.. but as you can guess we are gearing up for Desertfest at the moment !!

Hopefully see you all there but if not look back here after for all the usual Reviews and bullshit to start up again as I am the only one running the site and have a lot on at the moment!

After that its Festival season time and obviously the SUMMER SIZZLER and details of the 3rd Anniversary show for WPC coming soon (save Saturday 12th October in your diaries!)

SEE Y’ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE x

With just over a week to go here are the full timings to the entire festival so you can plan who you want to see… but obviously you will all be spending your time in the Underworld on Sunday right?

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

We have not had one of these in a while too but to celebrate the release of GHOLD‘s new EP we thought we would praise them on what is a truly awesome TIE DYE shirt!! I am definitely going to get me one of these tomorrow night at their RELEASE SHOW.

GET THE BRAND NEW EP AND BUY THIS AWESOME SHIRT FROM THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE NOW!

KOMRAD certainly do not fall on the heavier side of the spectrum but this Oxford based band have some good ideas pulled off pretty well. There is alot of 90s influenced rock throughout and most obviously a strong bit of Patton influence going on, especially by the vocalist. All seven tracks sound like they could go alongside ‘King for a day’ era FNM and its the sense of humour that makes this a fairly enjoyable listen.

Give it a go, its abit of fun but maybe not one that will be a laugh for long. I think with my taste being in the heavier things in life its technically sound and the songs are well constructed, its just not one of my faves.

YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE AND FIND Itunes LINKS TOO!

I ain’t no photographer and sadly had no professional there to take shots of what was a truly great evening, BUT for all those that missed it. Here are a handful of poorly taken shots and even a bit of video footage of each band!

ENJOY!!

BRIGHT CURSE

TRIPPY WICKED

BOSS CAINE

DESERT STORM are a very interesting band, since WPC has existed they have only had their first album ‘Forked Tongues’ available so this has been a LONG time coming but thankfully they have made that wait well worth while. Wearing their influences on your sleeve is not at all a bad thing and i often refer to this in reviews but with these guys they have them bolted to their arms… The riffs (and there are many of them) are damn catchy and the Clutch loving is strong through out but i feel this is something that need to be steered away from as they have to hone their own sound, This does happen more and more on the later songs on the album.

Matt’s vocals do offer a more harsh and gut wrenchingly gravelly tone to the tracks but i think one true enlightening moment on this record is on the epic 11 minute long track ‘TITAN’. This song is by far the greatest offering on the album as it holds that token sound but with an epic earth shattering twist, once again the riffs are there but its all together a more progressive feel, sounding like Mastodon one minute and then Tangerine Dream the next. Much to my enjoyment the theme is continued on the next track too ‘Shenzen’, a massive groove laden masterpiece which is a must for being played with large large amounts of volume.

I really would urge all to own this beast of an album right now and if your like me you will no doubt have TITAN on repeat as it really is an epic tune!

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… so, hopefully at some point we are going to get a spring and then when its all nice and toasty. This baby will be here to warm your core and fill you with monstrous tunes and protein based nourishment!

It is with great sadness though that i have to announce that SONANCE can no longer perfom at the event due to circumstances out of their control, BUT the mighty power of LIMB have joined the party to ensure it still goes with a wollop, plus we have lots more in store for you to announce including something very special indeed and multiple guest DJs throughout the day.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE and remember you can get your advance tickets NOW!!

I had the joy of stumbling across this band not too long ago and it has been along time since the last time I have heard music that is so dramatically different and potentially game changing as these guys. Then I had the pleasure to see them live at the LIMB vinyl release show and I think everyone in the room knew something rather magical was happening.

VODUN are 3 incredibly magnificent and monolithic instruments chosen by the gods to be placed alongside each other. You have Ollie’s gigantic technical riffery, Zel’s titanic percussion and the soulful and powerful lungs of Chan! This is Doom for the soul (or SOULDOOM if you will!).

What a fine first offering from the London three piece for what is their very first EP (coming in at 7 tracks) I can not speak highly enough of this, the guitar work is heavy yet manic and as soon as you get settled in a riff another comes flying straight at you, and with this alongside the thunderous drums it just keeps you on your toes from the word go! And with the Ditto/Skin style sermon’s delivered from Chantal it really is a must listen. I don’t want to bore you with the relentless descriptions, I just want you all to listen to it NOW as it won’t be long before these guys are everywhere, its only a matter of time.

If like me you want to see these guys live you can catch them at my SUMMER SIZZLER on June 30th or this coming Tuesday at the Windmill for GHOLD’s latest release show.

The incredible introduction to the world of Vodun can be obtained for FREE FROM HERE!

We have not done one of these for ages so what a comeback…. this is a truly MINDBLOWING effort from the mighty GWAR!

This 3 track demo from Wizard Fight is just what we want to be hearing from our British bands right now… Simple, balls out, pedal to the metal Sludge! Very much in the same vain as their beloved namesake Weedeater this is a nice little taster and teaser for what can be a very good band.

They say of themselves: ‘Formed in 2012 by Luke Bolton (ROTS) and former Steak drummer Dan Kinsey, they set out as a two piece to play insanely sludgy filth with a good measure of Doom and a wee bit of Stoner groove. Early 2013 see the addition of Dave on bass adding the much needed earth shaking guts needed to add to the Wizard Fight sound’.

Having been good friends for some time with Dan Kinsey (Previously of the mighty STEAK), he has always said that he has wanted to be in a sludge band and now his time has come, make it count my friend.

This awesome 3 track introduction into the world of Bearded combating magicians can be obtained HERE FOR FREE!