Bloodstock Open Air, the finest independent metal festival in the world has added more bands to the bill for 2019. Code Orange, Skeletonwitch, Rotting Christ, Eluveitie joins already announced Friday night headliner, Sabaton, Sunday headliner Scorpions, together with Children Of Bodom, Soilwork, Cradle of Filth, Dee Snider, Queensrÿche and Hypocrisy on the Catton Park stages next summer. Early bird tickets are still available from the link below. Continue reading
Download Festival Australia has been announced for 2019, as a two-date festival experience in Sydney and Melbourne next March. Headling the festival are Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Judas Priest, Alice In Chains and Ghost are among the confirmed bands. These two shows will represent Ozzy’s only shows in Australia on the “No More Tears 2” tour. More bands will be announced soon. The two-date, five-stage affair, hitting Sydney’s Parramatta Park on Saturday, March 9 and Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Monday, March 11 has tickets on sale now. Continue reading
Unless you have been living under a very heavy rock recently, you should have noticed a new breed of bands rising from the hardcore scene. Spearheaded by Code Orange and their future classic album Forever (Roadrunner) the floodgates are now well and truly open. This new movement is, frankly, irresistible with genre-defying records being released to great critical praise from the media and fans alike. This year has seen even more bands come through and make an impact, such as Harms Way, whose Posthuman (Metal Blade) record reached new levels of heavy. Continue reading