Brofest 2014 has only just been and gone but already the announcements have been made for the 2015 edition as Brofest is set to return to Northumbria Students Union on 27th Feb to 1st March 2015 with an EXCLUSIVE UK date by none other than HIGH SPIRITS!!! Yes that's right Newcastle is to become the Midnight City but not only that, there are a whole host of bands announced so far with...
California's Bonded By Blood have announced a UK tour for May 2014 kickstarting in London and winding it's way up and down the country for 7 dates ending in Brighton. Support on this upcoming tour will be from the UK;s very own Flayed Disciple and Seprevation.
Bassist Jessie Sanchez had this to say about the upcoming dates:
"We're very excited to announce that we will be returning to the UK for a short headlining tour. Our fans overseas never...
Melodic Death Metal legends At The Gates have announced a UK tour for December 2014. The Swedes are currently working on their 5th studio album "At War With Reality" which is due out late 2014 on Century Media. This is the bands first UK live dates since their appearance on the main stage at Bloodstock Festival in 2011. Support on the tour will come from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...