What an outstanding year for heavy music! There was no way I was going to be able to easily choose just one album for this, so in a typically non-committal way, I have chosen ten (and a bunch of others as a further cop-out). Gun to my head choice for my favourite at the moment? Employed … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review – John, Writer/Reviewer
Tag: Meshuggah
As is customary at this time of year, we like to put together a “year in review” from the perspective of each team member, or at least as many of the crew as we can. This time around it’s the year from the point of view of our Senior Editor/Accreditation Editor – James Costin… It’s … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review – James “Jimmy” Costin, Senior Editor
Festival, the world’s premier rock event, has announced some of the biggest rock acts in the world including Marilyn Manson, Parkway Drive, Rise Against, Body Count and more. The three-day festival takes place 8-10 June 2018 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are on sale now at festival.co.uk/tickets. … Continue reading 2018 unleashes swathe of new acts
The ABC in Glasgow is seemingly becoming the new place to go for metal and rock gigs these days. Either that, or my musical tastes have been getting more and more eclectic. I’ll let you decide that as I dive into what was a superb night of music… Upon arrival at the venue, about five … Continue reading Meshuggah / The Haunted – O2 ABC, Glasgow (15th January 2016)
Time to paaaaarty! Here's your first bunch of weekend choons... Bad Solution - "Dear Sarah" Five piece Kingston metal band Bad Solution have released their awesome new video for their brand new song "Dear Sarah". The video is incredibly powerful, and echoes the song's theme of child abduction. Vocalist Alex comments: Dear Sarah is a story … Continue reading Saturday Video Roundup: Bad Solution, Meshuggah, Conspire, Backdawn
When a band has classics such as “Bleed”, “New Millenium Cyanide Christ”, “Rational Gaze” and “Future Breed Machine”, it must cross your mind at some stage how they can even create music that comes close to those. Yet somehow, Meshuggah have still been able to churn out record after record and show no signs of … Continue reading Review: Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason