Bloodstock Open Air 2024 Announces Final Bands, Activations, and Ticket Giveaway


Bloodstock Open Air 2024 is a month away! Headlined by Architects, Opeth, and Amon Amarth, get tickets and the full festival information at the links below.  Bloodstock will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2024.Continue reading


Bloodstock Books Metal 2 Masses Winners Sleep In Motion, Nihilanth, Kraken Waker, Hammer, Black Hole Divers, Hellbearer, Running With Knives, Divided By Design, and Semprah


 

 

There’s just 65 days – or 9 weekends – ‘til your heavy metal brethren thunder their way onto Catton Park’s hallowed turf.  As the days count down, Bloodstock has the next phase of Metal 2 The Masses winners to reveal, as well as a new batch of club nights for June and July, plus news about the gaming arena this year, Vikings, and more!

First up then, the bands… Grabbing a Friday slot on the Hopical Storm New Blood stage are Nottingham alt-rock trio Sleep In Motion, Belfast metallers Nihilanth, Newcastle riff merchants Kraken Waker, and Edinburgh heavyists Hammer

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Bloodstock Announces EMP Stage Line-Up ft. Lost Brethren, Lethal Evil, Crowley, King Kraken, MAB, Flamebearer, Rupcha Farms, Warpstormer, Goblin Smoker, Yersin and More


 

In a new partnership, Bloodstock is excited to announce the line-up for its 2024 EMP Stage (formerly the Jagermeister Stage)!  Friday’s bill will include tech/death squad Lost Brethren, thrash/death trio Lethal Evil, occult rockers Crowley, heavy blues rockers King Kraken, and goth metal outfit Mab. Saturday’s line up features grindcore/hardcore outfit Public Execution, metalcore beasts Parting With Origin, doom-fused heavyists Flamebearer, high octane fusionists Rupcha Farms and alt metal band Lurcher. Coming up on Sunday will be ‘fantasy space metal riff machine’ Warpstormer, celtic punk troupe The Callowgate Murders, fuzz-soaked riffmeisters of the Toad King Goblin Smoker, the 3-man noise machine Yersin and heavy blues rockers Loyds Trip.Continue reading


Bloodstock Announces First Bands For The Hopical Storm New Blood Stage, Metal 2 The Masses Finals Tour Kicks Off


The Metal 2 The Masses tour returns in 2024! Bloodstock’ initiative to give emerging bands a step up and also support grassroots venues, kicks off on 10th May, with 30 regions and 6 countries participating. The fun begins in Belfast and rolls down through Dublin and back to England, Scotland, and Wales, taking in Norway and Poland along the way. The tour wraps up in Coventry on 15th July, with all the regional winners from the finals being revealed in due course. Check out the local events below and get along to your nearest event to support the headliners of tomorrow!Continue reading


Bloodstock Open Air Books Grand Magus, Whitechapel, Deicide, Desert Storm, The Vintage Caravan, Exist Immortal, and More for 2024


Bloodstock Open Air has added Grand Magus, Whitechapel, Deicide, Desert Storm, The Vintage Caravan, Exist Immortal Eternal Champion, Mimi Barks, and Grove Street for 2024. See the new poster for the fest, a new trailer, and ticket links below. The fest is headlined by Amon Amarth, Opeth, and Architects, all with exclusive UK festival performances. Bloodstock will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2024.

 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Septicflesh – Modern Primitive


It’s hard to believe that influential Greek symphonic death metal outfit Septicflesh are now into their fourth decade. Even when people of a certain age [Happy big birthday yourself, Gaz! – Reviews Ed] try to improve matters by subtracting the four years of inactivity during the mid-2000s, the reality still sits unavoidably close to that same disconcerting landmark.Continue reading


GUEST POST: Centuries Of Decay’s Top 10 Albums of 2017


Ghost Cult once again brings you “End Of Year” lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the world. In this post, Centuries of Decay share their Top 10 Albums Of 2017 with our readers. Thanks dudes! Continue reading


Exclusive Stream: Into The Divine- Harbinger of Entropy


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Today Ghost Cult brings you the début EP release from Indiana’s Into The Divine, Harbinger of Entropy. Though mainly a technical death metal act at heard, the band is not afraid to experiment with instrumental and vocal melodies, impressive guitar work, as well as old-school death and thrash influences. Formed in 2010, when its members were still in high school, the band has already opened for such diverse acts as Battlecross, Suicide Silence, Septic Flesh, Dark Tranquility and The Black Dahlia Murder. Look for the band to hit the road all summer long to support Harbinger of Entropy.  Stream the full EP below:

 

Into the Divine is:

Cole Chavez -Guitar
Michael McGinley-Guitar
Wes Holland-Bass
Jay Burch-Drums
Wilson Sherels-Vocals


Moonspell Releasing Extinct in March, Euro Tour With Septic Flesh


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Portuegese dark metallers Moonspell are releasing their new album Extinct in March 2015 via Napalm Records. The album was produced by Jens Bogren (Katatonia, Amon Amarth, Opeth, Paradise Lost).

Extinct Track Listing:
1. Until We Are No More (Breathe)
2. Medusalem
3. Funeral Bloom
4. Domina
5. La Baphomette
6. The Last Of Us
7. A Dying Breed
8. Malignia
9. Extinct
10. The Future Is Dark

MOONSPELL European “Road to Extinction” Tour W/Septic Flesh
Mar 12: Doornroosje – Nijmegen (NL)
Mar 13: Patronaat – Haarlem (NL)
Mar 14: Biebob – Vosselaar (BE)
Mar 15: Steinbruch Theater – Darmstadt (DE)
Mar 16: Turock – Essen (DE)
Mar 17: Knust – Hamburg (DE)
Mar 18: K 17 – Berlin (DE)
Mar 19: Feierwerk – Munich (DE)
Mar 20: Z 7 – Pratteln (CH)
Mar 21: The Rocking Chair – Vevey (CH)
Mar 22: R’n’R Arena – Romagnano Sesia (IT)
Mar 23: Ninkasi Kao – Lyon (FR)
Mar 24: Vox – Toulon (FR)
Mar 25: Razz 2 – Barcelona (ES)
Mar 26: Shoko – Madrid (ES)
Mar 27: Coliseum – Lisbon (PT)
Mar 28: Hard Club – Porto (PT)
Mar 29: Capitol – Santiago de Compostela (ES)
Mar 30: Metronum – Toulouse (FR)
Mar 31: Trabendo – Paris (FR)
Apr 01: Kulturfabrik – Esch sur Alzette (LU)
Apr 02: Underworld – London (UK)
Apr 03: Out & Loud Festival – Napalm Records Label Night – Geiselwind (DE)

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