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
In the year 2000, Stampin’ Ground delivered an Earth shattering album that crossed over Groove Metal and Hardcore in “Carved From Empty Words” that Ultimately ended up with the Cheltenham band fronted by Adam Frakes-Sime appearing on the main stage at Download Festival in 2003. Sadly calling it a day a year later but returning
It’s been 4 years since Glasgow’s finest Bleed From Within‘s last offering, the crowd funded EP “Death Walk”. In 2017 guitarist Steven Jones joined the ban replacing Martyn Evans and in December last year, the band announced they were recording a follow up to their 2013 album “Uprising”, their Century Media debut. The album starts with