Featured Gigs

In under 2 weeks time Bolt Thrower are playing Leeds.  BOLT THROWWWWEEEERRRRRR. Apparently some other bands are playing but personally I'd pay £36 to see Bolt Thrower any day of the week, no support required. Seriously why has Damnation not sold out already, shame on you UK! Let's face it if you don't like Bolt Thrower you are false. In 10 years time you're gonna look back and wonder why on earth you liked Black Veil Brides and why the hell you didn't go and see Bolt Thrower? In the first of our Damnation previews we will run down all the awesome bands that are playing on the Main Stage, you should know them all but just in case...

Yesterday we brought you a little preview of the Main Stage at Damnation Festival 2014, today is the turn of the Eyesore Merch stage.  It might be the smallest stage of the festival but that doesn't mean the bands don't pack a BIG punch, heck Bast are opening proceedings on it at 1 in the afternoon.  If that's not a good start I don't know what is.  Without further ado, the bands playing are as follows...

After winding it's way around Europe tomorrow finally marks the start of the UK dates for the Ken Mode/Hark co-headline tour.  Dates are as follows:

Monday 13th October - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar - Brighton - with Grey Widow TICKETS

Tuesday 14th October - Our Black Heart - London - with Limb and The Day of Locusts TICKETS

Wednesday 15th October - Anvil - Bournemouth - with Strank and Thuum TICKETS

Thursday 16th October...

Californians Fu Manchu kick start 3 UK dates tonight at the O2 Academy Islington in London.  The band will play Sheffield Corporation on the 25th and the Concorde 2 in Brighton this Friday the 26th September.

Tickets for all 3 shows can be found here.  

The tour follows the release of their latest album "Gigantoid" which was...

Just a reminder that you have until 8pm tonight to get the cheaper advance tickets for the London UK exclusive show from German band Lantlos happening tomorrow night at the Boston Arms Music Room.  Support comes from the UK's very own Fen, Falloch and Krawwl the (relatively) new band featuring ex-members of Altar of Plagues.  

Lantlos released their fourth album "Melting Sun" on Prophecy Productions earlier this year with the first pressing selling out in 2 months.  A second pressing is now available from Prophecy.  

Main support Fen have also been hard at work on...

 Christ just when you thought the line up for Temples Festival 2015 was already killer, today they have only gone and dropped another motherload of awesomeness.  SunnO))) have been announced as headliners for the Saturday but also with that announcement has been the announcement of...get ready for it: Martyrdod, Young and...

The organisers behind Incineration Festival have made the first batch of announcements for the 2015 edition of the festival which takes place across 3 venues in the heart of London's Camden Town on Saturday 9th May 2015.  

The first round of announcements are as follows: 

Necrophobic*
Prostitute Disfigurement...

The last EVER Killtown Festival takes place in Copenhagen in 3 weeks time on 5th-7th September with a warm up show on the 4th September, and just LOOK AT THAT LINE UP!! 

Metalgigs is not affiliated with Killtown in anyway, but having been before I can say it was one of the best metal events i've ever been to. I would hate for people to miss out on going when this year's edition is the last one that will ever take place. The festival is so good: a small venue, great sound, no backstage, cheap beer, cheap food, free film showings, (lots) of record stalls and bands manning their own merch, and i'll say it again LOOK AT THAT LINE UP...

In case you missed the internet meltdown on Friday, Temples Festival have announced the first set of bands for the 2015 edition taking place at Motion in Bristol on 29th -31st May 2015.  The first headliner was announced - Masschusetts' Converge will finish of the proceedings on the first (Friday) night.  Also announced were Portal making their first ever trip into the UK, along with Goatsnake, Pig Destroyer, Bolzer, Celeste and...

Damnation Festival have today confirmed 5 more additions to their tenth anniversary festival line up.  As if Bolt Thrower wasn't really enough to buy a ticket (and Saint Vitus playing Born too late!) the festival have today announced German doom masters Ahab and anyone who saw their headlining set at Doom over London III in 2012 will attest they CRUSH live!  Also added today are Iceland's finest Solstafir who will be making their UK festival debut, their new album Otta is due out in...