Gina Gleason of Baroness Has Her Beloved Fender Guitar Stolen By Fans on Their European Tour


Baroness are concluding the final tour dates of a year of touring and stellar headline shows. Last night, in Nottingham, UK, at the end of the show, Gina Gleason (celebrating a birthday) passed her White and Tortoise Shell Fender guitar into the crowd for them to pass it around and someone ran off with it.
In a now-deleted post, have pleaded for the guitar’s safe return, no questions asked. Perhaps it has been returned but if you have a lead on the guitar, please contact Baroness. The band continues to tour behind Stone(Abraxan Hymns)
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Live at Fernhill Farm


 

2024 marks ArcTanGent’s 10th anniversary. Taking place across five stages at Fernhill Farm near Bristol, the festival specialises in progressive, largely heavy music. It is Metal-orientated, but the festival’s remit also extends to other styles including Indie and Electronic Music. ATG 2024 sees over 130 bands and artists performing over three “main” days plus a warm-up day.Continue reading


FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Part 2 – Live at Various Venues 


Friday:

On Friday’s early afternoon, Sans Froid arrive at the Elephant stage to dish out their mournful and sombre art rock.Continue reading


FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Part 1 Live at Various Venues 


2024 marks ArcTanGent’s 10th anniversary. Taking place across five stages at Fernhill Farm near Bristol, the festival specialises in progressive, largely heavy music. It is metal-orientated, but the festival’s remit also extends to other styles including indie and electronic music. ATG 2024 sees over 130 bands and artists performing over three “main” days plus a warm-up day.Continue reading


EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Dead Karma Breaks Down Their Debut EP – “The Space Camaro” Track-By-Track


Canadian heavy rockers Dead Karma have just released their debut EP “Space Camaro” today, August, 23rd, 2024! The band roams the fertile musical soil tilled by High On Fire, Queens of The Stone Age, Clutch, Red Fang, and early Baroness, The Sword, and many more! The band teamed up with us today to do a track by track breakdown of the new album! Continue reading


RIP Saint Vitus Bar – The Home of Metal 2013-2024 and The Top 5 Shows (Nirvana, Against Me!)


Pour one out for Saint Vitus Bar, The Home of Metal (and more) 2013-2024. We share our feelings on the closing and also:

We ranked the Top Five Most Important Shows Ever at Saint Vitus Bar
Top 15 Shows Covered by Ghost Cult
Top Interviews we conducted there
Top 5 Special Events

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CONCERT REVIEW: Baroness – Red Fang – Lybica Live at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center


In September of 2023, Baroness released their sixth studio album Stone (Abraxan Hymns, review here) and with the summer concert season heating up, they are touring to support it. That tour recently came to the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC) in Harrisburg, PA.Continue reading


Gozu Book US Tour Dates with Baroness



After recently touring with The Obsessed and Howling Giant, Boston rock outfit, Gozu (Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records), have announced a run of US live dates supporting Baroness. Gozu will appear on the tour from May 31st in Portland, Maine through June 10th in Des Moines, Iowa. Following this, they will appear on this year’s Louder Than Life festival in September and Aftershock in October. Find more details below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Bossk – .4


When you think of British Post-Metal, Bossk are almost certainly one the first bands that spring to mind. A truly remarkable outfit that undoubtedly take influence from the likes of Isis, while they also often groove musically in the style of many of the great Stoner bands of the nineties. Named after an alien from Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back, the Kent-based collective have been plugging away since 2005, when early EPs and a strong reputation as a live band saw them tour with the likes of Cult Of Luna, The Ocean, Baroness and Devil Sold His Soul. While their studio output really came into its own with the release of their fine debut LP Audio Noir in 2016, before following this up with the equally as classy Migration in 2021.Continue reading