FESTIVAL NEWS: Bloodstock Adds Seven More Names
Bloodstock 2019 is just getting better and better, particularly with the announcement of a further seven bands added to the line-up.
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TOUR NEWS: THE Darkness cancel Easter – reschedule it for Christmas!
Easter is officially cancelled – at least according to everyone’s favourite East Anglian loons, The Darkness! As previously announced, the band will release their new album – surprisingly titled ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ – on 4 October. They will then follow this with their usual extensive run of dates…
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Black Bombers – ‘Vol 4’ (Easy Action Records)
The pedigree of Black Bombers on the Birmingham indie/punk scene is undeniable. Darren Birch was the bassist in sleaze rockers Gunfire Dance and also is a member of The Godfathers, while drummer Dave Twist enjoyed spells in TV Eye, The Prefects and The Tenderhooks, and frontman Alan Byron pulls similar duty in Horsefeathers, all of which makes for a heady mix of talent and influences which all come together in one (in)glorious feast on this, the aptly named fourth release from a band who unashamedly mine the mid-80s vinyl vaults of the likes of The Cramps and The Gun Club.
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A Nightmare From Texas – ‘War You Cannot Win’ (Self-Released)
From the first moment he heard them, A Nightmare From Texas took Gerald S back to some cool moments in time that he would love to see more bands use as a launching pad. Falling somewhere between traditional classic metal bands and having hints of the early 90’s thrash albums where there was a hint of groove added, A Nightmare From Texas sound fresh in today’s world as all the vocals are clean with plenty of hooks and plenty of guitar solos too. This eight-song debut album appeared on our man in Texas’ timeline as a Facebook sponsored post, and he felt even more compelled to click the link as the band are from his part of the Lone Star State.
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Devil Master – ‘Satan Spits on Children of Light’ (Relapse Records)
The subject of good and evil in heavy metal in 2019 seems largely a moot point – after all, while we all will glory in the theatrics of a band like Venom or Hell, there remains a bitter aftertaste which has arisen from self-styled edge-lords who feel invoking national socialism and similarly pig-headed points of view is the only way to truly shock. Yawn. Casting eyes back to a simpler time, everything about Devil Master screams ‘SATANIC PANIC’, sure to get the Tipper Gores and Mary Whitehouses up in arms, if such a thing were still possible. They achieve this through sheer, unabashed aural terrorism; their sound existing largely in that thrash-tastic space between proto-thrash and first wave black metal, this is a band that will have all Venom, Celtic Frost and Hellhammer fans positively frothing at the loins.
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