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INTERVIEW - Harry White, Managing Director of Hammerdown Festival

  Hammerdown Festival returns to Brighton, UK, on Saturday, July 19th, and Sunday, July 20th, 2025, for two days of diverse rock and metal. We caught up with the festival director, Harry White, to learn more about the festival's origins, the 2025 edition, and its future. So, going back to the beginning, how did you come to form Hammerdown Festival in 2014 and what inspired you to do this? Is it something you always planned on doing? I had seen the big festival lineups like Download, Sonisphere and Bloodstock, and it all looked amazing. Not only did you get to basically go on a camping holiday for a week, but you also got excellent value for money… rather than spending £60 seeing your favourite band with 2 supports, you could spend £200 and see 30 or 40 bands! One year at Download, I pushed myself to see as many bands as possible. I saw 52! You can’t beat that. So for me, it seemed like the dream way to see all my favourite bands in one place. I’d always used online templates to “ma...
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Urne release new single 'Harken The Waves' featuring Troy Sanders (Mastodon)

  Beloved by tastemakers and the underground, London metal trio, URNE, have today released a nine minute-plus undulating epic, ‘Harken The Waves’, featuring guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. On it, his and URNE frontman Joe Nally’s voices blend to form a duet cresting the surface of the song. “We feel this is one of the best songs we’ve ever written. On top of that, we were lucky enough to have Grammy-winning metal icon Troy Sanders, from the legendary Mastodon, lend his vocal talents,” explains URNE frontman Joe Nally. “We’ve grown up listening to Troy and watching Troy live, so having someone like him not only appear, but take on such a significant role in the song, elevating it to another level, means a lot.” Watch the video clip for ‘Harken The Waves’, HERE . ‘Harken The Waves’ follows URNE’s recently released double A-side: ‘Throes Of Grief’ plus a spectacular cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘I’. Watch the lyric video for ‘Throes Of Grief’ here: https://yo...

FAUN release new dark single 'Lament'

  Pagan folk band FAUN are here with a new single ‘Lament’, a track that creates a sense of a darker undertone. With ‘Lament’ FAUN taps into the mournful power of myth, ritual, and grief, an old pre-Christian mourning song from the north of England. The band have extended this song by a few verses and turned it into an epic and emotional dirge with choirs, drums and old instruments. FAUN comments: "With a choir of four singers from FAUN, with hurdy-gurdy, flute, key fiddle and lure (Celtic long trumpet), we dedicated this song to their friend and sound engineer, Jürgen Schneider, who tragically passed away in 2023, after more than ten years of travelling and concerts together." Listen to the single here Composer / Music: Oliver Satyr Pade, Laura Fella, Adaya Lancha Bairacli, Stephan Groth, Niel Mitra, Alex Schulz Author / Text: Oliver Satyr Pade & trad. Producer: FAUN Phoenix GBR & Alex Schulz Recording line-up Oliver Satyr: Vocals, Moraharpa Laura Fella: Vocals Ada...

MALEVOLENCE ANNOUNCE INTIMATE UK SHOWS

  Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have announced a run of intimate UK shows to celebrate the release of their massively anticipated new album. “Where Only The Truth Is Spoken” is set to be released on the 20th June via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records with the first show of the run happening on the same day in Newcastle. Catch them at the following shows: 20th June Newcastle Think Tank Tickets 21st June Sheffield TBC 22nd June Birmingham HMV Vault Tickets 23rd June Bristol The Exchange. Tickets 24th June Southampton Joiners Tickets 25th June Liverpool Jacaranda Tickets 26th June Brighton Resident Tickets Having just wrapped up a tour of Australia supporting Alpha Wolf, the band recently released ‘Salt The Wound’, their third single from the forthcoming album. Alex Taylor (vocals) com...

VADER Release new EP 'Humanihility'

  Humanihility, the brand new EP by Polish death metal veterans Vader has been unleashed upon the world today. Please scroll down to purchase your physical copy or to stream the release in full. Five years after the much-lauded 12th studio album Solitude In Madness, Vader return with 3 brand-new tracks once again produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio, UK. Featuring excellent artwork by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Testament, Dark Funeral), this EP marks the first recording as a quintet with guitarist Mauser returning to the group and new drummer Michael alongside vocalist/guitarist Peter, bassist Hal and and another long-time member of the band - guitarist Spider. Humanihility offers scorching new songs that prove to be vicious, thrash-laden anthems perfectly blending old-school thrash with Vader's unique straight-forward fury and neck-breaking tempos. Each of the songs was created by a different band member, giving them a more personal style. The only physical edition will be a ...

SVALBARD announces farewell UK tour dates

Svalbard have released an important, heart-wrenching statement for their fans: After much reflection, we have decided that 2026 will be the final year of Svalbard. Our final UK tour will be in November 2025. Following that, we plan to do a final EU tour, a final Japanese tour and a few more select farewell shows in 2026. Thank you to everyone who has supported us during our 15 years as a band. Your support has meant the world to us. We've shared so many unforgettable moments with you all throughout our career, and we look forward to commemorating our final year as a band with you in 2026. SVALBARD - FINAL UK TOUR NOVEMBER 2025 w/ Cage Fight and Knife Bride Tickets are on-sale now via the below links. 19 Nov UK - Glasgow, Slay 20 Nov UK - Manchester, Rebellion 21 Nov UK - Newcastle, Think Tank 22 Nov UK - Bristol, Thekla 23 Nov UK - London, Oslo Hackney Svalbard will reveal more final show dates in due course... Svalbard's latest and final record, The Weight Of The Mask, is thei...

The Used announce graphic Novel “All That I’ve Got” At MCM Comic con London

  LONDON, UK — May 23, 2025 — In celebration of their 25th anniversary, The Used have teamed up with Sumerian Comics to unveil a brand-new graphic novel inspired by the band’s iconic music video for “All That I’ve Got.” The band revealed the book during the band’s panel at MCM Comic Con London, with exclusive content available only at the event. Titled The Used: All That I've Got, the 168-page hardcover graphic novel follows the haunting journey of Gage, a forgotten orphan who stumbles upon a mysterious book that mirrors his own troubled life. When fiction and reality collide, Gage is thrust into a surreal nightmare of twisted fairy tales, symbolic forests, and cryptic truths—where the ending has yet to be written. The graphic novel is penned by Garrett Krebs, illustrated by PJ Kaiowa, colored by Francesca Carotenuto, and lettered by Micah Myers. It’s a full-color, all-ages release that offers a gripping, emotional, and visually stunning experience for fans of dark fantasy and musi...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Tooth Gore (Punk)

  TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe) hails from the seaside town of Newquay, Cornwall. TOOTH GORE sprang to life in late 2021, but it wasn’t until last year that Kobi started turning heads and making waves. TOOTH GORE dropped his debut album, 'Halloween', last Spring, and tracks from the record picked up widespread global radio airplay. Kobi is now ready to step up further and is loaded with his best work in the shape of his new album, 'For Losers, By Losers'. We exclusively checked in with and interviewed UK solo Punk artist TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe). He is set to release his brand new album, 'For Losers, By Losers', on Friday, June 6th. TOOTH GORE is also poised to release the deeply engulfing single and video, 'I Hate My Collarbones', which lands everywhere on Friday, May 30th. Read on to find out about TOOTH GORE! How and when did the project form? Growing up, I was obsessed with the punk music of bands like PUP and Jeff Rosenstock, as well as the hectic sur...