Lock Up
Formed: 1998
From:
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Lock Up News
Below is our complete Lock Up news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Brujeria Drummer Diagnosed With Kidney Failure
British metal drumming legend Nick Barker, known as the drummer of Brujeria and Shining and formerly of Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth and Lock Up, has been diagnosed with kidney failure. A crowdfunder has been launched to help the musician, which can be found here. Brandi Campanile, who is handling the GoFundMe campaign, revealed his condition thusly:
"As many noticed, back in 2022, Nick was hospitalized several times… a couple of these times while on tour. During these visits, it was discovered that he was losing kidney function. With determination, he tried to continue caring for himself while maintaining the tours and his musical career. His life has been dedicated to it along with his daughters. Both of which are his life blood.
"Unfortunately, it has all taken its toll and the kidneys are in full failure. With all things, he has been going through this the best he can, on his own. After giving so much of himself to his music, to us, his friends and fans. He now needs us as he cannot currently work due to the dialysis schedule and focusing on his health."
Barker is perhaps Britain's most in demand metal drummer, having not only recorded albums with Brujeria, Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Lock Up and Monolith, as well as the new, eponymous album from Shining which will be released in September, but has also performed as a live drummer for such bands as Exodus, Testament, Anaal Nathrakh, Possessed, Nuclear Assault and Venom Inc. among many others. More...
Napalm Death Bassist Finishes Autobiography
Napalm Death bassist, Shane Embury, has been a major figure in grindcore for more than four decades, and his story is closely tied to the history of that scene.
His upcoming biography, "Life? … & Napalm Death," takes the reader on a front seat, white-knuckle ride through the sights, sounds, places and people who’ve been central to the music and the life. Told in his own, inimitable style, this is not just the life story of Shane, but also a history of Napalm Death and the development of death metal and grindcore from their beginnings to the present.
The book is being published by Rocket 88, and is expected later this year. Find out further details by visiting shanenapalmdeathbook.com.
Venomous Concept (Napalm Death) Premiere New Song
Hardcore punk outfit Venomous Concept - featuring Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, etc.), ex-Brutal Truth frontman Kevin Sharp (Lock Up), guitarist John Cooke (Napalm Death) and drummer Carl Stokes (Cancer) - premiered their new single “Fractured“. It’s the third advance track to arrive from the band’s impending new studio full-length “The Good Ship Lollipop“, due out on February 24th.
Explains Embury: More...
Lock Up (At The Gates, Napalm Death) Debut Video
Lock Up - featuring members of At The Gates, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer etc. - premiere a second advance track and video named “Hell Will Plague The Ruins” streaming via YouTube below. The song is off their upcoming new album “The Dregs Of Hades“, due out November 26th.
Lock Up Reveals New Album Details
Grindcore supergroup Lock Up has today unleashed the first single/video off their new album "The Dregs of Hades". You can check out the video for "Dark Force Of Conviction" below. Recorded in various parts of the world and mixed by Seba Puente at AudioCustom Studio in Santiago, Chile, the album features the dual vomit storms of Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth) and the returning Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear). Joining the band on skin battery is Adam Jarvis (Misery Index, Pig Destroyer), with grind mammoth Shane Embury (Napalm Death) handling the low-end terror and Anton Reisenegger (Brujeria, Pentagram (Chile)) providing the rusted six-string riff carnage. The visual insanity is the work of Chariot Of Black Moth.
"The Dregs of Hades" will be released in various formats on November 26, 2021. Pre-order it here.
Tracklisting:
1. Death Itself, Brother Of Sleep
2. Hell Will Plague The Ruins
3. The Dregs Of Hades
4. Black Illumination
5. Dark Force Of Conviction
6. Misdirection Thief
7. Dead Legions
8. Triumph Of The Grotesque
9. Nameless Death
10. A Sinful Life Of Power
11. Ashes
12. The Blind Beast
13. Reign On In Hell
14. Crucifixion of Distorted Existence More...
Lock Up Posts New Music Video Online
Grindcore supergroup Lock Up, featuring Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/Venomous Concept), Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth/Venomous Concept) and Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates/Disfear/Grotesque) amongst others, have posted a new music video online for the song, "Inside Cthulu's Eye." You can check it out below. The song is part of a bonus seven inch single, which will also include the new recordings, "Cyphers Of Fortune" and "Radiation Sickness (Repulsion)". The single will come with the band's forthcoming vinyl release, "Play Fast Or Die - Live In Japan" which will be released through Listenable Records next Spring. More...
Tomas Lindberg Returns To Lock Up For New Album
Initially joining the band in 2002 for the "Hate Breeds Suffering" album, Tomas Lindberg (Grotesque, At The Gates, Disfear) who also recorded the "Necropolis Transparent" and "Play Fast Or Die - Live in Japan" albums with Lock Up, is now back in the fold joining Kevin Sharp for more insane malevolent grind and death vokill attack.
Lock Up is currently recording the brand new album, "The Dregs Of Hades," to be released via Listenable next fall. The "Dregs Of Hades album" will also feature new drummer Adam Jarvis (Misery Index, Pig Destroyer) on drums following Nick Barker’s departure last year.
Adam Jarvis comments: "When Shane first asked me to join the already elite league of extraordinary gentlemen I was beyond ecstatic! THEN.... I find out Tompa was rejoining the band and I went bananas! So excited for everyone to hear what madness we’ve created so far, and for a double assault from Kevin and Tompa that is bound to make you want to punch stuff!" More...
Venomous Concept Premiere New Track
Venomous Concept, the hardcore/grindcore supergroup featuring Brutal Truth’s Kevin Sharp as well as Napalm Death’s Shane Embury, Danny Herrera and John Cooke, premiere a new track entitled "Vote Clown Party", streaming via Soundcloud for you below.
Scour Premiere New Music Video “Flames”
Scour - featuring Phil Anselmo (Down, ex-Pantera, etc.), John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, ex-Cattle Decapitation), Mark Kloeppel (ex-Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up) - premiere a new official music video for their new single “Flames”. The track is taken from their new EP, “Black“, out in stores now via Nuclear Blast Records.
Scour Premiere New Music Video "Doom"
Scour - featuring Phil Anselmo (Down, ex-Pantera, etc.), John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, ex-Cattle Decapitation), Mark Kloeppel (ex-Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up) - premiere a new official music video for their track “Doom”. The track is taken from their new EP, “Black“, out in stores now.
The band tapped two special guests for this new song and video: actor Jason Momoa (‘Aquaman‘, ‘Game Of Thrones‘) and Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan.
Lock Up: New Full-Album Streaming
Lock Up (Napalm Death, Ex-Brutal Truth) premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Demonization", out in stores now via Listenable Records.
Check out now "Demonization" in its entirety below.
Brujeria To Support Napalm Death
Mexican murderous deathgrind outfit Brujeria will infiltrate European shores in April and May as support to grindcore pioneers Napalm Death.
This European tour will take the bands across 12 countries and 24 cities in four weeks. Support will also be coming from Texan crossover thrashers Power Trip and satanic deathgrinders Lock Up. Dates are as follows:
25.04. DK Copenhagen - Amager Bio
26.04. S Gothenburg - Pustervik
27.04. S Stockholm - Kraken STHLM
28.04. D Flensburg - Roxy
29.04. D Magdeburg - Factory
30.04. NL Haarlem - Patronaat More...
Lock Up Announces New Tour
Next month, Listenable Records will unleash the new full-length album from grindcore masters, Lock Up. Titled "Demonization," the band's latest incarnation features Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Venomous Concept) on vocals alongside bassist Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Meathook Seed), drummer Nick Barker (Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir), and guitarist Anton Reisenegger (Pentagram - Chile, Criminal).
Boasting a crushing fourteen tracks, "Demonization" will see release on CD, digital, and limited edition vinyl formats in Europe on March 10th followed by a North American release to be announced shortly.
In conjunction with the release, Lock Up will tour Europe this spring alongside Napalm Death and Brujeria with additional support from Power Trip. The "Campaign For Musical Destruction" European tour 2017 will run from April 25th through May 21st. See all confirmed dates below. More...
Lock Up Streaming "Desolation Architect"
This coming March, Listenable Records will unleash a new full-length album from Lock Up entitled "Demonization." In advance of its official unveiling, today new song "Desolation Architect" is offered up for public consumption.
The band's latest incarnation features Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Venomous Concept, Primate) on vocals alongside bassist Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, Meathook Seed), drummer Nick Barker (Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir), and guitarist Anton Reisenegger (Pentagram - Chile, Criminal).
Boasting a crushing fourteen tracks, "Demonization" will see release on CD, digital, and limited edition vinyl formats in Europe on March 10th followed by a North American release to be announced shortly.
Wonders Embury in considering this new track's theme, "From conception to dissolution, what do we leave behind? Or what can we? If our lives could be compared to a canvas of artwork, how defined and inspirational will it be to our next of kin? Was it fulfilled and true? Can they learn from the mistakes we all make?" More...
Lock Up Premieres New Song "Mindfight"
Multinational grindcore outfit Lock Up - featuring Kevin Sharp (ex-Brutal Truth), Anton Reisenegger (Pentagram, Criminal), Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, Venomous Concept), and Nick Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir) - premieres a new song entitled "Mindfight", taken from the upcoming new album "Demonization", which will be out in stores in March via Listenable Records.
Check out now "Mindfight" below.
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Sunday Old School: Lock Up
A few months back, Sunday Old School examined the career of Brujeria, a band which proved that not all super groups are disappointments. They featured amongst their ranks Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Dino Cazares of Fear Factory and Shane Embury of Napalm Death. Embury has never been one to shy away from side projects and collaborations, as his stints with Brujeria, Venomous Concept and partnership with the British hip-hop group, Gunshot demonstrates, but there was another project he worked on which gained considerable attention. Indeed, it could be considered another supergroup, this time going by the name, Lock Up.
Lock Up was formed by Embury and then Cradle of Filth drummer, Nicholas Barker (later of Benediction, Dimmu Borgir and also Brujeria, amongst others.) The seeds were sewn one night when the two were drinking together and listening to some of their favourite metal records, talking about how they’d like to do a band which encapsulated the fun and brutality of early Napalm Death records, as well as being influenced by the Terrorizer album, "World Downfall," whose founder, Jesse Pintado, was then also in Napalm Death and was brought in to the Lock Up ranks, along with Swedish musician, Peter Tägtgren, perhaps best known as the driving force behind the death metal band, Hypocrisy. More...
First Bands and Dates Announced For MDF 2015
The first round of band confirmations have been made for Maryland Deathfest 2015. The thirteenth edition of the festival will take place in Baltimore, Maryland from May 21-24, 2015.
The bands confirmed so far are as follows:
Aeternus (Norway) - exclusive US appearance
Arcturus (Norway) - exclusive US appearance
Aura Noir (Norway) - exclusive US appearance
Bulldozer (Italy) - exclusive US appearance
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult (Germany)
Demoncy
Dragged into Sunlight (UK)
D.R.I.
Einherjer (Norway) - exclusive US appearance
Funebrarum
Goatsnake
Impetuous Ritual (Australia) - exclusive US appearance
Lock Up - exclusive US appearance
Lycanthropy (Czech Republic)
Master
Melt-Banana (Japan)
Metal Church
Noisear
Neurosis
Portal (Australia) - exclusive US appearance
Serpentine Path
Skepticism (Finland) - exclusive US appearance
Splatterhouse
Suffering Mind (Poland)
Triptykon (Switzerland) - exclusive US appearance
Tsjuder (Norway) - exclusive US appearance
Twilight of the Gods - exclusive US appearance
Ufomammut (Italy)
Vallenfyre (UK) - exclusive US appearance
Vulcano (Brazil) - exclusive US appearance
Winter
Wolfbrigade (Sweden) - exclusive US appearance
Dates that each band performs and running times will not be set until closer to the festival dates.
The organizers are satisfied with the venue situation this year and have decided to use the same set up next year. This means that Maryland Deathfest 2015 will use the Edison Lot (located at 545 N. High St) for the two main stages, Rams Head (located at 20 Market Place) will be used each night and will host death/black metal bands, and Soundstage (located at 124 Market Pl) will be used each day/night for grind/hardcore/punk bands. On Thursday, only Rams Head will be used.
Final Bands Announced for Barge To Hell Cruise
The Barge To Hell is just days away from departure and final band announcements are being made. The cruise sets sail Monday, December 3rd, 2012 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and returns on Friday, December 7th, 2012.
Just announced are Novembers Doom, Vital Remains, Brujeria and underground acts Abiotic, Zanthropya Ex, and Dark Sermon. The organizers also report that both the German and Canadian incarnations of Necronomicon will be in attendance.
With the announcement comes some bad news that Six Feet Under has had to cancel their appearance due to a scheduling conflict with their studio and needing to have their new album delivered in time.
You can still book a trip on the Barge To Hell.
The lineup is as follows: More...
Exodus And More Confirmed For Barge To Hell
The organizers of the Barge To Hell cruise have issued the following announcement about confirming Exodus, Seita, Havok, and Necronomicon:
"Let the world-wide EXODUS for BARGE TO HELL begin! Paying tribute to their global customer base, they've also added: SEITA from Brazil and The Netherlands, HAVOK from the USA, NECRONOMICON from Germany and HEADCRUSHER from Colombia!
"Barge To Hell's customer service team is working around the clock to get everything ready for those that are booked to perform online check-in. Booked passengers can expect to receive their online check-in invitation on Monday.
"The madness begins on December 3rd, when 40 of the most extreme Metal Bands and 2,000 headbangers from all over the world will go to the Caribbean to take over a luxury cruise ship for a 5 day and 4 night trip to the undead! See each of the 40 bands play two live shows on two different days. That's 80 shows with unrestricted festival access to the three stages, each with it's own unique atmosphere:
- The luxurious 'A Chorus Line' theater where they spare no expense to have the benches removed on the floor. Because at a Metal show, who actually wants assigned seating in front of the stage?
- The cozy 'Spectrum' that gives you the real club feeling.
- And their jewel: The open air stage on the pool deck. The biggest festival stage to sail the Oceans.
"You can also get all your memorabilia signed at the Meet & Greet sessions. Be part of their infamous Metal Karaoke and many other special activities with the Artists. And last, but not least: Don't forget that they have bars on board that never close! What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done."
The following 35 bands have now been confirmed: More...
Lock Up Announces New Tour Dates
International grindcore group Lock Up features Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates/Disfear), Anton Reisenegger (Pentagram, Criminal), Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, Venomous Concept), and Nick Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir). The band will undergo a brief European club tour in February 2013 in support of latest album "Necropolis Transparent" on Nuclear Blast Records.
The tour, tentatively named "Infiltrate And Destroy Europe 2013" will see Lock Up play a 10 date up-close-and-personal club tour which takes the band through such territories as the U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria. and Belgium. Drummer Nick Barker commented:
"We're really excited and looking forward to blasting our way across Europe in Febuary 2013. Lock Up on the whole, don't really get to do club tours very often so this is a great opportunity for us do what we do, get up close and in your face with the fans, in a more intimate setting as opposed to playing the bigger open air festival stages we're accustomed to. Don't get me wrong we love playing the big festivals, but with the brutal and savage nature of our music, its very well suited in a club environment and we feel both the band and fans vibe on that a lot more."
08-Feb-2013 Friday; The Borderline; London
09-Feb-2013 Saturday; Nouveau Casino; Paris
11-Feb-2013 Monday; Hirscheneck; Basel
12-Feb-2013 Tuesday; Hansa 39; Munich
13-Feb-2013 Wednesday; Viper Room; Wien
14-Feb-2013 Thursday; Hoodoo Music Club; Praha
15-Feb-2013 Friday; Underground; Köln
16-Feb-2013 Saturday; Festsaal Kreuzberg; Berlin
17-Feb-2013 Sunday; Le Magasin 4; Bruxelles More...