Gig Review: Download Festival Pilot 2021

All eyes were on Donington Park for the launch of Download Pilot - an experimental 10,000 capacity festival as part of the second phase of the Government’s Event Research Programme. No social distancing, no masks - and no limits on moshing. What makes the smaller pilot structurally unique from its former editions is intimacy. Gone … Continue reading Gig Review: Download Festival Pilot 2021

Amplified 2017 Interview – Death Blooms

Sitting down with the guys in Death Blooms was always going to be fun, with some promising contemporary metal coming out of them (see "I'm Dead" at the bottom), they're also a bunch of really nice guys. Here's what they had to say about Amplified, the bands agenda and a name-check Fear Factory's controversial Remanufacture. … Continue reading Amplified 2017 Interview – Death Blooms

Monday Video Roundup: Burning, Death Blooms, T.S.O.L., Starbynary

A new week begins, and with it some new music for you all. Enjoy your lunchtime treat... Burning - "Nightmares" Dutch oldschool metallers Burning have just released a new video from last year's Nightmares album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqV7j9kEXI Death Blooms - "I'm Dead" Death Blooms will be opening for Skindred and Raging Speedhorn tomorrow in Liverpool. To celebrate … Continue reading Monday Video Roundup: Burning, Death Blooms, T.S.O.L., Starbynary