IN SOLITUDE will join AMON AMARTH and GRAND MAGUS on their Spring tour that kicks off in Glasgow on March 13, 2012. The Swedish outfit return after destroying at their debut UK show at Live Evil in October 2011 and catching the eye of labelmates AMON AMARTH who were looking to bring an intense package to the UK and Ireland. IN SOLITUDE has been declared "one of the hottest new metal acts around" by Decibel Magazine while Metal Hammer described the band as "Structurally and melodically complex, densely layered yet dynamic and fluid, often enthralling, always engaging, this is a metallic Feast." ...

Having seen ACHREN a couple of times live, they have always delivered a crushing display of raw power and brutal metal that is bonecrunching to the core to say the least, and with performances at the prestigious Wacken Open Air and Metalcamp, along with the UK's best metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air, earlier this year, 2011 has been one hell of a year for those mighty Scots, ACHREN. So I jumped at the opportunity to review their debut album, 'The Forgotten King'. Describing themselves as Blood Metal, they mix a few various sub genres of metal in the form of death, ...

Baconmusic's James Allman talks exclusively to the brand new JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner, prior to the band's show at Doncaster Dome on Sunday 17th July 2011. Baconmusic apologises for the lower quality of the video, as this was not a pre-arranged interview. Watch the video here

IN SOLITUDE will join AMON AMARTH and GRAND MAGUS on their Spring tour that kicks off in Glasgow on March 13, 2012. The Swedish outfit return after destroying at their debut UK show at Live Evil in October 2011 and catching the eye of labelmates AMON AMARTH who were looking to bring an intense package to the UK and Ireland. IN SOLITUDE has been declared "one of the hottest new metal acts around" by Decibel Magazine while Metal Hammer described the band as "Structurally and melodically complex, densely layered yet dynamic and fluid, often enthralling, always engaging, this is a metallic Feast." ...

Baconmusic's James Allman speaks exclusively to HOT LEG, and former THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins, before HOT LEG's performance at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill on 17th October 2008. Follow the below link to watch the interview:

An already healthy sized crowd was waiting in anticipation for German experimental outfit THE OCEAN to hit the stage, and when they did, the fans seemed to lap up every single moment of their hour set. What did impress me was their extremely energetic performance and stage presence, with both guitarists, Robin Staps and Jonathan Nido, really giving it their all, while bassist Louis Jucker adventured into the crowd too. Unfortunately, their set was ruined by terrible sound, and on plenty of occasions, there was major feedback issues coming from the guitars and vocals, that was extremely unpleasant on ...