SED RECORDS SHOWCASE; HORNET, THE BURNING CROWS & BLACK STATE HIGHWAY

by Chris Danielson
Guest Writer –

After another full capacity show at The Intrepid Fox in Soho, three great bands are yet again going to kick ass! SED Records UK will be returning for a fourth time to host another one of their fantastic free-entry live rock music nights on Thursday 29th March 2012. SED’s hard rock outfit Hornet are returning once again for a night of rock ‘n’ roll mayhem by re-energising rock ‘n’ roll at its unpretentious best with a fusion of punk and metal having been described as a 21 year-old AC/DC with Henry Rollins on vocals! Support comes strong with high quality bravado rockers, The Burning Crows who play hard and well and Black State Highway, a band who plays classic rock riffs with a southern rock swagger. Read more

The Voyage To Hell: 70,000 Tons of Metal 2012

by Chris A.
Staff Writer –

For the past five days, the Caribbean has been under a musical siege of epic proportions in the form of the second 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Forty-two Metal bands, representing an excellent cross-selection of metal genres, shared a luxury cruise liner with 2,000 hard-core metalheads on a voyage straight to Hell. Hell, Cayman Islands, that is.

With three up-close and personal stages and performances scheduled to be running nearly nonstop during sailing times, it was an accepted reality that seeing every band would be an impossibility for mere mortals. Read more

Five Essential Tips for your 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise

by Chris A.
Staff Writer

Sailing aboard a 70,000-ton cruise ship, carrying 40 heavy metal bands and 2,000 fans in the Caribbean isn’t your typical holiday; in fact, it’s an adventure of epic proportions. In a nutshell, the 70,000 Tons of Metal experience is a five-day floating barrage of nearly non-stop metal concerts It’s literally a music blitzkrieg, with bands plugging in and turning it up to 11 for nearly 16 hours each day.

The ship features three performance venues, the largest of which is the main deck of the ship. There are two additional venues on the below decks. Read more

THE BUZZ IS GETTING LOUDER!

by Chris Danielson
Guest Writer –

SED RECORDS TO SHOWCASE UP AND COMING ROCK BANDS: HORNET, DAMN DICE & WESTERN SAND; THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2012, AT THE THE INTREPID FOX, SOHO

London based independent record label SED Records UK return once again with their free-entry rock nights at Soho’s top rock venue, The Intrepid Fox, in full force on Thursday 23rd February 2012 to showcase the UK’s best up and coming young rock bands. If you have previously been to an SED Records night you will know how fantastic the nights have been with hot young talent from all over the UK rocking the joint. There is a stellar line-up with three great bands. Headlining the night is SED Records signed hard rock outfit Hornet. All About The Rock said “Hornet are like are a shot in the arm – an injection that you’re going to want on a regular basis” and as always main support comes in five-star rating this time from London’s finest glam rock band Damn Dice and the Bournemouth based Western Sand who kick ass 70’s style. Read more

Staff Top 10 for 2011

Every year, Hardrock Haven staffers compile their Top 10 best releases. Here’s the writers’ favorites from 2011: Read more

Tony Iommi Begins Book Signing Tour in support of Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath

by Marcel “Mars” Groeneveld
Staff Writer –

Tony Iommi promo tour (for his book) Iron man

October 20, 2011 at Waterstone bookstore, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Sometimes in life things just fall into place. On a trip to attend 2011′s Firefest Festival in Nottinghamd, U.K., you know the home of the legendary Robin Hood, Tony Iommi was also in town promoting and signing his new autobiography, Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath.

The book signing event was published on Iommi’s website and not mentioned through major media outlets like the newspaper, billboards or television. Still over 300 loyal and crazed fans, who came from as far as Greece and Australia, made their way to the Waterstone’s bookstore to meet and greet their Idol.

The opportunity to have their photo taken or memorabilia signed was slim because of time schedules. The great turnout of fans, produced smiling faces and some tears, as fans felt honored to spend at least one minute with one of the most influential guitarist rock has to offer.

Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath is the story told by Iommi the ups and downs to writer TJ Lammers and is available for purchase now. Read more