Report: M2tM London 2020 – Heat Seven (19th January 2020)

The search for the next band to represent the London area at Bloodstock Open Air 2020 goes on at The Unicorn pub in Camden. Last Sunday, four more bands competed for two places in the upcoming quarter finals. Thetragon were the first on stage. Despite having great music to showcase, unfortunately that didn't reflect as … Continue reading Report: M2tM London 2020 – Heat Seven (19th January 2020)

Album Review: Pist – Hailz

Metallers Pist from Bury, Lancashire are back with another offering of heavy riffs to listen to while drinking beer. This is not a folk metal album, though, and multiple influences from punk to black metal can be heard on each of the songs. The album Hailz was released on the 8th of November via APF … Continue reading Album Review: Pist – Hailz

Gig Review: Lacuna Coil / Eluveitie / Infected Rain – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London (16th November 2019)

With a new album recently released, Lacuna Coil are touring again and for their London show they brought along two very different sounding bands, Eluveitie and Infected Rain, and the odd combination still worked very well. Coming from Moldova with a sort of evolved nu-metal type of sound, Infected Rain played for the first time … Continue reading Gig Review: Lacuna Coil / Eluveitie / Infected Rain – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London (16th November 2019)

Gig Review: Static-X / SOiL / Wednesday 13 / Dope – Electric Ballroom, London (26th September 2019)

It’s been 5 years since the unfortunate death of Static-X’s iconic frontman Wayne Static. After the event the band split up, but recently they got back together to release an album of previously unreleased songs titled Project Regeneration featuring Wayne’s vocals as well as guest vocalists. They added a tour in celebration of Wisconsin Death … Continue reading Gig Review: Static-X / SOiL / Wednesday 13 / Dope – Electric Ballroom, London (26th September 2019)

Report: Heavy Music Awards 2019

After making their debut at the House of Vans in 2017, the Heavy Music Awards quickly gained traction and has become widely known and respected by people in the scene. This year it was held at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London and featured a respectable roster of guests to present the nominees and … Continue reading Report: Heavy Music Awards 2019

Gig review: Skunk Anansie / Queen Zee / Black Orchid Empire – O2 Academy Brixton, London (17th August 2019)

Twenty five years is an age worth celebrating for a band. Skunk Anansie were one of the top British rock bands back in the 90’s with hits such as “Charlie Big Potato”, “Lately”, “Hedonism” and a few others. They went on a hiatus but in the early 00’s but came back at the end of … Continue reading Gig review: Skunk Anansie / Queen Zee / Black Orchid Empire – O2 Academy Brixton, London (17th August 2019)