Mad About Rock

  AMONGST LIARS triumphantly return with their brand new single and video, 'Repair Myself' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvm4fcbCEgE We exclusively caught up with the band and asked them to throw down the top five tracks that have greatly shaped their sound: Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade "Anything Rage wise kinda helped shape our sound. This is a personal band fave though for sure. So punchy and full of attack! Tom Morello knows how to write a heavy simple riff that sticks in your head. We deffo take some cues from RATM". Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops "Bit more electronically heavy and very Linkin Park esq I guess both Bring Me and Linkin Park are high up on influences when it comes to style. Bring Me seem ahead of the game all the time making cutting edge tunes and rolling with the times so well. So much respect for that and again it's how we want to be. Keep evolving and never standing still". Highly Suspect - Lydia "H...

  The mighty Bring Me The Horizon kick off 2024 with the release of a mammoth new single Kool-Aid, out today via RCA/Sony Music. The official video for Kool-Aid will follow the release. The band had a monumental 2023 that comprised of a plethora of sold out shows (including their triumphant headline performance at Download), the Fall Out Boy stadium US tour and most recently a tour of Asia and headline slot at NEX_FEST Japan, which they also curated. They are set to smash more milestones this year with a sold out UK tour, that includes two nights at the O2 (selling over 110k tickets the first day they went on sale). Their highly anticipated new studio album, ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ will also be released this year. ‘Kool-Aid’ follows ‘DArkSide’, ‘LosT’, ‘AmEN!’, ‘DiE4u’ and ‘sTraNgeRs’, part of the globally acclaimed Post Human series, which has streamed over a massive 350M times before album release! BRING ME THE HORIZON UK TOUR DATES JANUARY 2024 9th – Cardiff, Motorpoint Ar...

  So far our headliner tally for #GMM24 stood at three with Tool, Five Finger Death Punch and Judas Priest. Now we are adding another two titans to the 2024 line-up with Bring Me the Horizon and Avenged Sevenfold. On Saturday, Bring Me the Horizon will close out proceedings on the South Stage whereas Avenged Sevenfold will do the same on the North Stage. A decade after their last appearance here, Bring Me the Horizon return to the hallowed grounds of Graspop Metal Meeting. In the interim the band have earned a new status as one of modern metal’s leading acts. Headed by Oli Sykes, BMtH have a taste for experimentation, both live and in the studio, effortlessly mixing metalcore with electronica and pop music while staging visually mind-blowing shows. In 2020 they dropped the first instalment in their Post Human EP series with ‘Post Human: Survival Horror‘ and the next EP ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ is due in January 2024. This is sempiternal! The Americans of Avenged Sevenfold made their G...

  Download Festival is witnessing its fastest-ever selling year, with Early Bird tickets and the much sought-after RIP packages selling out in record time, following the launch party on Monday at London’s NoMad hotel. Celebrating an incredible 20 years, the special 20th anniversary edition, taking place for the first time over 4 days on 8-11 June 2023, will feature headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica, who will perform two headline sets with no repeat songs. Also announced were over 60 bands including the likes of Evanescence, Placebo, Parkway Drive, The Distillers, Within Temptation, Ghost, Disturbed, an exclusive reunion from The Blackout and many more. Book tickets now and be part of this historical event: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets .

  Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, is back to celebrate its epic 20 year legacy with four headline sets for the first time ever. Announced today are headliners Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon and Metallica, who will deliver two massive no-repeat performances. This year the festival will take place over four days on 8-11 June 2023 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are onsale at 10am on Thursday 10 November at www.downloadfestival.co.uk . Also joining the 20th anniversary party are UK and international heavyweights Evanescence, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Pendulum, Architects, Ghost, The Distillers, Placebo, Alexisonfire, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, I Prevail, The Blackout (reunion), Fever 333, Stray From The Path, Lorna Shore, Nova Twins, Municipal Waste and many more. The headliners and other acts announced today highlight the multi-generational appeal of the festival, which has seen over 2...

Rage Against The Machine - Photo credit: Gie Knaeps Reading and Leeds Festival offers an eclectic mix of cutting-edge and big names in every genre. The three-day festival takes place on 26-28 August 2022 , returning to Reading’s famous Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ legendary Bramham Park. With hundreds of acts set to play, Reading & Leeds 2022 is the ultimate summer festival weekend - defining and celebrating the sounds of ground-breaking modern music and a world-class comedy line-up. With its diverse line-up, as always, it will have something for everyone, but we are just going to be focusing on the heavier side of the festival, looking at some of the best rock and alternative bands you should be watching! FRIDAY: Rap-rock legends Rage Against The Machine will headline the main stage on the opening Friday, and the festival will mark the first time in over a decade that Rage Against The Machine has played the UK. The band had previously been booked for the 2020 event, which was canc...

So this is the last Stencil mag of 2016 and this is a big one for me! It includes one of the best interviews I have ever done with Dan from Real Friends,  as well as my interviews with Textures, Venom Inc and Steve Dickson, director of Mammothfest Brighton. Here are direct links to all the above: Venom Inc Interview:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/22 Textures Interview:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/30 Real Friends Interview:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/22/114 Mammothfest Interview:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/174 In terms of reviews its that time for best albums of the year and mine went to Opeth! Page: https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/222 Other album reviews of mine include: Korn:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/180 I Prevail:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/181 Tiebreaker:  https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue40/181 Av...

PVRIS are a fast and forever rising American trio from Massachusetts. They released their highly successful debut, 'White Noise' in 2014, and are still reaping the benefits and soaring to greater heights with it! They decided to release a deluxe version of their dark electro cinematic rock sound, out now (released 22nd April 2016), which luckily for us includes new song, 'Empty', which is hugely ambient and atmospheric, with Lynn's characteristic powerhouse vocals, leaving a lasting impression, and a stunning stripped down version of new single, 'You And I' , which differs greatly from the original, but is equally powerful and impressive, having a seriously emotive, beautiful and haunting raw sound.  They are certainly in the spotlight right now, having recently supported Fall Out Boy in the US in February/March 2016, they then embarked on their first ever headline UK tour which started and finished this month, which went down a storm , with many a ...

British rock band, Bring Me The Horizon have just unleashed an insane nightmarish video, which was created by frontman, Oli Sykes and director, Frank Borin (has worked with The Vamps, 5 Seconds Of Summer). Its highlights include, zombies, a plane crash and asteriods...but I won't spoil all the fun! It must be seen to be believed, so watch this crazy gore fest and enjoy the new single, 'Follow You ', taken from latest album, 'That's The Spirit' . Spoiler Alert ...I think you have to admire the 'spirit' of the lead character in the video!  I think actually amongst all the carnage, it has a rather nice message about love! Although there are lots of interpretations and meanings here. I think we can all relate about getting lost in music, and not care what is going on in the world for that duration of the song, but this may over step the mark!! What do you think?! On a side note: if you are a fan of gore or horror, you may like to check ou...

Check out the new latest Stencil Mag featuring tonnes of cool interviews, including cover stars, Coheed & Cambria, Miss May I, Shinedown, The Black Dhalia Murder & More! Also featured are new album reviews, including my reviews of Atreyu, Bring Me The Horizon, Disturbed, Soilwork, Miss May I & Devil Wears Prada! There is a special Warped Tour UK Preview also, which I done the features for August Burns Red, The Word Alive & Trophy Eyes. Be sure to check out all my work, along with all the other awesome content from all!!  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue33

  The new issue of Stencil mag has landed! This issue features some seriously awesome interviews from the likes of front cover band, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, New Found Glory, Opeth and loads more! It also features great reviews, including my reviews of The Gaslight Anthem, RX Bandits, The Color Morale, Royal Blood, Emarosa and Hands Like Houses! Check this all out for free here: http://en.calameo.com/books/003947070cd0829f426a5

      The mighty new issue of Stencil Mag has landed featuring as you can see main feature, Rise Against! You can also check out my review of their new album here: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/173   Also featured is a Reading/Leeds preview including my sections on Paramore, Young Guns, Crossfaith & Of Mice & Men, which can be seen here!  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/127     In a new VS feature, kicking of with Bring Me The Horizon. I pick their latest album, 'Sempiternal' which goes up agaist their previous album, 'There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It..' - which is your favourite?! http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/143   Also check out my reviews of the following:   Mastodon and Linking Park latest albums: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/159   And lastly my reviews of Casket Of Cassandra and The Moderates: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/16...

This Issue was a personal highlight for me as I was lucky enough to do phone interviews with only Jacoby Fucking Shaddix frontman of Papa Roach & AFI guitarist, Jade! This was huge for me being a big fan of both bands and growing up listening to them! My other contributions included the interviews for Mayday Parade, Protest The Hero, The Word Alive, my album of the year feature (Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal - say what you like about the band, but there is no denying this was a hell of an album!) and my other reviews of, Protest The Hero, AFI and A Day To Remember! To view this action packed issue, go here: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue22 Carina

Check out the current Stencil Magazine featuring loads of awesome interviews including Andrew McMahon , Arcane Roots, ITCH, Senses Fail & More! As well as awesome reviews, including my own reviews of Bring Me The Horizon, Shai Hulud, Senses Fail & Alkaline Trio! Check it all out here:  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue18