South Wales rockers King Kraken have unleashed their storming new single "Call To War", and it’s a riff-riddled, power-packed assault on the senses. Picking up right where they left off with last April’s March of the Gods, the band is back with more focus, grit, and determination than ever before. Inspired by the H.G. Wells … Continue reading King Kraken release their video for new single “Call To War”, out now
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Festival Review: Takedown 2026 Day 1 – Portsmouth Guildhall (3rd April 2026)
Portsmouth Guildhall is the perfect venue for Takedown Festival, and it really defines the meaning of a ‘takeover’ event. The main hall served as the Phil Campbell Kerrang! (PCK) Stage this year, supplemented by two smaller performance areas, one of which—The Total Rock Café Stage (TRC)—is usually the café. The press room was hidden away … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown 2026 Day 1 – Portsmouth Guildhall (3rd April 2026)
Gig Review: Bloodstock Winter Gathering – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (6th December 2025)
Since Bloodstock Winter Gathering is split up between two stages at KK’s, I’m going to split up the review in the same way, even though the three bands on Stage 2 sort of took up the middle section of the day. First up on Stage 2 are rising Manchester thrash outfit Hellbearer. They take the … Continue reading Gig Review: Bloodstock Winter Gathering – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (6th December 2025)
Gig Review: King Kraken / The Breathing Method – Audio, Glasgow (8th June 2025)
What a cracking double-header of hard rock / metal we had in store tonight in Glasgow's intimate Audio venue. Local-ish lads The Breathing Method opened proceedings, seemingly down a man as singer Scott recently decided to step back to spend more time on other projects (including, erm, this very website). Previously backing vocals and rampant … Continue reading Gig Review: King Kraken / The Breathing Method – Audio, Glasgow (8th June 2025)
Album Review: King Kraken – March of the Gods
We've been following King Kraken for some time, catching them live at both SOS Festival and Bloodstock in recent years. They're lovely blokes and as such I was really pleased to get an early listen to their latest slimy testicle tentacle-filled outing, March of the Gods. Their brand of metal is simply... heavy. There are no … Continue reading Album Review: King Kraken – March of the Gods
King Kraken release furious new single ‘March Of The Gods’
Welsh metal five-piece King Kraken have shared their furious brand new single "March of the Gods" alongside a dark and lavish new music video. The towering riff-fest is the title track of the band's upcoming second album, due for self-release on 18th April. Pre-save the album or pre-order it. Full to the brim with heavy … Continue reading King Kraken release furious new single ‘March Of The Gods’