Festival Preview: Lords of the Land returns to Glasgow for a triumphant metal assault

Fans of metal that leans in the more extreme direction, rejoice, for Lords of the Land is back! Three years since the UK thrash-centric version stormed Audio and Slay, the full festival will descend on those same two sweaty and intimate venues once more for what is shaping up to be a triumphant return. After … Continue reading Festival Preview: Lords of the Land returns to Glasgow for a triumphant metal assault

Gig Review: Lords of the Land at SWG3, Glasgow (6th April 2019)

Arriving in the middle of the festival, SWG3 is looking pretty packed between the Galvanisers stage and the TV Studio (converted to a makeshift bier halle/merch market) for an afternoon of the finest extreme metal. Hitting the stage shortly after 3pm are blasphemous black metal demons Belphegor. The sound is on point as the band … Continue reading Gig Review: Lords of the Land at SWG3, Glasgow (6th April 2019)

2018 Crew Review: Ricky – Writer

After submitting my 150th article for The Moshville Times, the time has come for the end of year list for 2018. As I cast my memory back to 2017, that was a breeze compared to this year with Evocation and The Shadow Archetype being my album of the year. What I did not expect was the … Continue reading 2018 Crew Review: Ricky – Writer

Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review part 2

Sean is at this year's wonderfully heavy Lords of the Land festival at Glasgow Barrowlands today, and is drip-feeding us reviews band-by-band. The final part will come through tomorrow as his phone was on 1% when he sent this... Part 1 was published earlier. Leading the way into the early evening are Norwegian black metal … Continue reading Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review part 2

Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review

Sean is at this year's wonderfully heavy Lords of the Land festival at Glasgow Barrowlands today, and is drip-feeding us reviews band-by-band. We'll update through the day and evening! Glasgow’s Lords of the Land fest makes its third installment at the Barrowlands. Each year it's gotten bigger and better, and with more exclusive performances on … Continue reading Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review

2017 Crew Review: Sean Merrigan, Writer/Reviewer

It's that time of year again. As 2017 draws to a close, rock and metal media folk everywhere are reflecting on everything hard and heavy from the past year and sharing their thoughts with their respective readership. Now it's my turn! Best New Album Choices, choices! As with every year there's been a multitude of … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review: Sean Merrigan, Writer/Reviewer