Live Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar -O2 Ritz, Manchester 02.11.2022
With a bill that was dominated by thrash, what better way to keep the evening grounded than by kicking it off with a heavy dose of New Orleans sludge courtesy of the legend that is Windstein and his troops of doom. With another early door time the ritz wasn’t as full as Crowbar would have …
News: Inferno Festival 2023 Unleash Emperor, Watain, Wayfarer, Ruun
Inferno Festival 2023 unleash Emperor, Watain, Wayfarer, Ruun Inferno Festival 2023 just got a whole lot bigger and juicier with the latest announcement of the mighty Emperor, Swedish Watain and more. Emperor The masters of Norwegian Black Metal, Emperor, will bring a very special gig to Inferno 2023 so strap yourself in and make sure …
Live Review: Beyond The Black / Butcher Babies / Ad Infinitum – The Ritz, Manchester 11.10.2022
The Ritz was sold out for this colossal billing and with perfect reason, the bill was stacked with four absolutely mouth-watering prospects for a night of true metal mayhem. Unfortunately, word started to come through mid-afternoon that sadly Amaranthe had to pull out citing a band illness as the eleventh hour upset, regardless of this …
News: Bloodstock Shares Nine More Bands For 2023!
The UK’s biggest independent Rock and Metal Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, has just announced another mouth-watering batch of bands for its 2023 edition and with some heavy hitters and complete legends in the mix, 2023 is surely going to be another Bloodstock you simply don’t want to miss out on. Not one, but two Main …
Live Review: Hypocrisy / Septic Flesh / The Agonist / Horizon Ignited – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 07.10.2022
I was already fighting to make it over the Pennines to reach the Manchester Academy 2 for the advertised doors of 18.30 but when I heard that the doors had actually been moved to an 18.00 start I held my hands up and inevitably went on to miss the opening band, Horizon Ignited. To say …
Live Review: Anthrax / Municipal Waste / Sworn Enemy – Leeds Academy, Leeds 03.10.2022
Before Leeds had even opened its doors for tonight’s gig, reports had been flooding over the Pennines about how the Academy in Manchester had been packed to the rafters for this thrash event which only caused anxiety that the Academy in Leeds was likely to be more than uncomfortable given how Leeds is definitely the …
Live Review: The European Siege Featuring Behemoth / Arch Enemy / Carcass / Unto Others – Manchester Apollo, Manchester 30.09.2022
When you have a four-band card, and 3 of those are uber major players in the metal league, then you need an early door time in order to cram in sets of colossal size and nature. That was exactly what we got with the late afternoon time of 17.30 yet the only downfall with an …
Live Review: Terrorvision – Sheffield Corporation, Sheffield 09.09.2022
Wow, just wow, another Terrorvision gig, another absolutely mind numbing, sweat evoking, and downright feel good party. But let’s rewind 90 minutes and break down this colossal event in all of its glory. As the clock struck 9 o’clock, the lights went down and the packed corporation was treated to a blistering ‘Enteralterego’, and from …
News: Further Line-Up Info For Inferno Festival
The announcements keep coming and Inferno Metal festival just gets stronger and stronger. Another huge announcement for the Norwegian heavyweight and a triple whammy of epic proportions, namely in the form of Crowbar, Vemod and Gaerea Crowbar Anyone with at least a passing interest, or even just an ounce curiosity in the heavier side of …
Live Review: The Viking And Lionhearts Tour Machine Head / Amon Amarth / The Halo Effect – AO Arena, Manchester 12.09.2022
As the majority of the festivals close their doors on yet another season, what could possibly lift us out of these doldrums and inject a much-needed spark of metal mayhem back into our lives? A colossal co-headlining tour from 2 demigods of the extreme music landscape, Amon Amarth and Machine Head, oh and throw in …