Imagine you’re writing you’re last will and testament to instruct your loved ones of your last wishes. You’re going to ascend to the afterlife but you can only take with you the contents of your coffin to start the next chapter with. Which 5 albums would you take? We asked Fates Messenger vocalist Tony Maddocks
Emerging from the darkness in late 2023 with members and former members of Romeo Must Die, Stampin’ Ground and Above All in their ranks, Fates Messenger dropped EP “They Walk Among Us” in September last year. Showing no mercy, just 10 months on the four piece have a sophomore record waiting in the wings in
They may have only managed an EP and album in a four year run but when three former Stampin’ Ground members got together to create Romeo Must Die alongside former Dishonour the Crown guitarist Aaron Darling and former Eighthnerve and Outpatients drummer Will Romain they knew how to hit us where it hurt. A Groove
If you’ve not heard… Long term collaborators Mark Clayden (Pitchshifter) and Paul Fletcher (Romeo Must Die), frustrated with postponed live shows and lockdowns, made a pact to release their heaviest material to date, in the form of an EP suitably named “A Plague On All Your Houses”, recorded, mixed and produced by the renowned Scott Atkins
In a time where the Supergroup has become something of a regular occurrence with touring bands forced to down tools as if some form of Global situation had taken place, musicians getting the time and opportunity to do projects that they have often talked about for decades comes a new band called Hellblind. They are
Something wicked comes this way with a new band called Hellblind premiering the first single “Hitched” from a debut EP “Plague On All Your Houses” produced, mixed and mastered with Scott Atkins (Cradle of Filth, Venom Prison) at Grindstone Studios set for 23rd March. The outfit is a combination of household names with the throat
…seeing as 2020 is the 20th Anniversary of “Carved From Empty Words” by Stampin’ Ground, it was only ever a matter of time before a head to head for single “Officer Down” appeared in this very feature. It’s a classic track from a classic album. Simple as. They may have had a turbulent career but
Back in the year 2000, we had the Millennium Bug and “Carved From Empty Words” by Cheltenham Groove Metallers Stampin’ Ground. It spawned the brilliant single “Officer Down” which influenced a whole host of bands including Venom Prison, while the band themselves ripped up stages with everyone from Biohazard to Soulfly. So here’s a full
Nottingham Industrial Metallers Pitchshifter will be returning to the stage in 2021 for a run of dates that will see them share stages with the likes of Raging Speedhorn and Hangman Hill with more support bands to be announced soon… 29/11: Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill 30/11: Manchester, Academy 01/12: Bristol, SWX 02/12: London, Highbury Garage
After taking a break following Stampin’ Ground calling it a night, vocalist Adam “Bomb” Frakes-Sime decided he wanted to do the Metal thing again. He got in touch with guitarist Paul Fletcher and bassist Ben Frost who both wanted to return to the live arena before seeking out ex-Dishonour the Crown guitarist Aaron Darling and
