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News: A Weekend Of Black Metal Is Coming To The North Yorkshire Coast In 2024 Courtesy Of Fortress Festival

“The First of June, 2024… Under the watchful gaze of the carrion crows that beset the castle’s crumbling battlements…the hordes of darkness will stir. The mournful bells of the woebegone…

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Live Review: Bury Tomorrow / We Came As Romans / Kingdom Of Giants – The Stylus, Leeds 18.01.2024

Energy personification was the order of the day for this Metalcore billing in Leeds, and with it being completely sold out well in advance it promised to be an evening…

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News: Incineration Fest 2024 Adds Even More Names To Its 10 Year Anniversary Edition

Incineration Fest have announced more names to their brutal lineup of Extreme Metal in order to help celebrate their 10 year anniversary. Blackened Death Metal kings Belphegor will undoubtedly destroy…

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News: Incineration Festival 2024 Adds Even More Names To Their Extreme Event

Incineration Festival have bolstered their already mouth-watering lineup of Extreme Metal with a new influx of legends, Black Metal royalty and debuts to deliver an impressive lineup which still has…

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Live Review: Decapitated / Obscura / Inferi / The Materia – Club Academy, Manchester 15.12.2023

What better way to spend some time in our beloved intimate basement surroundings of the Manchester Club Academy than with an evening of brutal Death Metal, and with my head,…

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Live Review: Belphegor / God Dethroned / Atrocity / Monastery – The Corporation, Sheffield 12.12.2023

It was time to head south on this wintery Tuesday evening for what was promising to be an evening of brutal extreme metal courtesy of a four-band bill at The…

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News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2024 New Announcement

Bloodstock has decided to shower us with all manner of early Christmas presents by way of their latest announcement, and there really are some true goliaths of their respective genres…

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Live Review: Michael Schenker Group / Night Demon – O2 Ritz, Manchester 28.11.2023

With a whopping fifty years under his belt, Michael Schenker was embarking on his latest tour in order to celebrate the feat, and with it, he had brought his trusted…

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Live Review: Cavalera/Incite – Manchester Academy 10/11/2023

What more could you ask for on a cold, dark and wet mid-November evening than a healthy dose of Brazilian Deathened Thrash courtesy of the true iconic legends, the Cavalera…

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News: Incineration Fest, Camden Town, London. 11th May 2024

Since its Inception in 2014, Incineration Fest is fast becoming an annual pilgrimage for many, and a must have staple of the extreme music festival landscape. Spread over four iconic…

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