Death Blooms are a Liverpool based metal outfit that represent the very best of cutting edge music. So much so that none other than Korn’s Jonathan Davis recently took them out as support during his his recent UK solo shows. Gary Trueman caught up with...
Featuring a sizable chunk of former Eluveitie band member Cellar Darling play original songs with heavy folk leanings. Their music features the Hurdy Gurdy as a prominent instrument rather than using it simply for effect. They had just played a well...
10 Items to Bring To a Convention Throughout the year we get all kinds of conventions pop up; makeup, yoga, horror, anime, clothing and the classic Comic Con! The summer is no friend to the ever-growing popularity of comic/film conventions with a mixture...
Lovebites are a new force to be reckoned with in the music world. The five piece from Japan have created a real storm with their super slick brand of power metal, so much so they carted off the award for best new band at the Golden Gods recently. Gary...
So much has been made of Download festival’s unerring ability to attract rain clouds that this year will go down as one of the driest in recent times. The festival has worked very hard on not only how it deals with passing monsoons but also how it interacts...
Hailing from Wales Kane’d are a seven piece hard rock band that unusually feature three lead vocalists who also happen to be sisters. Rather than any sibling rivalry though this is a family in literal total harmony. Gary Trueman met up with Steph,...
We’ve interviewed a great many band members at Devolution but never until now have we spoken to beings from another world. Stranded on Earth and hiding in plain sight as a metal band are Sick N Beautiful. Gary Trueman sat down a little nervously with...
Punk For The Homeless Vol 2 Compilation – Self Released Released in support of the wonderful Punk For The Homeless fundraising campaign in support of defending and rehabilitating street children this album serves an obvious purpose and a not so obvious...
Kane’d Show Me Your Skeleton – Ryka Music Kane’d aren’t your average band. They’ve taken hard rock and moulded it into something unique courtesy of having a three pronged vocal attack. Sisters up front and a four man two guitar backline...
Sick N Beautiful /Kane’d The Portland Arms 30/5/2018 It’s tough playing a midweek gig. Getting people to come out when they’ve got to be up for work the next morning. It’s even harder when that midweek happens to be just a few days...
