live review: new model army, holmfirth picturedrome, 4th august 2023

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The Wildhearts are back with an absolute barnstormer of an album, ‘The Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts’, and it is a belter. The album has it all and progresses through a soundscape of rock and roll which is endearing and mesmeric with overflowing addictive qualities. Gingers voice exhibits numerous qualities which are transferred across the …

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Unfortunately due to an epic equipment failure I came away from tonight’s gig without any salvageable shots but, as the old saying goes, the show must go on. So sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy these words which I’ve put together to try and encapsulate the absolutely energetic carnage that Ginger et al …

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SLAYER will return to the U.K. after six years, performing their biggest headline shows ever in the country with special guests Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and Neckbreakker. These shows mark their only European headline appearances of the year, and fans can secure tickets early through an exclusive presale starting March 5th at 10AM GMT …

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Tonight, the Transatlantic world of Core had been brought to the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester and it well and truly shook the building and all that stood within its confines to their roots. First up were Brand Of Sacrifice and they battered the healthy early evening contingency with their unrelenting and unapologetic Death Core …

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ANNOUNCING…. BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING!! Be part of BLOODSTOCK history!! Will you be one of the very first to bear witness to BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING this December?! This brand new, one-day edition of the premier heavy metal summer weekender is set to debut this festive season on 6th December 2025. Raising the roof at the fabled …

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Ozzy Osbourne will be joining Black Sabbath for one last time and it will see the first time that the original Black Sabbath line up has been together in 20 years. The one day festival, to be held at Villa Park on 5th July, will feature a mouth watering array of Heavy Metal heavyweights including …

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A double celebration of landmark albums was on the cards in Manchester tonight and carving open the evening with a massive Swedish sledgehammer was the unequivocally crushing Orbit Culture and boy did they absolutely annihilate us from the opening chords of ‘Descent’ to the punishing bars of the absolutely colossal ‘Vultures Of The North’. The …

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It’s always going to be a fun evening when the Pagans and Pirates are in town and when Paganfest rolled into Manchester it was no different. Elvenking opened the preceding’s with their brand of Italian Folk Metal and immediately hit us with an impressive and powerful ‘Throes Of Atonement’, leaving no stone unturned when it …

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PAGANFEST returns after 10 years with the strongest line-up (Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr,  Heidevolk & Elvenking) and the most and biggest shows ever! Created by RTN-Touring (Rock The Nation) between 2008-2015 with seven editions in Europe and two more in the USA, Paganfest was the most successful festival tour of the pagan & folk metal scene. Since …

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American thrash assailants Warbringer are set to bring the hammer of heavy metal to Incineration Festival in 2025, joining our ever-heavier, stacked Electric Ballroom billing. Joining Blood Incantation on the ‘Absolute Elsetour’ campaign next Spring, Tokyo’s MINAMI DEUTSCH become the latest addition to Incineration Festival to be making their Incineration debut. Canada’s WORMWITCH return to …

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