Carl Fisher, Author at GAMES, BRRRAAAINS & A HEAD-BANGING LIFE

Interview: Adam Gregory (Director) of Bloodstock Open Air Festival

15/04/2024 Carl Fisher 1 min read

We spoke to Bloodstock Festival director, Adam Gregory about this year’s festival, digging into ‘behind the scenes’ aspects, the Lemmy Memorial, the reasons behind the festival opening up some camping grounds a day earlier, being transparent and open to talk both online and in person, some of the more challenging experiences the festival has dealt with over the years, operating on little sleep over the weekend, bin-jousting, moments when he got ‘star-struck’, and so much more.

EP Review: fakeyourdeath – null/void (Self Released)

15/04/2024 Carl Fisher 2 min read

Brighton based electronic post-hardcore duo fakeyourdeath will release their debut EP ‘null/void’ on April 23rd, 2024.

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Album Review: Balance of Power – Fresh From The Abyss (Massacre Records)

15/04/2024 Carl Fisher 2 min read

Balance of Power, the melodic metal and progressive rock band, is back with a brand-new album ‘Fresh from the Abyss’. It will be released on April 19th, 2024, via Massacre Records.

Horror Movie Review: Die Influencers Die (2020)

13/04/2024 Carl Fisher 3 min read

Do you like metal music? Do you enjoy lots of blood and guts? What about boobs? How about incessant mocking of the vapid influencer lifestyle? If you answered yes to some or all of those, then Die Influencers Die thinks you’re going to like what it has to offer.

Horror Short Review: The Noise (2024)

13/04/2024 Carl Fisher 1 min read

Those behind The Noise (details are light with only Roman appearing at the start and end) could do with learning a lot. Particularly what a good horror short looks like.

Single Slam: In Hearts Wake, thrown, Harroway, EYE, The Oklahoma Kid, Annalynn, Wishing Wolf, Rising Insane, Garzi, Bad Party, Crownshift, Pluto the Racer, Shrapnel, and Darkthrone!

12/04/2024 Carl Fisher 12 min read

Today’s single slam features In Hearts Wake, thrown, Harroway, EYE, The Oklahoma Kid, Annalynn, Wishing Wolf, Rising Insane, Garzi, Bad Party, Crownshift, Pluto the Racer, Shrapnel, and Darkthrone.

Weekly Release Roundup – Friday 12th April, 2024

12/04/2024 Carl Fisher 2 min read

From epic metal ballads, to groovy rock, to technical and progressive metal, to metalcore, to post sludge metal, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out. All these releases are out today!

Horror Movie Review: King Cobra (1999)

11/04/2024 Carl Fisher 2 min read

Directed by David Hillenbrand Scott Hillenbrand, with the pair also writing the story alongside Guy Stodel, King Cobra is the kind of ‘science gone wrong’ film you would expect from the 90s. A sci-fi copycat horror that barely tries. Uneventful, unmemorable, and uninteresting, it’s not a good film.