Supporting your mental wellbeing whilst promoting the latest in rock and metal!
Wherever you may go there is always a safe haven for those who feel alone and isolated; in these places of sanctuary you feel a sense of community and enjoy the worship everyone around enjoys just as much as yourself. This case applied to when Maryland Hard Rock quartet CLUTCH took control of Brixton’s 02 … Continue reading Live Report: Clutch, Bombus, Greenleaf @ 02 Academy, Brixton 12.12.2015
There are points where we can take on far too much, sometimes more than we can handle and it takes a toll on our emotional health. Here I encourage you to open up, not be afraid to say no and not feel ashamed to ask for help. This new song of the week is great!
You just never know what you are going to find in your part of the country in terms of great music; you can either end up being incredibly disgusted or unbelievably amazed by what you find. The latest band to come onto the radar is Progressive Metal outfit FISSURES OF RIDDLES and they are a … Continue reading EP Review: Fissure Of Riddles “Stalacites”
Infused with influences such as RHAPSODY OF FIRE, EDGUY and AVANTASIA that is already a promising list for a talented sound; the band in question are SAILING TO NOWHERE and they hail from Rome, Italy. They have released their new album “To The Unknown” that gives listeners of metal a glimpse of a promising new … Continue reading Album Review: Sailing To Nowhere – To The Unknown
The UK metal community revels in delight after it’s brightest rising star in the independent festival market makes its opening announcements for their next event, MAMMOTHFEST 2016. The 3 day indoor festival, based in Brighton has revealed ALL its 2016 headliners and has opened up sales for a limited quantity of Early Bird tickets (including … Continue reading News: Mammothfest 2016 Announces Headliners
With a name like MY LIFE’S DESPAIR you can tell from the off it isn’t going to be talking about some happy go lucky Pop group with songs about cute things and happiness. The contents of their latest album “Invoked With Passion And Pain”, which is a more than appropriate name for this exhilarating release, … Continue reading Album Review: My Life’s Despair – Invoking With Passion And Pain
Ever since catching them at my local hotspot The Firehouse over a year ago KING LEVIATHAN have been on my music radar. It is extremely pleasing to see that they have been doing well for themselves; an appearance at Bloodstock, an EP release and being prominent presence on the underground scene. I spoke to them … Continue reading “Work your arse off and be nice about it. Have fun”
WRETCHED SOUL are one of THE bands every metal head needs to see; they have what I call the full band package: Great sound Tight live performance Lovely guys Find out what happened when I chatted with them on their Southampton date.
A part of my blog is The World According To Lotty; I have been posting this in the form of videos. This week I talk about the importance of the underground metal scene, keeping venues open and how we should stick together and help each other rather than stabbing someone in the back for your … Continue reading Support The Scene, Help Each Other
Local gigs at small venues in your home town can often be hits and misses when it comes to crowd size; however the beautiful thing about the underground metal scene is the audience will go crazy for the bands no matter how small the crowd is. Saturday night’s show at The Firehouse, Southampton proved this … Continue reading Live Report: Wretched Soul @ The Firehouse, Southampton 21.11.2015