It’s time for another Thrash Hits festival splash page – and this time it’s for Hammerfest. All of our Hammerfest 2013 coverage from the weekend will be linked to on this here post, so make sure you bookmark it as it’s all you’re going to need. Yep. That means individual band coverage (photos, setlists and maybe even some reviews), all the dodgy rumours and awful gossip our man David Keevill overhears, and every single photo of Wales-based debauchery that Gary Wolstenholme and Jenn McCambridge snap will be here.

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Day 1 of Hammerfest is traditionally the “quietest” day (i.e., the night with the fewest bands). That didn’t stop our man David Keevill from getting stuck in though….

6 things we learned on Day 1 of Hammerfest V:

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With their new album, Out Of The Darkness, just around the corner, Sacred Mother Tongue were raring to go on the first night of Hammerfest 2013.

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The new EP from ace British metallers Sacred Mother Tongue was released on Monday and they’re playing a one-off gig in London on Monday 10 September 2012. We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away as well as a copy of A Light Shines AND you get to meet the band at the gig. This is a competition.

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It’s been a little longer than normal between podcasts, and it’s for one simple reason – we’ve been to so many gigs since the last podcast that we simply haven’t found the time to be in the same room for long enough to record an episode. Handily, that’s the inspiration for the main topic of conversation on this week’s episode – just what is it that makes a gig great?

Did any of the gigs we’ve been too recently – including Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Baroness, Monuments, Kerouac and Sacred Mother Tongue to name but a few – made the grade as “classic” gigs? Raz and Hugh debate this question, as well as going over their all-time favourite shows.

The Thrash Hits Podcast 006: The Art of the Perfect Gig

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This week is turning out to be quite a good one as far as free metal shows go – at least if you happen to live in London. Not only have we got Evile’s charity show in aid of the British Lung Foundation at the OBL tomorrow, but Sacred Mother Tongue are also putting on a free show at the Intrepid Fox on Thursday. Get in!

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While they’re currently on a Thrash Hits-sponsored road, Sacred Mother Tongue have been busy in the studio, writing the follow-up to their 2009 debut, The Ruin Of Man. They’ve put out a video clip of the quartet playing through a new song in the studio. Fancy.

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We’ve always been massive fans of British metallers, Sacred Mother Tongue which is why we’re pretty darned pleased to be sponsoring their forthcoming 13-date UK tour this April and May 2011.

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It’s time for another Thrash Hits festival splash page – and this time it’s for Sonisphere! All of our Sonisphere Festival 2010 coverage from the weekend will be linked to on this here post, so make sure you bookmark it as it’s all you’re going to need need. That means individual band coverage (interviews, photos, setlists and maybe even some reviews), all the dodgy rumours and salacious gossip we overhear, and every lewd photo of fit girls frolicking about at Knebworth we can rustle up will be here.

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We’re a simple bunch here at Thrash Hits. We love three things: stuff that’s VERY METAL, beer and… lists. Yeah, we love lists. You love lists, don’t you? Let’s make one about why this new video for ‘The End’ by awesome British metallers, Sacred Mother Tongue is VERY METAL.

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