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  BLOODSTOCK is delighted to return to Catton Park in August 2026 to celebrate its 25th anniversary - will you be there to celebrate this momentous occasion with everyone? With 2025’s event fully underway with headliners TRIVIUM, MACHINE HEAD, and GOJIRA melting faces this weekend (alongside 120+ more bands), BLOODSTOCK cordially invites you to get excited for 2026 too, by revealing the first 25 bands set to make 2026 the festival’s best year yet. You can snap up tickets immediately at the on site box office at an early bird price, saving yourself the booking fee. More info on all ticket types and on sale dates is further below. BLOODSTOCK is overjoyed to welcome back titans of groove metal, the unmistakable LAMB OF GOD as Friday’s headliner on the Ronnie James Dio stage. Frontman D. Randall Blythe states, "We are thrilled to return to headline Bloodstock in 2026! The UK is one of our favourite countries in the world to play and Bloodstock is one of our favourite festivals. And...

In wake of the recent news that DevilDriver front man Dez Fafaras wife, Anastasia Fafara, has been diagnosed with cancer, Devildriver has been forced to withdraw from the tour, so that Dez may remain home to care for her and his family. Static-X sends the Fafara family our prayers and support. Drowning Pool and Musroomhead will now appear on select dates, while Dope, Wednesday 13, and Raven Black will remain part of the tour as originally scheduled. “Hello everyone , My wife has been diagnosed with cancer . I will be staying home to care for her and be by her side every minute as she begins her Cancer fight with surgery and further treatments . Apologies to all but I’m sure you all understand that family comes before work. We thank you for all your well wishes at this time .” Dez Fafara Static x recently announced the official release date for their new album project regeneration. A teaser for the new song hollow can be seen here . STATIC-X North American Wisconsin Death T...

DOPE front-man EDSEL DOPE, in the midst of a flurry of online speculation, has broken his silence to address the claims of photographic evidence attempting to prove his role as the masked vocalist, named Xer0, on the current STATIC-X Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary Tour / Memorial for WAYNE STATIC. Hello world. I have quietly sat through all of this speculation and have thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Yesterday’s internet eruption reminded me of an episode of Scooby-Doo. It’s incredible how far some people will go to get attention or clicks, so let me remind you how easy it is to slap a little tribal neck tattoo onto someone in photoshop. I’m honored for myself and for my band DOPE to be part of this 20th anniversary celebration, along with this unbelievable, traveling memorial to our old friend Wayne Static. Wayne is currently on the minds and in the hearts of the metal community in a very unique and special way. His memory / legacy is more celebrated than it has eve...

STATIC-X has released a video teaser for their new song, "HOLLOW," off of their highly anticipated 7th studio album, PROJECT REGENERATION. The album is scheduled to release May 29, 2020 with all pre-ordered merchandise associated with the new album to begin shipping October 15th. Check out the promo video for 'Hollow' below: Originally scheduled for release in Spring of 2019, the new STATIC-X album, PROJECT REGENERATION was first intended to feature several guests vocalists, along with the original Wisconsin Death Trip band line up of Tony Campos, Ken Jay, and Koichi Fukuda. During the recording sessions for PROJECT REGENERATION, one of the bands producers uncovered several additional unreleased / unfinished STATIC-X tracks, many of which contained isolated vocal performances by Wayne Static. Because of this incredible find, the new STATIC-X album will now feature lead vocals by Wayne Static on virtually every song. “It was very surreal” says Tony Campos...

Ghoulish horror fiends WEDNESDAY 13 have released a visualizer for new single 'Bring Your Own Blood.' The track comes off the band’s upcoming album, 'Necrophaze' - out on September 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the visualizer for 'Bring Your Own Blood' here: https://youtu.be/B1iZ6KHx7KQ Commenting on the new song, the Duke of Spook himself, Wednesday 13, says, "'BYOB' is one of my favorites off the new album. It’s what I like to call the “party scene” in this audio-horror movie that is 'Necrophaze'. Like in a lot of my favorite 80s horror films there was a party scene, and usually a rock ‘n’ roll track to back it up...this is that track. This is the fun song on the album before everything gets dark and weird.” Pre-order 'Necrophaze' here: http://www.nuclearblast.com/w13-necrophaze Pre-order 'Necrophaze' bundles here: https://theoraclemanagementmerch.com/collections/wednesday-13 More from 'Necrophaz...

Los Angeles based electronic duo NIGHT CLUB has announced that they will be joining industrial legends COMBICHRIST and WEDNESDAY 13 on the upcoming US and European dates of the EVERYBODY STILL HATES YOU Tour in advance of their highly anticipated new album, Scary World. Due out August 24, 2018, Scary World will be made available for pre-order with the debut single / video for "Candy Coated Suicide" on the first day of the tour, May 18, 2018. "We're excited to get back on the road with our friends in Combichrist and play some songs from our upcoming album which is set for a Fall 2018 release. We're releasing the first single, 'Candy Coated Suicide,' on May 18th in conjunction with the start of the tour." - NIGHT CLUB http://nightclubband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nightclubband https://twitter.com/nightclubband

Globally renowned, chart-topping band DEVILDRIVER recently announced the upcoming release of their highly-anticipated full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, Outlaws 'Til The End. The monstrous collection of savage metal interpretations will be released via Napalm Records on July 6, 2018, and pre-orders are available now in multiple formats via http://smarturl.it/OutlawsTilTheEnd-NPR with more format options coming soon. This week, DEVILDRIVER is pleased to reveal the first of several segments of a new interview commentary series supporting the release of Outlaws 'Til The End. The first segment, titled "Intro to Outlaw Country", features members of DEVILDRIVER as well as album guests Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, Lee Ving of Fear, Hank3, Wednesday 13, Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory and Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists discussing their personal introductions to the outlaw country genre and how it has influenced them as musicians. In the video, Faf...

Photo Credit: Mark Leary at Asylum Seventy 7 London doom pop group, the Courtesans, have released a new video ahead of Wednesday 13 shows and announced more dates for their UK headline tour. 'Feel The Same' is the second music video to be taken from their current release, following 'Mesmerise', and lands ahead of UK dates in support of Wednesday 13 this October, and a UK headline tour this November and December. The Courtesans say, “Feel The Same is a tale of deception, desperation and resignation. It’s about a hollow belief in other people’s honour, honesty and good intentions when dealing with your emotions. “Holding on to what you thought you were told was true but being confronted with the chilling reality of having been lied to and then left alone to battle the pain of understanding the lies you were spun, questioning everything you thought was real.” Wednesday 13 UK Tour with specials guests The Courtesans 26th Oct - MANCHESTER, Club Academy 27th Oct - GL...

Courtesans Subspecies UK Tour With Bullet Height Courtesans follow 'Better Safe Than Sober' EP success and Bloodstock slot with 'Subspecies' UK headline tour this November / December. The London doom pop group have announced a series of live shows, starting next month. Berlin-based electronic-rock duo Bullet Height are confirmed as special guests on this must-see UK tour. The newly announced dates follows Courtesans special guest UK tour slot to Wednesday 13 this October. "When you're swallowed by routine and too tired to get out of the black hole - enlighten your consciousness with the gloom of Courtesans and special guests Bullet Height. We will be performing tracks from 'Better Safe Than Sober', plus songs from our first album, and the first outing for some brand new tunes” - Courtesans “Yes!!! You beautiful Brits!! We can finally reveal some news we’ve been developing in the past weeks - We are so excited to announce we are joining forces ...

WEDNESDAY 13 Talks "Condolences" Album Reception & Upcoming Tours The duke of spook, WEDNESDAY 13, has just released a video clip in which he talks about the reception of "Condolences" and his upcoming tour plans in Europe and North America. Check out the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q4fS3FxdnI Right in time for Halloween, WEDNESDAY 13 returns to Europe and will haunt the following cities: "BLOODSICK UK/EUROPEAN TOUR 2017" 26.10. UK Manchester - Club Academy 27.10. UK Glasgow - Garage 28.10. UK London - Islington Academy 31.10. F Paris - La Boule Noire 01.11. NL Amsterdam - Upstairs @ Melkweg 02.11. D Berlin - Bi Nuu 03.11. D Hamburg - Headcrash 04.11. D Dresden - Beatpol 05.11. CZ Prague - Rock Café 07.11. A Vienna - Chelsea 08.11. D Munich - Hansa 39 09.11. D Stuttgart - Kellerclub 10.11. I Milan - Legend 12.11. CH Zurich - Werk 21 13.11. D Dortmund - FZW Club 14.11. D Wiesbaden - Schlachthof 16.11. FIN Helsinki - Nosturi ...

So everyone loves a good Zombie film, program or game! With the return of the biggest Zombie TV show, the  majorly successful   The Walking Dead I thought this would be a good opportunity to look at some of the best zombie inspired/themed rock offerings to 'get your teeth into'! Not all songs are strictly about zombies in this post, and in the extended playlist below, but they are related/associated in some way and can easily be linked to them!  Get yourself in a zombie state of mind below!! To get things in motion in a crazy fast fashion, it has to be what I think is one of the best Zombie inspired songs by one of the biggest metal bands from the US! This song featured on the movie soundtrack for the first Resident Evil film, which is inspired by the popular Capcom games. Be prepared to lose your shit!! Slipknot - My Plague It would be offensive to not feature this next song/artist as they embody the very essence of the living ...