Entering its 11th Year, 2000 Trees Festival have announced their 2018 line-up. The Festival will take place at Upcote Farm in Cheltenham over the weekend of 12th July. It’s a truely diverse line-up across some 120 underground bands each year. Some highlights on the Metal side of things will include a UK Festival Exclusive performance
Tampa Florida is the home of instrumental progressive hard rockers Tides of Man. The band have announced a single UK date on their European Tour run – 13th May at Camden’s The Black Heart. They will also be gracing us with their presence at Bristol’s ArcTanGent festival this summer. The bands 2014 crowd funded album
High on Fire and Neurosis side project band Sleep have announced an exclusive UK date on 28th May at London’s O2 Shepard’s Bush Empire Theatre. The Black Sabbath influenced Stoner Doom Metallers are currently out in the US with Subrosa. High on Fire themselves will be playing Desertfest in Camden during the weekend of 4th
Returning for a second year, The Anvil in Bournemouth will see 11 bands play Burned Out Festival. The one day charity event supports the work of Teddy20, raising money to support Children with Cancer. Taking place on 4th August, Burned Out Festival have announced Canvas, The Bedroom Text & Placeholder so far…
Carcer City will headline a one dayer at EBGB’s in their home town of Liverpool on 28th April. Ballpein were on the original bill but have had to pull out on medical grounds. They are yet to be replaced. The full line up for the event is a follows; Carcer City Making Blind Eyes See
22nd April will see Keele Student Union’s Karnage Festival take place at Keele University (about 3 miles from Newcastle Under Lyme). Highlights from the now finalized line-up will include Carcer City, Fizzy Blood & The Lounge Kittens. Main Stage ROAM Carcer City Fizzy Blood TrueHeights Acoustic Stage The Lounge Kittens Alex Webb Julia Mosley Gabriel
French Hardcore crew Death Engine and London’s Progressive Sludge Noise Metal crew Wren have announced an April co-headlining run together with various support bands appearing on each date. Wren will be supporting their 2017 release “Auburn Rule” which you can find over at bandcamp. Death Engine will be supporting their upcoming new EP “Place Noire” which
The last time we heard anything from the highly influential Nottingham Industrial Metallers Pitchshifter, frontman JS Clayden was talking about recording a new album in Los Angeles California with Brian Harrah of Tura Santa fame. Now, some 6 years on, the band have announced a 20th Anniversary Tour for their www.pitchshifter.com album. It’s probably the album
South African alternative hard rockers Seether will be adding a pair of UK stops to their “Poison The Parish” World Tour. Support bands are still TBC. Seether’s current album, which shares the name of the tour is out now via Spinefarm Records. May 4th Newcastle, Northumbria Institute 12th Oxford, O2 Academy
Los Angeles, California post-hardcore band Touche Amore have announced a trio of UK dates this summer with support from Gender Roles. Tourche Amore’s Brad Wood produced forth album cunningly entitled “Stage Four” is out now on Epitaph Records. July 10th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 11th London, Tufnell Park Dome 12th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
