Gig Review: Apocalyptica / The Raven Age – SWG3, Glasgow (3rd October 2024)

SWG3 is a cracking venue. Spacious, great sound and easy to park at... though a bugger for public transport if you need to use that. It was public transport that caused us issues getting there in time, but not directly to the venue. Due to buses being absolutely chocka in the town earlier in the … Continue reading Gig Review: Apocalyptica / The Raven Age – SWG3, Glasgow (3rd October 2024)

Classic Cover: Age of Rage release Trivium and Apocalyptica covers

A bit of a two-fer here, as Russia's Age of Rage have released a pair of cover versions from two very different artists: "Life Burns" by Apocalyptica and "Built To Fall" by Trivium which you can see below. Videos for both were filmed by Edaliana Rennenkampf. Age of Rage was formed in 2013 in Moscow, … Continue reading Classic Cover: Age of Rage release Trivium and Apocalyptica covers

Epica / Apocalyptica postpone tour to 2023

Once again, symphonic metal titans Epica are forced to reschedule their co-headline tour with Apocalyptica due to the still ongoing restrictions in various countries that make it impossible to plan a 2-month-long tour run across Europe and 17 countries. To ensure the safety of their fans in the crowd, "The Epic Apocalypse Tour" is now … Continue reading Epica / Apocalyptica postpone tour to 2023

Video Roundup: Abigail’s Affair / Rossometile / Amvyx / Lyfordeath / Hurricane on Saturn

Another huge pile in the inbox that we're skimming from... Abigail's Affair Abigail's Affair are proud to unleash the official music video to "Wolves", the track taken from their upcoming album Shattered due for release on Feb 19th via Wormholedeath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZjxzArHMM Rossometile Here comes "Oblivion", the fourth video from the album Desdemona, full of emotion, … Continue reading Video Roundup: Abigail’s Affair / Rossometile / Amvyx / Lyfordeath / Hurricane on Saturn

2020 Crew Review: Iain “Mosh” Purdie – Editor in Chief/Grand Poobah

OK, then so it's time to draft some words about 2020 and try to make out that it's not been a cataclysmic shitstorm caused mainly by political ineptitude and a hyperactive microorganism. But I can't. Because it was. So I won't. Instead I'll focus mainly on the music side of things, which is surprisingly limited … Continue reading 2020 Crew Review: Iain “Mosh” Purdie – Editor in Chief/Grand Poobah

2020 Crew Review: Katie Frost – Photo Editor

I don’t need to go into what an unbelievable shit-storm this year has been for everyone, so I will just get straight on with mentioning some of the positive things that have got me through. Favourite Albums: Trivium - What The Dead Men Say Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love Mountain Caller - Chronicle I: … Continue reading 2020 Crew Review: Katie Frost – Photo Editor