‘Lamentations’, ‘The Roundhouse Tapes’, ‘Royal Albert Hall’, and now ‘Garden of the Titans’. If anyone knows how to do a live album, it’s Opeth. As any member of the cult of Opeth will know, [...]
When Audiotopsy came bursting onto the scene against what they considered to be overwhelming odds, they quickly overcame those odds as a welcomed surprise with a big debut. The hybrid outfit, comprised of members [...]
Arguably the biggest metal band in the world, Metallica celebrated the 30th anniversary of their fourth studio album ‘…And Justice for All’ earlier this year. A landmark record which was for many reasons a tectonic shift in their [...]
It’s very hard to make it in the power metal world. The constant criticism of it being a stale genre and the fierce competition make bands feel the need to leave their safe space and often times reinvent themselves. Sinbreed was one of those bands, [...]
Henry Miller wrote “Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything [...]
Arsis is a technical death metal band from Virginia, United States. The band has been a compelling force lying in the depths of the underground when it comes to high quality face melting music. With an existence of almost two decades, they are one of the [...]
Ambition is very much the norm for the progressive metal genre. Long elaborate songs, lengthy concept albums, all are commonplace. But even within the genre Berlin’s The Ocean Collective stand out as exceptionally ambitious. Throughout their career, [...]
Perhaps Cancer have one of the most antagonic careers in all of death metal, having released two marvelous classic albums in the early 1990’s, only to completely fall from grace in their latest entries, which definitely raised some questions [...]
Metal Wani’s Carl O’Rourke sat down with Grutle Kjellson of the mighty Enslaved ahead of the bands show in Dublin Ireland’s Tivoli Theatre. The two spoke about the bands latest album, ‘E’, incorporating [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl O’Rourke sat down with Mark Hunter (Ex-Chimaira) and director Nick Cavalier to talk about the collaborative effort between the two that produced their documentary, ‘Down Again’. The short feature piece is [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl O’Rourke sat down once again to catch up with titan of metal, Max Cavalera of Soulfly. The two spoke about the bands new album, ‘Ritual’, what Max hopes his legacy will one day look like, what he [...]
The always inspiring and talented musician and cereal aficionado, Marty Friedman is releasing a double live album called One Bad M.F. Live via Prosthetics Records on October 19th. Marty and his band which consists of Kiyoshi on bass, Jordan Ziff on [...]
The new Witherfall album A Prelude To Sorrow is coming out on November 2nd. This is another magnificent album and a fitting companion to Witherfall’s prior album Nocturnes and Requiems. The core of Witherfall and principle songwriters are [...]
With ‘Kulkija’ Korpiklaani have crafted a joyous musical journey and one that you don’t need to understand a word of to enjoy and feel their sense of purpose. I imagine this will be an album that their long term [...]
Australia has been treated to some real rarities of tours lately. Bands that have never made an appearance, or have come down here as support or as part of a festival are finally getting the opportunity to tour on their own and bring their own production [...]
Earlier this year Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple announced he will be performing solely Deep Purple material and will bring the Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live tour to the UK. The last sold- out show finally [...]
Saturday night in the giant metal hub of Chicago, IL can almost guarantee you a great metal concert. Saturday, October 6th, was no different at the Bottom Lounge where the Wintersun, Ne Obliviscaris, and Sarah Longfield show was happening. Finland’s [...]
Not much sounds sweeter than a sold out, Friday night metal show at Reggie’s in Chicago. I have a feeling this is going to be a recurring theme for me since settling down in the Chicago land suburbs – I can only hope. Last week, after weeks of [...]
As rock enthusiasts queued hours ahead of show time on October 19th 2018 for an almost sold out show as American rock legends SKID ROW along with Bad Moon Born took on Melbourne’s Prince Bandroom. Here are some of the craziest moments of the [...]
As metal enthusiasts queued hours ahead of show time on October 16th 2018 for an almost sold out show as American progressive rock stalwarts Coheed And Cambria along with Chon took on London’s Roundhouse. Here are some of the craziest moments [...]
Earlier this year Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple announced he will be performing solely Deep Purple material and will bring the Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live tour to the UK. The last sold- out show [...]
Hardrock fans gathered on Tuesday night, October 16th, to see the incredible Halestorm play a sold-out show at Backstage Werk in Munich. Opening for them that evening were Devilskin from New Zealand, who managed to create [...]
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced Def Leppard, Slipknot, and Tool, as its 2019 headliners, plus SEVENTEEN of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and [...]
BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to announce their second headliner for 2019! Closing out the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Sunday 11th August will be German rock legends, SCORPIONS! The band are excited to visit Catton Park for the very [...]
Featuring progressive bands of all styles and genres, from prog, post, psychedelic, art rock, metal and everything in between, PROGFEST is about showcasing bands that think for themselves; bands who rather than following the latest [...]
As Halloween creeps up, BLOODSTOCK has prepared an early treat and announced six new bands to join their previously announced Friday night headliner, SABATON on the 2019 bill at Catton Park. CHILDREN OF BODOM land a Friday spot on the Ronnie James [...]
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