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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/

"Expect something in there from almost any genre you can think of laid over a constant theme.." Vrona from Brighton, East Sussex, UK are a diverse textured progressive instrumental act to keep an eye on, after seeing them myself live at this year's Mammothfest in their hometown I caught up with guitarist, Jack Baker to ask about how the festival was for them, how they came to be and much more!  Firstly you have an interesting band name, can you tell us how this came about and what it means? Sure! It essentially came around by the idea of not wanting to be limited by our name, if a band called “ Daisy and the Chitty Chums ” put out a pornogrind album it ’ d just be weird, same story with a band called “ Guttural Decimation ” throwing out a jazz-funk album, so in that sense having a fairly open ended name like Vrona appealed, especially with the groggy weird nature of what we do where we could put pretty much anything in the middle of a song and i...

I caught up with guitarist/vocalist, W (short for Wraith) from Extreme Metal band, Vehement from the South East UK, ahead of their upcoming Festival appearance at Mammothfest Brighton on the 30th September (tonight!) to find out what to expect ahead of the event, as well as discussing their formation over a decade ago, debut album 'Collapse' and more. So firstly can you tell us about your formation over a decade ago now? Vehement first came together approximately ten years ago when Xysor, Andras and then bassist and guitarist Nybras & Vern were brought together by a mutual friend of ours. Said friend left and since then, it's been a four-piece. How do you think your sound and band dynamics has changed since starting out? I think our sound has changed a lot since the band started out, especially from the beginning. I joined in 2009 and since then, the music has developed and changed over the years from a deliberately experimental and "progressive" sound to a ...

Update: Osiah Replaced Liquid Graveyard & Terraborn replaced Killer Hurts Mammothfest set in South East England, Brighton UK is back for its fourth event, and continues to grow bigger each year (since doing this interview earlier today weekend, stoner doom and rikstock tickets have all sold out!). Taking place from the 30th September to the 2nd October 2016 across four venues in Brighton known for its active night life and thriving music scene, Mammothfest is Brighton's only true metal festival. The different stages offer heavy weight acts such as Textures, Heart Of A Coward and Venom Inc as well as some of the finest emerging bands and local talents.  With mere days to go until this mighty festival kicks off I caught up with director and creator of Mammothfest, Steve Dickson to find out what is in store for this year's massive event... With Mammothfest less than a week away, how excited are you to host the fourth event in Brighton?! I have never been so ...

MAMMOTHFEST 2016 TO SUPPORT MARTLETS HOSPICE FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC PASSING OF TOM SEARLE FROM ARCHITECTS THIS A CALL TO ALL BANDS/LABELS/MAGAZINES etc to send MAMMOTHFEST some prizes they can raffle off to help raise as much money as possible. Tom Searle of metal band Architects - RIP The Mammothfest team in Brighton have been deeply moved by the passing of Tom Searle of Architects recently. He spent his last days being cared for by the incredible people at Martlets hospice, a charity that rely on donations to continue to help those in need through their last days. Stephen Dickson, Mammothfest director commented: "Firstly we send our love and compassion to the band and their families at this difficult time. Having personally witnessed the passing of my best friend and Mammothfest business partner Rik Mosquero in 2013 after months in a hospice, we know just how tough a journey it is. It is fucking brutal so we are compelled to do something positive to put some back. The peop...

MAMMOTHFEST reveals MORE acts including...  HEART OF A COWARD, ENTRAILS, LIQUID GRAVEYARD, ONE MACHINE and MANY more. WEEKEND TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE  It’s been a long time coming but MAMMOTHFEST have finally revealed the next hugely anticipated wave of acts that are booked to perform at the incredibly popular independent Brighton based festival this October. Take a look at this astonishing line up; coming to the heart of Brighton later this year. Joining Textures at The Haunt on Friday 30th September are Century Media’s heavyweight metal quintet HEART OF A COWARD, Krysthla & aggy-groove metal newcomers The Five Hundred.  Joining Venom inc. at The Concorde 2 on Saturday 1st October are Metal Blade Records very own Swedish, Old School flag bearers ENTRAILS, Nick Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir) & Shane Embury’s (Napalm Death, Venomous Concept, Brujeria, Lock-Up etc.) new band LIQUID GRAVEYARD, Steve Smyth’s (ex-Testament, e...

Mammothfest, the UK's fastest growing independent festival will descend on Brighton again. The festival is held across 3 days (30.09.16 - 02.10.16) and has already dropped jaws across the nation by revealing all its headlining acts in the later part of last year. Textures, Venom Inc., Conan & Eastern Front are all confirmed as bill toppers. On top of that, the festival then confirmed Bast, Black Moth, Conjurer, The Infernal Sea and Sworn Amongst as a further wave of acts confirmed to perform. NOW the Brighton based fest are back to drop some more announcements! "We feel it's time to crack out another wave of announcements" comments Steve Dickson, Mammothfest Director. "Sales of Early Bird weekend tickets and accommodation options have been extremely encouraging in light of our previous announcements and as we pull in to 2016 - Ash, Rich and I feel that now is the time to show a little more!". Joining the line up is: FRIDAY 30.09.16 @ The Green Door S...