live review: new model army, holmfirth picturedrome, 4th august 2023

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Before Leeds had even opened its doors for tonight’s gig, reports had been flooding over the Pennines about how the Academy in Manchester had been packed to the rafters for this thrash event which only caused anxiety that the Academy in Leeds was likely to be more than uncomfortable given how Leeds is definitely the …

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When you have a four-band card, and 3 of those are uber major players in the metal league, then you need an early door time in order to cram in sets of colossal size and nature. That was exactly what we got with the late afternoon time of 17.30 yet the only downfall with an …

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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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The announcements keep coming and Inferno Metal festival just gets stronger and stronger. Another huge announcement for the Norwegian heavyweight and a triple whammy of epic proportions, namely in the form of Crowbar, Vemod and Gaerea Crowbar Anyone with at least a passing interest, or even just an ounce curiosity in the heavier side of …

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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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The monstrous announcements keep coming thick and fast for the titanic Norwegian extreme music festival, Inferno Metal Festival 2023  Unleashed, Ingested and Stormruler to Inferno 2023.  Unleashed Founders of the Swedish death Metal scene, albeit with a few orthers, Unleashed are returning after a 12 year Inferno hiatus and they are bringing old school brutal …

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The magnificent Inferno Festival, a jewel in Oslo’s crown when it comes to black metal, death metal and all that’s in between, will soon be upon us again. As we close the book on the summer festivals, we can really start to put all our efforts into preparing for Inferno and getting excited for what …

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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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