Tag: Black Orchid Empire

Live Review: Radar Festival 2022 Day #2 (Saturday)!

The second of three at the Casino Night Club in Guildford for Radar Festival is a big one with bigger crowds and slush puppy style pints of frozen Pimm’s on offer as well as a plethora of bands bringing riffs in plentiful supply from 13:00 to the midnight hour to keep us entertained. We predict

Live Review: Tech-Fest: Day #4: Sunday!

It’s the final countdown… Day #4 of the Tech-Fest weekend begins with an Oat Milk Latte and fortunately today the line isn’t one you need to endure. It’s bean to cup goodness of the highest order and is exactly what you need after that 3am rendition of “Hotel California” by Eagles. People walk past our

NEWS: Tech-Fest go Heavy with First Wave for 2022 event!

Some people call it a first wave announcement, but we’re calling it a tidal wave when it comes to what UK Tech-Fest have announced. An eclectic mix of bands playing Progressive, Deathcore, Death Metal, DJent and the kitchen sink are set for 30th June to 4th July at Newark Showgrounds. It’s going to be a

NEWS: Radar Festival moves to October, 3rd wave of bands!

The organizers of second incarnation of Radar Festival have announced they have rescheduled from 31 July and 01 August 2020 to Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2020. This means Toska, Voyager, Palm Reader, I Built the Sky and Nick Johnston will drop off the bill. However the trade off for that are some high

NEWS: Tech-Fest announce second wave of bands!

And boom! Tech-Fest have announced their second wave of bands for the 2020 incarnation of the annual pilgrimage to Newark Showgrounds as it enters it’s 9th year! Interestingly having announced their appearance at Fury Fest in April as a one off, Martyr Defiled are back on the bill having called it a day. Reflections have

NEWS: Exist Immortal Shred June!

London Progressive Metalcore quintet Exist Immortal have announced that new music is on the way alongside a June co-headlining Southern run with Black Orchid Empire. But hold your horses! They also have a pair of shows in April with Defenses! So if you can’t wait until the summer… 3th Bournemouth, The Anvil 4th London, 229 The

NEWS: Burn It Down Festival 2019!

The 2019 incarnation of Burn It Down Festival will once again be a who’s who of the UK Metal Underground scene. Tickets for the Torquay event that will take place across the weekend of 31st August are available here. An epic closing to the summer, the lineup so far includes… Black Peaks Dream State Fatherson

NEWS: Black Map announce UK dates!

Black Map have announced a set of UK dates around their appearance at this year’s Camden Rocks Festival. The dates will see support from Black Orchid Empire & Randolph’s Grin. For those not in the know, Black Map consist of Dredg guitarist Mark Engles, Far drummer Chris Robyn, and The Trophy Fire‘s vocalist/guitarist Ben Flanagan.