rock/metal live review
Live Review: Disturbed / Breaking Benjamin / Jinjer – White River Amphitheater, Washington State 16.07.2023
By Nestor Salgado With the recent release of “Divisive,” Disturbed’s eighth studio album, the band sets out on the “Take Back Your Life” tour with support from Breaking Benjamin and Jinjer– playing White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington USA. Kicking off the show was Ukrainian metal-core band Jinjer– a fast growing enigma in the rock …
Live Review: Jack Askew – Northern Guitars, Leeds 29.06.2023
I always feel overwhelmingly privileged when I discover fresh and emerging new artists on the livemusic scene, and when I heard that a local singer songwriter id been following for a while wasplaying a gig in Leeds it was too good an opportunity to miss, so I hot footed it into the city andfound my …
Live Review: Grace Solero / Not Now Norman / Odins Revenge – The Spotlight Venue, Hartlepool 24.06.2023
The Spotlight Venue is a new live music provider in Hartlepool that is champion the metal and hard rock scene. The venue welcomed London four-piece alternative rock band Grace Solero for tonight’s entertainment along with support from Northumberland’s Not Now Norman and Hartlepool’s very own Odins Revenge. Odins Revenge Local band Odins Revenge kicked things …
Live Review: Guns N’ Roses – British Summer Time (BST), Hyde Park, London 30.06.2023
By Adrian Peel Following their headline performance at Glastonbury, which drew mixed reviews from critics, Guns N’ Roses – “Every 50-year-old’s favourite band”, according to support act Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders – played a lengthy three-hour set at Hyde Park on Friday, June 30. Before that, a number of acts had spent the afternoon entertaining the crowds across two stages, my favourites being The …
Live Review: Slam Dunk South 2023
By Rebecca Bush Slam Dunk 2023 is here to make sure Festival Season is kicking into gear the right way. With an impressive lineup that promises to set the bar for summer nice and high. The day did not start off without its hitches unfortunately and as a result, I spent the first half of …
Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 11.06.23
The final day of this epic rock voyage and it was a fairly stripped back affair for me. The heat was truly oppressive from the off and wherever you stood in the vast Donington arena it was stifling. The water points were gridlocked, and it took almost an hour of queueing to become victorious and …
Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.23
As I entered the arena for the third time my battle plan required me to initially set up camp on the Opus Stage, so as I was winding my way to find a good vantage point I managed to catch the tail end of Stray From The Path and their brand of American Hardcore Punk. …
Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 09.06.23
As I entered the arena for day two I decided to take myself to the Dogtooth Stage in preparation for Pupil Slicer and in doing so I managed to catch the last 3 songs of Mancunian outfit, Witch Fever, and their brand of post punk measured chaos, and from the moment the anarchic and frenzied …
Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 08.06.23
So, after a ninety-minute journey had morphed into a six-hour journey I hiked the path that was well trodden and finally landed on the hallowed turf of Donington Park, and the truly mammoth extravaganza that was to be a four-day Download Festival. As my feet found their way into the arena, and onto the familiar …
Live Review: Carcass / Conjurer / Slimelord – The Warehouse, Leeds 30.05.23
As I entered the blackened Warehouse, I had no sooner secured my vantage point than we were being blasted with the brutal deathened doom of Leeds bruisers Slimelord, and considering these hometown barbarians were only the opening offering tonight the place was absolutely packed. From the moment the band hit the stage we were being …