When we saw two of the foremost British thrash metal bands – aka the mighty Xentrix and Acid Reign, were playing the same bill with one of the latest British thrash metal bands Shrapnel we just had to be there to see what went down. Cue a trip to London’s Underworld venue in Camden Town…
Sam, James and Fran were recently lucky enough to be sent to a field in Derby quite a bit larger than the field we sent James to a few weeks ago. Along the way they managed to watch some bands. Here’s part one of their review of Bloodstock Festival 2013. Opening up a festival main-stage…
First on-stage, SSS (5) are fairly forgettable, the band remaining static and seeming glued to their allotted area of stage. The lack of an engaging visual spectacle fails to animate a set of fairly mediocre crossover thrash songs. Xentrix (7) incite an animated response from the growing crowd. An impressive response for a band that…
With the 2013 edition of the Bloodstock Open Air Festival already boasting arguably Bloodstock’s most diverse bill in it’s history, the organisers have added yet more rock and metal to be enjoyed by the festival goers. Top of the pile for the latest announcement are Swedish power metal favourites Sabaton. Riding as high as they…
