The Ronnie James Dio Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2023 saw the arrival of Arizona Death Metal act Gatecreeper upon our shores with a set featuring not only cuts from their last couple of albums “An Unexpected Reality” and “Deserted” but also a cover of “Slowly We Rot” Obituary. Naturally the organizers have given us
1st September saw Australian Deathcore outfit Justice For the Damned roll up on The Foundry Concert Club in Lakewood Ohio, an event that was captured as ever by the legendary Leo Sypniewski. Not only pro-shot but professionally mixed, this could be an opportunity to re-live the moment or simply enjoy the epic grandeur of “Pain
Filmed on 22nd October at the Munich Germany stop of their European tour trek with Skalmold and Metsatoll Canadian Melodic Death Metal act Atavistia have shared a live rendition of the title track of their current album “Cosmic Warfare“. Back in September they announced without warning that they have two albums and an EP written
So fresh out of the wood fired pizza oven that it’s still steaming, the full set from Groove Metal masters Gutlocker at Rabidfest in Oxford on 5th November has surfaced from the blue lagoon. Filmed by the band on a static camera from the side of the stage it captures their “To Be Alive” album
Having spent the summer rampaging around Europe including playing a rip roaring set at the 10th Anniversary of Tech-Fest, Texas Metallic Hardcore Kings Kublai Khan ensured their boot print was firmly embedded in our skulls. This freshly released pro-shot full set caught them in action at Agrobaan 15 in Ysselstetyn in The Netherlands on 23rd
What is it about Wolverhampton that brings out the ugliest and dirties of Metal bands? Somewhere between Deathcore and Death Metal are Suffer, whose debut album “The Sorrow We Sow, The Hatred We Know” destroyed our cerebral cortex. They decimated the weak at Downcast Studio in Gateshead on the 16th June and Get Heavy UK
Pro-shot with some incredible drone footage, Post-Metal masters Aortes have shared a live rendition of the title track of their debut album “Devouring Gloom“. Filmed at Utopija in Vilnius, Lithuania on 19th August, it follows “With Me Forever” that was shared last month from the same show. The album itself was four years in the
Continuing to march on in the name of their fallen brother Ryan Siew Australian Progressive Metalcore heroes Polaris have a wealth of shows announced around their new album “Fatalism“. March 2024 will see them back upon our shores for five nights that promise to be nothing more than a celebration as this footage of “Harbinger”
A pro-shot full set is always a thing of beauty and caught on camera at Anarchy Brewery in Newcastle on 24th October were Bloodstock favourites Kilonova. The band are of course riding high on the tidal wave of their EP “Moment of Clarity“, a record which they were afforded the time to give some extra
If you’re yet to indulge in “Jailbreak“, the new album from Brazilian perpetual chaos creators Nervosa then Wacken Open Air Festival have offered up three pro-shot cuts from their set earlier this summer to tempt you. “Death!“, “Kill the Silence” and “Endless Ambition” are the choices they have made with the album finding founder and
