Gig News

Prosthetic Records' Dragged Into Sunlight have announced 5 UK dates for May 2013.  Special guest support on all mainland dates comes from Ashford's Bossk.

The dates are as follows:

24th May - The Pint, Dublin - support TBC

25th May - Birthdays, London - with Bossk, Dead Existence, and Astrohenge

26th May - Alter Ego, Macnhester - with Bossk and Iron Witch

27th May - Audio Glasgow - with Bossk and local support TBC

28th May - The Library, Leeds - with Bossk and Bong Cauldron

Links to tickets for the London event page here, along with...

Master (of Chicago, USA and now based in the Czech Republic) were due to play in London this coming Saturday but the date has been postponed.  Whilst I know a lot of our site visitors were aware of this sometime ago we are just posting this up to insure everyone is aware, and no-one has a wasted journey.  The date has been moved to the 6th April (a Saturday so no excuses).  Support comes in the form of Belgium's Dehuman (Kaotoxin records) along with Sturmtiger, Cythraul and Aeternum.  Venue is confirmed as the...

France's The Rodeo Idiot Engine (Throatruiner Records) and Selenites (Moment Of Collapse Records) are embarking on a UK tour in March 2013 and have got in touch as they are looking for promoters to help.  The current tour line up looks like this:

17th -> Portsmouth 

18th -> West Midlands

19th -> Leeds

20th -> ??

21st -> ??

Hard Rock Hell 7 (Cirque Du Rock) which takes place November 28-30th at Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park in Pwllheli, N.Wales is pleased to announce its first round of acts for this year’s event including a co-headline appearance by Black Star Riders.  This brand new band featuring Thin Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Damon Johnson and Marco Mendoza and who have now been joined by Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper/Megadeth) on Drums. The band have just signed a new Global deal with Nuclear Blast Records and will release their much anticipated album this summer.

BSR’s Ricky Warwick “We really can’t wait to take Black Star Riders on the road and I’ve heard so much about...

Last year I heard a song from the forthcoming Zatokrev album "The Bat, the wheel, and a long road to nowhere" and was pretty taken to it (a mix of post metal, doom, sludge, black metal and more), enough to find out more about them, having not heard the name before.  It turned out this was the third full length album from these Swiss metallers, though their first for the UK's Candlelight Records. Having heard the full album and taken a large shine I was keen to find out if the band were coming to the UK and after hitting up Candlelight was told they would be coming over in 2013.  Several months down the line and said tour is now being booked...

 San Francisco's Deafhevean are returning to the UK in May and this time they are bringing along Italians The Secret with them.  Deafheaven are currently at work recording their new album 'Sunbather' which is due for a late Spring release.  Anyone that caught either of these bands in the UK in 2012 (Deafheaven in February with Kylesa, The Secret supporting Converge in November 2012) will attest to their explosive live shows, this should be one hell of a tour.

The full european tour is as follows...

Leeds based Humanfly hit the road today in support of Cult of Luna along with Amenra.

Dates and ticket links etc can be found on their metalgigs page here.

The band have a new album "Awesome Science" due out on 11th February on Brew Records.

As a band that has been in existence for close to 12 years now, Humanfly are somewhat of an institution in the...

Italian legends Forgotten Tomb have announced a rare UK appearance scheduled for the 6th May 2013 upstairs at The Garage in Highbury, London.  The band regarded as one of the pioneers of the depressive/suicidal black metal sub genre have expanding their sound throughout their career taking on elements from other areas, cascading into doom, goth and more recently black 'n roll.  This London date marks their first ever appearance in the UK, and at present we have no word of other planned UK dates but will update the site if we hear anything further.  Their new...

English extreme metal legends CARCASS will return to headline the ninth Damnation Festival for their only UK appearance following the release of their first album in 17 years.

The death and grind standard bearers have promised another historic set which will feature cult classics alongside unexpected old gems and brand new material when they take the stage at Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 2, 2013.

And after helping to sell out Damnation Festival in advance back in 2008, guitarist Bill Steer is looking forward to performing to a packed house on their return to the event...

Doom legends Saint Vitus have announced a UK tour around their Hammerfest appearance.  Tickets for shows go on sale on Friday 11th January and support comes from self professed Seventies Rock preservationists Mos Generator.

Dates are as follows:

11th March The Haunt, Brighton

12th March The Cellar, Southampton

13th March O2 Academy 2, Birmingham

14th March The Cathouse, Glasgow...