Download 2019 blog: Drownload year 2? – Wednesday and Thursday
Downloaders don't do things by halves, and this year just proves it as a huge number of campers are already settled into the mud...
Download 2019: Bands you MUST check out – Recommended by RAMzine
You may remember the bands as recommended by fans of Download and readers of RAMzine alike. A list by the fans, for the fans....
Half-Life show no signs of decay on EP ‘I’ve Got To Survive’.
Many bands earn their spurs playing covers in venues of, shall we say, questionable suitability. Been there, done that back in ’79 at Tudhoe...
Hank Marvin strikes ‘Gold’ in this new collection
The UK has consistently punched above its weight when it comes to producing the world’s stellar rock guitarists down the years, with many of...
Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics – The Man With Stars On His Knees...
"Think Soundgarden. Think Muse,” was the suggestion offered when former Heaven’s Basement vocalist Aaron Buchanan began describing this his new band. More some Faustian...
D-A-D show they are more than ‘Dad Rock’ with ‘A Prayer For The Loud’.
D-A-D began playing together in the early 1980s in Copenhagen, Denmark, under their original band name Disneyland After Dark, although it was quickly abbreviated in...
Calamity deliver well rounded return with ‘Kairos’
Originally formed as a Metallica cover band, Peurto Rico's Calamity is far more than you may think at first, having evolved into a totally...
The Rods invite you into the ‘Brotherhood of Metal’
It might be thirty-odd years since Dave ‘Rock’ Feinstein and the power trio that was -and is - The Rods first came to the notice of...
CAMDEN ROCKS 2019 — Two Day Festival Report
Day One: The hottest weekend of the year began under a blazing sun and the brightest sky. After we'd collected our wrist-candy from The...
Indian Nightmare land a heavy hitter with ‘By Ancient Force’
According to Indian Nightmare themselves, the follow up to 2016's Taking Back the Land is just the beginning of their story. Self-styled, Tribal Metal Punks, they...
