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Been looking for a while now so thought Id post here. Does anyone have any spare standing tickets for Slayer at the Academy? looking for 2, any help would be appreciated

Black Dahlia Murder are playing the Cathouse on Jan 19th. Very good band and great live. Their latest effort Abysmal is really really solid. Not their best but still a good album.

3MB are one of the best things going just now

No one would happen to have one or two spare standing tickets for Limp Bizkit on Sunday would they?

Really curious about this. Rarely see someone leaving a Ghost show and hating it. Did he mention why he didnt like the vocalist per chance? Bleed from within were a bad choice for the tour. They would have went down huge in there own scene but to put them on a tour like that was just bizzare.

Shocking announcements. The only positive I can take from this is that maybe the money has gone to Van Halen and Aerosmith as mentioned earlier. The thing is, I actually like all the bands announced so far, but FOB as a sub is a shocking announcement.Surely having them as a second stage headliner makes more sense.. Linkin Parks return is to soon. A7x and Rob Zombie I have no complaints about. A strong undercard is just as important as headliners which people forget, ill see how that turns out. Hopefully we get NIN, Tool and Motley Crue

Theres plenty of really good newer (last ten years)bands out there. Ghost, Heart of a coward, The Sword, Hang the b*****d, Parkway Drive, Palm Reader, Hacktivist, Cancer Bats, Baby Godzilla , Crossfaith to name but a few

I agree entirely. If you look at the U.K.s festival scene alone. In the last 5 years we had 3 festivals that are geared solely to a rock and metal audience. 2 of which were in the top tier of festivals in the country in Sonisphere and Download. Compare that to other festivals in the top group like say a TITP or V festival, which doesnt really have a set audience and just kind of throws everything in there to sell tickets- which by all means is not a bad thing- Then its amazing that there were two festivals purely geared toward rock and metal up there. Obviously we lost sonisphere but we still have bloodstock, which isnt up there with download, with regard to size but is still going strong and getting stronger each year. Its just a great time to be a fan of heavy music.

Id say metal is in a great state at the moment. There are some great bands out there, alot more than say five years ago, when metal was really in a rut. There wont be bands of that size again, I agree on that. There havent been any in the last 10 years apart from Slipknot. Thats mostly down to the way that music has changed and downloading has taken over. Alot more music out there and alot of ways to get it. If we are talking pure fan boy dream scenarios. Id like to see this line up for future festival headliners/subs- Alter bridge/Ghost Mastodon/Gojira Lamb of God/Amon Amarth

Just ordered it off amazon. Im with the people on here that will probably make their money back in a couple of weeks. No socialising for me for a few weeks I think. I just want to see the flamethrower come back

Any of you heard the new Avenged Sevenfold album? I really wanted it to be good but unfortunatly I just cant get over how much they have ripped off other bands work pretty blatently. Its really sad, because this should have been their huge breakthrough- I mean fair enough they got to number 1 but they have became a bit of a laughing stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokRilLQcyU I mean this obviously is just sad but true by tallica.

Cheers mate, hope you knock your interview out the park. I wish you all the best also mate.

After having been graduated for over a year and having to continue to work my part time job of 7 years -as I searched for a new job- in which they refused to give me more hours then hired more people in my department and gave them more hours. Gave me more hours for a few weeks then took them off me because one of the managers sons didnt like working nightshift. Meaning I went from 22 hours to 9 hours. Having to do demeaning tasks and never being thanked for it. To never thanking me for covering their mistakes. To being treated like a toddler and being bullied by people who were bitter at the fact I had a chance to leave. Today I got offered a full time job within my degree field. I get to hand my notice in on Monday and start on the 16th. Ill now be making 5 times what I made in that shite job and ill make in a month what it took me 4 to make previously. I honestly couldnt be any fucking happier right now. :) ^^^^ Verge of tears. ( In a good way)

Id really doubt that. Machine Head are a huge act,they sell out arenas, they headline festivals that are just below the likes of say a Download. Bloodstock being the perfect example. One of the most popular bands in metal. Machine F'n Head chants were heard all around download this year and they werent even playing. Id say Adam left because he felt he couldnt work with Rob Flynn anymore, even Flynn himself said at times he is a nightmare to be around. Id agree on your point about the Evile situation. They are one of those nearly bands, who should really be as huge as say a Machine Head but never really made it. That can be seen from the fact they are playing Stereo in Glasgow. Which is a shame cause evile are a really good band. I read an interview with Mark Hunter from Chimaira where he said that they dont make any money from touring anymore. Only in album and merch sales. Some people dont realise how hard it can be for bands like them, you would have thought they would have a steady income but they dont

New song from Korn. Its a bit different from what they usually do but I am enjoying it. New album out 30th September http://youtu.be/ErBBORxsEsk

Nice one. I couldnt see this announced online. Was it announced at Bloodstock?

02 academy Leeds page on Facebook put up a status saying Lamb Of God are playing there in January with tickets on sale friday. Maybe they have jumped the ship with this announcement as I cant see it on the LOG website, could possibly be a UK tour in the works for them.

Paul Bostaph has now officialy replaced Dave Lombardo in Slayer (again). Big loss I think, Dave is a great drummer and fit Slayer perfectly, Cant help but wonder if they are on their last legs as a band. http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/slayer-paul-bostaph-has-officially-replaced-dave-lombardo/

Im about 40 percent sure iv seen this exact show before. Ill still end up going.

Holy shit. Jeff Hanneman is dead. What a huge loss to metal. RIP. Im speechless.

Bring Me The Horizon were really good tonight as usual. They are alot better in these kind of venues where they are right up in your face. The crowd were going mental for the new stuff also which I was suprised about. Good mix of the new album and the older stuff in there. Crossfaith stole the show for me however ( no doubt fueled by it being the first time iv seen them and fifth for BMTH). Iv been wanting to see them live for a while now to see how they are compared to Enter Shikari live,who, are probably the best comparison to Crossfaith, both musically and just how good their output is in that genre. They absolutely smashed it. They are like Enter Shikari on steroids, just really heavy but make excellent use of their synths. They seem to understand both electronic and metal music a bit better than Shikari and know how to use it better than Shikari. Also helps their heads arent up their arses and there were no trampolines in sight. Id love to see them and Shikari tour together think it would be amazing and id pay to see it. On a side note, I felt like one of the oldest people in that crowd tonight, at the ripe old age of 22. Had no bother getting served at the bar which was a plus.

Hatebreed were great tonight. Everything about it was really good. The crowd were so into it and it was all enhanced by being in the ABC2 which is tiny. Wasnt sold out however which I was surprised about, considering it only holds about 300 odd. Has their stock really fallen that much? They dont really come here that much either. Thought Demoraliser were really good also a good support. The other band Black Dogs not so much. Wish there singer would have just shut up talking in between songs. All in all a good night and onward to Bring Me The Horizon tommorow.

Big gig week this week for me. Going to see Bring Me The Horizon supported by Crossfaith on Thursday. Friday is Killswitch Engage supported by Sylosis. Cant wait for either. both in the ABC, May also go see Hatebreed on Wednesday also in ABC. Anyone else going along to these?

Black Dahlia Murder are hitting the Cathouse on September 22nd. New album out in June also. Looking forward to this

http://official.fm/tracks/H8oa Stream of the new Amon Amarth song. Its typical Amon. I really cant wait for the new album and hopefully a tour