Earlier this month doom legends Saint Vitus announced US dates playing "Born Too Late" in it's entirety for their 35th anniversary. Well, Damnation have only just gone and announced that they will be bringing this show to the UK and playing at this years Festival taking place on Saturday November 1st.
Guitarist Dave Chandler said: "We are very excited to be performing at the Damnation Festival for the first time and it's even...
Swedes Martyrdod, have announced a return to the studio following their recent confirmation of a support slot for the upcoming UK dates with Converge. The band made up from members of Acursed, Agrimonia, Miasmal and Skitsystem have started work on their fifth studio album "Elddop" at studio Fredman (At The Gates, Opeth, Amon Amarth) for their follow...
Arctangent have revealed quite the line up for the 2014 edition with a European festival exclusive appearance from Chicago based Russian Circles and a UK festival exclusive appearance from Texans This Will Destroy You.
The festival which started last year takes place at Fernhill Farm in Bristol. Whilst the festival classes itself as the "UK’s only festival dedicated to the very best music from the worlds of math-rock, post-rock and noise rock", last year saw the likes of Winterfylleth, Dragged Into Sunlight, and Bossk amongst...
So this one's all about going insane, going, quite literally, off your noggin, dipping the nosecone of your flying machine and letting the tailspin take you where it will. Spiraling is the key word on this collection - the riffs like a lorryload of spinning tops tipped down a long, sweeping rubber corkscrew of a stairway, the drums frantic to follow every trajectory while an impossibly harsh whip-cracker screams and bellows to impose order on...
Oh no Red Fang has sold out on Friday. Well boo hoo - you snooze you lose, but fear not as Beehoover are playing in London on Friday to kick off their UK tour and let me assure you they RULE! The 2 piece from Esslingen in Germany haven't played our shores many times, the last time I think was 2011 with Sons Of Otis (but don't quote me on that!) and they seem to be one of those bands that if people haven't heard of them they check them out and love 'em.
As a band they're...
This coming Thursday sees a very special line up coming to London presented by Isengard Promotions with 2 UK live debuts from some finest of the current black metal underground. With a headliner who do very little promotion themselves we thought it best to introduce you to the 4 bands playing just in case you weren't familiar.
Mgla (Polish for Fog) started way back in 2000 based in Krakow, the second largest of Poland's major cities and one of it's oldest dating back to the 7th Century. Formed by M. he is currently joined by...
Swedish rockers Horisont have been confirmed to headline on the Metal Hammer stage at The Black Heart on 25th April 2014, the first day of Desertfest 2014. Since forming in Gothenburg in 2006 the 5 piece have released 3 albums, the latest "Time Warriors" on Metal Blade on 1st October 2013.
They will be joined by German blues rock four piece Zodiac who toured the US with Monster Magnet last year.
Also confirmed are...
We breathe laments for those who destroy without pity or mercy - there is no hope; anguish gnaws on the glistening nerve, the soft pulp of our desperate desire to live - our only understanding is for the bleak acceptance that what fixes its gaze upon us will be our end, our doom - a new life is lived in those few heartbeats left to us, a terrible, swirling journey - but the hammer blow, when it comes, is swift, measured - delivered with...
I think it's the vocals. The vocals and the drums. The vocals, the drums and the guitar tone. But really, it's the vocals. Doom metal, like grindcore, is an inherently restrictive genre and the question is always: what distinguishes this band from another? And, on this album, Conan have found that elusive set of criteria.
The foundation stone, the building block are those astonishing dual vocals (Jon Davis/Phil Coumbe) developed since 'Horseback Battlehammer'- calling out from beyond the mountains, from below the oceans, echoing through the arctic tundra and the searing African...
Incineration Festival takes place Saturday 10th May 2014 at The Garage in Highbury, London. The 1 day festival sees Taake head back over to our shores, and Anaal Nathrakh head back down south along with UK debut live performances from Carach Angren and Nargaroth. They join Malignancy, Aeternus, Amputated, Unfathomable Ruination, Slegest, De Profundis, Eastern Front, Noctem, Regurgitate Life, Primitive Graven Image and Premature Birth for what is sure to be one exhausting but AMAZING day of music.
The organisers are giving 2 tickets worth £25 each and all you have to do is...