… 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!

This time next week we shall be preparing for some awesome tunes and many a beer alongside some soothing acts and friendly banter!

Make sure you get down from doors at 7:30pm but stage times are as follows-

BRIGHT CURSE – 8:00PM – 8:35PM

TRIPPY WICKED – 8:50PM – 9:30PM

BOSS CAINE – 9:45PM – 10:30PM

So come down and have a drink and a sing song with us and make sure you have your tickets which can be obtained RIGHT HERE for £4. or £5 on the door.

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See y’all next week!!!

Right then folks for any of you lucky folk who have your tickets for this years Desertfest you have the opportunity to grab yourselves one of these exclusively designed GURT shirts that have been created especially for the festival appearence. featuring an original design by the very talented Dominic Sohor there are only 20 of these shirts available to buy so they are EXTREMELY limited there are also a limited run of posters to go alongside the shirt and only 50 of these have been produced and shall each be individually hand numbered.

For both the Shirt and poster it is £12 and for the poster on its own only £2…. if you purchase any other Merch on the day from GURT the poster will come FREE!!

Remember to check out the main festival merchandise stand over the weekend or at the Underworld when they perform on Saturday 27th April.

ONLY AVAILABLE AT DESERTFEST LONDON 2013 AND ARE VERY LIMITED SO GET IN QUICK!!!

Get your DESERFEST ticket now if you have not already right HERE

The British Hardcore scene is rife at the moment and I think that the nastier side has always had a special place in my heart, when I say Hardcore I mean bands like Gallows, Feed the Rhino all the way through to much more recent Hang the Bastard. These sort of bands bring sheer brutality into the mix and its that you hear in the this release from the amazingly promising SEAGRAVES. Its heavy as hell and as punishing as any Converge record but has the added bonus of a nice bit of melody for good measure. A problem that this sort of band have is sounding too repetitive and these guys have no fear of that.

WitchHunter records are damn good at finding nice little British Gems and i suggest to all that they get involved as this is a nice little EP and definitely worth a go. And for anyone on the recent Cancer Bats dates would have noticed Liam wearing his shirt with pride, if that’s not a worthy endorsement then i don’t know what would be!!

Have a LISTEN here and BUY DIRECTLY!

So with just 2 weeks to go until we descend upon the Brixton Windmill again to see Planets collide in an acoustically minded way.. Here are 5 reasons why all should come party with us.

1: BOSS CAINE performs with us for the very first time! With his Whiskey soaked voice and his Dark folky swagger, The UBER talented Daniel Lucas will show us all for the first time at the Windmill why he is one of the Best and hardest working musicians on the scene.

2:TRIPPY WICKED are performing one of their rarely seen all acoustic sets and will show us not only some of their amazing songs but also a big handful of their famed epic Sludge covers!

3: BRIGHT CURSE are performing an Acoustic jam for the first time! They blew all away at the last WPC Weekender and are now back to add an unplugged feel to some of those awesome soundscapes, really looking forward to this so get down early!

4:Its the perfect way to see in the weekend! With 3 rarely performing bands for a mere £5 its a damn good’un and a perfect excuse to have a 3 day weekend.

5: Pete Holland’s UKE…. Nuff said!!

So make sure you come join in the fun and get down from 7:30pm for when the fun kicks off…

ADVANCE TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM HERE or £5 on the Door!

This was another unexpected gem that cropped up after getting an email out of the blue via the GURT page. Their Bandcamp does not have much but what is on there are some very hopeful sounding jams one of which is this track ‘Wizard’s Brew’.

This is sludge worship at its best, it begins with a nice trippy effects laden intro that blasts into the sort of Iron Monkey/ EyeHateGod loving that you would expect from a band with the name BONG GOBLIN! It would be fairly obvious to point out that these lot are definitely NOT breaking boundaries but WHO CARES! Its fast, nasty punchy sludge with big riffs and crazed vocals.

A PERFECT WAY TO START THE WEEK!! Listen HERE

Here is the stunning new poster for our stage at this years Desertfest, designed by the very talented Daniel Schooler.

CHECK OUT MORE OF HIS WORK HERE

BUY YOUR DESERTFEST TICKETS FROM HERE