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  NOVACAINE FESTIVAL is a new rising force in the UK, and it’s set to showcase the very best in independent Rock and Metal. The festival has just unveiled its brand-new ‘Refreshed and Reloaded’ trailer which delivers an explosive preview of this year’s hard-hitting line-up. Watch the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5fy4wnvxDI Fans can also enter a competition to win two free tickets to the debut event; details can be found at: www.novacaine.co.uk/giveaway . Set to take place at Sheffield’s legendary venue, Corporation, on Saturday 4th October 2025, NOVACAINE FESTIVAL is more than a gig — it’s a bold new movement built to champion the underground Rock and Metal scene. With an ethos rooted in discovery, passion, and genuine artist support, the event aims to create a launchpad for emerging talent from around the globe. “Our mission with Novacaine Festival is simple — we’re not here to be just ‘another event’,” says Scott O’Shea, Founder and Event Promoter. “We want to ...

  There’s a brand-new date that needs to be added to the festival calendar. NOVACAINE FESTIVAL 2025 makes its debut in Sheffield, England, on Saturday 4th October. The event promises to be an electrifying day of music, creativity, and community. NOVACAINE’s goal is to support and showcase new music and foster a sense of community and discovery, making it the perfect destination for music lovers looking to explore new sounds in an intimate setting. Debuting at the legendary Corporation in Sheffield, NOVACAINE FESTIVAL 2025 will feature a curated line-up spanning from cutting edge rock to engrossing metal. Novacaine Festival 2025 Line Up Includes: The Five Hundred (Headliner) Bleed Again (Sub-headliner) Night Thieves Fates Hollow Reanimate Ocean Thieves Saints Among Us Broken Empire Our City Fires Dead Demons. Novacaine have a Spotify playlist that includes tracks from all artists playing at the festival. Check it out, here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pWwHqMa1UX16XmzA4VtLr ...

Metalcore quintet Bleed Again from Brighton UK are back with new single and video for 'Survive'. This is an exciting, hard-hitting and infectiously catchy metal anthem. Check out the video for 'Survive' below: For more on Bleed Again: http://www.bleedagainband.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/bleedagainuk/

Times are changing in the Bleed Again camp and they are showing it by releasing a brand new EP named "Transition" as a message about such changes. "Transition" is being self-released on a 100 physical copy run and digitally on April 19th. The Worthing metal outfit have also released a video for their lead single "The Awakening". Check out the new video: ​ Towards the end of 2018 and start of 2019, long-time bassist Jonathan Liffen left the band on good terms to focus on family life. Bleed Again have since appointed Sam Jones on bass. Vocalist James Dawson says "Jonathan hadn't featured on any of the EP. All bass and clean singing is done by Sam Jones who officially joined the band in January. This EP is about the band transitioning in our personal lives over the past two years and transitioning as a band in general with losing Jon and soon to be losing Russell and looking to the future. Three of us have become parents since ...

Mammothfest is just two and a half weeks away now! The Brighton festival is back yet again, but this year it is all happening at their new home under one roof at The Arch venue, located on the seafront which boasts two stages for the three-day mental weekend that is taking place on the 6-8th October.  The line-up is immense and impressively features all three headliners as UK exclusives with Rotting Christ, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Amenra as well as a UK exclusive set from Norwegian Black metallers Tsjuder. Other heavyweight acts on the bill include Dragged Into Sunlight, Akercoke, Vodun, Lawnmower Deth, Meta-stasis and more, which surely are all bands you will want to be checking out, but to help you plan your itinerary for the festival weekend further, here is a list of a few upcoming bands that you should be checking out at the festival also! Bleed Again Photo credit: Luke Bateman - Bleed Again at 'Mammothfest presents' Brutality Will Prevail Modern metaller...

Fresh and exciting modern metal act, Bleed Again from the south coast of the United Kingdom strike hard with their massive melodic metalcore that is comparable to the likes of American heavyweights, Killswitch Engage and Trivium in both musical style and memorable energetic live performances. Bleed Again has dropped their new video for ‘Walk Through The Fire’ , the third track taken from their highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Momentum’ . The video was exclusively premiered on Metal On Loud first on the 24th April. The album is out today (1st May 2017) through recently signed US label Sliptrick Records. Vocalist James Dawson talks about the meaning behind 'Walk Through The Fire' : "Walk Through The Fire is about facing your demons head on. Using the pain and failures in life to learn from and pass that onto future generations. I have learnt a lot from my parents and friends experiences to help me through my own issues. If I can pass that knowledge onto my own childr...

So the new Stencil Mag (Issue 42) is out today and it's huge as always! For this issue I got to interview Joey Z from Life Of Agony - check out the interview here:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/52 My reviews featured include: Life Of Agony - A Place Where There's No More Pain https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/203 Bleed Again - Momentum   https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/208 You Me At Six - Night People   h ttps://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/209 Acceptance - Colliding By Design   https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/210 Counterfeit - Together We Are Strong  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/211 Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/233 Lastly I also done a feature for albums that turn 10 years old this year! My choice was for Paramore's - Riot Album which you can read here:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue42/238 So be sure to check ...

Upcoming Act Bleed Again Unleash New Video for 'Decimate' & Reveal Album Launch and Tour! Fresh and exciting modern metal act, Bleed Again from the south coast of the United Kingdom strike hard with their massive melodic metalcore that is comparable to the likes of American heavyweights, Killswitch Engage and Trivium in both musical style and memorable energetic live performances. Bleed Again has dropped their video for ‘Decimate’ , the second track is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Momentum’ . The album will be released through recently signed US label Sliptrick Records on May 1st . The new video lyric video for ‘Decimate’ makes quite the impact with defiant lyrics such as “You won’t be able to brain wash us all, you won’t see us fall!” which is delivered with intense urgency. Bleed Again is in no shortage of infectiously catchy hooks and melodies, placed on top of punishing riffs, relentless drum work and ferocious vocals. Vocalist, James Dawson ...

Mammothfest Announces Special Album Launch Show For Fresh Act Bleed Again With Brutality Will Prevail, Raging Speedhorn, Giants, High Hopes & More! Mammothfest are making quite the impact already in 2017, with two announcements out for the main event taking place on the 6-8th October at The Arch, Brighton, which includes headliners Rotting Christ (with more to be announced). Now they continue to please with this latest Mammothfest show , the second one of the year, with the first being held on the 1st April with headliners, Feed The Rhino . Find out more about this massive show below... Worthing metallers, Bleed Again have become Mammothfest favourites in recent years. So, to celebrate the release of the band’s album, “Momentum” , Mammothfest have set up an event to make the occasion even more special. Commonly the festival is known for bringing some of the best emerging metal acts to Brighton, but, Mammothfest is now dipping its toes into the world of har...

Mammothfest Brighton UK Announce First Acts Confirmed! Mammothfest 2016 was a resounding success with heavyweight acts such as Textures, Venom Inc and Conan leading the metal assault that resulted in a near complete sell out, and saw the festival nominated for three festivals award nominations, including the UK Festival Awards in two categories, Best Metropolitan and Best Small Festival 2016 as well as the TBFM Best Independent Festival 2016. The festival continues to expand and grow each year and this year will be no exception… Only one month into 2017 and Mammothfest have already announced the first 'Mammothfest presents' show in April, along with redesigning the artwork and concept. Now armed with the metal mammoth, we are getting straight to what we all want to know…the line-up for this year’s festival! FRIDAY 6th OCTOBER 2017 ROTTING CHRIST UK EXCLUSIVE 2017 PERFORMANCE  That is right, in 2017 the only place you will be able to see Rotting Christ is ...

Satisfy Your Metal Appetite With Feed The Rhino Plus Loads Of Incredible Diverse Support Acts! Following the huge success of last year’s Mammothfest which took place in October 2016 and marked their biggest event to date, with larger venues and well known metal acts, Textures, Venom Inc and Conan leading the brigade that led to the victory and accolade of being almost a complete sell out and going on to earn them three festivals award nominations , including the UK Festival Awards in two categories, Best Metropolitan and Best Small Festival 2016 as well as the TBFM Best Independent Festival 2016 . The winners are yet to be announced for TBFM so watch this space! Mammothfest doesn’t leave us in the dark for long as they are thankfully back rearing their menacing head in 2017 and ready to make a massive impact (complete with a metal mammoth concept) and to fulfil a promise. Unfortunately FEED THE RHINO had to cancel their performance at Mammothfest 2015 due to ill health. But n...

Bleed Again Prepare To Conquer Following Latest Annoucements UK Metal five-piece Bleed Again are well known on the South Coast metal scene and continue to build their ever impressive reputation, especially through their energetic mental live performances. Now they have just signed a worldwide deal with Sliptrick Records proving they on our the radar. Along with this announcement they have unleashed their blistering new video which was filmed at this Mammothfest 2016 UK in Brighton for ‘Through My Eyes’ . I was lucky enough to be there during filming and it was one of the best crowd reactions of the whole festival and they really stood out. They say things come in three and that is the case here, as they also will be releasing their debut album ‘Momentum’ through Sliptrick Records on May 1st, 2017. Widely recognised for their live sets, they have already graced the stage with bands such as Soil , Darkest Hour and Devil Sold His Soul as well as landing various festival sl...

Crowd at Mammothfest Brighton 2016 by Luke Bateman Check out my review of Mammothfest Brighton 2016 which just focuses on the rising emerging bands that featured on the line up for Agony Magazine. Visit link below: http://www.agonymagazine.com/2016/10/14/mammothfest-brighton-30th-september-2nd-october-2016/

MAMMOTHFEST ADD YET MORE CRUSHING OFFERINGS TO THE 2015 BILL! 75 BANDS - 4 STAGES - 3 DAYS - JUST £60! Today, Mammothfest adds another incredible seven bands set to blow the minds of fans in 2015!   Quirky duo OAF grace Mammothfest for the first time in 2015 bringing with them their hilarious lyrics and songs with titles such as "Fuck Off, Seagull" and "No More Tickets For The Time Machine". If you don't catch these guys you'll regret it. With a new album out, expect uproarious fun and plenty of head nodding grooves from the drummer and bassist from Brighton. Head to their Bandcamp and see what to expect : http://oafmusic.ban dcamp.com/ The brutal Brighton based wrecking crew, JONESTOWN truly kick ass. And they're coming to kick everyone's ass at Mammothfest. Their supremely heavy "angry and honest" form of Hardcore is sure to please anyone that wants a good kicking. We can't wait! Check their...