Katie's review of this year's Tons of Rock is, like the festival itself, massive - so we're splitting it into three bite-size chunks. Even then, they're still bite-size to a large, scary Viking. Here's the second portion, covering June 23rd at Fredrikstern Fortress, Halden, Norway. Missed Part One? Clickety-here. Day Two Thursday had been perfect weather … Continue reading Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2017 – Day Two
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Slayer have released a video talking about the now infamous Repentless video trilogy. You can check the clip out here, and we'll scatter the song videos through the article because they certainly bear being re-watched. Several times. When the of Slayer were approached by Nuclear Blast America's General Manager Gerardo Martinez to make a music video … Continue reading Slayer discuss the “Repentless” video trilogy
A convicted prisoner on death row... a family unit putting up the Christmas decorations... two worlds, lightness and darkness colliding... white supremacists... ruthless murders...Slayer's "Pride in Prejudice" music video completed their Repentless trilogy. "I'm particularly excited about this third video," said director BJ McDonnell, "because we played with stylistic differences with the trilogy. Where one video … Continue reading Slayer release third video in trilogy
After another night of rock ‘n' roll excesses and a morning of BBQ’d pork products (and cups of tea and coffee), the final day of heavy metal mania at Bloodstock 2016 lay ahead. The first band I caught was Ronnie James Dio stage openers Ghost Bath (7). I only saw the end of their set … Continue reading Bloodstock 2016 – Sunday (Sean’s view)
Finally, after posting my behind-the-scenes viewpoint over a week ago, I get the time to rattle off a few words about the bands I saw. This post pretty much wraps up our reviews (there may be one more, but that's it) and I hope we've managed to mention most of the bands. It's really difficult … Continue reading Bloodstock 2016 – Mosh’s view
ing us down at Bloodstock were Brian and his brother-in-law who managed to help fill in a few other gaps in our coverage! Take it away, chaps - first up from Brian... Seed of Sorrow - Friday Bloodstock really does get a lot of things right, like drawing on the talent unearthed through Metal to … Continue reading Bloodstock 2016 – Brian’s View (with a bit of help from Stephen P)