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News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival Announce A Massive 19 Bands For 2025 Including Gojira, Machine Head And Trivium As Headliners

As has increasingly become tradition, Bloodstock decided to unleash a plethora of bands for its 2025 edition as we approached the halfway mark of the current festival. They dropped a…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 11.08.2024

The last day saw a huge turnout on the Main Stage and it was all in aid of Raised By Owls and their brand of light hearted Death Metal. From…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 10.08.2024

As Saturday dawned, I made my way to Catton Hall in time to catch a nice early slice of caustic Black Metal by way of the impressive Deitus. From the moment…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 09.08.2024

Day two, the first feature-length day, sees a wake-up call courtesy of UK powerhouse Rock trio Haxan and their competent riff-loaded tunes. Bolini’s vocals were aggressive and controlled, while the drum work…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 08.08.2024

An annual pilgrimage, a field in deepest darkest Derbyshire and as much metal as you can physically absorb for four days must mean only one thing, it was time for…

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News: Fortress Festival Announces 2025 Line Up

The Mighty and Magnificent Fortress festival will take place again on the Yorkshire coast in the beautiful and exquisite town of Scarborough at the Scarborough Spa from 31st May to…

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News: Incineration Festival Announce Date and Line Up For 2025

The next edition of Incineration Festival will take place on Saturday 3rd May 2025, and they are going bigger and getting louder ! In the spirit of extreme metal, across…

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Live Review: Pearl Jam – Co-Op Arena, Manchester 25.06.2024

This was my first outing at the monstrous Co-Op Arena. After I had navigated my way to the car park and then the perimeter of the Manchester City Etihad Stadium,…

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Live Review: Kerry King / Celestial Sanctuary – The Electric Ballroom, London 18.06.2024

As I rounded the corner from the tube I was met with an impressive line of black clad souls decorated in shirts ranging from the proudly worn decades old greyed…

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Live Review: Fortress Festival Day Two, Scarborough Spa, Scarborough 02.06.2024

With the sun high in the sky on yet another glorious day it was time for me to make my way down to the SPA again for another day of…

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