Full Moon Dog Festival takes place this year on Saturday 13th October at the Cockpit in Leeds. The line up is already looking amazing with a headliner yet to be announced playing after Orange Goblin.
Here's the press release details, definitely one to get yourselves to.
‘Full Moon Dog Festival’ was launched last year; the festival was created
Legendary Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has been confirmed to headline Friday night at Hard Rock Hell 6 which this year takes place at Haven Hafan y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales. Dec 29th – Dec 3rd.
We caught Bach live at this years Download festival, and he's still got it. Playing a belter set with loads of classic Skid Row tracks he can still wail. If my memory serves me correctly we got Slave to the Grind, Monkey Business, I Remember You, 18 and Life, and Youth Gone Wild as well as a few tracks from his new solo album.
Acts confirmed so far for this year’s event include
Bloody hell is it me or are alldayers getting cheaper and cheaper? £4 (£5 on the door) is the price announced for the upcoming Sun Smasher alldayer put on by the good people at Scruffy Murphy's. With 7 bands already announced and another band still yet to be confirmed, that's 50 pence a band!!
Here's all the spiel from the promoters, support this shit, this is one hell of a line up even if it was 3 times the price:
Heretic Promotions brings forth another mighty alldayer for all you Doom heads and Sludge/Stoner freaks featuring some of the heaviest, dirtiest artists the UK has to offer!! Headlining Slot from the mighty Liverpudlians CONAN which will literally shake foundations as well as a stunning bill consisting of Black Magician, Wizards Beard, Dead Existence, Alunah, Gringo & Moghul + 1 TBC!!
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY SUNSMASHER AS WE BRING FORTH THE DARKNESS OF WINTER WITH ALL ITS DOOM AND GLOOM WITH THIS HEFTY DOSE OF MONOLITHIC BLISTERING HEAVYNESS!
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/248586228575179/
Advance ticket link (now live) is on the metalgigs event page. Further bands/info will be added as soon as it becomes available:
Soundgarden came and showed they've still got it this last weekend at Download Festival.
They are headlining on Friday 13th at Hard Rock Calling Festival in Hyde Park this July.
The line up on the Friday also features Mars Volta, Iggy and The Stooges, Skindred, Black Stone Cherry and many more.
You can currently get 2 for 1 on tickets for the Friday. This offer is only valid until Monday 25th June and can be found here.
Serpent Venom and Black Magician have announced a UK tour for July. 4 dates are confirmed for London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Birmingham
The final 2 dates for the SERPENT VENOM & BLACK MAGICIAN UK Tour have now been confirmed and will now be playing The Pilgrim Pub inLiverpool on Friday 6th April, support for the night comes from Iron Witch and Sunday 8th July will take in Scruffy Murphys in Birminghamwith support still to be confirmed.
Saint Vitus hit the UK next week and if you still want to go ACT QUICK tickets are almost sold out for the London date, with Manchester and Bristol not far behind.
Ticketweb has sold out of London tickets, but See tickets still have a few limited tickets left
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/SAINT-VITUS/Underworld/630844
Whilst you're on it check out
BLOODY BLOODY HELL!!!!! Somehow this one has escaped our attention until now. Profetus?? Process of Guilt?? Urfaust?? Ophis?? Soooooooo there!!!
You can find more info and links for tickets, and all the bands on the events page here.
Woahhhh okay this one is a bit special. Death Angel are re-releasing The Ultra-violence and playing the album in full on a tour which includes UK dates
Check out this update from Death Angel:
I am proud to announce that we will finally make our debut album, “The Ultra-Violence” available after more than 10 years out of print! Digitally remastered but, not altered – it sounds leagues better than the original pressing yet retains every ounce of vibe, character and
This is bloody awesome!!
PENTAGRAM have announce their first ever UK tour in the forty years they’ve been together in October and November 2012.
After the Doom pioneers first ever UK show in London last year Bobby Leibling and the boys return for four shows with Gentlemans Pistols as support:
PENTAGRAM + Gentlemans Pistols
October 2012
31st BRISTOL – The Fleece
November 2012
1st LONDON – Garage
2nd MANCHESTER – Academy 3
4th GLASGOW – Ivory Black
Tickets are £15 and on sale now via www.ticketweb.co.uk
If you need convincing of why you need to go check out our review from their first ever UK date. This happened in London in December last year here.
One of our writers is unable to make Boltfest so we thought why not give it out to one of our fans?