Simon Neil and Mike Vennart’s Empire State Bastard have announced the inaugural edition of their own mini festival, Bastard Fest. Credit: Paul Harries Taking place on July 13 at Corporation in Sheffield, Neil and Vennart […]
EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE),has shared “The Silver Cord Sessions” EP. Available today on all streaming […]
Glasgow’s core. Festival is set to return for its second year, with Empire State Bastard, Employed To Serve and Witch Fever all on the billing. Credit: Paul Harries Taking place between August 02 and 04, […]
Whether intentional or not, Green Day’s new single “One Eyed Bastard” sounds an awful lot like P!NK’s 2008 breakup anthem “So What.” The opening guitar riff of “One Eyed Bastard” features a similar melody to […]
GREEN DAY is ringing in the new year with fiery new track “One Eyed Bastard” The electrifying song is the band’s final offering ahead of the arrival of GREEN DAY‘s 14th studio album, “Saviors”, coming […]
We’re just two weeks away from Green Day’s brand-new ‘Saviors’ album, and the band have today shared its final single. The rip-roaring ‘One Eyed Bastard’ follows the forthcoming record’s lead single ‘The American Dream Is […]
Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons have announced their third album, Kings of the Asylum, set to arrive September 1st via Nuclear Blast Records. In advance of its release, the legendary Motörhead guitarist and company […]
Empire State Bastard have dropped rip-roaring new single ‘Stutter’. Image credit: Empire State Bastard The Simon Neil and Mike Vennart project announced their forthcoming debut album ‘Rivers Of Heresy’ earlier this week. The new album […]
EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE),has shared a new song called “Stutter”. The track is taken from […]
Empire State Bastard, the recently formed extreme-metal group featuring members of Biffy Clyro and veteran drummer Dave Lombardo, have announced their debut album Rivers of Heresy. The LP unveil follows the release of the trio’s […]
EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE),played its first live show last night (Sunday, March 26) at the […]
EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE),has released its debut song “Harvest”. The track is available now on […]
After teasing a snippet of their debut single “Harvest” last week, Empire State Bastard have now unleashed the full track. The outfit features singer Simon Neil and touring guitarist Mike Vennart of the Scottish band […]
The newly formed outfit Empire State Bastard, featuring legendary metal drummer Dave Lombardo and members of the Scottish band Biffy Clyro, has signed to Roadrunner Records. Their debut single “Harvest” is set to drop on […]
Oliver Sim — aka one-third of 2010s indie stalwarts The xx — has finally revealed his debut solo album, Hideous Bastard. Stream it in full below. Written and recorded over the span of two years, Hideous […]
Bastard Noise and Merzbow have joined forces for a new collaborative split LP titled Retribution by All Other Creatures. The album has been made available to stream immediately, with a physical release set for August […]