Terrorizer Magazine sponsored Mammothfest will return this October and sees Basick Records favourites Harbinger fresh from their Avenged Sevenfold cover on the cover of Metal Hammer Magazine, on an *ahem* Mammoth line-up announcement! The 3 day festival will as ever take place in Sunny Brighton on the weekend of 5th October. Here’s who’s been announced so
August will see London Metallers Puppy out on the road with Grove Street Families for their first UK Headlining tour! Their “Vol. II” EP is out now via Spinefarm Records with a debut full length reportedly being in the works. 1at Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach 2nd Oxford, The Cellar 3rd Sheffield, Corporation 4th Huddersfield, The Parish 5th
Much to our surprise, Sacramento California’s finest Will Haven will be back upon our shores in late October & early November for a run of dates in support of their a-m-a-z-i-n-g new album “Muete”. Palm Reader have been announced as main support for the 4 dates on the UK part of the EU run, which
13th July will see the re-tooled Deathcore heavyweights Chelsea Grin (Guitarist Jacob Harmond & Frontman Alex Koehler out, Tom Barber from Lorna Shore) release new album “Eternal Nightmare” via Rise Records. Not only has new single “Hostage” appeared sans music video but also the announcement of a run of UK/EU dates in September with Oceano, Kublai Khan and Enterprise Earth.
Taking place at London’s New Cross Inn on the August Bank Holiday weekend of Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August, with a pre-festival Sheer Terror headlining warm up show on Saturday 25th will be Upsurge Festival! A quartet of UK Exclusives have been announced in the first wave of bands, including the brilliant Harms Way!
On 1st September 2018 Nottingham Rescue Rooms will be the place to be. MacMillanFest 2018 have announced a massive lineup of up and coming UK bands supporting the charity event for their annual one dayer. Tickets are a snip at £15! Announced so far… Black Peaks Devil Sold His Soul Martyr Defiled Asteroid Boys Blood
Morgantown West Virginia instrumental hard rock trio Karma To Burn will be back upon our shores and accompanied by Desert Storm in July with their brand of stoner metal and are still touring 2016’s “Mountain Czar” which is available via Germany lable SPV. 18th London, The Black Heart 19th Exeter, The Cavern 20th Bristol, The
Osaka Japan natives and electronic fuelled Metallers Crossfaith have announced a major European headling tour with special guests TBC. We had the joy of catching them on their co-headlining run with Bury Tomorrow last year and that cover of Prodigy‘s “Omen” is a collosal live anthem! The UK dates will be in October as follows;
Volumes, Crown The Empire & Coldrain have announced a European run in September & October with 11 (yes, Eleven!) UK dates at the start of the tour. Seeing as Volumes are the heavier band of the trio, it should see Crown The Empire upping their game following the disappointment of their most recent offering “Retrograde”.
Knocked Loose have announced a run of UK dates after their Download Festival appearance as part of a larger run of European dates. The shows will see support from Broken Teeth & Guilt Trip. The Beatdown Hardcore crew have an excellent album out in “Laugh Tracks” via Pure Noise Records. Check out our review if