deserved and expected considering the magnitude of the line-up.
WALL – An instrumental 2-piece heavy fucking riff machine, built brick by brick & riff by riff by twin brothers and Desert Storm members Ryan & Elliot Cole recently announced details on their debut album.
Released on 30th August via APF Records (Desert Storm, Video Nasties, Barbarian Hermit), ‘Brick by Brick’ is overflowing with unashamed Iommi-worshipping, instrumental, sludge/doom metal. With the band taking inspiration from the first 6 Black Sabbath albums as well as being influenced by the undisputed kings of instrumental stoner rock – the much missed Karma To Burn, drummer Elliot Cole comments on new single ‘Legion’.
Continue reading 2 PIECE, RIFF MACHINE, WALL REVEAL VIDEO FOR ‘LEGION’
A KILLER’S CONFESSION, fronted by vocalist and mastermind Waylon Reavis, plunge past the point of no return, offering a captivating album of melodic hard rock dosed with pummeling metal and industrial stylings on their latest LPVICTIM 1. It arrives September 13 via MNRK HEAVY. Pre-order it here.
Today, they dropped the lyric video for “FILTH.” Watch and listen here.
Continue reading A Killer’s Confession Announce New Album “Victim 1” + Share “Filth” Lyric Video
American masked metal masters MUSHROOMHEAD recently announced their brand-new, upcoming ninth album, Call The Devil, out August 9, 2024 via Napalm Records. 30 years into their groundbreaking history, the band shows no signs of slowing down, proving innovative without losing sight of their trademark sound and imagery.
Following the album’s hard-hitting first single, “Fall In Line” – which Revolver dubbed “groove-heavy” and Consequence called “a pummeling barrage of industrial metal” – today, MUSHROOMHEAD unveil their second new nü metal-laden single “Prepackaged”. The song shines as one of the band’s heaviest new offerings, cementing their renown with massive riffs, aggressive growls and a catchy chorus.
Continue reading MUSHROOMHEAD Delivers Nu Metal Energy with New Single “Prepackaged” + Music Video
ENSIFERUM will release their long-awaited new studio album, Winter Storm, on October 18th through Metal Blade Records.
The Finnish folk-metal melodeath sensation has maintained a prolific release schedule since their first demo in 1997, gradually increasing in stature until eighth album Thalassic crowned their ascent in 2020. The nautical opus went on to top Finland’s album chart, reaching #3 in Germany, and top ten in Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. Eventually, ENSIFERUM would take Thalassic on two massive world tours and to festivals like Wacken, Hellfest, Summer Breeze, and Ragnarök, but the global Covid pandemic ensured that the four-year wait for Winter Storm would be the longest in the band’s near-thirty-year history.
Continue reading ENSIFERUM Reveals New Album ‘Winter Storm’ To Be Released On October 18th Via Metal Blade Records + First New Song Unleashed
Xeneris, the Italian powerhouse of symphonic power metal, share the new single “Barbarossa”, taken from their highly anticipated debut album, “Eternal Rising”, out on June 14th, 2024.
Watch the official video for “Barbarossa”: https://youtu.be/ufiG5wH4HXg
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