The midlands noiseniks will trek across Europe and the UK from February to March, with support from sludge metal nasties ...

It is the iconic and often chaotic Birmingham pub that inspired a subgenre. The Mermaid in Sparkhill helped launch Napalm ...

Just two months after the loss of Ciriaco "Pinche Peat" Quezada, Brujeria founder Juan Brujo (John David Lepe) has died at ...

The Mermaid was a large, dilapidated pub in Sparkhill, a working-class neighbourhood 3 miles south of Birmingham city centre. A microcosm of Birmingham, Sparkhill has been shaped by Irish and South ...

Unto Others frontman Gabe Franco makes his picks for the best goth rock/metal albums to be released since 2010! Undeniably a ...

It’s been a tragic year for Brujeria. Longtime vocalist-samplist Pinche Peach passed away in July, and now the band revealed ...

The Mermaid in Sparkhill helped launch Napalm Death, one of the the most influential metal bands of all time. It also sparked the creation of Grindcore - a fusion of heavy metal and hardcore punk ...

Rising Danish death metal crew NECKBREAKKER will be joined by Helga, My Diligence and Our Promise at the fest’s Rising Metal ...

Here’s how the iconic Mermaid pub in Birmingham’s Sparkhill neighbourhood influenced the UK music scene in the 1980s ...

It is with deep sadness we have to announce that our leader Juan Brujo has passed away today. “Juan suffered a heart attack ...

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