We’ll Be There: Heaps of Metal Festival – The County Music Bar, Chesterfield (8th-9th June 2019)

What started off as a dream is now starting to come to fruition for Chris Heap and his team. June 8th - 9th will see more than twenty local and UK bands hit the stage with the aim of the Heaps of Metal festival to raise awareness of the charity CALM. CALM are the Campaign … Continue reading We’ll Be There: Heaps of Metal Festival – The County Music Bar, Chesterfield (8th-9th June 2019)

2017 Crew Review: Max Southall, News Editor

I love going to gigs, reviewing music and interviewing bands all year round but perhaps my favourite part of doing all this is putting together the end of year review and the hours of thought and drafting that went into it makes me just as excited for next year. I kinda went off on this … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review: Max Southall, News Editor

Amplified 2017 Interview: Outright Resistance

Arriving on site twenty minutes before my first interview was always going to be disconcerting but when the person I'm talking to is the genuinely delightful Paige Lee from Outright Resistance, I knew it would all be fine. Read on for all things Outright Resistance. What are you thinking of Amplified so far? Well we … Continue reading Amplified 2017 Interview: Outright Resistance

Metal 2 The Masses Grand Final – Green Door Store, Brighton (23rd April 2017)

I won't lie, finding the Green Door Store was a tribulation in itself. Tucked away beneath Brighton train station, the place it's already stiflingly musty, the audience clad in black shirts and tattoos. I am undoubtedly in the right place. Tonight is a roomful of people reconnecting from gigs past, who would be strangers if it … Continue reading Metal 2 The Masses Grand Final – Green Door Store, Brighton (23rd April 2017)

Beermageddon 2017 – first announcements

Hot off the airwaves, here are the big opening announcements for next year's season-closing Beermageddon Festival. Every year festival goers vote for the band they would most like to see return to take the coveted Friday night headline slot, and this year saw more votes than ever before with a poll that ran right to … Continue reading Beermageddon 2017 – first announcements

Outright Resistance hitting the road this month

We recently reviewed Outright Resistance's Me Vs I EP and found it most enjoyable, and the band are taking things up a notch after their appearances at Bloodstock and Beermageddon. As well as the recent release of their video for "Maimed in Chelsea", they've announced a run of dates with tour buddies Buried & Forgotten. The shows … Continue reading Outright Resistance hitting the road this month