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  Award nominated independent rock and metal festival, Takedown Festival has today announced it’s return in 2025. The festival will take place at the Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2024 with tickets set to go on sale on Friday 30th August 2024 at 9am BST. After announcing the postponement of the 2024 edition due to the basement development works on the Grade II building, Takedown Festival are hugely proud to announce it’s return in 2025 with the prolific Elvana (Elvis fronted Nirvana) headlining the Saturday and former MMA fighter fronted Kris Barras Band headlining the Friday. Joining Elvana and Kris Barras Band for a star-studded lineup will be Welsh alt-rockers Dreamstate, two-time MOBO award nominated Kid Bookie, fast rising UK metalcore stars Acres, Lake Malice, InVisions, URNE, The Nightmares, Ferocious Dog, Blanket and many more. Kai and Sarah Harris of Takedown Festival Ltd said, “We are unbelievably happy to be able to share the line up for Taked...

SEETHING AKIRA New Song 'I Am The Devil' Is Out Now SEETHING AKIRA released their high energy stomper, single 'I Am The Devil' Today (13th November). I Am The Devil is a blitzing single, a sharp shock of high intensity beats, pummeling bass and sheer belligerence from the 2 vocalists, guaranteed to bring the bounce on the dance floor. This track sees them taking another huge step forward in sound and production, and after critically acclaimed performances at Bloodstock and Victorious Festivals & their lown awaited debut album nearly finished, 2018's going to be a huge year for these crazy fun Pompey lads. The band are currently finishing off their hugely anticipated debut album 'Sleepy Skeletor' which is due for release early 2018 and is being produced by Jim Davies (Prodigy, Pitchshifter). I Am The Devil can be bought from all usual digital outlets, including: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bj7ezzgzz5tqm5uifzksiioi4cu http://www...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

New Year brings new tour dates! If you haven't yet witnessed this Drum 'N' Bass Electro Metal band from Brighton, now is your chance as they have just announced their spring tour dates! 2015 seems to be a blast for Collisions already, ready to make a high impact with their unique sound with frontman Olly's voice switching between singing to rapping to gutteral screaming they've gained quite a reputation for putting on an incredible live show - 'believe' me I have seen for myself! They are kicking off the tour at the Barfly in Camden on January 14th , with Reverence, 48 Hours and Pupious supporting. (See poster above.)   Along with their tour with CYPHER 16, SEETHING AKIRA and RSJ in March/April, they've now been confirmed for Hevy Fest in August and have a support to Qemists and The Algorithm on 14th March, with more tours to be confirmed later in the year! Their hugely anticipated debut album 'The Cause And The Catalyst' will be r...