We’re starting the week as we mean to go on with the new lineup announcement for Heavy Scotland! Edinburgh Corn Exchange is set to be the go-to for all you metal-heads out there between April 1-2 2017! The latest acts to be announced are *drum roll* Finntroll, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Destruction and Ingested! They join the […]
Bloodstock Open Air Festival is getting into the Christmas spirit with yet another lineup announcement! Welsh hellraisers Skindred are set to make their BOA debut, bringing their boisterous live shows and unique blend of reggae, metal and punk to the festival. Also it will be BOA goers’ first time to join the infamous Newport helicopter! […]
Impericon festival has announced the first four bands for the UK leg of the 2017 festival! The festival, set to take place on April 17, 2017 at Manchester’s Academy. The first wave of bands announced are killer too! Thy Art Is Murder will be headlining the event and will be joined by Miss May I, […]
Bowling For Soup fans rejoice! Everyone’s favourite pop-punkers have some big news for you all! The Texans have announced that they will be playing 2017’s Slam Dunk Festival! The band will be making their debut at the UK’s most prestigious pop-punk, metalcore and modern-rock festival. Frontman Jaret Reddick says of the announcement; “We are so […]
If you were thinking of heading to Catton Park, Derbyshire between 10-13th August 2017 for Bloodstock Festival then this latest lineup announcement should definitely have you on your laptops booking your tickets right away (I’ll even help you out by putting the link for tickets here because I’m nice like that!). There’s only three bands […]
The UK's newest festival Heavy Scotland may only be in it's first year but it is sure to pack a punch! Just aded to the inaugural line-up is US thrashers Havok and heavy metal legend Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden, Wolfsbane). The festival is set to take place at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange on April 1-2, 2017.
Liverpool Music Week starts on October 26 and ahead of the opening party (headlined by WARPAINT), the organisers have revealed the full line up! The festival runs across Liverpool between October 26 and November 4.
Do you need some rehab after tech fest 2016 Well the organisers have sorted you out with TECHABILITATION 2016! Billed as a two-day post tech-fest rehab clinic for tech metal junkies, it is set to take place on November 19 and 20 at The New Cross Inn, London.
This Saturday (September 10) sees a whole host of everyones favourite bands head to Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Petersfield for the UK's biggest ancohol and drug free festival Butserfest. This year also marks the festival's tenth anniversary!
How would you like to win two weekend camping tickets to the first ever Fort Fest? All you have to do is apply here! (You will need to be over the age of 16!).
A very emotional night but it showed that FVK are going to go on and have plenty of success in their future ventures. A very good festival overall which organiser Adam Tibbs should give himself a pat on the back for! Now to count down the days until the next Shield Fest!
The ever growing and ever popular Breaking Bands Festival returns for its third year next May. Housed at the fantastic Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club in Bromsgrove, the Festival promises to deliver the very best emerging Metal, Punk and Rock bands to the general public.
Fort Fest has announced the final bands to play the main stage of this year's inaugural event. The announcement sees The Xcerts, EMP!RE, Press To MECO, Boy Jumps Ship, THECITYISOURS, The Hyena Kill and Kingdom Keys added to the main stage.
So, as you have probably seen in our extensive review coverage of Slam Dunk 2016 (if not, you can go and read it here) then you'll know that there was a lot more that we left out of that article. The reason being, we didn't want it to go on forever and you lose interest. Also as there were several of us at different dates, we thought it would be a good idea to compare some of the artists performances, as we all have varying musical tastes, you can check out some of the acts below that multiple members of our team saw and what they thought!
Slam Dunk festival celebrated its tenth birthday this year with a monster party! With a diverse line-up including Panic! At the Disco, Of Mice & Men, Hellions, Blood Youth, As It Is, Yellowcard and many more, it was one not to be missed! Four writers (including myself at the Midlands) attended over the course of the weekend and give their views below!
