Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Bloodstock announces even more names for 2025, this time the emp stage

BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to be partnering with premier alternative lifestyle and merchandise brand EMP UK to unveil the next wave of rising metal talent set to storm the EMP STAGE…

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Live Review: Vader / Skaphos / Rise Of Kronos – Manchester Club Academy 24.04.2025

Tonight saw a trio of Death Metal delights for us on the Mancunian soundscape and I was a little quizzical as to why the Club Academy wasn’t fuller but I…

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10 weeks and counting until one of the biggest metal events for 2025 hits the uk, slayer and a huge supporting cast

Slayer will be playing two UK dates in July, their first since 2019, and they will be joined by some giants of the metal world. Slayer will be playing the…

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News: the mighty incineration fest puts the finishing touches to their 2025 plans with the stage splits

Incineration Festival, which takes place across five venues in London on 3rd May 2025, has announced the stage splits for the 2025 edition and it is looking mighty fine (as…

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the young gods announce new studio album, lead single and an autumn eu/uk tour

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live review: stiff little fingers, ricky warwick and the fighting hearts. the barbican, york. 18/03/2025

The Barbican was full of legends tonight and the crowd didn’t disappoint either. When Ricky Warwick and the Fighting Hearts hit the stage the gathered ensemble was modest to say…

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News: fortress festival 2025 is officially sold out

FORTRESS FESTIVAL 2025 Officially SOLD OUT! Among the headliners of the biggest black metal event in the UK will be Agalloch with an exclusive 2025 European show Still to be…

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album review: benmont tench: the melancholy season.

This is an album of absolute luxury. Each track on ‘The Melancholy Season’ is decadent and opulent, the vocals from Tench are soothing and velvety throughout while the strings that…

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album review: the wildhearts – satanic rites of the wildhearts

The Wildhearts are back with an absolute barnstormer of an album, ‘The Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts’, and it is a belter. The album has it all and progresses through…

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live review: the wildhearts, jim jones allstars, dirt box disco. the leadmill, sheffield. 07/03/2025

Unfortunately due to an epic equipment failure I came away from tonight’s gig without any salvageable shots but, as the old saying goes, the show must go on. So sit…

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