Richard Holmes

Writing on extreme music for - black metal, hardcore, death, thrash, doom, sludge, crust, d-beat, post-rock, grind and just metal metal!

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“A night when a hat-trick of local heroes dropped a searing reminder that the North East rock scene’s on fire right now.”

@ThievesLiberty, Project Black and Gwailo all hit The Cluny in Newcastle on Friday…

And it was a hot one 🔥🔥🔥

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[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

There are cult bands…

…and then there’s Warning.

Check out Night Comes Down, our track of the week!

@RelapseRecords

#doommetal #doom

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[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“From the first, feisty notes of funky opener Ride Or Die it feels like this is going to be something special.”

@KarmaEffectUK just bagged our record of the week with Cruel Intentions!

Read our verdict on this classic rock cracker…

@EaracheRecords

https://t.co/RpPdNI8jzZ

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

‘Doomed heavy metal’ kings @khemmisdoom have sharpened their blades on Beneath the Scythe…

Find out why it’s our track of the week!

👇

https://t.co/06ep3EIDTV

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

🎬 Video premiere! 🎬

We’re delighted to be unveiling the new video from Newcastle’s doom rockers Druidess.

Check out The Forest Witch’s Daughter if you like:

🤘Big riffs
🤘Big grooves
🤘Big keys
🤘Big choruses

https://t.co/DQavqT5Hvy

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“A hyper-intense work of blackened art”

Scotland’s @TheTyrannus have returned with Mournhold…

Check out our Record of the Week!

@truecultrecords

https://t.co/gkQtAMVVYt

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

"A thoroughly entertaining throwback to a time when Venom’s was the bleakest, most badass and blindingly relentless noise on the planet."

Cronos, Dante and Rage are back with Into Oblivion...

Check out our verdict!

https://t.co/Rgw52fKxh3

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“High Fade are ascending to greatness, right before our eyes.”

Edinburgh DIY funk rockers High Fade have bagged our track of the week with The Jokes On You…

Check out our verdict and the vid 👇

https://t.co/UusL84Tz5f

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“It is, without doubt, the crowning glory of the current line-up’s 17-year tenure.”

Venom’s Into Oblivion is our Record of The Week 👇

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[Richard Holmes @RichHCDM]

I was getting a little worried that US death metal’s new wave was running out of steam…

But then I heard the new @ReekingAura record.

Here’s my take for @rushonrock 👇

https://t.co/k02rDYLUyY

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

Hypnotic, oppressive, intense…

Norwegian black metal act @morkhalden explore the downfall of self with new single Ødelagt - our track of the week 🤘

@PeacevilleRecs

#blackmetal

https://t.co/TIkycNgQpP

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“Mexico is the livener you’re looking for to quench this summer’s thirst for good time rock and roll.”

Sweet Electric - featuring Massive’s Aussie livewire Brad Marr - have bagged our track of the week!

https://t.co/bG2I2Wmkw2

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

A giant leap for @ReekingAura…

On The Promise Of The Moon is our Record of the Week🤘

“An album of ominous atmospherics, flashburn riffs and swamp trawling low end, where melodic brilliance blossoms in the filth.”

#deathmetal

@profoundlore

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[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

Witchfinders!
Portals to hell!
Cans!

This is what happened when Margarita Witch Cult, Loyds Trip, Requiem Blues and Druidess rocked up in Newcastle 👇

https://t.co/6KJ3OLee5J

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

“I don’t know how it’s possible that a 35-year-old band can be growing right now. But we are.”

Tyketto’s Danny Vaughn on the US rockers’ renaissance 👇

https://t.co/12F9tttAj1

[Richard Holmes @RichHCDM]

@FBAwayDays One of the very best. Loved by fans of every club he played for.

[Beyond Grace @BeyondGraceUK]

Can you help us?

No, we're not asking for money (though feel free to buy our music/merch)... we're looking for a location for our next video shoot!

So if you know of somewhere with a big, derelict spiral staircase like those in the pics please let us know ASAP.

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

Built on a Peaceville Three blueprint, @Godthrymm have already delivered two modern classics…

…and the 3rd album in their Visions trilogy will be dropping soon.

Truth In My Own is our first taste of it👇

@profoundlore

https://t.co/G40jyFjLvX

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

It’s release day for The Unyielding Season - the 9th opus from UK black metallers @Winterfylleth…

…and it’s our record of the week 🔥

Find out why this is a huge moment for the band - and UK black metal 👇

@NapalmRecords

https://t.co/o3icxt01wM

[RUSHONROCK.com @rushonrock]

On Coronach, James McBain hasn’t so much spread his wings as soared into the stratosphere…

The fourth @hellrippermetal album is dropping next week - and you need to hear it!

Here’s why 👇

https://t.co/J5Gbdwn6i2