Bring Me The Horizon reveal 'Avalanche' video ahead of their performance at Glastonbury today24/6/2016 Bring Me The Horizon reveal their latest video for album track ‘Avalanche’ ahead of their highly anticipated performance at Glastonbury Festival on Friday. Watch the video here: http://vevo.ly/dFUysC “This is the first time we’ve worked on filming and editing the whole project. Having creative control over every aspect from start to finish was great, it was a lot of work but extremely rewarding! We enjoyed working on it together so much that we’ve decided to start a collaborative company called Fun Blood so we can work on projects together in the future.” - Tom Sykes The band have been riding the wave of global success since the release of their last album, That’s The Spirit, which topped the charts in over 10 countries around the world. 2016 has seen the band play sold out shows in cities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia as well as a stunning performance at the Royal Albert Hall, with a full orchestra, for Teenage Cancer Trust. As they head into the autumn they will perform their biggest UK headline shows so far, which includes two dates at the O2, see below. October
31st – London, O2 Arena November 1st – Bournemouth, International Centre 2nd – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 4th – Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena 5th – London – O2 Arena 6th – Sheffield, Motopoint Arena 8th – Manchester, Arena 9th – Glasgow, SEE Hydro
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Italy's Mechnical God Creation unveil video footage of their performance at the Metalhead Meeting9/6/2016 Just recently the Italian death metal combo Mechanical God Creation performed at Metalhead Meeting (June 3-5 2016 in Bucharest – Romania). A video footage for the song "Walking Dead" is now available on Youtube, watch it below Comments the bands Frontlady Luciana Catananti: "It was really great to participate in such an important festival in Romania and share the stage with many bands, we met some new friends and we were able to show our music to a new European city. We hope to play again one day over there! Mechanical God Creation is currently busy writing new material for the third album, scheduled to be released in 2016. http://www.mechanicalgodcreation.it Dutch Symphonic Metallers Epica due to release "The Holographic Principle" on September 30th5/6/2016 One of The Netherlands' greatest symphonic metal bands, Epica, have finally put the last touches on their new upcoming studio album entitled 'The Holographic Principle'. Once again it'll be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was produced with Joost van der Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities. Mixing was handled by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Destruction, etc). The cover artwork was created by Stefan Heilemann (www.heilemania.de). Epica had this to say about the new album:- "Our highly anticipated seventh studio album is a fact. 'The Holographic Principle' feels to us like a true treasure, created by us all with blood, sweat and tears of joy. In the past year we have worked very hard to write and record this special album. We are all very eager to share it with you! Join us on our new musical journey." To celebrate the release of Epica's brand-new record fittingly, the band will be playing on their own Epic Metal Fest at the 013 in Tilburg, NL on Saturday, October 1st. They invited Katatonia, their label mates Fleshgod Apocalypse and (also landsmen) Textures to take part in this special event. Additionally, Stream Of Passion, The Agonist, Mayan, Myrath (Tunisia), Evil Invaders and last but not least Off The Cross will be attending Epica's release show. On Saturday 15th October the Brazilian edition of Epic Metal Fest will take place in Sao Paulo. Paradise Lost, Finntroll, Xandria, and The Ocean will join Epica for this first edition. More info & tickets: http://www.epicmetalfest.com/ Epica live: 04.06. BY Minsk - Re:public 05.06. CZ Plzen - Metalfest Open Air 07.06. SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club 08.06. I Rome - Rock In Rome 10.06. S Sölvesborg - Sweden Rock Festival 24.06. DK Copenhagen - Copenhell 09.07. D Geiselwind - Out & Loud Festival 16.07. H Dunaujvaros - Rockmaraton Festival 23.07. MEX Mexico City - Heaven & Hell Festival 05./06.08. LT Zarasai City - Roko Naktys 01.10. NL Tilburg - Epic Metal Fest Netherlands 15.10. BR Sao Paulo - Epic Metal Fest Brazil w/ Powerwolf 03.02. UK London - o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Tickets on sale now! http://www.seetickets.com/event/epica-powerwolf/o2-shepherds-bush-empire/984648 04.02. F Paris - Le Zénith www.epica.nl www.facebook.com/epica www.nuclearblast.de/epica Amaranthe, the Gothenburg sextet known for fusing melodic metal with contemporary production and cool EDM elements, have been added to the bill of the inaugural ‘Rock On Green’ festival at the O2 Forum, Kentish Town, North London. Amaranthe will appear directly below headliner Tarja Turunen (Finnish soprano and original Nightwish front-woman) on a bill that features new & established names from the worlds of symphonic, power and gothic metal. At the moment, Amaranthe are hard at work on their fourth studio album – the follow-up to ‘Massive Addictive’ (2014). This latest outing is set for release in the autumn of 2016, and as with all of the band’s work, it will be issued via Spinefarm Records worldwide. ‘Merry metallers’ Reckless Love will be returning to London in June in the wake of their sold out show at the Scala Theatre in March. The flamboyant Finns, who have recently released their fourth studio album, ‘InVader’, via Spinefarm Records UK, have now been added to the line-up for the ‘Camden Rocks’ festival, set to take place on Saturday, June 4th. Says guitarist, Pepe: “Camden Town is truly a special place for Reckless Love, as we rocked our first ever UK show there back in 2010! Since then, we've returned many times to this beautiful place, and even held a smashing month-long residency at one of its many lively rock clubs. So it is with the greatest pleasure that we come back in 2016 to take part in the awesome Camden Rocks Festival!!” In support of this one-off outing, Reckless Love will be releasing a new single / video, ‘We Are The Weekend’ – opening track on ‘InVader’ and a genuine party-starter in true RL spirit. In addition, a double coloured vinyl version of ‘Invader’ – complete with previously unreleased bonus track, ‘Zoo’ – is about to go into production; apart from a Record Store Day piece in 2014, this will the first time the Finnish Four have had their music issued on vinyl! And the colour of the vinyl? Pink. Next silly question. The Rockharz Open Air has announced another band for 2016 – Finish Thrash Metal achievers Lost Society. The band, who once reached the final of the Global Metal Battle award and raised the attention of Nuclear Blast Records, is currently working on the successor for their second album "Terror Hungry" (2014). But in July they will bring some fresh energy on stage in Ballenstedt to present the high quality of their songs. Rockharz 2016 takes place at the airport Ballenstedt from July 7th to July 9th 2016. Tickets are available here: http://shop.rockharz-festival.com/rockharz-2016-festivalticket.html All further information can be found here: ROCKHARZ Homepage ROCKHARZ on Facebook Bloodstock HQ is currently a hive of activity, with even more bands being confirmed for this August’s best heavy metal weekender. Joining the Ronnie James Dio stage are the recently reformed industrial outfit, Misery Loves Company. The band are optimistic about their forthcoming appearance as for them:- “The UK was always special to Misery Loves Company, our very first show outside of Scandinavia was in London and without the support of the British people we probably would have stayed in Scandinavia for ever, listening to ABBA, eating herring and dreaming of the outside world… Misery Loves Company + Britain = a true love story. Now, when we return to the stage, we’re extremely happy to showcase our industrial demons in front of the British crowd once more. Doing a summer of festivals without coming to the UK would have been a failure, so, we can’t wait to come to Bloodstock!” Check out a clip of ‘My Mind Still Speaks’ - https://youtu.be/ZiPENHSeFYM. ==================== Opening the RJD stage on Saturday are Brit tech metallers, Cambion. As proud Bloodstock alumni (2012/2014), the band are currently at work on their debut album, having released the Virus Extended Edition EP in 2014. Check out the video for ‘Heterodox’ here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeerilbWqU Keep up with plans for the album street date over at http://www.cambionofficial.co.uk/. ==================== Stepping into the Friday night headline slot on the Sophie Lancaster stage are NWOBHM icons, Diamond Head. The likes of Metallica have often stated that without Diamond Head, they’d probably not exist, such is the Stourbridge band’s influence. Check out this fan-filmed clip of the ‘Big 4’ (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax & Megadeth) covering Diamond Head’s classic ‘Am I Evil’, joined by the band’s very own Brian Tatler - https://youtu.be/K9P-H_Qd908. Brian and his cohorts are set to release their first album of new material in over 8 years on 22nd April, simply titled ‘Diamond Head’. Don’t miss ‘em at Bloodstock! ===================== Also joining Saturday night’s Sophie stage shenanigans are Brit metallers, Krysthla. The band’s debut album, ‘A War Of Souls And Desires’, can be snapped up at their Bandcamp - http://www.krysthla.bigcartel.com/. Also check out the video for lead track ‘Luminosity’ here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJwiBVlcFc. ====================== With Easter weekend also looming, Bloodstock are once again gearing up the website’s very popular Easter Egg hunt, as they’ve done in years past. Will you be one of the lucky winners of a pair of weekend tix with camping?! Click over to the Bloodstock website at www.bloodstock.uk.com on Good Friday 25th March to take part. Weekend tickets with camping, plus various VIP packages are available now, priced from £139 (+ booking fee) at http://bloodstock.seetickets.com/event/bloodstock-2016/catton-park/902838. Bloodstock will be held at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 11th-14th August 2016. Keep up to date with the very latest info on Bloodstock ’s official sites at www.facebook.com/bloodstock and www.bloodstock.uk.com, or via Twitter on @BLOODSTOCKFEST. Mansfield, Nottingham (UK) - NWOBHM heroes Savage have announced several upcoming European festival appearances and gigs. Dates are as follows: 5 March The Ultimate Revenge of Heavy Metal Festival - Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland 19 March The Black Pearl - Laigneville, France 20 March Le Gibus Café, Paris, France 24 Sep Heavy Metal Maniacs Festival - P60, Amstelveen, Holland 15 Oct British Steel Saturday Night Festival #5 - Fismes, France Savage released a new studio album 7 on Minus 2 Zebra in late 2015. Included with the double-album is a live performance disc titled "Live N Lethal". The album can be purchased at: http://www.savageband.com/#!product/prd2/4355419415/7-live-n-lethal-cd. 7 features 12 blistering new tracks, which mix old with new. Many of the tracks are fast paced and hark back to the early days whilst tracks such as "Superspy' and Empire Of Hate' sound akin to something off a modern Ozzy album or even Metallica at their best! "Live N Lethal" features 13 live tracks. Included is the entirety of classic 1983 debut album "Loose N Lethal", which is given a fresh treatment in the form of a recently recorded gig in the band's hometown of Mansfield (UK). The "Loose n Lethal" album is delivered at a furious pace, along with a few choice tracks from the band's back catalogue. Fun Fact: The song "Let it Loose" was covered by Metallica on their first demo "Hit the Lights". Stream the live version of the track from "Live N Lethal" at this location. "7 is made up of 12 hard hitting tracks which shapes up one hell of a great album." - Metal Temple "Savage deserve a whole lot more credit than what they get and this release is a perfect place to start for any novice, or the perfect addition for the connoisseur Metal fanatic." - Metal Talk http://www.savageband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/savageuk Twitter.com/savagebanduk www.youtube.com/user/savagemusicuk And so the fabled Bloodstock Open Air Festival is once again upon us, with just over a month to go and buzzing fans planning out their days takings, we at Global Metal Apocalypse thought about giving you all a helping hand with that with a handful of bands we have got our sights on - from the New Blood to the Ronnie James Dio stage, we have got you covered. Giving each band a unique analysis on the style they play, what feats they've already achieved (some crazier than at first thought) and why you should check them out at Bloodstock, whilst linking you to their latest albums for purchase (for pre-listening and potential band-signing). Metal is truly global and we are proud to be the forerunners of giving global metal the ultimate exposure, let the Bloodstock apocalypse begin... 1. Jasad & Burgerkill This is a bit of a cheeky selection, by having two bands who both hail from Indonesia, it's like killing two birds with one stone. Both bands have been tearing down their native Indonesia for the last 2 decades, with Jasad forming around 1990 and Burgerkill in 1995. For the vastness of the scene, the sub-genres that dominate seem to be Thrash Metal and Death Metal, and these two bands are no exception, having recently picked up the Metal Hammer Golden God award for "Metal As Fuck" in 2013, Burgerkill will no doubt bring their gritty style of Indonesian Death Metal and westernized Metalcore. Jasad in contrast go a notch heavier with their own form of Brutal Death Metal and correlates with their band name meaning ('Corpse' in Indonesian; 'Soul' in Malay). Both bands will be performing on the Sophie Lancaster stage on the Saturday. This is perhaps the first time any Indonesian Metal band has set foot ashore on British soil and so this will mark a hugely historic moment not only for said metal scene, but Bloodstock itself as the festival prides itself in giving international metal a platform to bring the party from the most far flung nations. Jasad's latest album: "Rebirth of Jatisunda" - get this from Severed Records here Burgerkill's latest album: "Venomous" - get this from eBay international here 2. Hexis Black Metal vs. Hardcore? We know Deathcore caused a stir when it emerged but can 'Blackcore' avoid that fate? Hexis believe so, and going on the strength of their music video "Tenebris", this eccentric Danish unit have record-label-signing stamped right across their faces. Not much is known about this lot and so the thought of said genre combination making an appearance on the Friday on the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage will surely attract a sizable crowd. Combining Bloodstock with a short UK tour (5th-8th August - Bournemouth, Bristol, Bloodstock & Hull with Oblivionized; except Bloodstock), you would not want to miss this genre-bending bunch. Hexis' latest album: "Abalam" - limited to a 1000 so be quick to get one from Musicfearsatan here 3. Scarred The Luxembourg Metal scene finally makes its mark on British soul with this Death Metal unit raring to unleash themselves upon the masses. Having made themselves a pedigree on the festival circuit via performances at Wacken Open Air and Metalcamp, they will surely not disappoint this time. Further to their Bloodstock appearance, they will be performing at Sonic Visions on 12th November with a host of other fantastic bands including fellow countrymen Retrace My Fragments of whom we reviewed their latest album. As for Scarred, this will be a historic moment too for the Luxembourg Metal scene, given it's small size. Be sure to make a note in your diary: Scarred @ Bloodstock, Sunday 9th August on the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage. Scarred's latest album: "Gaia - Medea" - get this from Season of Mist here 4. Dead Label! We've been championing this Irish trio for a long time now (see our post in 2013 here; and here) and we believed in them, low and behold they play in Japan and return to sharpen themselves for Bloodstock. Oh and Claire Percival used to be our Irish correspondent, small world eh? Having paid attention to this group for a good 2 years now, we are pleased to see them being selected to unleash their infectious Thrash Metal amongst the Bloodstock horde. The trio used to be signed to the now defunct Rising Records, and now are signed to Nuerra Records. Thus they released their debut album through the latter record label and their follow-up album is due soon, you ought to check this Irish group out seeing as they are going places. They will not disappoint you. Confirm this statement on Sunday 9th August on the Sophie Lancaster stage. Dead Label!'s debut album: "Sense Of Slaughter" - get this from the band here directly. 5. Winter Storm Another successful partnership, we had the pleasure of featuring this West Midlands Gothic Metal band on our 'Tea, Crumpets & English Metal' compilation in aid of raising funds for the Animal Health Trust (https://globalmetalapocalypse.bandcamp.com/track/worcestershire-winter-storm-dark-awakening) and now they are set to play Bloodstock. So we can assure festival goers that if they check this band out, they will be truly treated to. Bringing an icy blast from their native Kidderminster, this female-fronted quintet will ensure the Bloodstock grounds turn into a huge ice rink for all moshers to freeze at the sheer force this band musters. We dare you to prove us wrong by checking the band out on Friday 7th August at the Jagermeister Stage; perhaps their serving the ice for the Jager shots? Winter Storm's latest album: "Within The Frozen Design" - get this from the band here directly. 6. Within Temptation Of course we could not exclude perhaps the most exciting headliner this time round, for one reason only. Xzibit. Come on, when WT released the song 'And We Run' it garnered so much attention, positive and negative, it positioned itself as probably the most controversial song ever done by the Dutch symphonic veterans. Speaking of Dutch bands, do check out Delain who will be playing the headline slot on Friday on the Sophie Lancaster Stage. This is a real treat for two reasons, one there seems to be a healthy aroma of Gothic Metal going about this year and also this is a UK exclusive, which means that this is the only show they will be playing in the UK this year, oh do we hope they've managed to sneak Xzibit in, that will be one historic moment not only for metal music, but for Bloodstock Festival... in da hood brutha. Be entranced by the Dutch veterans on Saturday 8th August as they tear down the Ronnie James Dio stage. Within Temptation's latest album: "Hydra" - get this from Amazon UK here Now let the metal do the talking and watch out for more coverage from the GMA team as we lead up to the UK's best ever metal festival. Blastfest has accepted the challenge and has delivered! It is official, Blastfest will be even bigger! With very positive results and excitement of a recent poll, the Bergen, Norway festival have decided 3 days of metal madness wasn’t enough and have expanded the festival into a 4 day event with a total of 60 bands! That’s 4 days, 4 venues, and 60 bands! Yes. 60 BANDS! The festival is now running from Wednesday February 18th to Saturday February 21st. And that’s not just the only announcement the festival will make today because just like the recent spate of updates the festival are keeping form and have just confirmed another 4 bands to the already exploding poster! So without further adieu, we are pleased to report the addition of true Norwegian black metal veterans Gehenna, British symphonic black metallers Hecate Enthroned, Norwegian death metal titans Blood Red Throne and death thrashers Wyruz! Lineup Alfahanne | Asphyx | At The Gates | Baptism | Blood Red Throne | Bolzer | Borknagar | Byfrost | Craft Crib45 | Cryptopsy | Dark Funeral | Dark Tranquility | Dead To This World | Decapitated | Demilich | Den Saakaldte | Djevelkult | Destroyer 666 | Destruction | Endstille | Esoteric | Finntroll | Gehenna | Hecate Enthroned | Impaled Nazarene | Melechesh | Moonsorrow | Morgoth | Paradise Lost | Primordial | Rotting Christ | Samael | Sarke | Sarkom | Satan | Saturnus | The Sickening | Tortorum | Tsjuder | Vallenfyre | Wyruz + more yet to be announced. 4 Days | 4 Venues | 60 Bands | Exhibitions | Clinics | Stand Up Comedy | Tattoo Convention | Theme DJ's Tickets on sale now: http://blastfest.no/?page_id=60 www.blastfest.no www.facebook.com/blastfestival www.twitter.com/blastfestnorway |
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