Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Anthrax / Municipal Waste / Sworn Enemy – Leeds Academy, Leeds 03.10.2022

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…

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Live Review: The European Siege Featuring Behemoth / Arch Enemy / Carcass / Unto Others – Manchester Apollo, Manchester 30.09.2022

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…

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Live Review: Terrorvision – Sheffield Corporation, Sheffield 09.09.2022

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…

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News: Further Line-Up Info For Inferno Festival

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…

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Live Review: The Viking And Lionhearts Tour Machine Head / Amon Amarth / The Halo Effect – AO Arena, Manchester 12.09.2022

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…

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News: Norway’s Metal Festival ‘Inferno’ Announces Further Line-Up Information

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…

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News: Norway’s Inferno Festival Give First Look At The Line Up

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…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 14.08.2022

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…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 13.08.2022

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…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 12.08.2022

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,…

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