With the sun shining, and dare we say it, the weather forecast looking good, the final site preparations are underway for everyone to blast through the (un)holy gates of Bloodstock from tomorrow! Bloodstock has a final update for you with some last minute band news and a couple of special events on site. Firstly, the … Continue reading KK’s Priest replace Helloween at Bloodstock (plus Jiu Jitsu, #Mantorship and limited SOPHIE shirts)
Tag: Helloween
Album Review: Helloween – Helloween
Thirty five years. That's how long Helloween have been going. One of the progenitors of power metal, and creators of one of the classic albums (OK, pair of albums) in Keeper of the Seven Keys, they've never stopped going. Going through a few lineup changes with only Michael Weikath and Markus Grosskopf along for the ride … Continue reading Album Review: Helloween – Helloween
Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2018 – Day 3
Yesterday was soggy meteorologically but wonderful musically. Today the weather forecast was sunny and cool, so I was determined to photograph more bands than I managed the previous days. First to hit the tent stage were Skybrudd, winners of a competition to play the festival. The band’s name means “rainstorm” in English, so perhaps they … Continue reading Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2018 – Day 3
We’ll Be There: Tons of Rock (20-22 June)
With Norway's largest open-air festival Tons of Rock just over a month away, Katie has put together a list of the bands she is most looking forward to watching at this year’s festival… This will be my fourth year at Tons of Rock festival, which takes place within the walls of Fredriksten Fortress in Halden, … Continue reading We’ll Be There: Tons of Rock (20-22 June)
Video Roundup: Smothered Bowels, Wednesday 13, The Dollyrots, Hollywood Undead, Mallen, Helloween
Here we go with a weekend roundup of some of the top videos we've received over the last few days... Smothered Bowels - "U.S. Butcher" Smothered Bowels are most definitely not for everyone, but if beneath that smiling facade you wear every day lurks the soul of a cackling, caged lunatic...then they might just be … Continue reading Video Roundup: Smothered Bowels, Wednesday 13, The Dollyrots, Hollywood Undead, Mallen, Helloween
Noise Records to relaunch with classic compilations
BMG purchased Noise’s holding company Sanctuary records from Universal Music in 2013, and will re-launch Noise Records in 2016. Noise's early releases - including the seminal 1984 Death Metal compilation - would lay the groundwork for future European metal mainstays such as Grave Digger, Hellhammer (who became Celtic Frost), Helloween, Kreator, Running Wild, and Tankard. These acts would … Continue reading Noise Records to relaunch with classic compilations