There is no doubt that Bloodstock Open Air Festival has been getting more and more commercial over the years. Some fans have even suggested it’s becoming more and more like Download Festival. Metal Hammer have put together 10 of the most hilarious reactions to Parkway Drive being announced as one of the headliners for this
Episode #3 of Listmania Season and it’s time to run down 5 really disappointing albums that were released in 2018. We’re not ones for negativity so this list is of albums which… we had pencilled in for a review and upon several listens we were like… “Meh. This is not good. We’ll pass. Next!” 1.
It has to be said that having reviewed the new Parkway Drive album and then seen that were they playing arguably the largest non-Arena venue in the UK in Alexandria Palace, more than a few eyebrows were raised when a band as heavy as Thy Art Is Murder were announced as joining the bill along
Specialising in ambient Piano covers of contemporary Metal songs, pianist extrodinaire Sean Townsend has released an amazingly good version of “Always” by Metalcore Heroes Killswitch Engage. The band themselves will join Thy Art Is Murder and Parkway Drive upon our shores in late January while their newly finished album is being Mixed and Mastered.
It’s about time we said something more about Polar. Hailing from Guildford in leafy Surrey and signed to Prosthetic Records, their fusion of Hardcore and Heavy Metal alongside what they stand for has got them noticed. They are a regular on the European tour circuit having played the Impericon Never Say Die Tour in 2016 and
Australian Tech infused Metalcore crew Polaris will be upon our shores in January supporting Architects alongside Beartooth. Here’s high quality fan filmed footage of the band performing “Lucid” at The Palladium in Worcester Massachusetts on The Reverence Tour with Parkway Drive. “The Mortal Coil” by Polaris is out now via SharpTone Records.
Filmed on their “Reverence” tour in Las Vegas Nevada, on 31st August, here’s a full set from Parkway Drive. They will be back upon our shores for a quartet of dates in the new year with Metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage and Australian Deathcore heavyweights Thy Art Is Murder. We can’t wait! “Reverence” is out now
Now this is seriously impressive. Drum Cam footage of Ben Gordon from Parkway Drive playing “Crushed” at Tuska Open Air Festival courtesy of Zildjain drums. In 360 degree virtual reality complete with flame rig. Byron Bay’s Metalcore crew will be upon our shores in January with Killswitch Engage and Thy Art Is Murder.
Continuing our journey across the black map of the UK underground metal scene, we come to the fair city of Coventry. Perhaps the birth place of legendary figure, St. George “The Dragon Slayer”, patron Saint of England but more aptly the place that Chuck Berry recorded his No. 1 single “My Ding-a-ling”, doing so at
Southampton Metalcore heroes Bury Tomorrow have been gradually building their foundations for a long term career in Metal since their birth in 2007 and now releasing their 5th studio album “Black Flame” sees them reaching for new heights. 2014’s “Runes” was a massive album for the band and lifted them to the next level as
