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Below is a gallery of photographs taken from Ihsahn’s performance at the Electric Ballroom, London which you can read my review of here. Photographs courtesy of Maryam Hassan

You have to be totally at ease with your own genius to put out an album as incredible as ‘After’ and then do next to no touring in support of it. Fortunately, Ihsahn decided to grace London for a one-off gig, and what a gig it was

Of all the bands that came (and went) during the nu-metal era, Disturbed are arguably one of only three who continue to find favour in the metal community, along with Korn and Deftones. With three consecutive Billboard number 1 albums and a debut that is still heralded as a classic, ‘Asylum‘ was bound to garner

It is a universally acknowledged fact that all successful bands spend years paying their dues on the road. There are no overnight successes in this industry, and a band that’s ‘come out of nowhere’ has usually spent the last two years at the arse end of nowhere, playing to 5 drunks in a hick-town pub

Below are a gallery for Rise To Remain, Skindred, Slayer, The Defiled and Turbowolf from their performance at Sonisphere Knebworth

Below are a gallery for Bleed From Within, Corey Taylor, Evile and This Is Divine from their performance at Sonisphere Knebworth

Below are a gallery for Delain, Little London and Turisas from their performance at Sonisphere Knebworth

It’s always incredibly fun to come across a band that just defies all expectations and logic. Cannibal Corpse should not be a great band because their basic formula has never changed, but they still are. And Cephalic Carnage should not be a great band because they incorporate too many styles to be coherent, but they

The former Nightwish soprano singer-songwriter Tarja Turunen is all set to unleash her second solo effort on the world. At a special media preview, we were able to hear ‘What Lies Beneath‘ from start to finish. Here’s a track-by-track preview of the album

The official European track listing for Tarja Turunen’s upcoming solo album was unveiled today at a media event in London. The new track listing still features eleven songs but is reordered with ‘I Feel Immortal’ replacing ‘Montañas de Silencio’ as the exclusive song. A music video for ‘I Feel Immortal’ was recently shot which you

What a difference an album can make. After the more accessible and breakdown minded ‘Minus The Herd’, which turned many long-time fans off, Canadian outfit Ion Dissonance have made an uncompromising return to their roots, in all its noisy glory

A sold out Knebworth, up to 55,000 fans a day, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, no rain and loads of beer. What more could one ask for of Sonisphere UK 2010? We were there to cover everything that went down

After two days of amazing tunes and brilliant weather, the final day dawned on a Knebworth trembling with anticipation, itching for the all-important Iron Maiden set. Here’s how the day panned out

We spoke to a few fans to find out what their highlight of the weekend was

After a relatively relaxed first day, things got into top gear on Saturday, 31st July at Fort Knebworth. Here’s how it went down