Tagged: sonispherefestival2011

We very this close to accepting a bet to ask Chris Jericho of Fozzy to put Raz into The Walls Of Jericho, but then we realised just how dangerous and irresponsible it is to ask a professional wrestler to demonstrate moves on untrained journalists. So we just stuck to chatting about his Mum, and why he [...]

The guys from Vintage Trouble were the first to admit their retro-stylings were a little out of place at Sonisphere Festival 2011, but just like their music did to the crowds earlier, their interview technique more than won over our man Amit. Vintage Trouble @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist Blues Hand Me Down Still And [...]

You know what we thought when we woke up on the final day of Sonisphere Festival 2011? "No bands have told us any stories this weekend about how they double-teamed this girl they met that one time". And then our interview The Ocean Between Us happened. Check out the rest of our Sonisphere Festival 2011 [...]

We might take the piss out of My Passion for a lot of things, but one thing we'll always give them is that they know how to give a good interview. If we're going to be poking a band's proverbial bollocks for 10 minutes, it all goes so much smoother when the subject of said poking [...]

We like to think we're fairly sharp dressers here at Thrash Hits, but all our delusions of grandeur went out the window backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011 when Rival Sons broke out their purple loafers. PURPLE LOAFERS, people! We had to go have a lie down. Check out the rest of our Sonisphere Festival 2011 [...]

Exit Ten seem to have been away for aaaaggggeeessss, so it was good to see the crowds at Sonisphere Festival 2011 hadn't forgotten who they were. We cornered them backstage and baffled them with talk of the Reading one-way system, and with debate on the merits of the music from Highlander as suitable funeral music. [...]

We know we've been talking a lot about funerals during our backstage interviews at Sonisphere Festival 2011, but we weren't expecting Glamour Of The Kill to have planned their own send-off in quite so much detail. Whiskey shots and high-5s next to an open coffin? Count us in - sounds a hell of a lot [...]

Sometimes people accuse Thrash Hits of not taking our music journalism seriously. Well, we expect that to change after people see our interview with Sylosis backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011. Who else is finding out if Reading thrash bands have seen certain TV movie adaptations of Stephen King novels? No-one else, that's who. Sylosis @ [...]

One of the big problems with filming interviews backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011 is stopping random backstage-types from wandering in front of our camera during filming. Which makes the two times that our man Raz did it during our Black Spiders interview all the more baffling. Black Spiders @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist KISS Tried [...]

What have Pat Metheny and Zinedine Zidane got to do with our old friends Rolo Tomassi headlining the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage at Sonisphere Festival 2011? At the same time as Metallica played the Main Stage, no less? You'll have to watch our interview to find out. Rolo Tomassi @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist [...]

Become the biggest home-grown rock band in Denmark? Check. Release an album that tops the charts all over Europe? Check. Tour North America opening up for Metallica? Check. So what does Michael Poulsen from Volbeat have to aim for now? We went to find out, backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011. Volbeat @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 [...]

On the one hand, with a name like "Arcane Roots" we're disappointed that the London-based 3-piece aren't some messed-up blackened doom band. On the other hand, we're pleased at the variety of facial hair styles they display. We reckon that balances it out. Arcane Roots @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 c/o Ben Gibson Check out the [...]

Yeah, yeah - that's a promo picture of The Wildhearts, when technically it was just "Ginger Wildheart" performing. It's the nicest photo we've got of him. Maybe we should've added some corpse-paint with photoshop though, to match his stage-attire for his Sonisphere Festival performance? Ginger Wildheart @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 c/o Cochi Esse Ginger Wildheart [...]

It's perversely refreshing to see that in amongst all the young turks filling up the Bohemia Stage line-up, someone somewhere in the Sonishpere booking team values the talent and dependability of the British rock institution that is Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 c/o Cochi Esse Paradise Lost @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist [...]

At some point we're sure we'll see the end-result of Protest The Hero's frontman, Rody Walker, wearing a camera on his head for much of their Sonisphere set. For the time being, we'll just look at our pictures of it and marvel at how weird it looks. Protest The Hero @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 c/o [...]

James Monteith is a busy boy. When he isn't writing Djently Does It, his excellent semi-regular column for Thrash Hits, or being a press officer for a load of kickass bands, he still manages to find the time to play guitar in TesseracT. We don't know how he does it. We can't even find the time [...]

As one of the four bands that has played every UK Sonisphere to date, it wouldn't be a weekend at Knebworth without our boys, The Defiled, stirring things up a little. It's not as if they need much of an excuse to trash their instruments, but if you're going to cut their set short....well, let's [...]

Roadrunner Records' young hopefuls, Revoker, might've been lumped with the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage at this year's Sonisphere Festival, but the Welsh four-piece didn't seem to mind. Revoker @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 c/o Cochi Esse Revoker @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist Time To Die Psychoville The Great Pretender Not Be Moved Thief Stay Down [...]

Whomever scheduled Black Breath to be playing on the Jägermeister Stage at the same time as the Big 4 were doing their thing on the Apollo Stage did a major disservice to British metal fans. As one of the best American metal bands to emerge in the last few years, British metal fans need to see [...]

Of all the gossip we sniffed out backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011, the news that Architects' drummer, Dan Searle, is a massive Coldplay fan threw us the most. We didn't believe him until he knowledge of Chris Martin and co's back catalogue proved his fanhood. Architects @ Sonisphere Festival 2011 setlist Day In Day Out [...]