TOUR NEWS: Bokassa to follow Metallica dates with December headline shows
Following their recent support slots with Metallica, Norwegian stoner punks Bokassa have announced a run of headline dates for the beginning of December
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Fields Of The Nephilim/Terminal Gods/Nox Interna – Glasgow, Barrowlands – 27 June 2019
A very hot Thursday afternoon found Neil H packing his camera bag and heading to the legendary Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom the scene of the last venue he had seen the original line-up of the Fields of the Nephilim play, way back on the 27th September 1990! Twenty-nine years later an much has changed as he approacedh the famous Glasgow venue: instead of basking in the band’s ‘Earth Inferno’, the only inferno is being supplied by Mother Nature herself and there is a distinct lack of cowboy-hatted, duster coated watchmen outside the venue…. but, it’s what went down inside it that counts, right?
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Zed – ‘Volume’ (Ripple Music)
The beginning of 2019 saw Zed re-release ‘Desperation Blues’ via Ripple Music. A great way to kick off the new year for the Bay Area based four-piece. Now the heavy blues driven rockers are back with a brand-new album. ‘Volume’ features ten fresh tracks laden with Zed’s trademark sound. Over the past few months the band have teased updates on both writing and production for the record and have been steadily building a healthy buzz around what is to come.
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Temptress – ‘The Orb’ (Dying Victims Productions)
Italian based three-piece Temptress are a recently formed metal band taking heavy inspiration from 80’s era NWOBHM. For their initial release they’ve teamed up with Dying Victims Productions to present 7” ‘The Orb’. Two tracks that pull all their focus from a classic metal sound and provide a wash of nostalgia for the listener. Will the single release herald a welcome blast from the past with a modern twist or offer only the sound of a band attempting to revive a by gone style?
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Gojira/Rolo Tomassi – Birmingham, O2 Academy – 29 June 2019
“Who’s bright idea was it to put the heaviest band on the planet on, on the hottest day of the year?” It’s a fair statement, especially considering Birmingham’s O2 Academy can be a sweaty bastard at the very best of times, let alone when 4000+ excitable metal fans are crammed in to see legitimately one of the most vital bands in metal right now. Yes, Gojira are back again, this appearance feeling like a swansong for the album which has transformed them from one of metal’s more well-regarded cult phenomena into an act that can headline a festival and feel like they should have been there all along. It’s crazy really – thinking back almost four years to the day to the release of the utterly sublime ‘Magma’. Recognised as a massive step-up from past efforts (though none of them should be sniffed at either), ‘Magma’ has seen Gojira play to arena crowds (as somewhat mismatched support for Alter Bridge), headline Bloodstock festival in the UK and take their ambitions to a whole other level.
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