Download are now one short of the big four as 14 new bands are added to their 2012 bill. Megadeth immediately leaped out of their latest release, joining fellow thrash heroes Metallica and metal gods Anthrax on what’s shaping up to be quite a stellar line up across the June 8-10th weekend. Joining Mustaine’s metal metal mongers in the latest 14 are Slash featuring Miles Kennedy, Rise Against, Steel Panther and many more[...]
The dust has settled and all 14 new acts on the Download bill have been confirmed. The slightly over eager Soundgarden upstaged the second wave of announcements by releasing the latest version of the event’s official poster over 4 hours early for one brief moment, which is all the time you need on the internet for the news to spread everywhere. Since then
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The first five acts announced in tonight’s piecemeal Download line up roll out are Soundgarden, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro, You Me At Six, and Tenacious D. Rumours circulating ahead of the release have proved to be rather close to the truth. Soundgarden are easily the biggest band confirmed in this latest cluster. Soundgarden are easily the biggest band confirmed in this latest cluster.[...]
Following the recent release of their album ‘Psychology Of Death’, Mortal Sin have made the official video of the single ‘Blood Of My Enemies’ available to stream on YouTube. The album was recorded by producer Darren Jenkins, who carved a sound so massive that the guitars sound furiously fast and aggressive while the drums threaten to tear your speakers to pieces.[...]
The electronic rock virtuoso Klayton, better known as Celldweller has recently made available a ‘Klash Up’ track featuring the work of Metallica and Black Sabbath with a few added bass drops for good measure. The combination works surprisingly well and couldn’t come at a more opportune moment, following the announcement of both Metallica and Black Sabbath’s headline roles at Download 2012[...]
Thrash metal legends Metallica are the first band to be announced for Download 2012. Marking the festivals tenth anniversary event with a Saturday headline performance the band have also announced that they will perform their best selling self titled album, better known as ‘The Black Album’ in it’s entirety, mirroring their earth shaking 2006 back [...]
Following the immense phenomenon of ‘The Big Four’ live performances of recent years and their crowning moment, a full stage, full line up performance of Diamond Head’s ‘Am I Evil?’ it’s easy to forget where all the inspiration came from. As one of the greatest bands to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Diamond Head never quite acheived the same heights as some of their peers [...]
This is the third album from the American metalcore crew Blessthefall. Having not been terribly au fait with their previous output, I am in a good position to review this record without any prior expectations. Plus, after running out of minutes on my free Spotify account by listening to anything Metallica put out in the 80’s to erase “Lulu” from my memory, it’s nice to listen to something new and modern that isn’t awful. [...]
