Mad About Rock

    Check out the new issue of Stencil Mag! This issue features my interview with festival organiser of MammothFest Brighton, Steve Dickson here: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue25/151  as well as my reviews of Breathe Carolina, Distant Signals and Bear Trade on pages:  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue25/160 & http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue25/167 All this plus loads of other awesome interviews and reviews from the likes of The Offspring, Bury Tomorrow, Crossfaith, I Killed The Prom Queen plus tonnes more!   http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue25/   Carina   

MammothFest Brighton, UK have just announced today the next round of bands to join the existing line-up, Headliners, Savage Messiah and Marty Defiled with main support from Meta-Stasis and Ingested. The new wave of 12 acts to be added are: Collapse, Mask of Judas, Abhorrent Decimation, Cambion, Nexilva, Divine Chaos, Foetal Juice, Collisions, No Sin Escapes His Gaze, Mordecai, Aeolist and Premature Birth and with at least 6 more bands still to be announced! The early bird tickets at the price of £15 has been extended and will now end on the 26th May following latest announcement so I suggest you get them quickly! http://vanitasdirect.com/556-mammothfest  and http://mammothfest.bigcartel.com/ MammothFest are currently running a cool competition to win tickets to the festival supporting alternative bars and venues by running a bar competition at a number of venues to win a weekend ticket! By drinking at a participating bar and just say ‘Mammothfest’ to get your name in a...

Founded in 2011 in Birmingham, England, Thirteen Shots comprised of Johnny Rose, Chelsea, George and Lewis Lew have been treating fans to their B Movie inspired garage rock 'n' roll sound ever since! They have released two albums which combine the likes of punk, psychobilly and retro garage rock to create their own unique sound and now they are back with their new single, 'First American Sweetheart' which is inspired by the romance of the silent film era and the star of the silver screen, Mary Pickford. The song itself has strong catchy rhythms driving it and is highly dynamic and energetic with well written lyrics to fit the cause! You can hear their various influences of genres; from punk shown through the instrumentation and the gravelly vocals presented with attitude and rock 'n' roll inspired riffs all packed into this anthemic tribute, which is all delivered well and makes for a tribute to be proud of! Thirteen Shots have created themselves an inter...

MammothFest returns after four year break bringing Brighton back its only dedicated metal festival! Today sees the first announcement of headliners Savage Messiah and Martyr Defiled, along with main support Meta-stasis and Ingested announced At early Mammothfest Ticket Cost which can be purchased here: http://mammothfest.bigcartel.com/  This reduced ticket price is for a very limited time only.  ‘Early-Mammothfest’ tickets are now on sale at just £15 for a pass to both incredible days.  The price is due to rise on announcement of the next set of acts in about a week’s time with 18 more acts to follow! The First MammothFest saw the likes of Emtombed, Sylosis, Malefice & more wreak havoc in the South East of England and went down a storm so the resurgence of the festival is much anticipated! Festival organiser Steve Dickson had this to say about the Festival's comeback: “The interest in Mammothfest was significant from the moment I announced this years event. ...