The Risen Dread are an Irish quartet. They have had a busy few years since forming in 2018; the band were invited to support Malevolent Creation and embarked on their own headline European tour during the pandemic. During this time, they also finished this, their debut album.
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So, after what’s started out as an another almost constant stream of cancellations of various acts, Jase W was finally going to a show that’s actually an incredibly special one to him, in that every person in the bands tonight are infamous amongst the prog and tech-metal circles and regulars at UK Tech-Fest.
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The late ‘60s and early ‘70s was a rich period for the then new and burgeoning heavy rock and progressive rock scene. For those interested in those bands, there’s an absolute treasure trove of obscure nuggets to discover if you’re prepared to dig deep enough and go beyond the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and the others that made it big. There’s certainly plenty of interest these days in the bands that didn’t quite make it during that period, perhaps best illustrated by the recent ‘I’m A Freak, Baby’ box sets which very successfully did some of that deep digging for you. One such obscure nugget from that period was Bournemouth’s Elias Hulk, whose 1970 album ‘Unchained’ has stood the test of time and earns a remastered re-release this month on Cherry Red.
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Kit Woolven, regarded as one of the best recording engineers and producers of his generation, has died at the age of 71.
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Twelve more bands have been added to the bill for this summer’s Bloodstock festival.
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