SILURIA are one of the few current UK bands that are embracing the rising interest in the combination of folk music and metal. Hailing from Wales, there is no shortage of musical history or cultural heritage to draw from. Could Siluria be the UK’s answer to the current scene making waves in Finland and Scandinavia? […]

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It’s the day of the first show on the UK DARK TRANQUILLITY tour and we’re sat in the subterranean venue of the Cardiff Barfly while hundreds, if not thousands, of red jerseyed rugby fans, inebriated, cheer on their team above ground. In a little green room, we take time out to chat […]

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On a mild afternoon in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, we climbed aboard a big Swedish tourbus parked almost right outside Cardiff’s illustrious castle in the centre of the city to have a chat with Finnish metal band Omnium Gatherum. Meanwhile, Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne slept soundly in a bunk next door.
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MALEFICE have been hard at work, touring and promoting their album constantly and tirelessly. Having played here in Cardiff not so long ago on the UK DevilDriver tour alongside God Forbid and with their album ‘Entities’ out now, the band have gained critical acclaim from press and fans alike.
Halfway through a […]

UK Gothic-Metal band Pro-Jekt formed in 2000 at a time when, due to the dominance of electronic music, Goths and guitars were not mixing very well. However they have since released two critically acclaimed albums (Encryption, and Defiance) as well as a live DVD, built up a large European following, and have performed at some of the biggest Gothic and Metal festivals in both the UK and Abroad.