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Check out the latest Stencil Mag which is the last of 2014, so features mine and other contributors album of the year! Also featured is my reviews of two new emerging Brighton Metal/Rock festivals, Mammoth Fest & Breakout festival , so be sure to check that out and get the lowdown ready for next year's festivals! I also reviewed new releases from Mallory Knox , Rancid & The Xcerts . Check it all out, plus loads more awesome content! See it all here! http://www.calameo.com/read/003947070aaf261b32f08 Carina

  Check out my interview with the man that made MammothFest happen up on Burning Fist here: http://burningfist.co.uk/2014/09/26/interview-steve-dickson-mammothfest/      Me and Steve Dickson at MammothFest, Brighton 2014! Bring on Mammothfest 2015! Read details on future of festival in interview!     Special Thanks for Burning Fist for putting interview up on their site and be sure to check out all the other content on there!     

Check out my review of Mammothfest 2014 on Burning Fist! http://burningfist.co.uk/2014/09/22/live-review-mammothfest-2014/ Thanks to Jason Webster & everyone at Burning Fist for putting up my article! Be sure to check out Burning Fist & all the other brilliant content!! http://burningfist.co.uk/

Photo by Me - Taken after interview I caught up with Ollie (singer/programmer) and Andy (guitarist/backing vocals) of electronic metal band, Collisions who hail from Brighton UK, at the return of Brighton's dedicated Metal festival, MammothFest 2014. So they discuss Mammothfest and it's importance to Brighton, along with another new Brighton Festival, Breakout Festival, which they are due to play on the 27th September 2014 and their upcoming new album which is due for release at the end of this year..   Ok we are here today at MammothFest, So hailing from Brighton, how important do you think the rebirth of MammothFest is for the Brighton and South East music scene, especially as your from Brighton? Ollie: I think it's really great for the scene, there hasn't been an incredible amount on I personally feel, really sort of going on for rock/metal really recently, so it's really nice to see something actually happening and taking place. Well behind Steve...

Mammothfest 2014 Review For Planet Loud TV     Check out the day one review of Mammothfest in Brighton here: http://www.planetloud.tv/festivals/mammothfest-day-1-with-savage-messiah-meta-stasis-stone-circle-live-review Check out my review on Planet Loud TV of day two of Mammothfest: http://www.planetloud.tv/festivals/mammothfest-day-2-with-martyr-defiled-no-sin-evades-his-gaze-ingested

Abhorrent Decimation Performing at MammothFest 2014 - Ashley Scott (Photo Credit to Ajit Dutta at Raid Studios) So we arrive at the return of MammothFest's in Brighton after its four year break and I catch up with one of the bands playing later today on the first opening day of the festival, Death Metallers, Abhorrent Decimation. Having interviewed Ashley before this time round we dig deeper and discuss events more in depth, so I met up with vocalist, Ashley Scott and also drummer, Matt Doubleday just down the road from the Mammothfest venue to speak about the festival, the bands Bloodstock appearance and their anticipated debut album due to be released next year! They were even kind enough to give me a exclusive bit of exciting information regarding their debut, so read to find out!!.. So the reason we are here today, is because of the rebirth of Mammothfest Today, how excited are you to be playing later on and to be part of this crucial event for Brighton? A...

Thrash metal band, Headface from Brighton combine elements of doom and progressive death to their sound, making them not your average thrash band! In this interview they discuss their hiatus and what they have been upto, their formation and what to expect from their set at MammothFest in Brighton tomorrow!..Expect 'cool trainers' and 'pointy guitars'!... Firstly you have been on a hiatus, how is it to be back and what have you all been upto? We decided to work on some new stuff for a bit cos we hadn't really done that in around a year. We're hoping to have even more new material sorted for Mammothfest, and we're really enjoying playing some gigs again with some fresh additions to the repertoire as well as hammering out the "greatest hits". As some of the members are from technical death metal band, Hole In The Sky, how hard is it to work round this and do other projects? Occasionally both bands want to take on commitments like recordin...

New and final line-up poster The highly anticipated return of the mighty MammothFest in Brighton just keeps on delivering with the added bonuses and features of the festival, shaping it up to be a seriously crushing line-up and one heavy as hell event! The festival first stated there would be 22 smashing acts on the bill, but it kept creeping up and now they have just released that it is in fact 28 bands! The latest additions being Furyborn who replaced Aeolist and two brand new bands, Brighton rockers, Death Ape Disco and heavy metal, King Leviathan who also hail from Brighton rather fittingly, adding to the local talent! Okay so are we all ready and prepared to witness the massive event which will have a high impact on the Brighton Music scene and further?!..The only thing that remains is to be armed with the stage times of all the incredible bands, and you're in luck!.. MAMMOTHFEST 2014 FINAL LINE UP And stage running times: Performance time Saturday 30th August 9.2...

Instrumental quartet from Brighton are back on the scene after taking some time out to focus on their sophomore album and they have landed a brilliant comeback show marking the bands first gig in a while, at MammothFest 2014 which as it happens is the return of the festival since its debut back in 2010! The band were lucky enough to be added to the line-up at the last minute, following Divine Chaos pulling out of the rebirth of the festival, so I asked them about their upcoming performance and what is in store with their new album and future plans .. So firstly how was it to be added to the MammothFest line-up at the last minute, especially seeing as this will be your first live comeback show in some time?! It fantastic to be asked to play especially after over a year off playing. We are so excited about joining the bands on the line up and feel privileged to be asked to step in .Last minute or not we want to come out fighting and try and compete with the bands around us,...

      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 ...