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In this interview, we spoke with Manchester's M2M winners Vmbra. Hear about their route to the final, working on a new album, the songs they want to banish and everything you can expect from their live set on the New Blood stage at Bloodstock Festival this year! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Inst...

On Sunday at Bloodstock Festival, Ghosts of Atlantis are opening the main stage, so we sat down for a chat with Colin to talk through what we can expect from them this year. We also chatted about their last time playing and being bumped up from the New Blood to the Sophie Lancaster stage. With the new single Melkin's Tale released last month, we spoke about the new music in the pipeline and their...

We're kicking off our Bloodstock Festival 2025 interviews already, and we were at our local venue Legends to chat with Baelfyr! We chatted with them about winning the Leicester M2M final, their video for At the Mercy of a Vain God and releasing an EP on the day they play the New Blood stage. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and t...

We've been so busy that we couldn't fit in a roundup for June, but fear not they're both combined in one episode for you. We also have the biggest talking points of the last two months along with a few questions for Kev P about his trip to Glastonbury Festival and what it was like on his second visit. There's also reviews of the latest releases from Calva Louise, Hammer and Cherrydead. If you need...

It's part two of our look ahead to Bloodstock Festival 2025! In this episode we discuss who we want to watch on Saturday and Sunday including the headliners Machine and Gojira. We also chat about various drinks available for consumpion and some of the biggest stage time clashes that we'll have to face this year. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check...

The countdown is on to one of the biggest metal festivals in the UK, and in this episode we chat through Thursday and Friday at Bloodstock Festival 2025! We cover the things you can expect to see from marauding vikings to video games and our favourite festival foods. Most importantly though we discuss who we really want to watch this year at Bloodstock from bands opening up the weekend to Friday n...

We're back at one of Nottingham's best metal festivals, and in this episode we chat about a great four band collection at Solgata and a huge five stage Mangata Festival. With an astounding 45 live performances through the day and night we had lots to discuss! Hear about who we watched, merch purchases, the food we tried including a mysterious goth burger and a set full of inflatables. If you need...

We were there and we’re still recovering. In this episode, we give our full review of Back to the Beginning — the legendary farewell show for Ozzy Osbourne at Villa Park that brought the metal world to a standstill. From the moment the day started all the way through to Black Sabbath playing their final show, this wasn’t just a concert. It was a defining moment in heavy metal history. We chat abou...

Mangata Festival is on the horizon and in this episode we chat with Toby and Luke from Esoterica. After already seeing them earlier this year, we had lots to talk about including their upcoming headline show at the Sheperd's Bush Empire, an intimate tour later in the year, a huge change in the way they create everything and of course the next opportunity to watch them when they headline the Sickse...

We are flying through festival season and in this episode we look ahead to Mangata Festival 2025! We've been to every single one so far and for its fourth installment, they now have five stages of incredible bands. We are fortunate enough to have seen many of these bands before, but if you haven't then you can hear who we recommend and who we want to see. If that wasn't enough there is also the ni...

It's the third and final episode of our Download Festival XXII review and the focus in this episode is everything we did over Saturday and Sunday. With headline sets from Sleep Token and Korn plus two more full days of music, you can hear our thoughts on everyone we watched and what we thought of Download Festival 2025! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? The...

It's part two of our Download Festival XXII review, and in this episode it's all about Sleepy Hollow camping in RIP. We were back in our usual campsite and there were lots of changes again, some good and some bad. We also had many bands that were exclusive to RIP campers and some that were playing again over the weekend at Download Festival XXII. Find out our thoughts on RIP and is it worth the ex...

Download Festival XXII has finished and we have the first of our review episodes here. We chat about the first three days of Download Festival 2025, including all of the changes, the bands we watched in both the courtyard area and the main grounds of Donington Park including the headline band Green Day and the sub headliner Weezer! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who...

Download Festival may have just finished and we're most likely asleep in our tent, but that doesn't mean we can't take a guess at who will be there next year! In this episode we recap on how many we got correct over our last two prediction episodes for 2025 and how many we had correct on the bingo card. Most importantly though we sit down and predict our top tips for who will be at Download XXIII...

Another month has passed, so that means it's time for another roundup. In this episode we have three album reviews from Behemoth, Recall the Remains and Bury Tomorrow. There's also the New Music Friday reminders to check out, plus the latest news and merch purchases! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon...

In this episode we return to Leicester for Uprising Festival, featuring twelve incredible bands with no stage clashes and lots of standout sets. With a scaled back version this year, we could easily cover everyone who played including a headline set from Earthtone9 and still find time for food! If the Saturday at the O2 in Leicester wasn't enough we were in the Firebug as well for the Night Before...

Download Festival XXII is almost here and in this episode we chat about who we want to see across the full five days, from the headline acts across all of the stages right through to the hidden gems everywhere else. We cover the potential clashes, early starts and how we can save some time to watch bands from Friday! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then c...

Festival season is in full swing and in this episode we chat about Uprising 8. We have a slightly different format for this year, but it all starts with The Night Before Uprising at the Firebug in Leicester. Then we have the main event on the Saturday, with 12 incredible bands and no clashes all day at the O2 in Leicester! If that wasn't enough, we also take a look at the Metal 2 the Masses final...

The Kin'ellfest part two live review is here, and in this episode we chat about the remaining eight bands we watched. With a slightly worse for wear crowd after Saturday's music, we started with Uridium kicking off the day and the energy soon returned to the room. It was one hell of a day with even more merch purchased, chats with bands through the day, unexpected gifts and a headline set from Onc...

The festival season has started and we were at the very first Kin'ellfest. In this episode we kick the weekend off with the Saturday review. Hear about all of the bands performances featured in day one, the vast array of merch purchases, a day full of surprises that started before we'd even made it to Legends for the festival and much more. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets fac...

It's time to catchup on all the news from April, including the latest festival and touring updates. We also have reviews of the new albums from Ghost, Wednesday 13, Those Damn Crows and King Kraken. If that wasn't enough we also have the new EP from Desecrator and a reminder of our New Music Fridays. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patr...

The final interview from our Kin'ell Fest bands is here, just in time for you to listen before the weekend begins! In this episode we chatted to Frode from our headline band Once Awake. There were lots to get through including their appearance at the very first Knotfest and preparations for their return to the UK and what we can expect from their headline set. If you need a little more mosh i...

Our penultimate Kin'ell Fest interview is here and in this episode we had a chat with Kill All The Gentleman. We chatted about their most recent release Come Dine With Me and making the incredible video for the single. We also had a chance to find out about sharing the stage with metal icons Cradle of Filth and the most horrific answer to one of our quickfire questions. If you need a little more m...

Reasons for Gem to mention Ghost? About fourty minutes worth! Yes it's a live review of the much anticipated Skeletour from Ghost at the Birmingham Utilita Arena. It's a phone free experience with Ghost's restrictions in full force but what impact did this have on the gig? How bad was the queuing, inside and out? With the new album released this week, what was on the setlist? Find out the answers...

We're fast approaching the end of our Kin'ell Fest interviews and in this episode we have Down In One. You might recognize one of our guests in this episode, as James has previously been a guest right back at the start of our coverage. Kev had a chat with him and Gon and discussed what the band have been up to since a bit of a break, their plans for the year, the added pressure of having the sound...