Author Pete Woods
For me The Day The Country Died by Ian Glasper was the book I had been waiting for years to read. Basically it was a compendium of interviews and anecdotes from all the essential Anarcho punk bands between 1980 and… Continue Reading →
Sunday morning. Hungover and suffering from that nearing-the-end-of-the-festival fatigue, one is in dire need of a pick-me-up. Something loud and heavy to get the blood pumping as it were. Off to a galloping start then, are female-fronted Canucks, Kobra And… Continue Reading →
We have been keeping our eye on this rising UK outfit and were very pleased to discover that they had been signed to Indie Records recently. The group come from a number of versatile outfits including amongst them The Rotted,… Continue Reading →
Napalm Death have this year off so it’s the turn of the other Brummie brutalists Benediction to open the main stage today. It does seem as though one or the other is guaranteed to play the festival each year, not… Continue Reading →
The way the bands were set up today was going to involve a lot of running backwards and forwards between stages to see the bands we wanted to. I also had fun shooting from the main arena rather than having… Continue Reading →
Ah what a lovely cover, if the artwork was scratch and sniff it would no doubt reek of offal. The ladies with all their bits displayed in a bathroom have been hanging around there literally for a while by the… Continue Reading →
Thursday at Bloodstock is a day to ease those of us arriving early into the festival and get into the spirit of things. Tents up and site negotiated we were lucky enough to have some glorious sunshine and plenty of… Continue Reading →
Recorded over two nights at the El Circulo Theatre in Rosario, Argentina in March 2012 what we have here is a first live double album from ex Nightwish singer soprano Tarja Turunen. It has also been released on a double… Continue Reading →
There has been a buzz about the tour embarked upon by the two main bands as it has hit many a venue up and down the country leaving social media with lots of jaw dropped statements about just how good… Continue Reading →
Attention Whore! Sorry must stop talking to our readers like that. Nope in all seriousness what we have here is a new and apparently strictly limited single from Belgium EBM outfit Suicide Commando. Of course being of the electro persuasion… Continue Reading →
Who could have seen this coming? Album number three sees everyone’s favourite Filipino Antichrist’s changing tack, discovering God and playing Christian rock! Yes of course I’m talking out my hat, their tried and tested brand of Satanic Bestial Metal was… Continue Reading →
UK Subs, Anti Nowhere League, Discharge, Goldblade, Ed Tudorpole & Dumbjaw – London 100 Club 31/7/12
It’s only 5PM and a big queue already snakes down Oxford Street confusing shoppers, and Olympic tourists. Whets going on we were asked several times? Well this was one of several gigs being held at the venue for free courtesy… Continue Reading →