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Live Reviews 2019

Live Review: Turisas/Korpiklaani at The Islington Assembly Halls (25/02/19)

26/02/201926/02/2019 Carl Fisher Battle Metal, Folk Metal, Islington Assembly Halls, Korpiklaani, Live, Live Review, Metal, Turisas

A night of battle/folk metal as the forces of Turisas and Korpiklaani unite for the only UK date of their Wayfarers and Warriors Tour!

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Bloodstock 2019 Top Lists - Music

20 Bands We’d Like to See Booked for Bloodstock 2019

22/08/201821/08/2018 Carl Fisher Abbath, Alien Weaponry, Andrew W.K., Baroness, Bloodstock, Bloodstock 2019, Bloodstock Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, BOA, Carach Angren, Christ Dismembered, Deafheaven, Dream Evil, Dropkick Murphys, Faith No More, Harakiri for the Sky, Mist of Misery, Møl, Sick of it All, Turisas, Vermilia, volbeat, Waldgeflüster, While She Sleeps, Zeal & Ardor

With Bloodstock willing to diversify the line-up it got us thinking. What 20 bands would we like to see end up on the 2019 bill?

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Old Friends

2018 Single Slam

Single Slam – Old Friends by Riverman (Something This Way Comes)

31/05/201831/05/2018 Brendan Fisher 0 Comments Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Children for Bodom, Finland, Folk, Folk Metal, folk rock, Heidi Wahl, Jan Jokinen, Jesse Jukuri, Korpiklaani, New Music, Nightwish, Old Friends, Riverman, Rock, Something This Way Comes, Tarja Turunen, Turisas, Wintersun

Here is a bit of new music from a brand new band for you. Riverman hail from Finland, the land that just keeps giving when it comes to rock and metal. Riverman aim to add to the mix with a fresh and folkish take on dark rock.

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Barbarians

Album Reviews 2018

Album Review – Barbarians in Black by Armored Dawn (AFM Records)

02/03/201801/03/2018 Brendan Fisher 0 Comments AFM Records, Amon Amarth, Armored Dawn, Barbarians in Black, Blind Guardian, Brazil, Dream Troll, Eduardo Parras, Fernando Giovannetti, Finland, Marillion, Megadeth, Offspring, Orden Ogan, Power of Warrior, Rafael Agostino, Rhapsody, Rodrigo Oliveira, Sabaton and weirdly, Sao Paulo, South America, Tarja, Tiago De Moura, Timo Kaarkoski, Turisas

Armored Dawn are reasonably new on the metal scene, hailing from Brazil, South America, and only forming in 2014. Barbarians in Black is their second album and first signed to a label. A major label, at that too being on AFM

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Two Paths

Album Reviews 2017 & Before

Album Review – Two Paths by Ensiferum (Metal Blade Records)

20/09/201720/12/2019 Brendan Fisher 0 Comments Ajattomasta Unesta, analogue, Anssi Kippo, Ensiferum, Finland, Janne Parviainen, Markus Toivonen, Melodic Folk Metal, Metal Blade Records, Netta Skog, New Metal, New Music, One Man Army, Petri Lindroos, Sami Hinkka, Turisas, Two Paths

Finnish folk metal band, Ensiferum, have released their latest studio album called Two Paths, on the 15th of September via Metal Blade Records

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Top Lists - Music

The Top 10 Bands We Want To See At Bloodstock 2018

25/08/201723/08/2017 Carl Fisher 0 Comments Bloodstock, Bloodstock 2017, Bloodstock 2018, Carach Angren, Cavalera Conspiracy, Cradle of Filth, Deafheaven, Festival, heavy metal, Live, Live Music, Metal, Misfits, Nails, Nightrage, The Misfits, Turisas, Waldgeflüster, While She Sleeps

For fun, this top ten is based around the bands we would like to ‘realistically’ see play Bloodstock Open Air 2018!

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To Erebor

2017 Single Slam

Single Slam – To Erebor by Wind Rose (Inner Wound Recordings)

24/06/201724/06/2017 Brendan Fisher 0 Comments Claudio Falconcini, Cristiano Bertocchi, Dan Visconti, Federico Meranda, Folk Metal, Francesco Cavalieri, Inner Wound Recordings, New Metal, New Music, Nightwish, Power Metal, To Erebor, Turisas, Wind Rose

To Erebor is the latest single from folk/power metal band Wind Rose. The Italian metal band released their third full length album this May.

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Staff Interviews

GBHBL Staff Interview: The Disc

25/07/201623/03/2017 Carl Fisher 0 Comments A Nightmare On Elm Street, achievements, Black Metal, Bloodstock Festival, BOA 2016, Brave New World, cujo, Dark Souls, Death metal, Disturbed, Emperor, Found-Footage, Free To Pay, Free To Play, Freemium, Gaming, GBHBL, Goldeneye, Guns 'N Roses, Halloween, heavy metal, horror, Indie, Interview, Iron Maiden, IT, Jump Scares, Korn, limp bizkit, Linkin Park, marilyn manson, Meat Loaf, Metal, Metallica, Mobile Gaming, Netflix, Nine Inch Nails, Nu-Metal, Out of the Silent Planet, Papa Roach, Pet Semetary, plants vs zombies, Prince, Rammstein, Remakes, Rob Zombie, Rock, Sequels, Shenmue, single player, Smells Like Children, Stephen King, TA, The Disc, The Return of the Living Dead, the walking dead, Thomas Was Alone, Thrash Metal, Titanfall, Tool, torture porn, Turisas, TV, Van Halen, Xbox Live

1. Where did your GBHBL moniker come from? Well mine is my Xbox Live gamertag. That came from my love

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