Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

fortress festival 2026 adds its last name to the stacked bill

Fortress Festival are honoured to welcome to the return of Fluisteraars to their line up after their genuine and mind-bending performance inside the Ocean Room back in 2024. Next year…

View Post

View Post

live review: arch enemy, amorphis, eluveitie and gatecreeper. manchester apollo 31/10/2025

Halloween and extreme music have always shared a symbiotic relationship, both trade in drama, darkness, and a sense of the theatrical. On this particular Friday night in Manchester, that union…

View Post

View Post

live review: killswitch engage, hatebreed, fit for an autopsy, decapitated. leeds academy 13/10/2025

Tonight was the turn of Leeds to get an injection of brutality in the city and this time it was the turn of Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy…

View Post

View Post

Music

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

View Post

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…

View Post

Pages