Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds chats to Alessandro Venturella aka V-Man, Slipknot bassist in this latest episode of The Downbeat Podcast. The pair go back 15 years as UK Techs, Reynolds doing the job for Architects and both now play in US bands so there is a fair amount of reminiscing in this
Courtesy of Liberated Tape Archive, here’s a full set from the Golden Era of Slipknot. Back in 2001 on the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, they joined forces with Rammstein, System Of A Down, No One and American Head Charge as their then new monster of an album “Iowa” was unleashed. This set was from the
New Orleans Louisiana quintet Exhorder are one of those bands who are cited as one of the creators of a sound and style of Metal but never really profited from it. Originally getting together in 1985 as a Thrash act, they developed their style from their debut “Slaughter To The Vatican” in 1990 to their
When it comes to riffs, some just stick in your head. It’s an essential component of what makes a song catchy and memorable. Back in 2003, the third studio album “Self Destructive Pattern” from Los Angeles Californian Industrial Metal band Spineshank was lead by a single that somehow wound up getting nominated in the ‘Best
Throwing back just five years, Wacken have dropped these performances of “I Am Loco“, “God Save Us” and “How Can I Live” from US Nu-Metallers Ill Nino. Their debut “Revolution Revolución” album is still arguably their best and despite being known for the vocals of Cristian Machado, he’s now out of the group after some
Back in the year 2000, “The Burning Red” from Machine Head received a mixed bag of reviews but has aged well, unlike the album that followed it. Filmed at The Metro in Chicago Illinois on 20th February 2000, here’s a full set from the band before they did the “evening with” shows, Primer 55 and
The rise of Leeds Hardcore mob Higher Power has been nothing short of incredible. They’ve gone big in the US and with their signing to Roadrunner Records have broken even bigger ground. Here’s a brand new nostalgic video for “Rewire 101” from their first album for them “27 Miles Underwater“.
That would be a freshly released pro-shot full set including “The Heretic Anthem“, “Liberate” and “The Blister Exists” from Rock In Rio 2011. The set includes former drummer Joey Morrison’s infamous 360 drum kit rotation after the classic that is “Surfacing” so hold on to your hats for that. It wouldn’t be Slipknot any other
After the huge success of their sophomore studio album “The Impossibility Of Reason“, Cleveland Ohio Metallers Chimaira returned to the studio in 2004 for their one and only album with Kevin Talley known for his work with Dying Fetus and Misery Index gracing the drum stool. A bruiser of an album with longer, heavier tracks
Liberated Tape Archives have been doing us proud of late with the resurrection of older shows from memory lane from VHS to stream. So from Cleveland Ohio at The Odeon on 28th December 2000, here’s a Christmas show from Chimaira. This was the era of the band before “Pass Out Of Existence” was released on
