The Welsh have a proud history of producing excellent musicians, the prime, and most obvious, example being every mum’s favourite orange bastard Tom Jones. However, the country has far more than this overtly sexual beast for musicians, and has an impressive heavy metal heritage too, with the likes of Funeral [...]

I’ve been waiting for this one. It’s no secret that Seething Akira were one of the acts which completely blew me away at Bloodstock last year, and I’ve been happy to push people in their direction ever since. With only a relatively small collection of music to enjoy, though, it’s [...]

Stone Sour were back in town for a couple of smaller dates after their recent arena tour – we caught them in Birmingham on that earlier leg. Tonight it was Sean’s turn, heading to the infamous Nottingham Rock City to soak up Corey Taylor’s little side project… On arrival, the [...]

I can usually remember how I discover a band but Voodoo Blood aren’t one of these bands. What I do know, however, is that they’re a damn good band and their debut EP, Anabolic Blues did exactly what it said on the tin: it was blues on a shitload of [...]

Always aiming to put the smaller / less well known bands front and centre, welcome to our series featuring acts on the New Forces stage at this year’s Metal Days festival in Slovenia, as well as a couple of bands who are being featured for a second time having trodden [...]

More up and coming release news from bands big and small… Coheed and Cambria Coheed and Cambria have announced details of their long awaited new album and Roadrunner Records label debut, The Unheavenly Creatures. The sprawling fifteen track, self-produced, 78-minute epic finds Coheed and Cambria returning to the conceptual narrative of The [...]