Simon Neil’s new side-project Empire State Bastard announce first show

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil has a new heavy side-project and their first-ever show has been revealed. Amongst all the excitement for Hellfest’s mega-announcement of Slipknot and Iron Maiden topping the main stage, over on the fourth stage, the excellently-named Empire State Bastard will be making their live debut. Featuring touring Biffy guitarist Mike Vennart, the project has previously been described by Simon as ​“grindcore extreme metal” and he already has an album ready to go. https://twitter.com/Vennart/status/1603484104695103489 Simon has been rather busy with extra curricular activity as of late. As well as Empire State Bastard, he worked with recent tour-mates Architects on their track Goliath last year and a few months ago appeared on a new versio...