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It”s August and raining, but nobody cares because we’re home again. Yes, for the next few days (and for some early birds, the previous 24hrs), Catton Hall in Derbyshire has become the focal point of the true metal community as fans converge on Bloodstock Open Air for their annual dose of hard drinking and unholy hangovers.Continue reading
DC Sound Attack and Foodinati have teamed up for a live event, Foodinati LIVE! Set to take place on Saturday, 20th April, at the Devil’s Dog in Birmingham, UK, it promises a unique fusion of culinary delights, live music, and conversations with special guests from the Birmingham heavy music scene. The night will feature interviews with Andy Whale (Deathcollector/Bolt Thrower) and Recall The Remains, as well as acoustic performances from Nameless, Netherhall, and Straight For The Sun. It was inspired by the popular YouTube show Foodinati UK, as seen in the article below.
Musicians are masochistic creatures. Never truly happy unless their schedules are recklessly overstuffed with writing, studio work, live shows and promotion, guest appearances and side-projects are just two more ways to ensure life outside of music consists of nothing but eating, sleeping, the occasional TV show and visits to the pub.
Memoriam Requiem for Mankind (Nuclear Blast) is Memoriam’s third album in as many years. The first album For the Fallen was great if a bit slow, punchy drums, thick guitar tones wrapped up with some nice production. The follow-up to The Silent Vigil was personally somewhat disappointing, a lot faster and more aggressive songwriting, which is always welcome, but it failed to capitalise on the excellent ideas with a quite thin production. Continue reading
Memoriam has announced that Andy Whale is stepping down from the band due to family obligations. The band released a statement which you can read below. Whale was also a member of Bolt Thrower, which the band has its roots. Memoriam’s new album The Silent Vigil was released in March via Nuclear Blast.Continue reading
Following hot on the heels of their second EP, The Hellfire Demos II (Nuclear Blast) released just a few short weeks ago, Midlands based Memoriam now drop their highly anticipated, and appropriately titled, début album For The Fallen (Nuclear Blast) on us like a Death Metal atom bomb.Continue reading
With Birmingham-based Death Metal act Benediction on a seemingly indefinite hiatus, and fellow Midlanders Bolt Thrower having officially called it a day, it doesn’t come as any great surprise to find the two regional bands putting their creative heads together to produce some good old fashioned, balls out Death Metal. Combining the sound of both bands and adding the cantankerous thrash of criminally overlooked Brummies Sacrilege into the mix, Memoriam have arrived to make your neck wish it had never been born.Continue reading
