If there was an award for the oddest tourmates of the year then it would surely go to this pairing of rock and roll supergroup Hollywood Vampires and Glaswegian indie rock trailblazers The Jesus And Mary Chain. Hollywood Vampires frontman Alice Cooper has form for this though as he has toured with some unlikely bands over recent years. Canny bugger that he is, he tours with support bands who ...
Read MoreThe popularity of metal has astounded me a number of times in recent years, from the likes of Korn and Deftones filling stadiums when it felt like their peak had passed, to System Of A Down and My Chemical Romance coming back and playing stadiums but this feels like something else. It’s very much on a smaller scale but it feels light-years beyond what I expected. Even during the funk metal boom …
Read MoreBloodstock may be taking part less than eighty miles away but metal still lives and breathes elsewhere for those who cannot attend. It’s a really encouraging turnout too as Gorilla is around three quarters full. Spectral Wound made a couple of appearances on our shores last year at Incineration and Damnation Festivals and playing shows of such stature has possibly helped in drawing a good crowd…
Read MoreLast year’s Back To The Beginning event helped to reaffirm what most of us already knew, that we, as a community, love Black Sabbath and that we cannot get enough of hearing those songs no matter who is playing them. Bat Sabbath aren’t just any tribute act, they’re the alter-ego of Canadian punk metallers Cancer Bats, who have a devoted following themselves, and whilst there are plenty of Cancer Bat
Read MoreHoly Diver opened around eighteen months and is offers a spacious rock club located in a former retail unit just off Stockport’s main shopping thoroughfare. Interior wise its pretty impressive with plenty of cool things to look at: gig posters, guitars and records mounted on the wall and a huge stained glass style artwork of Ozzy Osbourne. It’s encouraging to see that so many people have been ...
Read MoreIn our little corner of rock and metal, the 2 Promoters, 1 Pod podcast has been something of a success. A vehicle for festival promoters Gavin McInally (Damnation) and James Scarlett (ATG and 2000 Trees) to lift the lid on what goes on behind the scenes at festivals and the music industry in general, it has a dedicated fanbase. It also provides a platform for them to eulogise about bands they love …
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