Rage Factor support “announced”

UPDATE: Rage Factor review here. Rumours are circulating that Gallows, Jane’s Addiction and gypsy-punks Gogol Bordello will be supporting RATM at their Finsbury Park gig after thedailyswarm.com claimed they had been booked. This is not an official announcement. Festival Republic told me that it will be announced on their website before anywhere else, although the [...]

Interview: TesseracT

Amos Williams, bassist of London-based prog-rock/metallers TesseracT, recently spoke to us about the band’s sound, their ambitions and dumping his wife for his music.

Tides of Virtue stream new track

Up-and-coming Essex metallers Tides of Virtue are streaming brand new track ‘The Ferryman’ on their myspace.

Heavy Metal Guide to the General Election Part #3: The Campaign

Some info on how the campaign is going so far + links to funny stuff.

Cypress Hill – Rise Up (partial review)

It’s in no way a metal album but it does feature RATM’s Tom Morello and former-SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian.

Interview: Peter Dolving

The legendary frontman of The Haunted, Mary Beats Jane and BringTheWarHome talks about supporting Slayer, The Haunted’s new album and how he thinks metal sucks… Picture © Olle Carlsson (http://ollecarlsson.se). Used with permission.

Volcanoes can’t stop the metal… or can they?

The ash cloud is over, no wait, it’s not… flights will resume… but not for long. Even though no one has a clue what’s going on here’s a little look at what the lack of flying could mean for the UK music industry if it goes on for a while… (May not accurately reflect the [...]

Heavy Metal Guide to the General Election Part #2: Parties and issues

There’s a UK general election on the way, and if anyone’s feeling like they should know a bit more about what’s going on here’s a few pieces of basic information about some of the issues being campaigned on: (Also contains Papa Roach, Napalm Death, Sylosis, Doug Pinnick, and help deciding who to vote for)

Viatrophy farewell tour extended…

Illness forces band to post-pone last two tour dates. UPDATE 20/04/10:

Heavy metal guide to the general election Part #1: The basics

There’s a UK general election on the way, and if anyone’s feeling like they should know a bit more about what’s going on here’s a few pieces of basic information for you, with a few metal songs thrown in: (Contains The Haunted, Megadeth and glamour models).