The career path of Finland’s Amorphis has been an interesting one. The band started with defining the sound of a country’s death metal scene (The Karelian Isthmus) to a couple of certifiably classic albums in Tales from the Thousand Lakes [...]
There has perhaps not been such an iconic rock group in the UK since the Beatles; Oasis were perhaps the biggest band of the 90′s. At that time you could not walk past someone on the street who didn’t love [...]
Vanilla Ice has had quite the interesting life but we mostly think of him as the “Ice Ice Baby” guy. First, for all you youngsters and whippersnappers out there, here is the lowdown on the first rapper to get a [...]
The iconic guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch has officially announced his return with former band Korn since leaving in 2005. Welch, one of the co-founders of Korn, had left the band to focus on his solo career and family after turning to [...]
Soundtracks are risky projects for musicians. Essentially, they are working their asses off to produce a piece of music and then relying on the success of a completely individual product to sell that piece. Sometimes it pays off and you [...]
Everybody knows ‘that’ band, unknown to the world at large, yet for no reason that we can name. That band that we are proud is our little secret. Sometimes we revel in their (relative) obscurity, other times we genuinely wonder [...]
On the 3rd May 2013 the metal world was devastated to learn of the death of Slayer guitarist and founding member Jeff Hanneman. Although his battle with the disease necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have [...]
Pop music is often considered to be in a dire state. And I wouldn’t entirely disagree with you. Justin Bieber, One Direction and Katy Perry…need I say any more? It makes me feel a little sick. It seems that the [...]
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has passed away, aged 49. Hanneman who played rhythm and lead guitar on classic Slayer tracks such as Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss and Angel of Death, died of liver failure at a hospital [...]
Metal is in a constant state of flux. Scenes and trends ebb and flow with the whim of the fans and labels. But amid the era of bandcamp and last.fm that results in flash in the pan bands and instant [...]
Ten years is a long time between records but for Fleetwood Mac it feels like the rest has done them good. Containing four tracks, three new Buckingham compositions and a reworking of an old Stevie Nicks track from the 1970’s, [...]
When people in the UK think of Bruce Springsteen they come up with little more than ‘Born In The USA’ and dancing with Courtney Cox. Maybe they say that his music is for flag-waving, working-class men or that he is [...]
