With just a week to go, the excitement levels are getting quite damn high for this years installment of the WINTER WARMER WEEKENDER, and with some cracking names of this years bill here are 5 reasons why it is going to be the best way to get 2015 off on the right foot!

1: Its DESERT STORM’s record release party!

Their brand new album ‘Omniscient’ is out this month and they are using this night as an opportunity to showcase new songs and celebrate the release, so you can expect an extra long set of tunes and can buy the new album on the night too.

2: STEAK are hitting the big time!

After a MASSIVE European tour in support of JOHN GARCIA these boys have played some huge venues all across the mainland and even had John Garcia joining them on stage so expect to not see them in smaller venues in the near future, this may be your last chance to see them in our beloved Windmill!

Picture taken from Heavy Chronicles webzine

3: Sludge monsters GODSIZE are back!

Godsize are back and their blend of Sludge and Hardcore was way before its time back in the noughties and have joined the likes of Raging Speedhorn since coming back late 2014, anyone not familiar can see an old Live video below.

4: 11 Bands playing and Heavy Ritual Records on the Saturday means lots of Merch to buy!

Is that Christmas money burning a hole in your pocket!? Well with 11 bands performing and Heavy Ritual records bringing their stall on the Saturday too there is plenty of opportunity to stock up on Shirts and Vinyl.

5: Yummy yummy ROOF DOG beer!!

lovely stuff, enough said!

Only 2 Advance tickets remain so after that its £7 per day on the door so get down early to guarantee entry!!

If you need to remind yourself of the timings you can do so here

SEE YOU AT THE FRONT!

Just announced is this awesome line up for both the Black Heart and The Underworld on the Sunday at this years festival and with it comes some damn good names on there including Old Skool NWOBHM legends ANGEL WITCH and rarely seen Death Metallers CANCER!

OLD EMPIRE have announced a special ticket price too that will gain entry to just these 2 stages for just £20 (normal weekend ticket holders can obviously get in too)

FOR NOW THOUGH YOU CAN BUY YOUR FULL WEKEND TICKETS DIRECT FROM HERE FOR LESS THAN £100!

… OK, so its not quite that as they are co-headlining alongside BRANT BJORK… BUT its good enough for us!!!

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FROM HERE

Seeing as we have some of the filthiest bands playing at this years event its nice to see the boys who started it all joining an already incredible lineup!!

Here’s a reminder of our MEGA stage in April!

.. as always I am continuing my best of theme by not putting anything in order and just simply showing 9 covers of what I think were the most cracking out of a corker of a year!

No other year has this been more difficult but there really was some brilliant releases this year (and sadly I would be a bit of an arrogant dick if I put the GURT album in my top 9, so that does not appear!)

There are so many good things to look forward to this coming year with DIESEL KING kicking things off when they release their Debut album on February 2nd…

HERES TO A FANTASTIC 2014 AND AN EVEN BETTER 2015!!!

FRIDAY 16th January

DJs – 00:00 – 1:00

DESERT STORM – 23:00 – 00:00
XII BOAR – 22:00 – 22:40
MOTHER CORONA – 21:10 21:40
MAGE – 20:20 – 20:50
WORT – 19:30 – 20:00

DOORS 18:30PM

SATURDAY 17th January

DJs – 00:00 – 1:00

STEAK – 23:00 – 00:00
TRIPPY WICKED – 21:40 – 22:20
BONGCAULDRON – 20:50 – 21:20
GODSIZE – 20:00 – 20:30
BURDEN OF THE NOOSE – 19:10 – 19:40
SONS OF MERRICK – 18:20 – 18:50

DOORS 17:00PM

…Thats right Chaps and Chapesses, as from today ‘REDWIN’ can be purchased on lovely milky clear 10″ vinyl!

Many people have received their pre-orders already and we have had some amazing feedback, it truly sounds monstrous on wax.

You can obtain the vinyl from HERE

or you can get your self the exclusive ‘MEGAPACK’ that comes with a Slipmat, embroidered patch and Condom from HERE

Or if you just want the old fashioned Download you can get it directly from HERE

We are so happy to have released this as the first thing in 2015 and keep an eye out for the DIESEL KING album pre-orders later this week!

ENJOY!!

… On February 2nd 2015 we shall be bringing the debut album from WPC favourites DIESEL KING into the world!

‘CONCRETE BURIAL’ is it’s name and featuring brand new artwork from artist Mark Riddick, the artwork really does encapsulate what these London bruisers are all about!

Available on CD, Download and many many different bundle options with awesome new shirts and the extras, this is truly going to be a game changer of an album with its unparalleled brutality and sheer monstrousness. It’s going to start 2015 in an amazing way.

And whats more, they are having an awesome album release show on February 7th at the Black Heart in Camden and have some good friends in support, they are SEIGE MENTALITY and BURDEN OF THE NOOSE,Get your advance tickets from here!They are just £5

And to give you an idea of the bundles that will be available you can see below! (full preorders coming next week)

ALBUM T SHIRT BUNDLE Album plus “the thing that should not be” t shirt

SUPER BUNDLE Album plus “the thing that should not be” t shirt + Beanie Hat

ULTRA MEGA TURBO AWESOME BUNDLE Album plus “the thing that should not be” t shirt + Beanie Hat + 3 skulls shirt plus lighter

… This arrived today at WPC HQ!! Thats right folks, GURT‘s REDWIN has arrived a month earlier than expected due to the hard work at our vinyl pressing plant they have just delivered all 250 to us today!

So to celebrate we are adjusting the release date of the release from the January 19th to Monday January 5th!

So get your orders in folks as it just a few weeks away, ORDER HERE and get your ‘Megapack’ version FROM HERE

This time its the turn of DIESEL KING who have just launched their new store (which apparently has been redesigned by a very wonderful and talented designer friend)

On their store they have loads of cool stuff but today’s piece of Awesome Merch is this great Lighter/Bottle opener combo:

So if you like setting fire to shit or opening bottles with anything other than your teeth than this is for you and as the band say themselves ‘These things looks sweet and are useful as fuck’!!!

BUY NOW FROM HERE AND CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER COOL STUFF WHILST THERE

This may not be a recent photo of the bands new line up as these guys have recently had a bit of a change in ranks but as a band they have had an awesome and very successful 2014!

Most noticeably having played at our beloved DESERTFEST earlier this year and starting off the festival on a very high note…

Here what they have to say about themselves;

Death Ape Disco is a ferocious and expansive hard rock band from Brighton/London UK, for fans of Down, Alice In Chains, Clutch, Orange Goblin, Soundgarden, and more. Death Ape Disco combines massive hooks and harmonies, huge grooves, and great musicianship to create skyscraper-sized headbanging rock music.

Death Ape Disco’s debut album Supervolcano came out in 2013 in physical and digital formats. Supervolcano streams and is pay-what-you-want download RIGHT HERE

they have even produced an awesome video for the riff heavy song ‘10,000 days’ (which can be seen below) and its this cracking tune that makes them this weeks Band of the Week!