Mangata Festival Announces First Wave Of Bands For 2025!
Following 2024’s sell-out success, Mangata Festival has partnered up with SickSet Media to announce the first wave of bands for the 2025 edition of the festival.
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Interview: Luke Genders (Guitar) of Defects – Talking Horror (Video/Audio)
UK metallers Defects have announced their October – November UK ‘The Bloodline’ Tour. The support will come from Profiler and Knife Bride. It’s spooky season and spooky things are afoot. While the main focus of this interview with guitarist Luke Genders is about horror and his memorabilia collection, we do dive into the details about the upcoming tour, and so much more.
EP Review: Taking The Head Of Goliath – Futility Of The Flesh (Rottweiler Records)
‘Futility of the Flesh’ is a new four track EP from death metal band, Taking the Head of Goliath and it will be released on October 25th, 2024, via Rottweiler Records.
Album Review: Seething Akira – Cancel Estate (Self Released)
Seething Akira, the Portsmouth-based lovable electronic nu-core band are back with their brand-new album, ‘Cancel Estate’. Out on October 25th, 2024.
Horror Movie Review: The Mitchin Murders (2024)
A found footage horror with heavy mystery elements, The Mitchin Murders doesn’t try to tread any new ground with its story, but manages to be fairly interesting thanks to its ‘mockumentary’ approach.
Interview: Homecoming (Written)
Homecoming hail from the West Midlands in the UK and play pop-punk. Their latest release is DKMS, taken from the EP, ‘POP PUNK FROM WISH’. In this interview, we find out a little bit more about them.
Horror Short Review: Don’t Stare (2024)
A highly impressive horror short from writer and director Ville Rajala, Don’t Stare is all about atmosphere and tension. So, if you’re expecting a jump-scare-athon that spells every little detail out, you’re not going to enjoy this.
Album Review: Rok Ali and the Addiction – Pulse (Self Released)
Emerging from a journey of personal trials and musical evolution, Rok Ali and the Addiction is redefining the hard rock genre with their new album, ‘Pulse’. It was released on October 10th, 2024.