Have you ever realised that a song you love and have listened to over and over again, doesn’t actually have the lyrics you thought it did? Sometimes you can listen to a song hundred times before realising what one lyric actually says, and it feels like you’ve like discovered the Read more…
Ska music has been around for a very long time and it’s one of those rare genres that gets described in terms of waves or generations. So… Well, let’s start at the beginning. Ska music 1st wave The beginning of ska music was in the late 1950s, when sounds from Read more…
Bloodstock Open Air festival, often shorted to just Bloodstock, or BOA, is a heavy metal music festival that takes place every year in August, currently situated in Walton-on-Trent, England. The festival is known for more extreme heavy metal and has a smaller capacity than other festivals in the UK, but Read more…
An Easter Egg is a hidden reference or message in a piece of media. Normally easter eggs are hidden in things like tv and movies, like how Disney hides hidden mickeys in a lot of their shows and films. The original name comes from, maybe unsurprisingly, Easter Eggs! The original Read more…
Download Festival 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the festival! Sorry, lets back up a bit and start at the beginning: What is Download Festival? Download Festival is a rock and metal festival held at Donington Park in Derby every year since 2003. Over the years it has moved from Read more…
Nowadays the UK has two big rock and metal festival: Download Festival and Bloodstock Open Air. There are other rock and metal festivals around like Damnation and Hammerfest, but they aren’t a tenth of the size of these other behemoths. But once upon a time, there was a third serious Read more…
What is Doom metal and how is it different from Sludge metal? Well, both are heavy metal, both are played generally at a slower tempo, and with distorted and ‘thick’ guitar sounds. So what actually makes them different from each other? In fact, IS there a difference between them? Before Read more…
Every year there are arguments caused by certain Christmas songs. The annual ‘They’ve ruined Fairytale of New York by removing the gay slur’ crowd seem to start up earlier and earlier every year. And since the uproar about ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’ a few years ago, interest in the song Read more…
Let’s imagine you’re at a gig. The best gig you’ve ever been to. Well, top ten at least. The band plays a fantastic set: all your favourites, a lot from their well-loved back catalogue, and some (but not too much) of their new stuff. You know, the good songs from Read more…
The Damned are currently on their original lineup tour. Postponed twice from the original dates in 2020, this must be one of the last tours to have been delayed due to covid. The original lineup of Vanian, Scabies, Sensible and May, played together when the band was originally formed in Read more…