Krysthla, All Hail The Yeti, Barbarian Hermit, and More Join Bloodstock 2019


Bloodstock 2019 has added a bunch of new bands including Bloodstock adds Krysthla, All Hail The Yeti, Barbarian Hermit, Blind River, Ten Ton Slug, Footprints In The Custard, Countless Skies, and Bongcauldron. They join the ranks of BOA 2019 headliners Sabaton, Parkway Drive and Scorpions, as well as Anthrax, Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom, Code Orange, Powerwolf, Soilwork, Cradle Of Filth, Thy Art Is Murder, Tesseract, Metal Church, Soulfly, Death Angel, Dee Snider, Queensryche, Eluveitie, Swallow The Sun, Evil Scarecrow, Ross The Boss, Grand Magus, Rotting Christ, Incite and Hypocrisy on the Catton Park stages this August.

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Aborted, Skeletal Remains, The Lazys, 3 Headed Snake, Boss Keloid and More Booked For Bloodstock 2019


Bloodstock Open Air has added seven more bands to the bill for 2019, including Aborted, Skeletal Remains, The Lazys, 3 Headed Snake, Boss Keloid, Dust Bolt, and Red Method. The fest has also added seven more coach pick-ups for the fest, which you can see below. Eighty more bands still to be named for BOA 2019, with headliners Sabaton, Parkway Drive and Scorpions, join Anthrax, Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom, Code Orange, Powerwolf, Soilwork, Cradle Of Filth, Thy Art Is Murder, Tesseract, Metal Church, Soulfly, Death Angel, Dee Snider, Queensryche, Eluveitie, Swallow The Sun, Evil Scarecrow, Ross The Boss, Grand Magus, Rotting Christ, Incite and Hypocrisy on the Catton Park stages this August. Continue reading


Parkway Drive Named The Final Headline Act For Bloodstock 2019


Ending months of speculation, Parkway Drive have been named the Saturday night headline act at Bloodstock Open Air 2019. Watch a video teaser from the fest and the band below! Bloodstock will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2019. Continue reading


Swallow The Sun – When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light


In a sense, this review finds itself in an onerous position. Recorded in the wake of Finnish singer Aleah Stanbridge’s death, its subject marks the return to the music of her partner, Juha Raivio, and his Epic Goth Metal band, Swallow The Sun. In fact, the press release goes so far as to describe the new album, When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light (Century Media), as being “fuelled by personal loss and powered by the will to continue.”Continue reading


Swallow The Sun Share Their New Single And Video For “Firelights”


Swallow The Sun releases their new album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light this week via Century Media Records this week, on January 25th. The band is also kicking off a busy year of touring with dates supporting Children Of Bodom! Now they have released a new single and video for their captivating track ‘Firelights’. Check it out! Continue reading


Bloodstock Adds Powerwolf, Soulfly, Incite, and Swallow The Sun


Bloodstock has kicked off their 2019 by adding four more bands to the 2019 festival lineup. Powerwolf, Soulfly, Incite and Swallow The Sun join the bill, and add both diversity and power. Incite’s new album is out this week and Swallow The Sun’s new album is out in two weeks. The fest has also announced that their annual payment plan is open at the link below. Bloodstock will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2019. Continue reading


Hear Swallow The Sun’s New Single- “Upon The Water”, New Album Due Soon


Swallow The Sun ended 2018 with a terrific new EP, and now has followed that up with a new single from their upcoming full-length. ‘Upon The Water’ is the first track from their new album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light, which will be released on January 25th, 2019 via Century Media. Listen now!

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Swallow The Sun – Lumina Aurea


As their legion of fans will attest to, Swallow The Sun is not your average Death-Doom band. The inventiveness and melancholy melodies lift the Finnish outfit to another plain and, after 2015’s lauded triple album Songs From the North, any release from the sextet is anticipated with a relish akin to hero-worship. Single Lumina Aurea, all fourteen minutes of it, is a precursor to next year’s album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light (all Century Media) and, although not a track from that album, is an eerie, monumental aperitif – a gateway to the full product.Continue reading


Watch The New Video From Swallow The Sun, Featuring Einar Selvik and Marco I. Benevento


Swallow The Sun is releasing an epic new EP today! ‘Lumina Aurea’ is the title track of the EP and is available to purchase and stream now. Painfully haunting, grandiose, and atmospheric, the band has reached a new level on this stepping stone release. The EP comes ahead of their new full-length album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light, releasing on January 25th from Century Media. ‘Lumina Aurea’ also featured guest appearances from Einar Selvik of Wardruna and Marco I. Benevento and The Foreshadowing. Watch the video now!Continue reading


Swallow The Sun Announce New Album and Single Release


Finnish Death and Doom metal veterans Swallow The Sun have announced two new releases. They will release their new album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light on January 25th, 2019 via Century Media Records. Prior to that they will release a new single, a standalone 14-minute long epic single track called ‘Lumina Aurea’ December 21st, they will release, both digitally and as 12” EP vinyl version.Continue reading