Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

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incineration festival 2026 adds another name

American Death Metal band Of Feather And Bone joins their ever darkening lineup, bringing raw and bludgeoning Death to the Underworld Stage You can still grab tickets to the festival…

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live review: thrash of the titans tour 2026, testament, obituary, destruction, nervosa. manchester academy 10/10/2025

Tonight in Manchester we were witness to something pretty darn special because tonight was the night that the Thrash of the Titans package had steamrolled into town and it was…

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live review: paradise lost, messa, high parasite. new century hall, manchester. 09/10/2025

With the autumnal evenings elongating at a rapid rate now I made my way across the Pennines for an evening of Gothic inspired Doom Metal courtesy of one of West…

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two more added to bloodstock open air festival 2026 and these are huge

Bay area Thrash icons Testament, who have been ripping the UK a new one this month already, have been added to the Ronnie James Dio Main Stage on the Sunday…

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fortress festival add even more to its 2026 edition and day splits are announced

Fortress Festival 2026 is honoured to announce Vinterland who will be celebrating 30 years of their legendary album ‘Welcome My Last Chapter’ and are once again ready to bring you…

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bloodstock add even more bands for 2026 and weekend tickets are now officially sold out

Bloodstock Open Air festival 2026 have just dropped some more names and just in time for Halloween Striding onto the Ronnie James Dio Main Stage on Sunday, will be the…

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bloodstock add the sunday special guest to its 2026 roster ………….. and it’s a big one

After years of fans requesting, it’s finally happening ….. Body Count are set to tear up Bloodstock in August 2026 ! The Grammy-winning crew led by Ice-T will make their…

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live review : atreyu and eighteen visions, o2 ritz, manchester. 01/10/2025

As I approached the Ritz I could already see an impressive line hugging the external wall of the building and as the doors flung open the fairly static line suddenly…

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incineration festival locks in its first batch of bands for its 2026 edition, and it is huge

The first names of Incineration Festival 2026 have been revealed Incineration Festival have announced that BLOOD FIRE DEATH will headline the 2026 edition. More than twenty years have passed since…

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the colossal volbeat hit the UK soon as part of their ‘greatest of all tours’ tour and it is going to be special

Volbeat are currently in the middle of their Worldwide ‘Greatest Of All Tours’ tour and they are set to hit our coastline in November with Bush and Gel joining them…

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