Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Live Review: Volbeat / Skindred / Napalm Death – First Direct Arena, Leeds 16.12.2022

As I ventured into the Leeds arena, I was met with a monstrous ramp of colossal proportions leading out from the stage into the standing area and back again, creating…

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Live Review: New Model Army / Zen Baseball Bat – The Ritz, Manchester 03.12.2022

It was refreshing to get across the Pennines fairly smoothly with almost no hold ups at all, a feat which I haven’t been able to achieve in the last eight…

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Live Review: Therapy? / Rews – The Parish, Huddersfield 02.12.2022

An old school gig in an old school venue (a bill with just the headliners and one support act in a room upstairs at a local pub), tonight Huddersfield’s faithful…

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Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2022

By the time I’d battled across the Pennines, in the now all too familiar tailbacks and gridlocks of the M62 and Manchester City Centre, I arrived at the Ritz just…

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Live Review: Nightwish / Beast In Black / Turmion Katilot – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham 22.11.2022

Birmingham was being invaded by a trio of Finnish powerhouses tonight and what better way to get the party started than with the eccentric Industrial battering ram of Turmion Katilot.…

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Live Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar -O2 Ritz, Manchester 02.11.2022

With a bill that was dominated by thrash, what better way to keep the evening grounded than by kicking it off with a heavy dose of New Orleans sludge courtesy…

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News: Inferno Festival 2023 Unleash Emperor, Watain, Wayfarer, Ruun

Inferno Festival 2023 unleash Emperor, Watain, Wayfarer, Ruun Inferno Festival 2023 just got a whole lot bigger and juicier with the latest announcement of the mighty Emperor, Swedish Watain and…

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Live Review: Beyond The Black / Butcher Babies / Ad Infinitum – The Ritz, Manchester 11.10.2022

The Ritz was sold out for this colossal billing and with perfect reason, the bill was stacked with four absolutely mouth-watering prospects for a night of true metal mayhem. Unfortunately,…

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