BoomTown festival in Winchester, Hampshire looks to have a Metal stage this year, it’s 10th Anniversary. While the full line-up for the event, taking place on the weekend of 9-12th August, is yet to be released, the first wave includes more bands of note than this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival; Limp Bizkit Enter Shikari
Formerly known as Reading Rock Festival, the guitar based music is on short supply in the first wave of bands for this year’s events. The question is, would you pay £221.40 to see Beartooth?
Misfits guitarist Doyle will be touring extensively in support of “Doyle II: As We Die” over the coming months, including 7 dates upon our shores in March & April. Support will be from The Dead XIII and KillUs. March 26th Birmingham, Asylum 28th Manchester, Factory 29th Glasgow, Cathouse April 02nd Bristol, The Fleece 03rd Cheltenham,
Taking place at Rushden Athletic Club in Northamptonshire over the weekend of 29th June, Hopfest 2018 still has 3 mystery bands to unveil. The 3 day festival will feature the cream of the crop of UK underground metal talent, including Sworn Amongst, Carcer City & Confessions of a Traitor while also landing Birmingham’s finest Oceans
Copenhagen, Denmark’s Artery Recordings synth-metallers Cold Black have announced a headlining UK tour in May. The London date will have support from Faces of Eve and Death Remains. Cold Black’s album “Circles” is out now. 11th – Luton, Harvey’s 12th – Cheltenham, Frog and Fiddle 13th – Exeter, Cavern 14th – High Wycombe, Bucks SU 15th
Venom Inc, Suffocation, Nervosa, Survive & Aeternam will join forces for the European leg of The Blood Stained Earth tour, which features 5x March UK dates. Venom Inc are currently making waves with new album “Ave” out now via Nuclear Blast. Formed in 2014 by former Venom members Mantas, Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan and Abaddon, Venom
Announing all an Tech-Metal lineup, Exist Immortal and Valis Ablaze have been added to SikTh‘s previously confirmed UK dates around Complexity Festival. Their current album “The Future In Whose Eyes?” is out now. 21st Reading, Sub89 22nd Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
Although there has been no official announcement from the band, Carcer City have booked a show at the O2 Academy, Oxford on Friday 1st June. The show proceeds their slot on Saturday 2nd June at London’s Camden Rocks Festival. Tickets are available via Ticket Master. The band’s brilliant third album “Infinite Unknown” is out now
Critically acclaimed Code Orange have added a trio of headlining dates to the off days of their UK run with Trivium, Power Trip & Venom Prison in April; 15th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 18th Newcastle, The Cluny 22th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms Support is still TBC though it is widely anticipated that Welsh Death Metal crew Venom
Celebrating 10 Years of “Hail Destroyer”, Cancer Bats had booked a string of dates across the World. Having sold out one night London’s Camden Underworld, rather than shifting to a bigger venue like The Electric Ballroom or O2 Forum, they added an extra date. That sold out. So they added another. And another. That’s right.
