Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 08.06.23

So, after a ninety-minute journey had morphed into a six-hour journey I hiked the path that was well trodden and finally landed on the hallowed turf of Donington Park, and…

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Live Review: Carcass / Conjurer / Slimelord – The Warehouse, Leeds 30.05.23

As I entered the blackened Warehouse, I had no sooner secured my vantage point than we were being blasted with the brutal deathened doom of Leeds bruisers Slimelord, and considering…

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Live Review: Incineration Festival 2023 – London 13.05.2023

As the clock struck midday, I stepped out of the black cab, raised my head and I was met with the comforting sight of The Underworld on the horizon, the…

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Live Review: Cannibal Corpse / Dark Funeral / Ingested / Stormruler – Manchester Academy, Manchester 21.04.2023

As I forged my way across the Pennines, I was extremely excited for the evening that stood before me, an eclectic mix of metal sub genres and an evening of…

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Live Review: Inferno Festival – Oslo, Norway 09.04.2023

As we descended on the Rockefeller complex for one last dose of festival magic we were obliterated right from the very start with some raw and diabolical Norwegian Black Metal…

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Live Review: Inferno Festival – Oslo, Norway 08.04.2023

Norway’s very own Vemod were the first sacrifice of the day up on the Rockefeller stage and with them, they brought their dark Ethereal Metal to the Inferno masses. From…

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Live Review: Inferno Festival – Oslo, Norway 07.04.2023

As I woke up to the morning of the second day of the festival I was met with one of the most substantial and diverse breakfast buffets that had ever…

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Live Review: Inferno Festival – Oslo, Norway 06.04.2023

So after several trains, planes and automobiles I finally landed in the hallowed ground of Oslo, Norway, for what was set to be my initiation into the infamous Inferno Festival.…

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Album Review: Ferocious Dog – Ferocious Dog (10th Anniversary Edition)

My first ever introduction into the Ferocious Dog world was when they supported The Levellers and since then I have been an avid fan ever since, so the opportunity to…

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Live Review: W.A.S.P / South Of Salem – Manchester Academy, Manchester 17.03.2023

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a crowd sporting pretty much no other shirts than those of just one band, normally the torsos will be punctuated with similar…

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