Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Fortress Festival Day One – Scarborough Spa, Scarborough 01.06.2024

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside and what better excuse than for a Black Metal festival packed with a line-up of UK live debuts, albums being aired…

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Live Review: Ferocious Dog / The Cloverhearts – Nightrain, Bradford 24.05.2024

So I was venturing out to territory unknown for an evening of punk courtesy of the Cloverhearts and the awesome Ferocious Dog at the infamous Nightrain in Bradford, and after…

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Album Review: Kerry King – From Hell I Rise

Years in the making and its finally here, the legend Kerry King is back, and he has unleashed his latest prodigy on us, and this is a beast of a…

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Live Review: Incineration Festival – Camden Town, London 11.05.2024

It was that time of year again. We were getting a bit of respite from the inclement weather with a bout of glorious sunshine, and the colossal Incineration Festival had…

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News: Five Weeks Until The Mighty Incineration Festival Brings Its 10 Year Anniversary Edition To Camden Town, London

With just five weeks to go until the formidable Incineration Fest hits London again in its ritualistic annual pilgrimage of all thing’s Black and Death on the extreme metal soundscape…

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Live Review: Cryptopsy / Atheist / Almost Dead / 72 Legions – Corporation, Sheffield. 22.03.2024

With the doors being advertised at 19.00 I walked through the psychedelic entrance hallway of the Corporation to find 72 Legions signing off from their set with a few crushing…

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Live Review: Cattle Decapitation / Signs Of The Swarm / 200 Stab Wounds / Vomit Forth – The Stylus, Leeds 15.03.2024

As I approached the Stylus for tonights slab of death and death core I couldn’t help but notice the amount of shirts milling about with logos which to the untrained…

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Live Review: Orbit Culture / Defects – Rebellion, Manchester 08.03.2024

Tonight was an evening of a more traditional two band bill, a straight up, out and out blast of Extreme Metal. First to hit the stage were Defects, a fast-emerging…

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Live Review: Enslaved, Svalbard, Wayfarer – Brudenell Club, Leeds 07.03.2024

Tonight was an evening of legends, a two-prong attack if you will. Tonight we welcomed the absolute marvels that are Enslaved, Norwegian masters of extreme metal, and they were infiltrating…

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Live Review: Editors / Coach Party – O2 Academy, Leeds 27.02.2024

Midweek in Leeds and it was time to get excited and go get ourselves a healthy dose of rock courtesy of Editors and the accompanying openers, Indie rockers Coach Party.…

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