Last week was the ‘official’ launch of Home of Metal; an ambitious project created by Capsule to realise Birmingham and the Black Country as the true home of Heavy Metal music. Sprawling throughout the region a series of exhibitions will showcase the history of metal music through artist interpretations, fans memorabilia, the bands own collections of clothing, guitars and much more. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Arts: Home of Metal Launch
Music: Gorillaz
Interviewing bands is normally pretty straightforward: you meet up with them or call them, get the quotes you need and head back to the office to write it up. Not so in the case of Gorillaz, whose line-up of 2-dimensional band members means that interviewing them is a little like having a tête-à-tête with Orville the Duck. Though perhaps a little bit cooler. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Music: HOME OF METAL – take up residence in Wolverhampton
Andrew and Valerie Smith by Steve Gerrard
Metal fans wanted! From Thursday 17th June – Saturday 19th Home Of Metal will be taking up residence in a disused shop in Wolverhampton city centre (City 10. 18 Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TQ), inviting fans to bring along their memorabilia & stories to be photographed & recorded to contribute to the digital archive. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Music: Home of Metal: “Time to start celebrating!”
Earlier in February Capsule presented Home of Metal at the Waterhall gallery in Birmingham city centre. The project aim? To celebrate Birmingham and the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal and “create a digital archive of everything heavy metal from the 60’s to now”. It is all part of an ongoing mission to encourage Birmingham metal fans to bring in memorabilia which will help tell the story of the genre and generate a collective home for metal identity.
Music: Home of Metal Open Day
If you’re a fan of Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin then Home of Metal want you! This Saturday at the Waterhall Gallery in Birmingham City Centre you are encouraged to bring along any memorabilia, photos or stories to the Open day and your items will be digitised and recorded for the Home Of Metal archive, which aims to tell the true story of the birth place of metal. Think antiques roadshow for Metal fans!
