Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent 11.08.2022

Thursday 2022 and Catton Hall needed to brace itself and stand firm, Bloodstock was back in town and boy had it returned with a bang. Boasting one of the strongest…

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Album Review: Frank Black And The Catholics – The Complete Albums Box Set

At last, if you are reading this then Demon Records have probably just made your day, hell, probably even your year, yes that’s right we now have access to all…

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Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022

After what has seemed like an eternity, Download had finally opened its gates once more on the hallowed turf of Donington Park and armed with my trusty homemade grid, complete…

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News: Download Festival Preview

A little over four weeks now until the UK’S premier rock festival returns to the legendary Donington Park in the guise of the Download Festival. The mammoth five-day event, housed…

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Live Review: Incineration Festival – The Roundhouse, The Electric Ballroom, The Underworld, The Blackheart, London 07.05.2022

So, my annual expedition down to old London town for the mighty Incineration Fest had been thwarted in recent years for obvious reasons, although this year it was back, billed…

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Live Review: Helloween / Hammerfall – Manchester Academy, Manchester 04.05.2022

As is becoming an annoying tradition of late, the traffic over the Pennines to Manchester was ridiculous, and this coupled together with an early door time meant that I arrived…

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Live Review: Terrorvision / Shanghai Treason – Birdwell Venue, Barnsley 29.04.2022

Its Friday night in Barnsley and what better way to spend it than in an ex working men’s club with a bunch of lads from Bradford and about 450 of…

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Live Review: Ghost / Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats / Twin Temple – AO Arena, Manchester 09.04.2022

The fact that Ghost have now become a worldwide phenomenon is testament to the diversity of the Ghost brand, and the pop laden rock riffs and catchy sing along make…

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