Shining, the Swedish Black Metal band founded and fronted by Niklas Kvarforth, are releasing a 4 track EP of cover versions. Shining – whose last studio album ‘VII: Född Förlorare’ (‘Born Loser’) was released through Spinefarm in May 2011 – are planning UK dates for the autumn. “In no way should this EP be seen…
I recently spoke to Eric Peterson, Guitarist with Testament to talk about their new album, and touring. Festivalphoto: Your new album, Dark roots of earth is due to be released in early August. How would you describe the album? Eric: Let me turn that around – How would you descibe it? Festivalphoto: Heavy as hell….
After a break of several years, Inner Fear are back with their first album in nine years. The band was originally formed in 1997 by former Cradle of Filth drummer, Marthus. The music is a cross between death metal and symphonic metal and takes the richness and beauty of symphonic metal and adds the power…
Zachary Stevens was the singer who took over from Jon Oliva as vocalist for Savatage. Following such a great singer is a feat that would worry most singers but to do so and manage to keep the fans happy too is a very rare feat as changes in singers are usually controversial and hotly debated…
Fatal Force was formed in 2005 by Fate guitarist Torben Enevoldsen. The band’s first album was released in 2006, but scheduling delays (a sad reality of being involved in more than one band and also doing solo work) meant that the second album wasnt recorded till the end of 2010. Now it’s finally been produced…
Sacred Heart are a band that sank without trace in 1991 – one of many bands that for whatever reason didnt quite make it. Sometimes bands fail to make it for the simple reason that they’re rubbish, but often it’s that they’re good but for some reason never quite manaaged to become a success. Sacred…
Fantasy Rainbow is an indie band from Manchester led by Oliver Catt. It’s an odd sort of band though as the number of members apparently varies from a one man outfit up to three or four. They have recorded and released the ‘Teens’ EP, the ‘Healthy Lung, Dirty Lung’ cassette and the ‘No Hope. Not…
Unlike many of the UK’s festivals this year, the Cambridge Folk festival actually had good weather – there was sunshine, the site was green and grassy (rather than a muddy swamp as some festivals had), and it was lovely and warm. That sort of weather always helps put people in a good mood for a…
Otmar Binder Trio feat BJ Cole & Christian Dozzler Debut album Boogie Woogie Turnaround Out September 24th on Jump River Records Otmar Binder Boogie Woogie Turnaround fulfils one of contemporary pianist Otmar Binder’s dreams, to ”play with musicians who offer everything they have”. Credited to the Otmar Binder Trio (Binder on piano, Alexander Lackner on…
Bonafide – Ultimate Rebel is now available on pre-sale on itunes Its hard to believe that its nearly been three years since BONAFIDE´s last full length offering ”Something’s Dripping” was first released. Above all, BONAFIDE has been building an ever growing audience all over Europe by constant touring. 2 long European tours, covering 12 countries,…
Trojan Presents ‘Freedom Sounds’ is a box set that honours the most important names in Jamaican music in the last five decades It’s an impressive collection – 108 songs spanning 5 CDs. It features some big well known names that are familiar to music lovers around the world, including Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy…
Prog metal band Threshold have released eight albums so far in their long career. Founded in the late 1980’s they released their debut album (Wounded land) in 1993. Since then they’ve built an army of fans around the world with their albums and touring, and are now ready to release their ninth album – ”March…