After weeks of rumour and speculation – some of it pretty fucking accurate, it has to be admitted – Bloodstock have confirmed their final two main stage headliners.
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This is the second journey of the Kentucky quartet into their influences and it’s a cracker from start to finish. According to our man David O’Neill, the opening track, ‘Big Legged Woman’ grabs you by the ears, shakes your head and says the roots of Black Stone Cherry from the first album have been rediscovered…THIS IS BLACK STONE CHERRY! Bluesy, punchy, rhythmic and raucous.
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Jonny B seems to be picking up a lot of black metal recently, which is the perfect accompaniment to long dark winter nights that are becoming increasingly bitter. But the latest mini-album release from Californians Byyrth is something that has particularly caught his attention for a number of reasons. Firstly, the sunny liberal West Coast state is not exactly the first place he would suggest as a hive of black metal activity, but rather conjures up images of surfer/skater punk. And secondly, Byyrth are claimed to be the new frightening face of vampiric black metal. Now he, or indeed we, are not entirely sure we even knew there was such a sub-genre as vampiric black metal, and JB certainly couldn’t tell you what sets it apart from the rest of the black metal scene, so we guess there’s only one way to find out…
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This week’s award is on its way to South America and Brazilian alt-metal act The Krueggers, for new track ‘Lying Machine’.
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Formed when Mucky Pup bassist Dave Neabore and guitarist Sean Kilkenny quit to find an avenue for songs they had been writing but which didn’t find the band’s style, New Jersey’s Dog Eat Dog are regarded as one of the pioneers of the hardcore punk/hip hop/rap/ska crossover style. They quickly hit their stride in 1994 with the release of their debut album, ‘All Boro Kings’, which not only saw them become one of the first bands to feature saxophone as a prominent element of their sound but also spawned them three moderately successful singles, one of which ‘No Fronts’ was featured on the legendary ‘Beavis And Butthead’ cartoon series.
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