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MetalTalk - Heavy Metal News, Reviews and Intervie • 16th September 2025

Bloodstock Adds Saxon And More To 25th Anniversary Lineup

Bloodstock has announced 27 more bands for its 25th anniversary celebration next year, including British Heavy Metal legends Saxon who will return to Derbyshire to become the festival’s first ever Thursday main stage headliner.

The New Feminist • 16th September 2025

South Carolina Republicans move to ban birth control in new extreme anti-abortion bill

South Carolina Republicans are preparing to fast-track an extreme anti-abortion ban through the legislative process. If passed, the bill would outlaw abortion in almost all cases, including in circumstances of rape and incest, and patients accessing abortion services could face murder charges. The bill further proposes to redefine certain birth control methods as illegal. 


The new Senate Bill 323, also known as “the unborn child protection act”, is scheduled for a hearing on 1 October and wil...

South West Londoner • 11th June 2025

Brixton project uses creative arts to support black and brown men

A Brixton-based project for black and brown men is using creative arts to help members process difficult lived experiences and workshop ideas on how to improve racist infrastructures with the community.

MetalTalk - Heavy Metal News, Reviews and Intervie • 14th May 2025

Cattle Decapitation Release Making Of Terrasite Documentary

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of their eviscerating tenth studio album, Terrasite, Cattle Decapitation released From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story. The two-hour documentary follows the band’s process of making and recording Terrasite, with injections of humour, nostalgia and raw insight.

MetalTalk - Heavy Metal News, Reviews and Intervie • 23rd April 2025

Live Odyssey: British Music Immersive Exhibition Opens Next Month

Live Odyssey, a groundbreaking multisensory exhibition that takes fans on a journey through the evolution of British music history, opens on 22 May in Camden Town.

MetalTalk - Heavy Metal News, Reviews and Intervie • 23rd April 2025

Royale Lynn Hopes Debut Album Black Magic Helps Save Lives

The Nashville-based Alt-Metal artist Royale Lynn will release her debut album, Black Magic, on 27 June via Epitaph Records. Royale sheds her Metal armour to take the listener on a vulnerable exploration of her struggles with mental health, set in a dark fantasy narrative where every song represents one of the evils that Pandora’s Box released onto humanity.

South West Londoner • 31st March 2025

Hundreds of residents campaign council to protect Brockwell Park

The last Brockwell Live drop-in session left campaigners more determined than ever to make Lambeth council listen. The festival series Brockwell Live has caused increasing levels of damage and disturbance to Brockwell Park over the past few years.

North East Londoner • 28th March 2025

Strikes avoided as Tower Hamlets Council saves Solace Women's Aid workers from redundancy

A women’s charity in East London declared victory today after the prospect of redundancies was withdrawn. Tower Hamlets Council confirmed there will be no job losses for the Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs) team at Solace Women’s Aid in Tower Hamlets (SASS).

North West Londoner • 6th March 2025

StoriBoard Club battles the anti-social century

StoriBoard Club delivers small group shared experiences across the UK to satisfy the growing demand for in-person connection.

North East Londoner • 5th March 2025

Skylark protective fencing erected in Epping Forest

Temporary fencing to protect nesting skylarks was erected in Epping Forest last Thursday. The rope fencing, which covers an area equating to 0.2% of Epping Forest, will be in place until early September.

North East Londoner • 26th February 2025

Newham protest pressures council to improve dangerous junctions

A protest ride to pressure the council and TfL into improving junction safety for cyclists was held in Stratford on Monday. The protest was triggered by the death of a man in his 20s who was killed while cycling through the junction of Stratford High Street and Carpenters Road last month.