Far North heavy metal fans are in for a treat with a top line-up of acts booked for Kaitāia MetalFest 4 in May. The unique, technical brutality of Skumlord from the Bay of Islands will be on display ...

The heavy metal ballad’s melody twinkled sorrowfully, before Hammett launched into what I scribbled down in my notepad as “a f*****g huge solo”. It was powerful, skin-tingling stuff ...