Long before the conventional distractions that we deem essential, there used to be the time of the bards. Travelling around the bards would slowly but surely get their message out, be it a fictional tale, allegory or complete truth. Through the power of word of mouth their gospel was spread. Fast forward to the modern day, civil unrest, somewhat down trodden lives and injustice have given birth to a new revolution. Taking the ideals of our bards, the poets of the modern day aren’t the likes of Yates or Keats but people who experience the grit, the reality of a life that most would never experience. Combining a unique style of semi spoken word with instrumentation King 810 spread their second gospel La Petite Mort Or A Conversation With God.
Live Review: Soilwork
Soilwork have always been quite a live spectacle in whatever capacity I have had the pleasure of seeing them. This time around they are playing one of London’s most intimate venues in the The Underworld Camden, and we were there to soak up that melodic death metal energy.
Album Review : Airbourne – Breakin’ Outta Hell
Picture walking into a party, stepping through the door you see the lofty tweed stature of Jazz gazing your way. Despite the judgemental, santicmonious and ever pretentious stares you carry on further in. The slow din of the music gradually gets louder, when a well dressed man comes out, looking his nose down at you potentially with theatre spectacles, his name is Classical. Bred from the misunderstanding of class segregation in music he is in a word a toff. Opening the door you see R’n’B getting down to it with Rap whilst Drum n Bass is raving to itself in the corner. Your attention then is drawn to the garden. Walking down the hallway into the green playpen, you see him. Stood atop the roof, Jack Daniels in hand, shirtless and mid jump off his slate podium landing triumphantly in his leather pants, that, well that idiot is Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Album Review : The Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence
Creative approach can be one of the most important ingredients for a successful career. Beginning his steps with the unhinged stylings of Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend cemented his imprint in the Metal scene. Known for their unrelenting energy the man began to slow down. Crafting more of a therapeutic outlet in the form of The Devin Townsend Project allowed the singer and guitarist to delve into emotions. Extracting various different tonalities each album represented a different stage of the man’s life. Returning in 2014 with bombastic space rock opera that was Dark Matters along with Sky Blue the man was indeed not starved of creative oxygen. Now two years later The Devin Townsend Project are gracing us once more with their metaphysical presence in the form of Transcendence.
Bloodstock 2016 : Day Three
As the saying goes, good things really do come in three’s! Now on our third day at Bloodstock Festival, we woke up bright and early to check out even more of some of the premier talent to come from all over the world at this gathering of grungers, this congregation of Metallers and what better way to kick things off this morning that the haunting stylings of Ghost Bath.
Wacken Open Air 2016: The Full Review
It’s that time of year again when the world’s heavy metal elite in a place that can only be referred to by extreme music lovers as the ‘Holy Land’. 75’000 metalheads migrate to this patch of Northern German turf every year to pay homage to the metal gods, and revel in the good times with friends, old and new from all over the world. This is Wacken Open Air. And this is how we experienced it.
A Download 2016 Interview With : Travis Miguel (Atreyu)
A return can often be somewhat of a nerve wracking instance, marking their comeback with the release of their brand new album Long Live last September, Atreyu are very much back in the game. Performing at this year’s Download Festival we saw the band bring out the big guns in the form of old material and new bangers at their set. Fortunately we were able to catch up with long time member and guitarist extraordinaire Travis Miguel after the band’s set to speak to the man about Long Live, the band’s return and what the future might hold now.
Album Review : The Pineapple Thief – Your Wilderness
The interpretation of wilderness can be manifold, potentially signifying a land that is barren, devoid of modern society or a more conceptual adaptation in the form of the metaphoric wilderness. The sense of abandon felt on a tertiary level rather than an obvious one. Playing with the idea of abandonment The Pineapple Thief delve into their own world to create an incredibly abstract take on the idea of wilderness in its true sense.