Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Dream Theater / Arion – O2 Apollo, Manchester 17.02.2023

As the evening drew in and I approached the Apollo I couldn’t help but notice an air of sophistication and maturity surrounding the whole ambience, and as I entered the…

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News: Host Featuring Paradise Lost Vocalist Nick Holmes And Guitarist Greg Mackintosh Are Set To Release Their Debut Album ‘IX’

The origins of Host, the new project featuring Paradise Lost vocalist Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh, do not trace back to their 1999 album bearing the same name but instead to the West Yorkshire music clubs…

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Meet: Greg Mackintosh Of Host

Massive thanks to Greg for taking the time to answer our questions on the in preparation for the release of debut album IX from the new project, Host, which features…

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Live Review: Revocation / Goatwhore / Alluvial / Creeping Death – Rebellion, Manchester 13.02.2023

After a relatively stress free jaunt across the Pennines, I was met with a winding queue which hugged the perimeter of the Rebellion and even though the doors were advertised…

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Album Review: Slade – The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (Reissue)

Originally released in 1983, ‘The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome’ is back, and it has had a makeover, still delivering the same enormous sound as it did back in the day yet…

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Album Review: Slade – Nobody’s Fool (Reissue)

1976. A lot has happened since 1976 but a repressing of the Slade classic, ‘Nobody’s Fool’, helps transport you back to the time when these British Rock and Rollers were…

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Live Review: Tarja / Temperance / Beneath The Embers – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 04.02.2023

With the night finally here, I once again made my way across the Pennines, excited for the much delayed Tarja gig and this was going to be one of epic…

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Live Review: Apocalyptica & Epica (The Epic Apocalypse Tour) Manchester Academy, Manchester 03.02.23

Numerous complications and difficulties left me fighting a losing battle to get to the Academy on time to catch prog metal band, Wheel, although from what I heard they fought…

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Live Review: Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls / The Lottery Winners / The Wilswood Buoys – The Barbican, York 31.01.23

Frank was in town and I was very up for this one as it was the first for me since the Christmas festivities had passed, and as I walked towards…

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Meet: Clint Bredin From British Metalcore Band Beneath The Embers

With their new album ‘Condemned’ released at the end of last year and a tour in February supporting Tarja, Backseat Mafia caught up with Clint Bredin, lead guitarist and founding…

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