Avenged Sevenfold lifting *ahem* being influenced by Metallica is pretty common knowledge. Why? Because it’s so blatantly obvious! To be fair, they’ve got a wealth of decent material of their own and they created a decent song around that Metallica riff. “Unholy Confessions” is a fans favourite and has all the trademarks of the classic
Following their successful London Masterclass last year, Progressive Tech-Metal pioneers SikTh have announced a further 6 Masterclasses for May! Drummer Dan Foord, Bassist James Leach and Guitarist Dan Weller will all take part in taking the a journey through the creation of their iconic debut album “The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out, Wait For
Female fronted Alternative five piece hailing from Liverpool, Our Divinity released their debut three track EP “Paralysis” at the beginning of November and managed to land an opening slot at the Liverpool date of the SikTh & Loathe UK tour. Having only started out towards the end of 2017 as a band, after just a
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their “www.pitchshifter.com” album, the return of Nottingham Industrial Metal Legends Pitchshifter for a run of five dates with Earthtone9 came as something of a surprise when it was announced. The “.com” album is arguably the bands most important in that it saw the recruitment of former Prodigy Guitarist Jim Davies
It’s not really a big surprise that one of the finer cuts from the new Shvpes album “Greater Than”, which was released this past Friday, features one Matt Heafy of Trivium, is it? It seems that the multi talented frontman and guitarist can turn pretty much anything to gold right now with his constant stream
Ahead of their slot with Harmed and Centuries at The Black Heart in Camden, this weekend, we caught up with the much travelled Ash Emery from Bournemouth’s I, The Mapmaker for an exclusive interview! Q1. A pleasure meeting you at Upsurge Festival at the end of August! How was your experience? It was an amazing experience,
The Five Hundred have released an official music video for the title track of their August released album “Bleed Red” via Long Branch Records. The album was Produced, Mixed and Mastered by former SikTh frontman Justine Hill who is currently working with Hacktivist on their second full length.
Rewind back to the start of summer 2017. Reading Tech-Metallers The Arusha Accord announced their return some 8 years after the release of debut full length “The Echo Verses” with a triumphant sold out show at Reading’s Sub89. The band then played the main stage at UK Tech-Fest and dropping singles “Vultures” and “Blackend Heart”.
Listmania is back again with Metal Hammer posting their list of “The 50 Best Riffs Ever”. The format is an interesting one with current Metal Scene musicians talking about each pick. There are more than a few surprises in the Subgenre and generation spanning list which sees the likes of Progressive Tech-Metal pioneers SikTh alongside
The final date of highly influential Tech-Metallers SikTh‘s 8 date UK run with Loathe sees them joined by Hardcore Punk trio MSRY at The Bullingdon in Oxford. Having re-united 4 years ago and dropped an EP and Album while touring the globe since, it’s a smaller venue show on a tour which sees the band
