We will be following this post with a full day’s review for Friday at Download but we thought that the mighty Slipknot deserved a post all to their own for their performance.
It has been four year’s since the band has taken the stage at Donnington before the death of Paul Gray.
I have been fortunate enough to see them before and after his death and I am always blown away by the spirit they have and how incredible they are live.
Formed out of the ashes of Toxic Federation, Fahran have had their current line-up since March 2012 after setting out under the new name.
They released their self-produced, self-titled debut album after just 6 months together, to great reviews. Whilst still retaining melodic sensibilities, the band decided that a new name warranted a change of direction, hence a much darker, heavier and far more mature sound.
In the 12 months that the band has been together, Fahran have enjoyed success as the openers on the debut I AM I tour in October 2012 (ZP ex-Dragonforce’s new melodic rock venture), plus supported UK rock troubadours, Heaven’s Basement in Feb 2013. In addition to this, the band appeared at BT London Live in London’s Hyde Park as part of the London 2012 celebrations on the band stand stage and will be headlining the Fethiye Festival in Turkey in May 2013.
Formed from the ashes of Izzi Stone, THE WILD LIES can be described as hard rock fused by intricate grinding riffage colliding with stadium rock chorus melodies.
If you like stomping riffs, ear melting solos and choruses to make the walls sweat, this may be the band for you.
Taking influence from the metal of the 80′s and early 90′s as well as the heavier music of today, THE WILD LIES deliver a sound that is indisputably their own, whilst giving a classic style a new lease of life.
Hard Rock Calling today announced that Lower Than Atlantis, Jack Savoretti and Passenger will be joining headliners Kasabian and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band in what will be the first shows at this iconic venue since the London 2012 Games.
Hard Rock Calling has fully established itself as one of the UK’s must see outdoor music events. The stage at Hard Rock Calling attracts some of the biggest musicians and bands in the world, with previous headliners including The Who, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, The Police, The Killers, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi.
Tickets are available but selling fast – get yours now by visiting www.hardrockcalling.co.uk.
Every year we get to speak to alot of brilliant bands and one of the many that we were excited to feature this year was Leeds-based garage rock band, Black Moth.
Formed in 2010 and taking a powerful chunk of influence from proto-punk acts such as Iggy and the Stooges, Motorhead and early Alice Cooper as well as a sliver of 90s grunge and stoner rock, Black Moth draw out the darker elements and combine them with the heaving riffs of heavy metal giants, Pentagram and Black Sabbath, with hooks so sharp you could hang a corpse on them.
They also look to more current acts such as the Melvins, Sleep and Electric Wizard for inspiration, though singer, Harriet Bevan, still maintains a vocal style that evokes the haunting psychedelia of Grace Slick and psych-Satanist, Jinx Dawson from Coven: the woman responsible for the “sign of the horns” in rock’n'roll.