Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Xandria, Seven Spires & Tulip. Manchester Academy 3. 18/09/2026

There are gigs where one band inevitably overshadows the rest of the bill, leaving the support acts struggling to make a lasting impression. Then there are those rare evenings where…

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Live Review: The Laws Performing Sarcofago, Damim & Anguish Of Gods. Sheffield Corporation. 17/09/2026

Sheffield was in for a properly savage night as The Laws took to the stage to perform the music of Brazilian extreme-metal legends Sarcófago, with support from Damim and Anguish…

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News: Bloodstock Add Even More Bands To An Already Colossal Bill

BLOODSTOCK 2027 ANNOUNCEMENT. 18 more bands joining the 2027 bill and not a single one is here to play it safe! On the Ronnie James Dio stage… FRIDAY: Edinburgh’s Dvne…

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Live Review: Gaerea & Conjurer. Manchester Club Academy 11/09/2026

Manchester Club Academy was the setting for a night of crushing riffs, suffocating atmosphere and some seriously intense performances, as British heavyweights Conjurer opened proceedings before Portuguese Black Metal outfit…

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Live Review: Soulfly, Nailbomb & Exorcism. Manchester Academy 2. 07/09/2026

Manchester has never been a city that needs much encouragement to embrace a night of heavy music, but there was something particularly ferocious about the prospect of Soulfly, Nailbomb and…

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Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls, Deco, Lois. Tileyard North, Wakefield 27/08/2026

There are some concert nights that begin long before the first note is played. You can feel them gathering in the air as the queues form, the lights around the…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Sunday 09.08.2026

There is always something slightly bittersweet about the final day of Bloodstock. After several days of loud guitars, pounding drums, huge crowds and an atmosphere that seems almost impossible to…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Saturday 08.08.2026

Saturday at Bloodstock Open Air 2026 was a full-on marathon of heavy music, with barely a moment to stop, catch your breath and take stock of what had just happened.…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Friday 07.08.2026

Friday at Bloodstock Open Air 2026 was the kind of day that seemed determined to test just how much heavy music one person could absorb before finally giving in. The…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Thursday 06.08.2026

There are few places quite like Catton Park when Bloodstock rolls into town. For four days every August, this otherwise peaceful corner of Derbyshire is transformed into a headbanging utopia,…

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