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With the end of the year begins the time of retrospect. Performing exactly a year ago on October 30th the band release their Live Performance of their jaw dropping performance at Birmingham’s Arena a year later. A step above the norm the release encapsulates just how much emotion was felt that night and what all fans of music regardless of genre sense when seeing their favourite band live.
After the announcement that guitarist Justin Lowe had passed it wasn’t sure what the future would hold for After The Burial. Nevertheless on September 29th the band announced a forthcoming tour with label mates The Faceless and now have debuted a brand new track.
Our favourite Finnish folk metallers have caved in to popular demand, and have announced they will be embarking on a full-fledged tour of the UK & Ireland!
It’s known throughout the Progressive Metal universe that heavy weights Dream Theater have been working on their brand new album that is set for a 2016 release, however what we didn’t know was how we will be hearing the record.
Why? Because they can!
In perhaps the most unsurprising news of the day, Equilibrium bassist Jen Majura has parted ways with the band.
Maintaining one of the most consistently devastating line ups in recent years Hellfest once again has us floored with its announcement of the bands to come in 2016.
The growth of a band is truly something remarkable, with Whitechapel beginning as one of the poster boys of the “scene” with their album’s This Is Exile firmly leading the breakdown charge, slowly but surely the band began their evolution. With the help of a change of line up, the band then released the slightly more melodic A New Era of Corruption. Pushing the envelope even further with not much respite the band decided to unleash their self titled record ensuring that their indentifiable and remained yet began to implement more experimental ideas. Which brings us to the present, releasing their most ambitious work to date the band unleashed Our Endless War last year. Hitting the road hard on the back of the release the band wanted to lift the lid on the Whitechapel story bringing us to The Brotherhood of The Blade.