In 20 years, metal titans Killswitch Engage headline their first UK festival… and here at Bloodstock, is the place to be. 

After having to cancel their first UK tour in 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the band is finally set for the UK, where they will give two exclusive shows.

Just a week following a triumphant homecoming special guest slot atop the mountain at Steelhouse Festival Ronnie looks back upon the craziness that has been 2023 for himself and his colleagues in the unstoppable force that is Welsh hard rock outfit Those Damn Crows.

One of my favourite stories of this year’s Steelhouse festival happened not in the main arena nor upon its hallowed stage but in the corralled environs of the motorhome section.

In the sanctuary of their changing room, we get to chat to two of the four creative forces that combine under the banner of Empyre.

A hi-energy alloying of the vibrancy and power of such luminaries as Pink, Avril Lavigne, Paramore and Lzzy Hale it's a confident bet that the brightest of futures awaits Lichfield's Tilly.

It’s well over a year since MPM last caught up with Scarlet Rebels’ frontman Wayne Doyle so we thought it high time we righted that ‘wrong’ and see how things are progressing over in Rebel Club.

Back at the tail end of last November, at The Patriot, Dan Byrne sat down to reflect on a turbulent 2022. A few months on and Dan returns to Wales, this time Swansea, as special guest to Scarlet Rebels with a full-blown band alongside him. MPM’s Gary Spiller catches up for a quick chat with this most likeable and humble …

Just a few minutes after taking the deserved roars of approval from several thousand metal maniacs inside the Cardiff International Arena 2006 Eurovision winner Mr. Lordi takes time to chat. Eight tracks across 40 stupendously glorious minutes have been eagerly devoured by the horde and the overlord master has cast a powerful incantation!

Thrust into the burning spotlight of the 70s rock scene The Runaways cast their indelible stamp with their fusion of glam and punk in a cauldron of hard rock.

In the words of the indomitable Blues Brothers "We're putting the band back together!" Irish rockers The Answer are back and boy do they mean business! With the release, appropriately on St. Patrick's day, of "Sundowner', their first studio offering since 2016's 'Solas', they have laid down a marker of serious intent with a rich, mature delivery.

Exploding out of their Northern enclaves of Leeds and Holmfirth the high-kinetic of alt-grime rockers Deadwax is guaranteed to leave you floored. Genuinely floored, with their Skindred meets Massive Attack output they’ve veered off on a musical diversion of their very own making.

For close to 40 years the intense passion of Blaze Bayley has graced stages worldwide. From forming Wolfsbane in 1984 to a broadly successful solo career via fronting Iron Maiden in a five year long tenure Blaze has hit the highs and lows of a rock n’ roll career.

Ever since their formation in 2008 Sheffield’s arachnid heavy rockers Black Spiders have been tearing up stages all over Europe and threatening structural damage wherever they’re gigging. After a hiatus lasting a few years the Spiders are back, a force to be reckoned with.

Opening night of the headline tour and Elles is in fine form discussing the challenges of balancing motherhood with a burgeoning music career along with the nerves felt performing her first ever Meet & Greet session earlier that evening.

New charges Mattie Wensor (guitar) and Tom Holland (bass) have slotted in alongside Stevie Stoker (guitar/vocals) and Jack Corbett (drums) just a matter of weeks prior to a tour of Germany supporting The Quireboys.