Artist
Vacuous
Song
Stress Positions
Vacuous backstory
Formed by vocalist Jo Chen and guitarist Michael Brodsky in 2019, Vacuous have quickly es... Read More...
Artist
Gates To Hell
Track
Next to Bleed
Gates To Hell backstory
Along with the likes of Kruelty and Vomit Forth, Gates to Hell have nailed that... Read More...
Dunes – Land of the Blind (Ripple Music)
Dunes are, in the Northern parlance, proper grafters.
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Is George Miller considering another Mad Max movie? We certainly hope so. Because we’ve already compiled the soundtrack…
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Legends returned. Fretboards melted. And some of the best voices in metal soared. Yes, 2024 was a big year for classic heavy metal.
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Byker Grave Festival Pre-show @The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, December 6, 2024
Byker Grave Festival @Newcastle University Students Union, December 7, 2024
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Corrosive Louisiana sludge, monastic doom, blasphemous black thrash, margaritas… Byker Grave Festival 2024 is serving up a feast in the North East when it land... Read More...
Rich is a veteran of the heavy music scene and is widely considered one of the leading experts on doom, death and everything extreme. Rushonrock's deputy editor fulfilled the same role for HRH Mag and continues to forge a reputation as one of the UK's most informed and incisive metal writers.