AEON ZEN Releases lyric video for “Downfall”
AEON ZEN new album Enigma was released January 22, 2013 on Nightmare Records, distributed via Sony / RED. The album is available on CD and Digital Download at your favorite vendors that champion great music, or click through to the Nightmare website. AEON ZEN hails from the United Kingdom, bringing to the world a rich blend of many rock, metal and progressive [...]
UK TECH-FEST announces next round of bands and after-parties
UK TECH-FEST, Europe’s first ever progressive and technical metal outdoor festival, has added 11 more bands to its monstrous line-up as well as nine more acts performing at the on-site after-parties. Tech-Fest will happen at The Plough Events Field in Peterborough on 11 – 15 July. Featuring ex members of prog-metal titans Cynic, jazz-metal fusionists EXIVIOUS have [...]
No Consequence (Basick Records) announce UK tour
Fresh from a run of positive reviews for their second album, IO, British tech metallers No Consequence are pleased to announce their first batch of headline shows this July, taking their new album to live stages across the UK. Support comes from Milton Keynes tech metallers Invocation and metal all the way from Israel in the form of Linked, [...]
EVILE ANNOUNCE ‘SKULL’ MINI UK TOUR IN SEPTEMBER
EVILE have confirmed a mini UK tour for this September in support of the band’s upcoming new album, SKULL. The band will be playing four special shows around the UK and Ireland, with ticket prices for all dates available for just £5 in advance (7.50 Euros for Dublin). As a special thank you to their [...]
Album Of The Month: Gloryhammer – Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife (Napalm Records)
A monumental statement like “Album Of The Month” should be something that is carefully considered; but not in the traditional way. The idea of better is often fleeting and always subjective. It is a concept that cannot be valued by the abstract and petty control systems that shackle creativity. Instead, one must look to certain basics and, upon [...]
GloryHammer – Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife (Napalm Records)
Well, this is certainly an album to provoke questions upon first glance, the most urgent of which might be “What’s the deal with this?”. Admittedly, the front cover might escape deeper scrutiny until the song titles are, um, encountered, at which point the more inquisitive amongst us might re-examine the front and conclude that it [...]
EVILE: EXCLUSIVE ‘SKULL’ PRE-ORDER OPTIONS AVAILABLE
British thrashers EVILE are due to start offering pre-orders for their brand new studio album, SKULL, tonight Tuesday, April 2nd. As a special offer to fans, SKULL will be available in a wide selection of exclusive pre-order options from the Earache Records Webstore, with deals to suit everyone from the casual fan to the most [...]
EVILE TO RELEASE SPLIT VINYL WITH ENTOMBED FOR RECORD STORE DAY
Britain’s EVILE will be celebrating this year’s Record Store Day by releasing a split 7″ picture disc vinyl with Swedish death metal legends ENTOMBED. The limited edition release will feature ENTOMBED’s classic 1990 track, “Drowned”, along with EVILE’s incredible 2012 cover version, available on vinyl for the first time. The 7″ will be available in [...]
EVILE REVEAL NEW ALBUM TITLE AND ARTWORK
British thrashers EVILE have revealed that the official title for their upcoming new album is SKULL. The band’s fourth full length release and highly anticipated follow-up to 2011′s FIVE SERPENT’S TEETH was once again recorded with producer RUSS RUSSELL (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The artwork for the album was [...]
BRITISH THRASH TITANS ‘ENRAGE THE BEAST’ WITH 2ND ALBUM : BULL-RIFF STAMPEDE CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST V & WACKEN OPEN AIR 2013
BRIT THRASH TITANS ‘ENRAGE THE BEAST’ WITH 2ND ALBUM : BULL-RIFF STAMPEDE CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST V & WACKEN OPEN AIR 2013 Following last years crushing debut album ‘Scatter The Ground’ - one of the UK’s finest thrash metal bands Bull-Riff Stampede have commenced work on their 2nd full length release ‘Enraging The Beast’with a November 2013 landing date expected. [...]
UK Death Metal Outfit, Dyscarnate, On Tour in Russia and Ukraine
28.03 Kharkov – Zhara 29.03 Rostov On Don – Podzemka 30.03 Voronezh – Tarantul 31.03 Tolyatti – Hard Rock 01.04 Samara – Underground Club 02.04 Votkinsk – Infinity 03.04 Kazan – Banzai Club 05.04 Saint Petersburg – Stoker Club 06.04 Veliki Novgorod – Club 39 07.04 Moscow – Under The Ground www.facebook.com/Dyscarnate
New tour dates confirmed for REIGN OF FURY
New tour dates confirmed for REIGN OF FURY Tour dates (with more tbc): 22nd Feb – Marr’s Bar, Worcester with FURY, 44 FIRES and PARALUS 22nd March – De Verlichte Geest, Belgium with POWERSTONE in support 23rd March, WIZZFEST, Belgium (sold out) 23rd June, HARD & HEAVY FEST 5, Pontypool, Wales 7th September, CRADLE WILL [...]
LAWNMOWER DETH ANNOUNCE FIRST HOMETOWN SHOW IN 20 YEARS
Lawnmower Deth, self-proclaimed Godfathers of British Thrash and Usurpers of the buffoonery crown, have announced their only club show of 2013. Since being pulled out of retirement for a one-off show at Alexandra Palace with Bullet For My Valentine, the band have refuted reports of reformation. “It’s a regurgitation, get it right!” states singer Qualcast [...]
Abgott photos – Unicorn Camden, London
Photos from the Abgott gig at The Unicorn Camden, London on Saturday 26th January 2013 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012-2013 Graham Matheson & Sandra Minenor. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
Sylosis photos – O2 Islington, London (Nuclear Blast Records)
Photos from the Sylosis gig at The O2 Islington, London on Thursday 24th January 2013 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012-2013 Graham Matheson & Sandra Minenor. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
Aeon – Relentless Garage, London gig review – Wednesday 16th January 2012
No metaphors of ascension. No grand transcendence to a better plane. Just a room sitting above Holloway Road. This is the Relentless Garage’s bastard sibling, the upstairs penetralium that picks up low profile acts and new starters, industry dregs and violated oldsters. Up crusty stairs, through grey double doors, this is a crawl space masquerading [...]
Dyscarnate photos – The Garage, London
Photos from the Dyscarnate gig at The Garage, London on Wednesday 16th January 2013 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012-2013 Graham Matheson & Sandra Minenor. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
Voices photos – The Garage, London
Photos from the Voices gig at The Garage, London on Wednesday 16th January 2013 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012-2013 Graham Matheson & Sandra Minenor. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
L Sol Tace photos – The Unicorn Camden, Jan 2013
Photos from the L Sol Tace gig at The Unicorn Camden, London on Saturday 12th January 2013 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
Savage Messiah – “All Seeing I” Official Video
The video was filmed in Birmingham, England in October with director PHIL BERRIDGE of Creative Junkie Media, and is included in VEVO’s Metal Monday playlist. The video is also featured on the front page of VEVO.com in the USA. SAVAGE MESSIAH frontman DAVE SILVER comments: “We had an awesome time making this video with [...]
An Interview With Evile – Oct 2012
Part of our Halloween celebrations involved talking to Joel and Ben from Evile. Have a look at the video below to see what the guys had to say…
Evile photos – Garage London – Oct 2012
Pictures from the Evile gig at The Relentless Garage, London on 28th October 2012 All photographs (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner.
Evile & Wolf – Relentless Garage, London – Sunday 28th October 2012
“It was good.” “It was bad.” “I agree.” “I disagree.” So the sayings ignite. Words in the aftermath, flowing like rivers. These are the terms of the dialogue, paths of discourse so well-worn we slide across them easily. We slip slaloming on skis of cliché. With insight miles out of range, we heed no [...]
De Profundis & co – Unicorn, Camden, London – Saturday 15th January 2011
We are led to believe that price is a means for signalling worth, that monetary value reflects some intrinsic, indelible, transcendental property. The ideology of the market underscores the fallacy: expensiveness equates to quality. The exchange of cash is our access to worthwhile objects and experiences. Capitalism’s sly touch renders this process very subtle: there [...]
Chthonic & Evile – Underworld, London – Friday 18th March 2011
Back at the Underworld once again. Rarely does a month go by without a visit to the oasis at the heart of Camden. Metal hotspots may mark other vistas of the city, other regions hosting the play of Metal, but they are generally few. To many, the Underworld is the stand-out provider of Metal in [...]
Blood Red Throne – Purple Turtle, London – Monday 2nd May 2011
At Mornington Crescent, a short walk from Camden Town, there are two venues. One is a palatial Grade II listed building with a long history as part of the British cultural fabric. It boasts Doric pillars in its blanched stone exterior and a dome high above its summit. The interiors are ornate and regal, a [...]
Ancient Ascendant – Scream Lounge, London – Thursday 10th February 2010
After an arduous train journey and a lengthy trek through the depressing streets of Croydon, we finally came to the Scream Lounge. By this point our patience had worn thin, battered by train delays and bastard maps full of lies. We yearned only for liquid toxins with which to banish the suffering and a smidgen [...]
Rex Shachath – “Sepulchural Torment” Album Review (2012)
Eric Van Lustbader, in his unique novels of Japan, talks of the Japanese not being inventors but consummate improvers of the already invented, suggesting an inability to conceive of an idea is no hamper to creativity. Improvement to a degree never envisaged possible at the inception of an idea is in itself something to be [...]
BLUTVIAL – Curses Thorns Blood Album Review (2011)
One of the many lesser known yet quite interesting acts from the UK underground: this duo is composed of members of Reign of Erebus (who in their early days I found to be quite awful, but who later convinced me to eat my own words of dismissal with a large side order of humble pie [...]
Basement Torture Killings – “Severed Head Fellatio” OFFICIAL VIDEO
BTK release their first snuff video to accompany the delightful sounds of their track “Severed Head Fellatio”, taken from their debut album “The Second Cumming” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Basement-Torture-Killings/106420996271 Video shot directed and edited by Phil Berridge http://www.creativejunkiemedia.com 2nd Cam: Lewis Cater
DE PROFUNDIS – ‘Twisted Landscapes’
U.K. progressive black/death metallers DE PROFUNDIS have released their first music video for the track ‘Twisted Landscapes’. The song comes off the band’s third album ‘The Emptiness Within’, which was released by Kolony Records in May 2012. The video was filmed in London and Peterborough, U.K. under the watchful eye of director Phil Berridge of Creative Junkie Media (ABORTED, CEREBRAL BORE), and can be seen [...]
Rex Shachath “Follow The Bastard Prophet”
Only a few weeks back, Rex Shachath unleashed the first taste of what was to come from the Northern Ireland death metal outfit in the form of ‘Seven Serpents’. The track was taken from their debut EP ‘Sepulchral Torment’ which is due for release later this year on 7th September 2012 via Hostile Media. [...]
Pleasure To Thrash photos @ Unicorn Camden – Aug 2012
Pleasure To Thrash Live at The Unicorn Camden, London, UK on Friday 3rd August 2012. Elm Street Desolator Rager Death Head Seprevation All photographs (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. All rights reserved. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner. Add us [...]
EVILE RELEASE ‘IN DREAMS OF TERROR’ MUSIC VIDEO
EVILE have released a brand new music video for their track “In Dreams of Terror”, ahead of the band’s performance at this weekend’s Bloodstock Open Air festival in Derbyshire, UK. “In Dreams of Terror” was directed by ASH PEARS of ASHTV, and is the third video to be released from FIVE SERPENT’S TEETH, following [...]
THRESHOLD PAY TRIBUTE TO “MAC” MCDERMOTT – Mission Profile (Live 2004)
One year on from the sad passing of former THRESHOLD vocalist Andrew ‘Mac’ McDermott, the UK progressive metallers have uploaded some previously unseen footage of one of Mac’s last performances with the band as a tribute to him. Recorded at the Z7 in Switzerland, you can now watch THRESHOLD perform a storming version of “Mission Profile” [...]
Ancient Ascendant – Into The Dark Album Review (2012)
There is something genuinely terrifying about this band and it is merely something as blandly obvious as talent. This bunch from Reading (who knew anything this good could emerge from London’s pimple) scamps have arisen from the engulfing cloud of critical acclaim of their first album, The Grim Awakening, and produced a surprise. A departure from the expected that [...]
Alestorm – Back Through Time Album Review (2011)
Why is this band not playing in front of 50,000 screaming Metallers every week? They sing about being a pirate and getting drunk; swashbuckling tales of voyages across the seas in search of shiny metal pieces and the mistreatment of women in decadent ports across the globe. How much more Metal can you get than [...]
Ancient Ascendant – The Scorn Of Dead Men (2011)
Death Metal from Reading/London UK. Taken from the album “The Grim Awakening” on Siege of Amida Records (Released 15th August 2011). Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ancientascendant Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AAbandUK Listen to us at: http://www.myspace.com/ancientascendant Add us on: http://www.last.fm/music/Ancient+Ascendant
Rex Shachath – ‘Seven Serpents’
Northern Irish death metal outfit Rex Shachath have released a new track ‘Seven Serpents’ from their upcoming ‘Sepulchral Torment’ EP: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=_A693DPad5Y&w=620&h=480] ‘Sepulchral Torment’ will be released later this year on 07th September and the band has marked the occasion with a special show in their hometown of Belfast with d-beat death metal heavyweights The [...]
Ancient Ascendant – ‘Driven By The Dark’
These guys are awesome. Buy their record and wait outside HMV until the release of their new EP, “Into The Dark” snarling at Olympic tourists lest they steal your place. If you love Metal, appreciate good musicianship and great vocals, then you will definitely enjoy listening to Ancient Ascendant. ‘Into The Dark’ is set for [...]
Opensight – “Only When” Video
Check out the track, “Only When” from London-based Metallers, Opensight, from their album released last year, The Voice Of Nothing. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E-0xkxTp33c&w=620&h=480] Download their latest record “The Voice of Nothing” for FREE at http://www.opensightband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/opensightmusic
Gorod – Underworld, London – April 2012
Gorod Photos from the gig at Underworld Camden, London on 4th April 2012 (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner. Add us on Facebook! Do it now!
Obscura – Underworld, London – April 2012
Obscura Photos from the gig at Underworld Camden, London on 4th April 2012 (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner. Add us on Facebook! Do it now!
Exhumed/Anaal Nathrakh Live Review Relentless Garage, London – March 2012
Another joins the queue. Looking furiously at her watch, she can only muster a sigh. Another chirps loudly behind us, listing recent album releases. They said the doors would open at 7pm; now it’s forty minutes later and the queue is unmoving and unmoved. We countenance the common outrage: as if queuing were catastrophic, imagining [...]
Exhumed Photos – Relentless Garage – March 2012
Exhumed Photos from the gig at Relentless Garage, London on 23rd March 2012 (C) Copyright 2012 Graham Matheson. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the owner. Add us on Facebook! Do it now!
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