“1914. How peculiar is that a single bullet can trigger a chain of events that would change the World forever. Nations would be torn apart, empires would fall and an entire continent would be set ablaze in the wake of this event. Alliances are [...]
Born out of a love of blending joyous melodies with anthemic choruses, and a burning desire to form a fresh Power Metal band, guitarist Bill Hudson (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I Am Morbid, ex-U.D.O/Dirkschneider), vocalist Christian [...]
Three years have passed since the debut of Abbath Doom Occulta’s newest musical endeavor, Abbath, which received mostly positive reviews. While it wasn’t his strongest offering in his career (it’s kind of hard to top some of [...]
Side projects for prog bands are common, to say the least. And yet, they usually still manage to create a buzz, and more often than not are well worth exploring. Such is the case with Pattern Seeking Animals, comprised of members and ex-members of [...]
2012 was a year of headlines and superstition, riddled with space exploration, gun violence, and our favourite Marvel superheroes. And while we waited with bated breath for the end of the world that never came, the beginning of a new chapter in [...]
Vulture plays in-your-face thrashy speed metal and there are no two ways about it. The aesthetic of the 80s campy horror mixed with the cheesy influence of 80s speed metal bands like Razor and Exciter and NWOBHM stylized album arts places Vulture into a [...]
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer said during the 2018 World Economic Forum annual meeting that “New technologies are rapidly giving rise to unprecedented methods of warfare. Innovations that yesterday were [...]
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing ‘The Bride Said No’ by Nad Sylvan. It was the second part of a classic progressive rock trilogy; based around the wooing of a widow, and other adventures by a vampirate. And now in early [...]
Whitechapel make a welcome appearance at Download 2019 and we spoke with Alex Wade, Guitarist to talk about their latest release, touring and playing out live. On the success of their latest recording “The Valley”, he said: “The [...]
Hot off the tail with their latest release “When Legends Rise”, Metal Wani’s Adam Hayward sits down to talk to Shannon Larkin, drummer of Rock Titans Godsmack. On playing Download: “There’s a lot of great camaraderies [...]
Day three of Download and the aftermath of Halestorm’s performance on Saturday Night headlining the Zippo Encore Stage, Metal Wani managed to catch a few moments to talk to drummer Arejay Hale. On the latest release “Vicious” and [...]
Tim Sult of the mighty Clutch took a moment shortly after leaving their main stage set at Download Festival 2019 to talk to Adam Hayward. In reflecting back on their last album, “The Book of Bad Decisions” with respect to Neil [...]
Download 2019 and Metal Wani’s Adam Hayward took a moment to reflect and look forward with Charlotte Wessels of Delain. When asked about the recently released new EP “Hunters Moon”, she said: “I was really pleased and [...]
Hail Hoots! There are very few bands that inspire the same sort of fantasy intrigue as Gloryhammer. The power metal act have grown incredibly popular over recent years and have created massive interest and intrigue around the ongoing saga between [...]
The wolf pack expressed with genuine gratitude that one of their first UK shows was in 2006 at Satan’s Hollow, Manchester. From hearing Gojira’s humble beginnings to now fast-forwarding nearly fifteen years to headline a virulent Mancunian [...]
Festivals sometimes have a bizarre knack for feeling like you’ve been there for longer than you actually have while at the same time it’s already the final day of music and everyone will be preparing to go home either today or tomorrow. With [...]
And with the arrival of June marks the beginning of the festival season in the UK for another year, which means that the first major event on the itinerary is the annual Download Festival, held at the Donington Park circuit in Castle Donington most [...]
With Def Leppard’s Friday night headline performance now behind everyone in attendance at Download 2019, it was now time for the second day of music to kick off. The prospect of a fourth headline appearance by Slipknot gradually crept closer and [...]
The wolf pack expressed with genuine gratitude that one of their first UK shows was in 2006 at Satan’s Hollow, Manchester. From hearing Gojira’s humble beginnings to now fast-forwarding nearly fifteen years to headline a virulent [...]
With Slayer doing a full 360 around the earth they have finally landed for the last time in Clarkston Michigan. Bring along with them in this epic journey is metal giants, Lamb of God, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse. This will be [...]
When you think back upon the storied history that acts born out of the Swedish metal scene, there are probably too many to count. Acting as the forebears for many of the genres that fans hold near and dear these days, the storied history of the [...]
Touring Australia for the first time is a feat that many bands wait decades for, with some never getting the chance. Well, it might have taken two decades but Finland’s Omnium Gatherum have finally made their Down Under debut earlier this [...]
Metalhead Meeting: Slayer will be playing their last show from the career in Bucharest-Romania on July 10th at Arenele Romane. It’s an interesting event as they are also celebrating 15 years of Metalhead Romania. Slayer has [...]
After welcoming a sold-out crowd of 60,000 people in 2018, Aftershock returns even bigger this year, expanding to three full days of performances from some of the most popular music acts, including a mix of [...]
Wacken Open Air is keeping the Easter bunny busy by putting a wide range of musical eggs into the baskets of their fans. The largest metal festival on this planet has announced 53 new bands for its 30th-anniversary edition. Among established acts [...]
And It’s official! Judas Priest have released the highly awaited rescheduled dates for an upcoming European tour with Ozzy Osbourne. The band released a statement: We are very pleased to be able to announce the rescheduled UK/European dates [...]
