Featured Gigs

The Primitive Man/Sea Bastard 2015 UK tour starts tomorrow with a free show at the Unicorn Pub in Camden, London.

Dates are as follows:

30th March 2015 Unicorn, London (with Art of Burning Water and Torpor) FREE ENTRY

31st March 2015 Zanzibar, Liverpool (with Sloth Hammer and Deathtrip)

1st April 2015 Roadhouse, Manchester (with Trudger)

2nd April 2015...

The first 2 dates of the Therapy? UK tour have been postponed due to band illness.  The band were due to play Bristol last night, and Guildhall, Gloucester tonight but the dates have now been postponed to May.  

May 8th – Gloucester Guild Hall, Gloucester
May 9th – The Marble Factory, Bristol

All tickets for...

In less than 2 weeks on 19th March 2015 the Boston Arms Music Room will play host to the Ranger album launch show for "Where Evil Dwells", their debut full length for Spinefarm Records. Having recently been voted among the most interesting new generation metal bands in Finland they've been honing their take on old school heavy/speed metal since 2009 releasing demos and EPs to critical acclaim in the underground.  

We've already heard the new album (which comes out on March 16th) and...

GOBLIN TO PERFORM LIVE SOUNDTRACK TO PROFONDO ROSSO Ask any movie fan with a sweet spot towards horror films to name a Dario Argento film and 9 times out of 10 you'll undoubtedly hear Dawn of the Dead or Suspiria as the answer.  But then take a look at the overall ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and you'll find another film by Argento scoring a huge 95% rating - the same as both Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria. This is the criminally overlooked Profundo Rosso (Deep Red), his masterpiece slasher from 1975.  It's critics consensus is "The kinetic camerawork and brutal over-the-top gore that made Dario Argento famous is on full display, but the addition of a compelling, complex story makes Deep Red a masterpiece".  Yeah that's right a masterpiece, and you've seen it yeah? No? Then read on...

It's funny how things turn out isn't it? Last year was meant to see the first Northern Darkness festival take place but things went pear shaped and it was cancelled.  The problem was a lot of people had booked travel and accomodation and so a separate group of promoters decided to save the day and combined forces, somehow managing to put together a full 1 day festival at the last minute.  The promoters were Paul from 'kin Hell Fest, Bro UK (organisers of Brofest) and Omega Warfare. it was headlined by Hellkrusher with the likes of...

Next week will see 2 heavyweights hit the UK in the form of American 5 piece Inter Arma and the German two piece monster that is Mantar.  Having been blown away by both bands in the live environment I felt compelled to spread the word about this tour as it needs a push and you seriously need to check out both bands on this tour live.

Formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2006 Inter Arma had released a few demos, a split, EP and a full length over the years up until 2012, but it was their second full length "Sky Burial" released in 2013 on Relapse Records which really made the metal...

Desertfest have today announced 8 more bands.  As if all the bands already announced aren't enough to coax you into coming, today they have announced the following:

Floor

Black Pyramid

Atomic Bitchwax...

Welcome to the third installment in our Damnation previews, today is the turn of the PHD stage.  According to the festival facebook page tickets are now getting very limited and they expect to be sold out by early next week. If you are planning to go and haven't got your tickets yet, get them here now.

This stage kicks off at 1pm and first up is Liverpool 4 piece Corrupt Moral Altar. Despite only starting in 2012 the band released a demo and 2 EP's and were quickly...