Not that there’s ever really been a moment of musical drought for Boston’s Unearth, but tracing back to 2014s Watchers of Rule the motive is a recommitment to brutality. On Extinction(s) (Century Media), the New Englanders are playing with more passion and vitriol than most of their younger contemporaries currently filling the Metal and Hardcore ranks. Continue reading
Bloodstock Open Air continues to grow into a monster lineup as the vaunted festival has added five new bands for 2019! New to the bill are Grand Magus, Death Angel, Metal Chuch, Ross the Boss and Evil Scarecrow! Grand Magus will headline the Sophie Lancaster stage and aims to have a new album out in time for the festival. These bands join a bill that already includes Sabaton, Scorpions, Together With Children Of Bodom, Code Orange, Soilwork, Cradle Of Filth, Skeletonwitch, Dee Snider, Queensryche, Eluveitie, Rotting Christ and Hypocrisy among others, with many more to be named later. Tickets are moving fast! Continue reading
The franchising of Download Festival continues after terrific forays into France and Spain with Sydney and Melbourne, Australia now shaping up to be one of the stronger festival lineups in recent memory. Six new bands have joined a killer lineup including Sum 41, Thy Art Is Murder, 12 Foot Ninja, Pennywise, Slaves (UK) and Voyager. They compliment the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Judas Priest, Alice In Chains, Ghost, Rise Against, The Amity Affliction, Anthrax, Halestorm,Behemoth, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Converge, Fever 333 and many more on Saturday, 9th March in Parramatta Park, Sydney (18+) and Monday 11th March (long weekend) at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne. Tickets are on sale now at the links below. Continue reading