De Profundis and others added to 7th Hordes bill

Rising Londoners De Profundis are confirmed to return to the Hordes Of Belial stage for 7 & Hell.

After releasing the news last week that Certain Death will be taking the top slot at Hordes Of Belial this October 1st, Critical Events are ready to spill the beans on more additions to the yearly metal & hard rock event. Heading up the list this time around is London’s technical death metal band De Profundis. Having recently released their fourth full-length – Kingdom Of The Blind – they have been gathering up a highly impressive list of support shows, playing with Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Demonic Resurrection, and loads more.

Recently added to the line-up for this year’s Warhorns, Ram It Down, and Incineration festivals, this will be their second showing at Hordes Of Belial, having headlined the second stage in 2013. Through numerous live appearances and a progressive approach to releasing in the last two years, they are certainly a rising force on the UK scene, described by No Clean Singing as “structurally progressive, viscerally powerful, and melodically imaginative“, and their Frequencies EP voted best self-release of 2014 at Zero Tolerance magazine. A very tasty prospect indeed!

Stepping out of their usual comfort zone of punk stages, Kincardine’s  Subvision will also be joining the fray. More commonly seen alongside the likes of Discharge and 999, they represent a caustic attack on social issues, and musically bridge the gap between punk metal crossover sub-genres. Elements of thrash and traditional hard-core are mashed up into a one-off character, that’s sure to set you swigging and jigging. We do love our dirty noises at Hordes Of Belial, and they don’t come much dirtier than this!

The various body parts for our third addition of the day have been hewn from the carcasses of some of Glasgow’s underground greats – Diementia, Mair, Zero Hour, and Fuelbound. Moving out under the name Acid Trial, they’ve already battled their way to the Scottish grand finals of Bloodstock Open Air’s Metal To The Masses, will be appearing at Glasgow’s Scrap Metal in June, played the O2 ABC, and released their first demo tracks, Bloodsport/Watch Them Fly. Possibly best described as sludge-thrash, it’s a great spin, and it looks like this hard-working band will be on a lot of people’s radars very soon.

There are now only five more acts to be announced – e-tickets are already available at: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/346388

More additions are coming very soon, so watch this space!!!

Hordes Of Belial source home-grown headliner for 7th outing

Hordes Of Belial – 7 & Hell, set to take place October 1st 2016, has officially announced Fife party mentalists Certain Death for top slot.

Formerly operating under the moniker of Drive By Audio, they have since returned to their original name, assaulting the music world with renewed vigour. Featuring former members of The Real Mackenzies, Black Bomb A, and sharing a guitarist with The Exploited, both incarnations of the band are well known for their entertaining performances, making each show a party rather than just a gig.

Since their inception in 2002, their unique brand of rap-thrash-n-roll has taken them around the UK, Europe an Scandinavia, appearing alongside Soulfly, Saxon, Skindred, and Discharge, and as far afield as Czech festival Masters Of Rock. They have also been heard on the soundtracks to  the Thrasher skate video series and GTA video game, as well as BBC Radio 1, ITV, and, strangely enough, Russian satellite TV.

To some extent, we at Hordes Of Belial aren’t really sure what their show will involve, other than some belting tunes that will make you want to jump up, shake it, and wreck you god damn neck!

Also announced is Edinburgh based band King Witch. Some of you will remember the very promising Firebrand Super Rock, who are sorely missed on the Scottish metal scene. Not to worry, though, as King Witch is the newest project of FSR founding members Laura Donnelly and Jamie Gilchrist. Joined by Tam Dickson (Lords Of Bastard) and Simon Anger (ex-Dvne and awesome surname!), they have switched things up previous extreme hard rock offerings, and are now engaged in fully fledged doom metal, with old school influences and powerful lead vocals.

Third in this most recent triptych of additions to the Hordes 7 bill are Triverse Massacre. These Carlisle based death metallers bring a highly polished flavour of groove and technical thrash to the extreme sub-genre, and recently appeared at one of the SLAUGHTERPIT shows, the warm-ups for Hordes Of Belial. No Clean Singing described their debut EP – With Bared Teeth And Truths – as “like standing naked in a hurricane, or diving head-first into a nest of pissed-off hornets.” We feel that paints a pretty accurate picture.

With just less than half the acts announced, e-tickets are already available at: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/346388

More additions are coming very soon, so watch this space!!!

 

SLAUGHTERPIT Begins!!!

Our SLAUGHTERPIT warm-up shows are kicking off at the start of next month! February 6th will see previous Hordes Of Belial act All Consumed make a return trip to Scotland from Preston to headline the event.

Support comes from local legends Blackened Ritual, with original thrashers Evil Blood, and Glasgow newcomers Satiracy. Doors are set to open up just as the first band takes the stage, so get down nice and early for your full metal fix!

Tickets are currently available here, with entry for just £5 for the first SLAUGHTERPIT!

Don’t forget to join us on the Facebook event page.

Lifer and more announced for 7 & Hell

We’re chuffed to bits to tell you that, Lifer, a band we’ve been wanting to host for some time now, will be joining the Hordes this October 1st. After an absolutely blazing second album, not to mention their first long-play outing, this is a band with pure energy and meaty riffs at the core of their being.

This first addition to the 2016 line-up, comes alongside three others. First up, Dundee’s own Excellent Cadaver will be making their first ever appearance at Hordes, and none too soon, we might add. Our other two confirmed acts are both from Glasgow, and are about as wildly different as you can get without leaving the bounds of heavy music. Seraph Sin bring into play an aggressive take on Nine Inch Nails style industrial, whereas Blood Thread are more involved in the dealing of slightly teched up classic death metal.

Most importantly, we’ve seen enough evidence, both online and in real life, that each and every one of these acts really know how to deliver on stage. The standard has been set!

Early bird tickets will be going on sale very soon, at http://www.wegottickets.com

First SLAUGHTERPIT band announced

Hordes Of Belial have confirmed the first band for the April 2016 edition of their SLAUGHTERPIT gigs as Collapse.

Hordes Of Belial’s SLAUGHTERPIT shows are a warm-up for the big show (Hordes Of Belial – 7 & Hell), taking place throughout 2016. We will be bringing you some fantastic headline acts and amazing new bands, all in the name of metal!

Our April show will be headlined by London based Collapse, whose pounding, riff heavy metal has taken them to Bloodstock Festival, Download festival, Hammerfest, Headbangers Balls, Hard Rock Hell Ibiza, and earned them European supports with Anthrax, Devildriver, Gwar, Clutch, Armored Saint, and Sodom.

This show is part of their UK tour in support of their new album ‘…In The Shadow Of Man’, the follow up to 2013’s ‘Arms And The Covenant’, and features the drumming prowess of Kevin Talley (Suffocation/Devildriver/ The Black Dahlia Murder).

Seven are your burning fires… Hordes Of Belial – 7 and Hell

Hello HOB-Goblins!

This site hasn’t been used for the last two Hordes showcases, and it’s time to kick everything back into gear! So far, it’s just a case of tinkering around with themes and talking to the first handful of bands likely to appear. This isn’t necessarily anything like the final design, but it is pretty much the planned colour scheme, in case you want to dress to match.