Icelandic Viking/folk metal act Skálmöld have just released the new video for "Gleipnir". Yes we said a video not a gig announcement, I know we're a listings website, but it's not every day the very talented Bowen Staines releases a new video. Originally born in New Hampshire, Bowen has relocated to Iceland where he established Don't Panic films. After blowing us away with the amazing...
Those of you who made it this to this year's Sonic Obliteration all dayer headlined by Cryptopsy at the Underworld will already be familiar with Re-armed. Well the Finns are heading back to the UK this November for a headline tour along with our very own Wretched Soul. The bands play the following dates:
15th November - Rock Zombie, Dudley
16th November - Audio, Glasgow
17th November - Surya, London
18th November...
This was announced a while back but in case you missed it California's Xibalba are heading over for a European tour with blackened hardcore Italians Hierophant. The tour will see them cross the pond for 5 dates in the UK as follows:
30th September - Wagon & Horses, Birmingham
1st October - Star and Garter, Manchester
2nd October - Classic Grand, Glasgow
3rd October...
Thursday 3rd April - O2 Apollo Manchester
Friday 4th April - Newcastle City Hall
Saturday 5th April...
I have no idea what they have been putting in the Merseyside water recently but whatever it is can they please share it around? Many years ago Liverpool spawned Carcass, one of my all time favourite bands, so any decent band to come from the area already had fine company. In the last few years we've had Dragged Into Sunlight and Conan come along and redefine heavy whilst destroying ear canals in very different ways. Last year saw Black Magician...
Terrorizer magazine have announced "Bloodletting the UK tour" featuring Copenhagen's Iniquity, Moscow's Katalepsy and our very own Unfathomable Ruination. Christ this has to be the most brutal tour of 2013!! Iniquity put out their debut, the death metal classic "Serenadium" in 1996 to amazing feedback from the underground press. They then managed to follow up with an EP and 2 more full lengths of almost equal quality to their landmark debut (seriously what was in the water that 90's death metal bands drank to make them so consistent?). 2013 marks the 15th anniversary of the 1998 The Hidden Lore EP and so the line up from that recording have reformed for a few very special tour dates. This is in Iniquity's woads a one off:
"There are NO plans of recording any new or old material and there won't be another reunion later on - at least not with this line-up. This is meant as a one time thing in hon
For every one of us, there are certain sounds that trigger a shot of nostalgic bliss. For some, it’s the warm, aging chime of the family grandfather clock or the glacial crunch of virgin snow underfoot. For others, it may be the dulcet melody of early-morning birdsong or just the shrill, anaemic tones of their favourite lullaby (I won‘t judge).
But for a select, sadistic few, there isn’t much on this earth that’s able to tug so malevolently on the (rotten) heart-strings than the doomed death metal din of San Francisco’s Autopsy. A hideously gut-wrenching tone many feared lost to the dust, before its unholy resurrection circa 2009.
While the resultant releases...
I'm not too sure what to add to this news post other than aaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh!!! Ufomammut have just announced the Magickal Mastery European tour and it contains 3 dates in England at the beginning of October. If you haven't seen this band live yet you HAVE to go and see them. I know everyone says ooh this band is great on every press release about every band but seriously Ufomammut are the real deal live. I'm sure regular visitors to the site know how many gigs i go to and this is serious advice GET A TICKET. Much like Yob they...
Christopher West, the drummer from Trippy Wicked hit us up today to let us know that Trippy Wicked (and the Cosmic Children of the Knight) have an upcoming UK tour, and a new EP due out shortly. His label Superhot Records is due to release the EP 'Underground' on digipack CD in September. Due to the fact the man has impeccable tastes in shirts (see above) we felt it was only justified to share this awesome news with you. Having amazed...
Well it seems like most of the country's metal community is heading up/down/across to London this weekend for the Iron Maiden shows happening at the O2 Arena on Saturday 3rd August and Sunday 4th August (Tickets are still available for the 4th here).
As well as the Maiden shows those...