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Electronic Rockers Seething Akira To Play Victorious Festival, Portsmouth! Hardcore dub steppers and party ravers SEETHING AKIRA are confirmed to play Victorious Festival in Portsmouth this August. They'll be playing the Seaside Stage on the 27th along with SHY FX and many others, and a fantastic performance (as usual with their live show!) is expected! With so many fabulous bands playing, including the likes of Charlatans, Elbow, Stereophonics, Madness, Rita Ora, Franz Ferdinand, Jesus and Mary Chain along with many more, this whole weekend's going to be pretty damn awesome & Portsmouth will definitely be the place to get down and party! The band are currently working on their hugely anticipated debut album which is due for release later this Autumn, and is being produced by Jim Davies (Prodigy, Pitchshifter). Having heard several of the tracks, I can confirm this one's going to be a monster! Upcoming shows: 24th June, La Fetes De La Musique, Belgium 27th August,...

Mammothfest's biggest event to date continues with Fleshgod Apocalypse & 15 more acts added to the bill! Mammothfest has already made two festival announcements this year for their main event taking place at The Arch in Brighton on 6-8th October , which included first headliners, Rotting Christ (UK exclusive) , Tjusder , Meta-stasis , Lagerstein , OHHMS , Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun) and more. In this new latest announcement, Mammothfest reveals its second headliner will be Italian avant-garde symphonic extreme act, Fleshgod Apocalypse heading up the Death/Extreme metal main stage on Saturday the 7th October for their only other UK performance in the UK in 2017, along with a further 15 acts spread across various stages over the weekend! Headliners Fleshgod Apocalypse Fleshgod Apocalypse will only be doing two UK shows this year, so asides from their performance in Scotland in April, Mammothfest will be the only event where you can catch the band in the UK in 2017...

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...

Many applied through BBC Introducing: The South to be in with a chance of performing at Breakout Festival and the winners have been chosen! Selected by a panel from The BBC and Breakout Festival, We Deny have been awarded the opening slot at this year’s Breakout Festival. In just 2 weeks Breakout Festival will be unleashed. After an epic festival season, rock and metal fans will play out the end of the summer 2015 with at Breakout’s rock fueled blow-out. It’s not just about the music this year though, Breakout Festival promises to be the best way to mark the season close with a wealth of other attractions and entertainment. Keep your eyes peeled for the rides and inflatables! Deaf Havana – SikTh – The Qemists We Are The Ocean - Martyr Defiled – Black Tongue Heck – TRC - By Definition Zoax – Seething Akira The Gospel Youth – Skint Circus – We Deny Breakout is Brighton’s first and only outdoor heavy rock festival. It returns to Brighton racecourse on 26th September 2015...

SikTh and Deaf Havana select unsigned artists to join Breakout line-up! Returning for its second year, Brighton’s Breakout Festival has once again given unsigned artists the opportunity to grace the stages alongside bands such as Deaf Havana, SikTh, We Are The Ocean, Black Tongue and Martyr Defiled. Over 270 applications were received for the Headliner’s Choice competition, which puts the decision this year in the hands of SikTh and Deaf Havana. Each headliner chose the band that personally blew them away and the results are in… Deaf Havana has chosen The Gospel Youth from Brighton www.facebook.com/thegospelyouth SikTh has chosen Seething Akira from Portsmouth www.facebook.com/seethingakira What’s more, the remaining acts who were not chosen will have a further opportunity to get on stage at the festival during the Public Choice vote. They will go head to head to win the support of social media users to compete for the last remaining festival slot. Regrettably Dead H...

The latest, eagerly awaited line-up announcement for Breakout Festival is here, and it’s big. - DEAF HAVANA - - WE ARE THE OCEAN - - BLITZ KIDS - - ZOAX -  - BY DEFINITION - Deaf Havana, We Are The Ocean, Blitz Kids, Zoax and By Defintion are confirmed to be joining the already diverse line up of Breakout Festival 2015. This next wave of announcements brings an epic rock edge to the devastatingly heavy line-up which already includes SikTh, Martyr Defiled, Black Tongue, TRC and Dead Harts. This huge line-up, with many more to be announced, will take to the stage on 26th September 2015 at Brighton Racecourse. Festival director Stefan Curzon-Price said: “This year is all about further establishing Breakout as THE outdoor rock and metal festival for the south east; one that caters for the wide range of tastes that exist across what is already a very united but diverse live music scene. Our first announcement was all about the heavier bands, including a UK festival exclu...

MAMMOTHFEST GETS BOLD and ANNOUNCES STAGE LINE UPS with YET MORE BANDS! MAMMOTHFEST have managed to bring back an exceptional band ONCE A WOLF from the dead along with the additions of SEETHING AKIRA, METAPRISM, LAST DAYS OF ROME and INEO to the main event in 2015. As well as the mighty ONSLAUGHT we are proud to welcome LAST DAYS OF ROME to the event. With obliterating Meshuggah style riffs, off kilt time signatures and poly rhythms there is no better way to start MAMMOTHFEST 2015 than by fucking with your heads: INEO are a 4 piece instrumental band with a strong likeness to Animals as Leaders but with their own unique styles that recently kept new fans locked in with blistering performances on their recent MAMMOTHFEST South coast tour. Arriving early is recommended to see them and all the other bands and cement your place in this small (destined to be sold out soon) up close and personal show with FEED THE RHINO who are also confirmed for Reading and Leeds festival MAI...

- Breakout Festival returns to Brighton Racecourse on Saturday, 26th September - The first wave of artists for this years Breakout Festival have been announced and it’s heavy! Ready to scream down the shores of Brighton are: Sikth Martyr Defiled Black Tongue TRC Dead Harts So metal and rock fans strap yourselves in, because Breakout Festival is back, and is about to take you on one hell of a ride! With early bird tickets sold out in the first day on sale, smashing last year records, second release tickets are guaranteed to go quick so get them while you can! Tickets are available via the official ticketing partners: Ticketmaster http://bit.ly/1P5uJSS, Gigantic http://bit.ly/1HZQ680 Keep an eye out for the second wave of bands coming next month! Aspiring musicians will again have a unique opportunity to share the stages with Sikth, Martyr Defiled and many more, with the headliners choice award and a public vote. Applications are open until 1st June, visit http://bit...

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...

Who will be playing on what day at Blastfest 2015? The time has now arrived and Blastfest organisers have now released the day schedule! Day passes have also been released and are available here: http://blastfest.no/?page_id=60 Kicking things off in true KVLT style with metal up your sea born asses! Blastfest will begin on Bergen's finest party boat, Showline, with the ship setting sail at 1pm and heading into the sunset with live bands and a set from a very special DJ. After the cruise, the ship will dock back in Bergen city where everyone will head over to Bergen's beloved venue, Garage Bergen, to continue the party with more bands blasting into the night.   Day 1 - Wednesday 18th February 2015 Bömbers - The Ultimate Motörhead Tribute Gehenna Grimfist Kall Naer Mataron The Sickening Falloch The 3rd Attempt Aspherium Purple Hill Witch Day 2 - Thursday 19th February 2015 Watain Dark Tranquility Primordial Samael Moonsorrow Rotting Christ Craft Melechesh Orange Goblin...

      With just three weeks to go now until the return of MammothFest in 2014 a final line-up change has been announced, as Aeolist had to pull out due to their drummer sustaining a broken hand, so Furyborn, a melodic death metal band from Dorset step up to to take their place and to tie in with this latest addition, the important matter of the day spilts have finally been unleashed also! (See poster above!)   Check out the latest band, Furyborn here: https://www.facebook.com/furyborn  & http://www.furyborn.com/   To mark and celebrate the rebirth of the festival  and the awesome line-up it has in store, MammothFest are releasing a epic LTD Ed. Tee (pictured below). Available from this week, only 30 will be printed, so make sure you keep an eye on the facebook to see when they are available: https://www.facebook.com/mammothmetalfestival   The tee also has a back print, featuring the line up - with which ...

     Unfortunately thrash metallers from Slough, Divine Chaos have had to pull out of MammothFest 2014 which takes place at the Green Door Store, Brighton between Saturday 30th August and Sunday 31st August. But although this is a shame, the band replacing them is instrumental progressive act from Brighton, thedealwasforthediamond, who are returning after a break with their upcoming sophomore album and as a result of working on their new album they haven't played live for a while, so MammothFest 2014 marks their come back show of the year! Be sure to check out the band and their epic instrumental sound; to be a instrumental band solely relying on the music to portray the emotion and passion, as well as keep your interest can be hard to achieve, but this band pull it off extremely well! Get your tickets to the festival now to witness them perform live on the Sunday between 5:15-5:45pm, as well as all the other brilliant acts. The line-up is not to be missed! Get ...

    Brighton's heavyweight intense festival, MammothFest has today released some new announcements, including a shock surprise of two extra acts, to what was meant to be a full bill! (see full line up above). The two extra acts are Acoustic duo Tom & Ash and Acoustic virtuoso Sean De Burca who will perform as part of the weekend. Organiser Steve Dickson was so impressed by them both at recent shows that he walked up onstage to offer them spots as soon as they finished their gigs! That is quite a compliment and means attending festival goers are in for an even more epic time! (See links and video below to check out new acts added!)  If that wasn't already exciting enough MammothFest have also announced a Apolcalypse Club Night DJs playing on the Saturday between bands and DJ Demonize Debs on the Sunday. So even more reason to get down to this mighty event! Also some of the bands featured on the line-up have been busy creating new music and ...