The third instalment comes to you from guitarist Leon Kemp and bassist James Britton…
2nd March - Day 4 

9.00am 
We finally arrive at Hamburg, me and Frank are up and about after a crazy night of beer and shenanigans. Feeling a little rough but we powered on in search of some food. We end […]

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? […]

The second instalment of the Anterior Tour is brought to you by former Mendeed guitarist, Steve Nixon…
29th Feb - Day 2
11.00 pm - Anterior are back stage at Roxy and we’ve drank just about all the beers in the fridge, the other bands are looking at us as if to say “what […]

This show was the only one billed for Italy as part of the Summoning Thunder tour
which has been butchering its way around Europe for the last 10 days. With a bill
comprised of 4 bands covering very diverse genres it was an eager if slightly small number who turned out for the occasion.
Blistering their way into […]

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Scottish folk/power metallers ALESTORM have been added to the bill for BOA 2008.Alestorm were formed in Perth in 2004 as a two-piece under the name Battleheart playing self-styled ‘True Scottish Pirate Metal’. After releasing an eponymous EP in 2006, they expanded their line-up in order to play […]

The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been confirmed for BOA 2008. Along with fellow headliners Dimmu Borgir and Opeth, the addition of Nightwish is set to help make BOA 2008 the best Bloodstock yet.
From humble beginnings in 1996, Nightwish rapidly rose to prominence and were instrumental in driving […]

Photograph: © Owain Richards
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 […]

The boys in Anterior have kindly offered to keep a diary during their rampage across Europe with Himsa. Part 1, written by vocalist Luke Davies is up online now.

ANTERIOR, now with new bassist James Britton and former Mendeed man Steve Nixon on guitar will join Dying Fetus for a run of UK dates in June.
June 2008
23rd    LONDON – Underworld
24th    PLYMOUTH – White Rabbit
25th    GLASGOW – Ivory Blacks
26th    MANCHESTER – Music Box
27th    PETERBOROUGH – The Park
ANTERIOR will also headline the Avalanche Festival in […]

According to Kerrang! magazine, KISS, MOTÖRHEAD and RISE AGAINST have been added to the bill of this year’s Download festival.