Genre: Heavy Metal, Doom, Proto-EverythingFormed: 1968 – Birmingham, EnglandKnown For: Starting heavy metal. Full stop. 🤘Status: Retired, but eternal. Like riff-based vampires 🧛♂️🎶 🏭 BORN FROM SMOKE AND STEEL It started in the post-industrial pits of Birmingham, where four working-class lads swapped hammers for guitars and accidentally summoned the devil through a speaker cabinet. 🏭🔊 […]
Genre: Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Epic Riff StorytellingFormed: 1975 – East LondonKnown For: 10-minute metal operas, massive stage shows, and that bloody undead mascot 🧟♂️ ⚔️ WHO ARE IRON MAIDEN? Iron Maiden didn’t just join the New Wave of British Heavy Metal – they fookin’ defined it. Born in the rough and ready pubs of East […]
Genre: Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Crossover ChaosFormed: 1981 – Queens, New YorkKnown For: Breakneck riffs, tongue-in-cheek anthems, and bringing the fun to thrash 🤣🧨 ⚠️ WHO THE HELL ARE ANTHRAX? If Metallica were the brooding philosophers, Slayer the blood-drenched speed demons, and Megadeth the shredding cynics… then Anthrax were the beer-chugging, comic-book-reading, mosh-starting maniacs that […]
Genre: Nu-Metal, Alt-Rock, Rap Rock, Industrial Pop, Digital CatharsisFormed: 1996 – Agoura Hills, CaliforniaMembers: Chester Bennington (RIP), Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, Joe Hahn, Dave “Phoenix” FarrellClaim to fame: Turning teenage angst into platinum records and making crying in the pit totally acceptable 😭🤘 🌩️ THE EARLY DAYS – BEFORE THE STORM HIT Once […]
💀 A loud, riff-slinging, headbanging list that’ll melt your face off 💀Strap in, c’mon butt – it’s about to get LOUD. 🤘 🏆 LEGENDS OF METAL (Top 25) These bands forged the genre in steel and fire. Bow down. 🤘 The Next Wave (26–50) From power metal epics to death growls and Viking chants. 🎸 […]
“Everlong May We Rock” – A Night of Legends, Laughter, and Loudness If Cardiff wasn’t ready for the Foo Fighters, well… they are now. On a rain-dodging Tuesday night in June, Dave Grohl and his merry band of rock ‘n’ roll legends turned the Principality Stadium into a cathedral of chaos, and we were all […]
“Up the Mountain Once More… and This Time, It’s Personal!” 🏔️🔥 Strap on your boots, grab your bucket hats, and brace yourself for three days of face-melting rock and soul-stirring anthems atop the mighty mountain of Ebbw Vale! Steelhouse Festival 2024 isn’t just another weekend – it’s a pilgrimage, a party, and a proper Cymraeg-powered […]
Croeso i’r mynydd, rockers! As the mist rolls off the Ebbw Vale peaks and the amps begin to hum, there’s only one place to be this summer – Steelhouse Festival 2024! From July 26th to 28th, our beloved mountain becomes the holy ground for headbangers, riff lovers, and full-throttle festival warriors. 🎶🌄 Whether you’re a […]
Location: Dunraven Brewery Field, Bridgend Date: August Bank Holiday Monday – 28th August, 2023 Event Type: Rock Concert x Rugby Celebration Bands/Teams: Those Damn Crows 🎸 + Bridgend Ravens 🏉 Attendance: Estimated 3,000+ locals, rockers, and rugby fans Welsh Saying of the Night: “Ymlaen gyda’r sŷn!” – “Forward with the noise!” 🔥 A One-of-a-Kind Bridgend […]
There are moments in rock ‘n’ roll history that feel like the earth itself takes a deep sigh. Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire, Freddie belting “AY-OOOO” at Live Aid, Nirvana ripping apart Top of the Pops… and now, Ozzy Osbourne officially retiring from the road. Yes, mun. The man who basically invented heavy metal […]
📍 Broadway. West End. Touring. Immortal.🎶 “This is the story of how four guys from Jersey became a sensation — and what they lost along the way.” 🌆 Setting the Stage – Who Were The Jersey Boys? Before they were Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, they were just four working-class kids from Newark, New […]
📍 West End, UK Tour, Film Adaptation (2023)🎤 “Relight my fire!” – and maybe your childhood memories while you’re at it. 💫 The Plot Originally titled “The Band” and now revamped as Greatest Days, this jukebox musical follows five teenage girls in the 1990s who are obsessed with a boyband. They dance, sing, dream of […]
From the land of dragons and daffodils, up where the clouds kiss the peaks and the pint glasses never stay full for long, Steelhouse Festival 2023 brought the noise, the heart, and a whole lot of rock ‘n’ roll glory to the mighty Welsh mountain once again! 🎤🐲 Whether you arrived in a battered campervan, […]
Held on the mighty mountain in Ebbw Vale, Wales – Steelhouse Festival 2023 brought the thunder, riffs, and dragon-sized vibes! Here’s the full lineup that rocked the Valleys and melted faces 🤘👇 🎤 Friday – July 28th (Warm-up Night) 💥 Mountain warm-up party to kickstart the madness! Kris Barras Band 🏍️🎸Blues-rock thunder, packed with attitude […]
📍 Premiered 1973 | Still Warping Time Globally🎭 “Give yourself over to absolute pleasure…” 🌌 What’s It All About (Really)? At surface level, it’s a madcap parody of 1950s sci-fi horror films.But underneath the fishnets? It’s a celebration of liberation, queerness, and personal transformation. Here’s the breakdown: Brad and Janet (straight-laced and virginal) find themselves […]