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Yet more new releases and free downloads!!

Seeing as how popular our last new releases/free downloads post was we figured that we should make it a regular thing. So here’s our latest post in what should hopefully be a regular thing. Doomanoid Records are repressing Italian ‘doom ‘n’ rollers’ Misty Morning’s “Martin Pope” due to demand, the first pressing has now sold [...]

Thee Big Black mix-tape

As regular visitors to Thee Big Black Towers will know we’re having a bit of a tidy up and a general catch up, that means going one whole month without a copy of Thee Big Black to peruse (check this link for more info) and we figured that we should probably make it up to [...]

Brant Bjork UK tour

Former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork is set to play a number of shows around the UK next month supporting his latest album Gods & Goddesses. These shows are being promoted by Desertscene.co.uk and feature some of the best UK bands as support. On top of that there is also an after show party and Camden [...]

Spread the love with a TBB banner.

Be the envy of all your friends and grab one of these sexy banners and spread the love . . . If you have a website and would be interested in a link swap then get in touch, we’re a sociable bunch really. You can contact us via our Myspace or on our forum.

We’re all going on a summer holiday!

Thee Big Black is taking off nicely at the moment and we have decided that in order to keep the quality of the zine up we’re going to skip a month, plus it’s sunny and we want to spend a bit of time sunning our pasty skin, lounge around in Speedos drinking piña coladas, throw [...]

ISIS call it a day

Post metal legends ISIS have announced that they will be calling it a day after 13 years. Posting on their Myspace blog the band have said that after completing their final tour they also intend to finish one final EP and compile a collection of live material for future release. The band’s official post also [...]

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio 1942 – 2010

It was announced on Sunday 16th May that Heaven and Hell frontman and heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio had passed away after losing his battle with stomach cancer. As well as replacing Ozzy Osbourne as singer for Black Sabbath in 1980 Dio was also famous for his solo career and as the frontman for [...]

Articles now on our website, includes Ramesses and Pombagira interviews

We have now put a selection of our articles up on our website, just follow the links below . . . Interview with Adam Richardson of Ramesses, Apocalypse now and then, Obiat – Eye, Tree, Pi review, The Legend Of Spring Heeled Jack Interview with Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Wo Fat – Psychedelonaut review, Triffids [...]

Thee Big Black Issue 6 is here at last!

Issue six is finally here, sorry for the delay, but we figured that you lovely people probably wouldn’t mind too much, seeing as how Thee Big Black is free! Anyway, this month’s issue is a full one. We have exclusive interviews with Aort of Code/Blutvial and Tom Swine from Salute/Swine, this is the start of [...]

Molten rock causes heavy metal chaos

If you’re in a band and you’re going to cancel a gig make sure you’ve got a good excuse. As far as reasons go the recent volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, is about as biblical as they come, much better than the usual half-arsed excuses thought up by long suffering managers, PR companies  or terminally [...]