Articles written by Paul Travers

Built on the site of a working medieval castle, Bolsover Castle was rebuilt by the Cavendish family in the 17th Century as a status symbol and pleasure palace.

Nov 3, 2009 - Paul Travers

A guide to some of Oxfordshire's ancient sites, including the Uffinfton White Horse, Dragon Hill and the Neolithic long barrow Wayland's Smithy.

Apr 6, 2009 - Paul Travers

A brief look at some of the biggest and best punk rock festivals in the UK, from The Rebellion Festival to Slam Dunk, the Durham Punk Festival and the new Mutiny fest.

Apr 2, 2009 - Paul Travers

A brief guide to Europe's best hard rock and metal festivals, from Wacken Open Air and Hellfest to Tuska Open Air, Italy's Gods Of Metal and the new Sonisphere Festival.

Apr 1, 2009 - Paul Travers

A brief guide to the best in hard rock and metal festivals in Britain this summer, from Download and Bloodstock Open Air to Damnation, the inaugural Hammerfest and more.

Apr 1, 2009 - Paul Travers

A look at some of the UK's smaller music festivals, from Guilfest, the Wickerman and Wychwood Festivals to the Green Man Festival and Relentless Boardmasters event.

Apr 1, 2009 - Paul Travers

A guide to some of the biggest and best music festivals in Europe, from Roskilde in Denmark to Sziget in Hungary, Germany's Rock am Ring and PinkPop in Belgium.

Apr 1, 2009 - Paul Travers

With festival season nearly upon us once more, this UK festival guide details the biggest indie, pop and rock music festivals happening in the UK this summer.

Mar 23, 2009 - Paul Travers

Metal stars including Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho Amon Amarth's Johann Hegg and My Dying Bride's Aaron Stainthorpe pick their metal island discs...

Feb 8, 2009 - Paul Travers

These days, football violence is usually associated with hooligans or the odd on-pitch brawl. In football's early days however, the violence was part of the game.

Jan 11, 2009 - Paul Travers

It's been a big year for The Answer as the largely Northern Irish hard rockers follow the recording of their second album with a US tour opening for AC/DC

Nov 29, 2008 - Paul Travers

Forever associated with the church burnings and murders committed in Norway in the early to mid 90s, black metal began a decade earlier with bands like Venom and Bathory

Nov 19, 2008 - Paul Travers

Building on the success of classic CRPGs Fallout and Fallout 2, the latest version of the franchise takes familiar elements and updates them to a new style of play.

Nov 16, 2008 - Paul Travers

Metallica have announced their first full UK tour in more than ten years, with Machine Head and The Sword as support.

Nov 14, 2008 - Paul Travers

She might be known for screaming her lungs out with metal behemoths My Ruin but Tairrie B also fronts a dark spoken word project known as The LVRS with beau Mick Murphy

Nov 9, 2008 - Paul Travers

Currently fronting My Ruin and The LVRS, Tairrie B started her career as one of the first female rappers before forming rap metallers Manhole.

Nov 1, 2008 - Paul Travers

Heavy metal legends Judas Priest are to bring the Priest Feast tour, also featuring thrash metal masters Megadeth and Testament, to the UK and Ireland in February.

Oct 12, 2008 - Paul Travers

Famed as the frontman with Finnish metal band Children Of Bodom, Alexi Laiho has also appeared in numerous side bands and projects including, briefly, Impaled Nazarene.

Oct 5, 2008 - Paul Travers

Battle Metallers Turisas are to release a new DVD titled A Finnish Summer With Turisas and will tour the US and Europe with UK based power metallers Dragonforce.

Sep 28, 2008 - Paul Travers

In this interview with Tairrie B, the vocalist with LA metallers My Ruin talks about the release of their first true live album and DVD, Alive On The Other Side.

Sep 21, 2008 - Paul Travers

In this Children Of Bodom interview, singer and guitarist Alexi Laiho talks about Blooddrunk and the long delayed album by power metal side project Sinergy.

Sep 11, 2008 - Paul Travers

Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury talks about his new 80s metal band Absolute Power plus other side projects including Brujeria and his live stint with Anaal Nathrakh

Aug 19, 2008 - Paul Travers

Bassist and longest serving Napalm Death member Shane Embury reveals the title and direction of the grindcore kings' upcoming thirteenth full studio album

Aug 19, 2008 - Paul Travers

Following what many saw as a return to their roots with last year's In Requiem, British gothic metallers Paradise Lost prepare to record their twelfth album.

Aug 17, 2008 - Paul Travers

With new album Ultra Beatdown out at the end of August, Dragonforce guitarist Herman Li talks about the recording process, Guitar Hero and new bassist Frederic Leclercq

Aug 10, 2008 - Paul Travers

Headlined by thrash metal legends Slayer and also including Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth, the latest version of The Unholy Alliance will soon be unleashed on Europe

Jul 27, 2008 - Paul Travers

Swedish metallers The Haunted have announced details of their new album. The follow up to The Dead Eye, Versus will be released through Century Media in September.

Jul 20, 2008 - Paul Travers

Martin Walkyier talks about the return of seminal pagan thrashers Sabbat, his collaboration with Andy Sneap on the Hell album and why he'll never return to Skyclad.

Jul 11, 2008 - Paul Travers

Ex- Skyclad & current Sabbat frontman talks about his new pagan music & art collective The Clan Destined and their musical output in the form of the In The Big Ending CD

Jul 2, 2008 - Paul Travers

In a collection of brief interviews, metal stars including Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Deicide's Steve Asheim & High On Fire's Matt Pike pick their essential metal albums

Jun 25, 2008 - Paul Travers

In this Def Leppard interview, singer Joe Elliott talks about surviving the 90s and Def Leppard's current tour with UK cock rockers Whitesnake.

Jun 23, 2008 - Paul Travers

An interview with former Skyclad and current The Clan Destined front man Martin Walkyier on the live reformation of influential pagan metal band Sabbat.

Jun 10, 2008 - Paul Travers

A guide to southern England's Neolithic and other prehistoric sites and stone circles, from Stonehenge and Woodhenge to Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.

Jun 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

Former frontman with folk metal band Skyclad Martin Walkyier talks with Suite101 about his decision to quit the music business and what changed his mind.

Jun 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

In 2007 legendary punks The Subhumans released their first new album in more than 20 years. Frontman Dick Lucas talks about why it took so long & what still riles him up

May 29, 2008 - Paul Travers

Following an overdose in 2006, Monster Magnet frontman Dave Wyndorf was forced to cancel his band's UK tour. Now he's back with three new albums in the pipeline.

May 28, 2008 - Paul Travers

The Dracula: Origin PC game is a new point and click adventure game following Dracula's archrival Van Helsing in a quest to prevent the vampire from wreaking bloody ruin

May 21, 2008 - Paul Travers

Black metal legends Venom return next month with new album Hell. Here, Venom frontman Conrad 'Cronos' Lant talks about the climbing accident that nearly ended his career.

May 21, 2008 - Paul Travers

UK band KOOPA reveal they've finished recording their as-yet untitled debut album with ex-Blink 182 man Mark Hoppus and engineer Chris Holmes at Hoppus' LA studio.

May 20, 2008 - Paul Travers

Dick Lucas of The Subhumans talks about the conditions leading to the British anarcho punk scene that formed in the wake of Crass in the late 70s and early 80s

May 20, 2008 - Paul Travers

With the release of new album Hell imminent, Venom mainman Cronos talks about the forces that shaped his band and their own influence on the subsequent black metal scene

May 13, 2008 - Paul Travers

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott picks his essential Leps tracks, from Getcha Rocks Off and Animal to C'Mon C'Mon from new album Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

May 12, 2008 - Paul Travers

With new album Songs From The Sparkle Lounge out now, Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott chooses his essential Leppard tracks, from Photograph and Promises to new song Love

May 12, 2008 - Paul Travers

Overclocked: A History Of Violence is a dark psychological thriller of a PC adventure game with some innovative features based on character switching gameplay

May 11, 2008 - Paul Travers

A brief guide to Europe's best hard rock and metal festivals, from Wacken Open Air and Hellfest to Tuska Open Air, Italy's Gods Of Metal and the Sweden Rock Festival.

May 5, 2008 - Paul Travers

The Dutch capital may be a hub of culture, history and art but in keeping with its salacious nature it also boasts several museums of a slightly less orthodox nature...

Apr 30, 2008 - Paul Travers

A brief guide to the best in hard rock and metal festivals in Britain this summer, from Download and Bloodstock Open Air to the Damnation Festival, Ghostfest and more.

Apr 29, 2008 - Paul Travers

Motley Crue have announced details of their Crue Fest touring package, with Buckcherry, Trapt, Papa Roach and Sixx:A.M. plus new Motley Crue album Saints of Los Angeles.

Apr 23, 2008 - Paul Travers

Deicide drummer and main songwriter Steve Asheim talks about the death metal band's new album Till Death Do Us Part and considers whether it's Deicide's most brutal yet

Apr 22, 2008 - Paul Travers

Power metallers Dragonforce follow their US tour as part of the Rockstar Mayhem festival with a string of headlining dates in the UK and Ireland with Turisas as support

Apr 16, 2008 - Paul Travers

Music festivals can be as much a trial as a weekend of fun for the unprepared. Follow this festival survival guide to return with health and sanity intact.

Apr 14, 2008 - Paul Travers

A guide to some of the biggest and best music festivals in Europe, from Roskilde in Denmark to Sziget in Hungary, Germany's Rock am Ring and PinkPop in Belgium.

Apr 9, 2008 - Paul Travers

Korn singer Jonathan Davis has announced that a number of dates on his Alone I Play tour have been cancelled, including most of the UK tour scheduled for June.

Apr 8, 2008 - Paul Travers

A new Two Worlds add-on for the XBox 360 version, Curse of Souls adds new maps and quests plus a new player versus player arena for extended online play

Apr 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

A look at some of the UK's smaller music festivals, from Guilfest to the Wickerman and Wychwood Festivals to the Bulldog Bash and Rip Curl Boardmasters Unleashed.

Apr 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

A look at the UK's major rock, indie and alternative music festivals, from Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and the V Festival to Download and Scotland's T in the Park.

Apr 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

Black metal legends Venom return with a new album in May. In an exclusive interview singer Cronos discusses their new guitarist and Venom's 'deceptively difficult' style.

Apr 1, 2008 - Paul Travers

Thrash metal luminaries Exodus returned to action in 2007 with The Atrocity Exhibition...Exhibit A. In this Exodus interview, guitarist Gary Holt reports on the follow-up

Apr 1, 2008 - Paul Travers

Bay Area thrash metal legends return to European shores. In a short Exodus interview, guitarist Gary Holt tells what to expect plus confirmed dates are listed in full.

Mar 31, 2008 - Paul Travers

Sludge Metal Legend Kirk Windstein of Down and Crowbar combines forces to form the monstrously heavy sludgecore hybrid Kingdom of Sorrow with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed.

Mar 27, 2008 - Paul Travers

Every rock band has had its Spinal Tap moments and in an exclusive interview, members of Def Leppard, Skyclad, Down and KOOPA reveal theirs.

Mar 23, 2008 - Paul Travers

Interview with Joe Murphy of UK pop-punks KOOPA on signing with Pied Piper Records and recording their debut album with producer Mark Hoppus, formerly of Blink 182.

Mar 11, 2008 - Paul Travers

The godfathers of black metal return in May with their new album, Hell. In an exclusive Venom interview, founder member Cronos discusses the follow-up to Metal Black.

Mar 10, 2008 - Paul Travers

Following a successful European tour with nu-metal behemoths Korn, Jonathan Davis' solo tour, Alone I Play, is scheduled for dates in the UK and mainland Europe.

Mar 7, 2008 - Paul Travers

Think you can make your own science fiction movie? The UK's only dedicated fantasy and sci-fi film festival issues the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge.

Mar 5, 2008 - Paul Travers

In an exclusive Stone Gods interview front man Richie Edwards discusses success, avoiding The Darkness pop crowd and promises that Stone Gods will tour, tour, tour...

Feb 28, 2008 - Paul Travers

In an exclusive Stone Gods interview, frontman Richie Edwards explains that, while they might be ex-members of The Darkness, they're certainly not The Darkness Part 2.

Feb 28, 2008 - Paul Travers

In an exclusive Stone Gods interview, frontman Richie Edwards talks about the demise of his former outfit - UK rock gods The Darkness - and the formation of Stone Gods.

Feb 27, 2008 - Paul Travers

Playing a combination of punk rock and traditional Irish folk music, LA-based Flogging Molly return with their new album Float and a more measured sound.

Feb 23, 2008 - Paul Travers