INTERVIEW: ARCANE ROOTSHaving finally released début album ‘Blood And Chemistry,’ we met up with vocalist/guitarist Andrew Groves to discuss the new album, being compared to Biffy Clyro and more.
INTERVIEW: NATIVESCurrently on tour with The Summer Set and a new EP set to be released soon, we caught
up with New Forest's Natives to talk about the new EP and album, the UK rock scene, the transition from being Not Advised to becoming Natives and much more.
FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGSThis week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOXFollowing the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEANOver The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLOWe catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.
Fearless Vampire Killers and Super Happy Fun Club to Support Madina Lake on UK Tour
Fearless Vampire Killers and Super Happy Fun Club have been announced as support for Madina Lake’s farewell UK tour.
September
20th The Academy, Dublin, Ireland
22nd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
23rd The Cavern, Exeter
24th The Fleece, Bristol
25th O2 Academy, Oxford
27th Guildhall Gloucester
28th Crawford Arms, Milton Keynes
29th Kasbah, Coventry
30th The Temple @ The Institute, Birmingham
October
2nd O2 Academy 2, Leicester
3rd The Sugarmill, Stoke
4th Central Station, Wrexham
5th O2 Academy2 , Liverpool
6th NQ Live, Manchester
8th The Cockpit, Leeds
9th University, Newcastle
10th King Tuts, Glasgow
12th Fibbers, York
13th Corporation, Sheffield
15th Tokyo, Lincoln
16th Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
17th Arts Centre, Colchester
18th Quarterhouse, Folkstone
19th Forum, Tunbridge
20th Boiler Room, Guildford
22nd Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
23rd The Garage, London
Download Festival Add 17 New Bands and Announce Day Ticket Details
Seventeen new bands have been added to the line-up for this year’s Download Festival with the likes of Black Stone Cherry, DragonForce, Fearless Vampire Killers and Palm Reader joining the line-up.
The full list of bands added are:
Black Stone Cherry
CHTHONIC & The Oriental Orchestra
DragonForce
Masters Of Reality
Ghost
Satyricon
Red White & Blues
Fearless Vampire Killers
Fidlar
Palm Reader
Rival Sons
Little Caesar
Krokodil
Patent Pending
Idiom
Voodoo Six
Hammer Of The Gods
Day tickets are also going to go on sale from 9am on Thursday 28 March.
Download Festival takes place from Friday 14th June to Sunday 16th June at Donington Park. Visit DownloadFestival.co.uk for further information.
Click read more to view the full line-up.
Pure Love, Mallory Knox, Great Cynics and more Join Hit The Deck Festival Line-Up
Hit The Deck Festival have announced several new additions to this years line up. The line-up now includes Pure Love, Mallory Knox, Feed The Rhino, Bossk, Fearless Vampire Killers, Landscapes, Great Cynics and Fort Hope.
Whilst Sinners Highway and Show It Off will each play in Nottingham and Bristol respectively.
Hit The Deck will take place Nottingham’s Rock City, Rescue Rooms, Forum and Stealth venues on Sunday April 21st.
The festival will also take place in Bristol the day before (Saturday April 20th). The festival will take place at the city’s o2 Academy 1 & 2, Thekla, Fleece and Exchange venues.
Tickets for Hit The Deck 2013 are available now and can be purchased here.
Click read more to view the full line-up.
Fearless Vampire Killers Announce UK Tour with Fort Hope
Fearless Vampire Killers have announced a UK tour alongside Fort Hope.
April
13th Birmingham O2 Academy 3
14th Oxford O2 Academy 2
15th Liverpool O2 Academy 2
16th Glasgow King Tuts
17th Stoke Sugarmill
18th Newcastle Academy 2
19th Norwich The Arts Center
23rd Manchester Roadhouse
24th London Underworld
25th Plymouth White Rabbit
28th Brighton Haunt
Fearless Vampire Killers, Idiom, Turbogeist and Palm Reader Added to Takedown Festival 2013
Fearless Vampire Killers, Idiom, Turbogeist and Palm Reader are the four latest bands to be announced for Southampton’s Takedown Festival.
They join the rest of the line-up which consists of:
The Blackout
Don Broco
Mallory Knox
We Are The Ocean
While She Sleeps
Arcane Roots
Max Raptor
Glamour of the Kill
Hacktivist
Tesseract
Collisions
Red Seas Fire
Takedown Festival takes places on Saturday 11th May at Southampton University.
Visit takedownfestival.co.uk for more information.
Live Review: Black Veil Brides, Chiodos, Tonight Alive and Fearless Vampire Killers - Academy 1, Manchester - 04/02/2013
Due to the standard concoction of last minute drives, Manchester parking, and incredibly early doors unfortunately we miss Fearless Vampire Killers, arriving just in time to see the last few people shell out £16 for tickets. However, the room is still buzzing from their set when Tonight Alive take the stage to serve up some well rehearsed pop rock and set the crowd well and truly going. Singer Jenna McDougall commands the stage and has the crowd eating out of her hand from the off. Despite sounding like they’re playing in a tin can – presumably the sound guy is taking advantage of the young crowd providing a queue free bar – and the fact that McDougall looks like a primary school choir girl singing along to her songs in full robotic fashion, Tonight Alive put on a good show. There’s nothing groundbreaking on display here but it’s a strong set and difficult to argue with. The band clearly love it, the crowd love it, and despite a frightening overuse of vocal delay and demands that the crowd ‘give us those horns’ the band provide exactly what the tin says: well-intentioned, inoffensive pop rock and roll. (3/5)
Fearless Vampire Killers Announce Comic Book Collaboration
Fearless Vampire Killers have teamed up with acclaimed Italian comic artist Marco Turini to illustrate a front cover for one of the bands forthcoming comics, written by the bands co-lead vocalist, Laurence Beveridge.
The comic is titled ‘The Vigilante’ and will be the first of five comics that will tie in with the release of the bands forthcoming ‘Exposition: The Five Before The Flames’ CD.
The comics will be released throughout 2013/2014 with contributions from both well-known and up and coming artists.
In addition the band will be appearing alongside Marco Turini at the London Super Comic Convention on February 24th. They will be signing numbered limited edition art prints of the front cover.
‘Exposition: The Five Before The Flames’ is released on March 11th.
Fearless Vampire Killers Announce ‘Militia Of The Lost’ Prequal Release
Fearless Vampire Killers have announced they will release a 5-track released titled ‘Exposition: The Five Before The Flames’ on March 11th.
The release is a prequel to this year’s ‘Militia Of The Lost’ album and is set to tell the five backstories of the characters behind the band.
The five songs are each written by the individual band members, and are set to offer more insight into the story of Fearless Vampire Killers.
New Fearless Vampire Killers Video (‘Palace In Flames’)
Today Fearless Vampire Killers release their new single ‘Palace In Flames’ and now they’ve released the music video for the track.
Click read more to view the video.
Live Photos: Fearless Vampire Killers - Rock City, Nottingham - 24/10/2012
View on Flickr. Photos by Carrie-Anne Pollard.
Black Veil Brides To Headline Kerrang! UK Tour featuring Chiodos, Tonight Alive & Fearless Vampire Killers
Black Veil Brides, Chiodos, Tonight Alive and Fearless Vampire Killers will be part of the 2013 Kerrang! UK tour, which will take place in February.
February
03 Cardiff, University Great Hall
04 Manchester Academy
05 Bristol, O2 Academy
07 Southampton, Guildhall
08 Norwich, UEA
09 Liverpool, O2 Academy
10 Glasgow, O2 Academy
12 Newcastle, O2 Academy
13 Sheffield, O2 Academy
14 Birmingham, O2 Academy
15 London, O2 Academy Brixton
Fearless Vampire Killers Announce Double A-Side Single (‘Palace In Flames/Exploding Heart Disorder’)
Fearless Vampire Kllers have announced they will release a double A-Side single, ’Palace In Flames/Exploding Heart Disorder’ on November 5th.
Fearless Vampire Killers and The Dead Lay Waiting Add Shows to UK Tour
Fearless Vampire Killers and The Dead Lay Waiting have announced additional dates to their October co-headline UK tour. Shows in Stoke, Swindon, Leeds and Southend have been announced.
October
11th Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 Academy 2
12th Stoke-on-Trent, The Sugarmill
13th Swindon, The Furnace
14th Southampton, The Cellar
15th Leeds, Cockpit
16th Birmingham, O2 Academy 3
17th Wolverhampton, Civic
18th Peterborough, Revolution
20th Sheffield, Corporation
21st Andover, The George
22nd Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
23rd Bristol, The Croft
24th Nottingham, Rock City
26th Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms *
27th Exeter, Halloween Zombie Ball @ The Phoenix
29th Southend-on-Sea, Chinnerys
30th Wrexham, Central Station
31st London, Koko - FVK support Wednesday 13 *
*Fearless Vampire Killers only.
Fearless Vampire Killers & The Dead Lay Waiting Announce UK Tour
Fearless Vampire Killers and The Dead Lay Waiting will be heading out on a co-headline UK tour later this year.
October
11th Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 Academy 2
14th Southampton, The Cellar
16th Birmingham, O2 Academy 3
17th Wolverhampton, Civic
18th Peterborough, Revolution
20th Sheffield, Corporation
21st Andover, The George
22nd Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
23rd Bristol, The Croft
24th Nottingham, Rock City
26th Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms*
27th Exeter , Halloween Zombie Ball @ The Phoenix
30th Wrexham, Central Station
31st London, Koko - FVK support Wednesday 13*
*Fearless Vampire Killers only.
Tickets go on sale on Friday July 20th and can be purchased here.
Album Review: Fearless Vampire Killers - Militia Of The Lost
Vampires are taking over the music world. So many bands are jumping on the trend and it gets a little overwhelming to have so many makeup-wearing, costume laden men singing about being vampires or killing them. So, Fearless Vampire Killers seem to fit right into this strange, dramatic “fantasy” genre.
Except they don’t. Quickly you realize that nothing this fledgling band does is expected. Nothing they do fits into a neat and tidy box with a perfectly definitive label.
With their debut ’Militia of the Lost,’ Fearless Vampire Killers take you into their created world of Grandomina, where the burning down of the palace sets of a chaotic chain of events that the band gets in the middle of. Yes, this is a concept album, reminiscent of Forgive Durden’s musical ’Razia’s Shadow’.
