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Album Review: Saxon – Sacrifice

Saxon Sacrifice Review

With it's 40^th anniversary only three years away Barnsley's finest heavy metal export has unleashed its 20^thalbum. Yes, Saxon has been at it that long. “Sacrifice” is arguably the band's best work in years. With the mighty Andy Sneap at the helm for recording in Yorkshire, Biff Byford said it was intended to be a stripped down, no-nonsense affair. It's as subtle as a brick, but just as solid.

A striking feature is the erratic mix of subjects and locations in the songs. We begin with what sounds like Indiana Jones in the jungle with a Hammer Horror soundtrack. This intro gives way to a pummelling thrasher the likes of Testament would be proud of. The title track confirms its locale with a tale of human...sacrifice. Then it's off to Northern Ireland, where Byford pays tribute to the long gone ship building industry of Belfast. It's called “Made In Belfast”...

By Antony Roberts|2013-03-05T00:00:00+01:00March 5th, 2013|CD Reviews|0 Comments

Entrails premiere new song In Pieces

Entrails Sweden

Swedish Death Metallers ENTRAILS have just released the first song from their upcoming third album Raging Death!

According to the Metal Blade website:

"Entrails completed the recordings for their much anticipated upcoming third album, Raging Death! The album was recorded in different studios: the drum recordings took place at the Racetrack studios while the basis recordings were done at Jimmy Lundqvist’s own The Crypt recording...

By Antony Roberts|2013-03-04T00:00:00+01:00March 4th, 2013|Featured Bands|0 Comments

Live Evil festival makes a return for 2013

Live Evil Festival 2013

Live Evil Festival is back for 2013!!! This festival was sorely missed in 2012 but is back for 2013 and moving to a bigger venue. Check out our review of the 2011 edition day 1 and photos from day 2 to give you an idea of how awesome this festival is. We can't wait to see what other bands they have lined up by October but guaranteed we'll be there, Midnight is enough to have us salivating. Here is the offical press release with all the info available so far:

The legendary Live Evil Festival is BACK this October with what could be the best line-up yet and a perfect, bigger venue.

The weekend of October 18th, 19th and 20th this year will see the third full Festival in its new home at The Garage in London, Islington. Live Evil announces the only UK shows this year from...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-28T00:00:00+01:00February 28th, 2013|Gig News|0 Comments

Enthroned extreme metal alldayer preview

Enthroned alldayer electrowerkz london

This Saturday the Electrowerkz is host to a black/extreme metal alldayer brought to you by Aeon Promotions in association with Nazgul Agency. With so many bands on the bill we though it wise to present you with a preview piece to check out all the bands making up this huge bill priced at a bargain £14.50.

Headliners Enthroned really don't need any introduction, they bring their christ raping black metal mayhem across from Brussels for a full 60 minute headlining slot. Check out their official website here.

Ethereal are a self managed black metal band from Liverpool that started way back in 1999. Their long overdue debut has been recorded by guitarist V.Santura of Dark Fortress and Triptykon and is due out early this year. Check out...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-28T00:00:00+01:00February 28th, 2013|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Free competition ends midnight tonight

Today is the last day to enter our free competition currently running over on our facebook page. All you have to do is like us then find the post on the top of the facebook page and share it. The winner will receive a t-shirt in the size and gender of their choice along with a shopping/record bag and a bunch of stickers. All merch features the amazing artwork of Craig Bryant from Bast. Bast's next gig will be supporting the mighty Serpent Venom along with...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-28T00:00:00+01:00February 28th, 2013|Competitions|0 Comments

Melvins announce 2 special shows in London

Melvins London

Melvins have just announced 2 unique shows that will be happening at Electric (London) in May 2013. On Sunday 19th May they will be performing Lysol and Houdini. On Monday 20th May they will be playing Bullhead and Stoner Witch. Tickets for both nights go on sale this Friday (1st March) at 9am.

Here's what the press said about those albums:

"Melvins are a sect diabolick, a gateway, a divine portal between innumerable worlds, an outrageously confident and worthy cosmic interface between...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-26T00:00:00+01:00February 26th, 2013|Gig News|0 Comments

Punk as Fuck Photo Exhibition

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Those of you into your gig photography may well want to head to Whitechapel Road during March for the Punk as fuck photography exhibition.

Here's the full press release:

Punk as fuck is a collection of photographs taken by legendary music snapper Steve Gullick during the grunge & lurch led punk rock resurgence of the early 1990s for rock weeklies Sounds & Melody Maker.

The exhibition of beautifully hand printed photography features...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-25T00:00:00+01:00February 25th, 2013|Unclassified|0 Comments

Dragged Into Sunlight announce UK dates with Bossk

Dragged into sunlight uk tour may 2013

Prosthetic Records' Dragged Into Sunlight have announced 5 UK dates for May 2013. Special guest support on all mainland dates comes from Ashford's Bossk.

The dates are as follows:

24th May - The Pint, Dublin - support TBC

25th May - Birthdays, London - with Bossk, Dead Existence, and Astrohenge

26th May - Alter Ego, Macnhester - with Bossk and Iron Witch

27th May - Audio Glasgow - with Bossk and local support TBC

28th May - The Library, Leeds - with Bossk and Bong Cauldron

Links to tickets for the London event page here, along with...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-25T00:00:00+01:00February 25th, 2013|Gig News|0 Comments

Killtown Death Fest 2013 preview

Killtown 2013 preview

Last year's Killtown festival came as a very welcome surprise. I hadn't heard of it before but several friends had recommended it and after seeing the killer line up cameras got packed and I was Copenhagen bound. If you missed my review in the first issue of Iron Fist magazine then a quick summary of what to expect is needed for those thinking of going to the 2013 edition. Firstly Copenhagen is expensive, especially for those of you travelling from the UK, the strong Danish economy means everything in the city is considerably higher than over here, but don't let that put you off. The reason? Well the festival is a DIY non-profit affair, everything is done as cheap as possible when it comes to the food and drink inside. Beers were around the £2 mark, and a meal of (vegan) burger and chips was around £3, hell on the last night when trying to pay for vodka and coke the bar girl said they had broken even and just gave us the drinks for free. Yep that's right we went to a music festival and were...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-25T00:00:00+01:00February 25th, 2013|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Album Review: Vreid – Welcome Farewell

Vreid Welcome Farewell Review

Summing up as a fifth release, "Welcome Farewell" is definitely a fine piece of work from Norwegian black metallers VREID.

From the very start, I can say the album is darker and even more aggressive than their 2011 release "V" (also a brilliant album). The manner in which the album is written leaves no room for interpretation though, everything is done with precision and care, restless construction of riffs, menacing blasts and powerful bass tones.

It is a bit hard to avoid talking about "V" in order to relate impressions for "Welcome Farewell", there are elements the band are accentuating and trying to bring up front, like the "thrashiness" of the riffs and a more...

By Antony Roberts|2013-02-16T00:00:00+01:00February 16th, 2013|CD Reviews|0 Comments

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