Author: Elinor Day


  • While Jettblack were in Southampton on their sell-out co-headline tour with CrashDiet; I was lucky enough to sit down for a chat with bass player Tom Wright and lead singer Will Stapleton, talking weird fans, changes in musical style and how they avoid boredom while on tour. So, to kick things off, how did you guys get…

  • The first sign that tonight’s sold out show at the Joiners is something a little bit different comes when looking at the queue to enter. Where there are normally grizzled rock fans, complete with beards, tattoos and scowls, there is lashings of eyeliner, chiselled cheekbones and enough hair spray to choke an elephant. And that’s…

  • Filthy Empire is the long awaited debut album from British hard rockers Heaven’s Basement, formed in 2008. It is produced by famed producer John Feldmann, who has worked with many of the most successful modern rock bands such as Good Charlotte, Papa Roach and Black Veil Brides. During the long gestation period of this album…

  • After a busy 2012 which saw Yashin release their biggest album to date, replace their guitarist and tour with the likes of Limp Bizkit and Black Veil Brides, as well as playing Download festival, 2013 promises to be another exciting year for the Scottish post-hardcore band, beginning with this short March tour of small venues.…

  • With the Kerrang tour currently filling venues up and down the country, the fourth night at the Southampton Guildhall was a big one for a couple of support bands having their first taste of a large venue and hordes of screaming fans. One of these bands was the Fearless Vampire Killers, and I was lucky…

  • The Kerrang Tour 2013 was always going to be controversial, with a band as polarising as Black Veil Brides headlining and an eclectic support line-up including  the recently reformed Chiodos, Australian pop punk band Tonight Alive and rising stars Fearless Vampire Killers, with William Control handling DJ duties. Despite the controversy surrounding them, Black Veil…