The Load-In When you live in a big city, you get used to the transport network being fantastically busy all of the time, especially when most people are trying to get to or from work. Yet every now and then, things will suddenly become freakishly quiet. Through a bizarre and…
If you’re in the northern hemisphere like most of you who read this site, then you’re no doubt enjoying the benefits of natural seasonal changes as the nightmare that was winter 2015 has given way to a beautiful spring. And if you’re in the southern hemisphere — particularly if you’re…
I’ve always been envious of Europe’s plethora of top-notch music festivals, both big and small. America doesn’t have much going for it in this regard, and I’ve always wanted to make a trip overseas for one of the fests. Now, I’m not one for MASSIVE crowds like Download and what…
The Omega Experiment get invited to play at another European Festival!
The biggest djent and progressive metal festival of the year just made its final announcement, and the full lineup of Euroblast 2012 is: Long Distance Calling, After the Burial, Scar Symmetry Animals As Leaders, Jeff Loomis, Skyharbor, Tesseract, Monuments, Vildjharta, Sybreed, Agent Fresco, Chimp Spanner, Destrage, Scale the Summit, Circle Of Contempt, Exivious, The Algorithm, Uneven Structure, C.B.Murdoc, The Interbeing, Red Seas Fire, Destiny Potato, Panzerballett,…
It seems that THE go-to stop in the European festival circuit for fans of prog and djent has got to be Euroblast. Over the years, the German festival has hosted genre giants and promising up-and-comers, and the lineup gets impressive by the year. Here’s what we know so far for…
This past weekend we got an audio-visual retreat when the video that UK metal outfit Monuments filmed for the track “Memoirs” waaaay back at the beginning of the year whilst on tour with Periphery and The Safety Fire unofficially found its way on to our humble net of inters. A few…
