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Live Review: Moncrieff / The Quiet Man – Academy, Dublin 23.04.2022

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Live Review: Ride – O2 Ritz, Manchester 28.04.2022

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Live Review: Red Fang – O2 Birmingham Institute

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By Tiffany Detzel Fall is here, which means Halloween isn’t far behind. Enter the Trinity Of Terror Tour, featuring Motionless in White, Ice Nine Kills, and Black Veil Brides (with supporting band We Came as Romans)! I can’t think of a better show to celebrate this seasonal transition. On Sunday September 18, the final show …

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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 …

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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 …

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By Rebecca Bush I hopped on a Big Green Coach to cover this year’s Reading Festival, it was a whole 21 years since I last attended so I knew it was going to be a whole new experience!  Reading has expanded over the years and is now attended by over 100,000 festival goers, everywhere you …

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The weekend of 26th to 28th Sept saw a trip up the motorway to Leeds for what promised to be a fantastic weekend of live entertainment.  I decided to stay on site for this one and as a press guest was thankfully offered guest weekend camping. I’m pleased to say that it was very civil, …

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Words and photos by Maxine Adams 1 man band Adam Betts from Colossal squid kicked off the Covet gig on a Sunday evening in Birmingham. A fan yelled ‘the best drummer in the world’ as he walked onto the stage, and after seeing what followed it was easy to see why he was praised so …

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As the news broke overnight that due to the unfortunate illness of a member of Life Of Agony, the main stage had had a slight change in proceedings, Skarlett Riot had been plucked from the Sophie Stage lineup and were now opening the Main Stage, wow, kudos to Bloodstock for allowing one of the ‘smaller’ …

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What better way to start a Saturday than with a healthy slab of brutal Death Metal and today’s slab comes in the form of Danish batterers Baest. I was keen to catch these Danes again ever since I reviewed their last offering, ‘Necro Sapiens’, and today my wishes had been answered. Again, a healthy crowd …

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So, with the heatwave well and truly entrenched I made my way to the arena for the first full Bloodstock day and my first main stage band of the weekend, Heart of a coward.  As I stood in the pit awaiting their arrival, I looked around and their seemed to be a lot of like-minded …

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By Adam Littlemore The Independant was home to a night of chaos with a lot of sweat and drama which didn’t stop the crowds from having a good time. Opening band To Nowhere kicked the night of amazing music off, playing loud whipping the crowd up with their heavy guitar riffs and very loud drums. …

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