Reviews Live review: Biffy Clyro, London O2 Shepherd's Bush EmpireThe band for the ages, Biffy Clyro, open the archives and dust off their early works during three-night stand in London town
News Simon Neil joined Sam Palladio onstage last night to perform their 2024 duet Spill Your HeartBiffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil surprised fans at Sam Palladio’s King Tuts headline show on September 23 for a very special performance…
News Green Day announce their first European summer festival shows for 2025They’ve already torn through Europe on The Saviors Tour earlier this year, but Green Day will be returning in summer 2025 for Hurricane and Southside festivals…
News Here’s the setlist from Biffy Clyro’s first live show since 2022Biffy Clyro hit The Piece Hall in Halifax last night (August 23) for their first gig since November 2022 – here’s what it looked like, and what they played…
News Biffy Clyro are playing an open-air summer gig with Witch FeverBiffy Clyro have just been revealed as the final headliners for this summer’s TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall series…
News Biffy Clyro to play first three albums in full at special Glasgow and London showsBiffy Clyro will play their first three records in full at a series of intimate shows this October.
Reviews Album review: Vennart – Forgiveness & The GrainManchester-based alt.rock veteran and Biffy-assister Mike Vennart reactivates his solo project with fourth full-length Forgiveness & The Grain…
News Biffy Clyro have just announced their first live date of 2024Biffy Clyro will headline next year’s Victorious Festival – their first confirmed gig of 2024 – while elsewhere the line-up will feature Pixies, IDLES and more.
News From My Chem to Metallica: Get iconic photos of all your favourite bands from the Ashley Maile print shopCheck out Ashley Maile’s incredible, iconic work – featuring everyone from My Chemical Romance to blink-182 to Linkin Park to Pearl Jam to Metallica – at the newly-relaunched website, and see how you can be in with a chance of winning his photo book.
Features Empire State Bastard’s track-by-track guide to Rivers Of HeresyEmpire State Bastard – the crushing project from Biffy Clyro men Simon Neil and Mike Vennart – sound like the end of the world. But as the duo reveal, there’s more to debut album Rivers Of Heresy than that. There’s also “some rumba here, some surf rock there…”
Reviews Album review: Empire State Bastard – Rivers Of HeresyBiffy’s Simon Neil and Mike Vennart melt ears and riverbanks on Empire State Bastard’s scorching debut.
News Empire State Bastard announce UK/European headline tourJoined by legendary Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, and bassist Naomi Macleod, Empire State Bastard are hitting the road in November in support of their debut Rivers Of Heresy.
The Cover Story Empire State Bastard: “I’ve been needing to make a record like this for a long time”You might know them as the frontman and live guitarist for Biffy Clyro, but together, the duo of Simon Neil and Mike Vennart make a much heavier, angrier beast known only as Empire State Bastard. Upon the announcement of their debut LP, we meet the metal-loving pair to find out why this is more than just a side-project…
News Empire State Bastard have released a killer live video for HarvestWatch the Biffy Clyro / Slayer / Oceansize supergroup tear it up at their UK shows last last month...
Features Inside Kerrang!’s book launch with Biffy Clyro, You Me At Six and Employed To ServeKerrang! were joined by Simon Neil, Josh Franceschi and Justine Jones to celebrate the publication of our new book, Living Loud!
Features In pictures: Empire State Bastard’s crushingly heavy first London showBiffy Clyro side-project Empire State Bastard made their debut in the capital last night, and they were joined onstage by legendary drummer Dave Lombardo and Bitch Falcon bassist Naomi Macleod…
News Biffy Clyro side-project Empire State Bastard drop intense debut single HarvestListen to Harvest, the incredible first single from Simon Neil and Mike Vennart’s Empire State Bastard project (featuring Dave Lombardo on drums!).
