Ward XVI are back with an explosive new album, Id3ntity, which is out on Friday 11th July, via Earache. The  unstoppable sextet have also just revealed their new single and video, "Blood Is The New Black" (scroll down to watch) , and listen to their other material on Spotify. If you’re new to Ward XVI … Continue reading Ward XVI are back – album number three on the way

The beauty of a festival like Maid of Stone is that you could talk to a hundred people and they would all give you a completely different of the bands they saw, which ones ‘should have been headliners’ and their various other experiences. So, here is mine. Whilst this is still a very new … Continue reading Festival Review: Maid of Stone 2024 Part 1 – Saturday 20th July

What a double-header. Sometimes you see a gig listing and immediately you know it's not just a couple of bands touring together, but a great package guaranteed to be something special. Having spoke to both bands recently (Mo'Royce is a lovely chap to interview, and we've been mates with Ward XVI for years) we knew … Continue reading Gig Review: Tragedy / Ward XVI – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (5th April 2024)

Tragedy are unbridled cover version fun. Ward XVI are madcap and theatrical. This is a great double-header, and they're hitting venues up and down the UK together in a matter of weeks! Dates below... Thurs 28 March - Bristol - Thekla Fri 29 Mar - London - Underworld Sat 30 Mar - Brighton - The … Continue reading Tragedy ed by Ward XVI – coming your way in March / April

Pausing briefly from recording their 3rd album, Ward XVI have teamed up with V from Yorkshire-based rap metal beatdown groovers Pulverise to release a cover of Skindred’s song ‘Saying it now’. No stranger to Skindred related mischief following the practical joke that they played on them in Liverpool, Psychoberrie and Ward XVI have followed up … Continue reading Classic Cover: Ward XVI ft. V of Pulverise – “Saying It Now” (original by Skindred)

The final chapter of Ward XVI's Psychoberrie "Thrillogy" began being tracked on the 26th of September with their long suffering producer Mark Winterburn again behind the mixing desk at Voltalab sound studios. The inmates of Ward XVI need your help to raise the funds to record and produce their keenly awaited third album. In order … Continue reading Ward XVI launch crowdfunder for album number three