May 2011 - Metal Gigs

Karma to burn support added and Amon Amarth new UK date

Amon Amarth

photo courtesy of Last FM

Amon Amarth add new date - London HMV Forum 23rd October, As I Lay Dying to support.

Also Karma to Burn August dates now have confirmed supports....

Now looks like this
4/8 Bristol, The Fleece, Karma To Burn, Black Spiders, Gentlemans Pistols
5/8 London, Underworld, Karma To Burn, Sedulus, 1+ TBC
6/8 Leeds, Cockpit, Karma To Burn, Black Spiders, Gentlemans Pistols
7/8 Birmingham, HMV Institute, Karma To Burn, Black Spiders, Alunah

By Antony Roberts|2011-05-31T18:59:35+01:00May 31st, 2011|Gig News|0 Comments

Cathedral last ever show – support confirmed

Support has now been confirmed for Cathedral's last ever show and what a line up.

The HMV forum will host Cathedral's last ever live performance on Saturday 3rd December 2011 and the line up is now confirmed as:

Cathedral

Grand Magus

Comus

Gentleman's Pistols

By Antony Roberts|2011-05-22T17:12:38+01:00May 22nd, 2011|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Thou and Moloch UK Tour

Thou are returning to the UK to once again play with Moloch, the last tour was amazing get to it people

Dates are as follows:

10/6 At the Hydrant in Brighton - support unconfirmed at present but possibly Lightbearer will be supporting at this

1/7 London - Venue TBC Possibly with Lich supporting (hopefully!)

2/7 Stuck on a Name Studios in Nottingham, also playing will be the awesome Rot In Hell

Thou have a ton of mp3's available to download on their site if you are not familiar with them

http://noladiy.org/thou.html?

You can find out more about Lich and download the amazing split with Ressurectionists on their bandcamp

http://lich.bandcamp.com/

By Antony Roberts|2011-05-22T14:59:20+01:00May 22nd, 2011|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

News roundup

Work on the site backend is nearing completion so gig listings will be getting refreshed very shortly, in the meantime here's a round up of this weeks news.

Gorgasm, Defeated Sanity, and Amagortis have announced a date at the London Garage on Sunday 3rd September, tickets on sale this week.

We are sad to hear the news that Cathedral have decided to call it a day. Luckily they'll be one last show on Saturday 3rd December at the HMV Forum in London. Tickets go on sale 9am tomorrow.

Sonisphere this week have started to now sell day tickets, through a ballot system. Perfect for those of you who want to just go on the big 4 day...

Supersonic festival announced the first bands on this year's line up and it's already looking sick:

Supersonic Festival 2011 Fri 21 – 23rd October Birmingham UK
Line up includes special guests Zu93, Electric Wizard and Secret Chiefs 3 joined by a.P.A.t.T., Agathe Max, Antilles, Astro, Bardo Pond, Blarke Bayer/Black Widow, Cloaks, Eternal Tapestry, Fire! w/ Oren Ambarchi, Lucky Dragons, Monarch, Pekko Käppi, Scorn, The Skull Defekts, White Hills, Wolves In The Throne Room, Zombi

Lastly Michael Monroe has been added to the line up of this year's High Voltage festival.

By Antony Roberts|2011-05-19T22:12:42+01:00May 19th, 2011|Gig News|0 Comments

Site Maintenance

We're updating a large section of the site backend at the moment to incorporate the band directory so gigs are not currently being updated. We will be live with the full site first week of June, in the meantime like our facebook page and follow our twitter to keep up to date with all the latest gig announcements...

By Antony Roberts|2011-05-08T14:31:22+01:00May 8th, 2011|Site Updates|0 Comments