When Norwegian black metallers Dimmu Borgir came to town, we sent Tom Dare off to chat to guitarist Galder about new album, Abrahadabra After three years and the departure of two band members (keyboard player Mustis, and bassist & clean vocalist ICS Vortex), Dimmu Borgir are about to release new album Abrahadabra. At a top-secret [...]

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From: London Sounds Like: Spastic noise assault Website: Myspace.com/runwalk Thrash Hits Verdict: Straight outta the Holy Roar stable, which has previous brought you good shit like Rolo Tomassi and Throats two piece lunatics run,WALK! are here to smash you apart with their Daughters-esque noise then glue you back together with some tasty ambience. Catchy, driving [...]

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How in the name of all that’s unholy did Reading and Leeds Festivals come around so quickly? The festival that traditionally marks the end of the UK festival season for those of the rock’n’roll persuasion (well, it did until Offset instigated their badass Hardcore stage) is next weekend – so it’s time for our annual [...]

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It’s time for another Thrash Hits festival splash page – and this time for the UK’s heaviest festival, Bloodstock Open Air. We’ll be gathering all of our Bloodstock Open Air 2010 coverage from the weekend on this here post, so make sure you bookmark it as it’s all you’re going to need.

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I shouldn’t be writing this right now. Right about now, I should be waking up in a tent at Hevy Festival down in Kent, getting ready for Sepultura, Sylosis, Turbowolf, and all the other kick ass bands playing later today. Instead, thanks to a series of unfortunate fuck-ups I won’t bore you with the details [...]

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This week’s entry into Beard of the Week is dedicted to all you part-time beard-wearers out there. We’re talking about the guys who go out on tour and use it as an excuse to ditch the razor and try to see what it’s like being one of the cool kids – the bearded ones – [...]

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In the first of a new regular feature, we take you on an epic safari through the animal kingdom with one purpose: to discover the most metal creatures on the face of the earth. Following strict, scientific (ahem) criteria, we will rate each creature on their METAL credentials. For the inaugural column, we have been [...]

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We just had some almighty thunder, lightning and all things frightening across London. The thunder was so violent that the roof actually moved. In a vague attempt to remain slightly topical, here’s a crappy list of songs that are related to sad, stormy weather.

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Is ‘living legend’ an over-used phrase? Not when you’re talking about John Garcia it isn’t. We sent Amit Sharma to interrogate stoner rock’s standard-bearer when he played at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, earlier this month. Sometimes, even with the benefit of hindsight, it seems almost impossible to gauge the true impact of a band. [...]

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Since Poison The Well announced they were going on hiatus earlier this week, we’ve been hitting their back catalogue pretty hard in a feckless display of audio-mourning. We figured you might as well join us, so we’ve knocked up a Poison The Well-themed Slaylist so you can share our despair.

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