Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Kings Of Thrash / Andry – Sheffield Corporation, Sheffield 01.11.2024

When two thrash legends such as David Ellefson and Jeff Young roll in to town it is too good a proposition to turn down, so I hot footed it down…

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News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival Announce Another Batch Of Devilishly Exciting Bands For 2025 And More Weekend Tickets Are On Their Way

Hot on the heels of the monstrously good news about MASTODON joining the bill last Friday, here’s another 15 bands to bewitch you… The Ronnie James Dio stage on Friday…

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News: Incineration Festival Adds Another Huge Name

Krzysztof Drabikowski’s Батюшка will return to London in 2025, making a debut appearance at Incineration Festival. As part of UK Exclusive performance, Batushka will bring their mesmerising and immersive, black…

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News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival Announces More Huge Names For 2025

Bloodstock Open Air has announced a massive 13 more bands for next summer’s metal extravaganza! On the Friday, over on the Ronnie James Dio (Main) Stage, Bloodstock is pleased to…

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Live Review: Arch Enemy – Manchester Academy, Manchester 04.10.2024

When it comes to Melodic Death Metal there is a camp of a select few behemoths who lead the way and Swedens Arch Enemy sit firmly rooted at the top…

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Live Review: Cannibal Corpse / Municipal Waste / Immolation / Schizophrenia, O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 27.09.2024

A colossal billing is a thing of beauty and this was certainly one to tempt me over the Pennines without even a second thought. The venue, the O2 Victoria Warehouse,…

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News: Incineration Festival Announce A Headliner And Another Addition For The 2025 Edition

Hailing from the depths of the Adirondack wilderness, BLACKBRAID will make a debut appearance in London in May, bringing a dark presence of raw, powerful black metal to the Electric…

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News: Fortress Festival Add More Names To The 2025 Edition

Fortress festival have added a host of new names for the 2025 edition and comment “We are proud to unveil the 2025 poster for Fortress Festival “ Agalloch and 1349…

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Live Review: Terrorvision / Bar Stool Preachers – Manchester Academy 2 22.09.2024

With only two days since the release of their latest opus, ‘We Are Not Robots’, I found my way treading the boards of the M62 over the Pennines to the…

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Live Review: Infected Rain / Skarlett Riot – Rebellion, Manchester 30.08.2024

So, it’s been just under three weeks since we caught the charismatic Infected Rain at Bloodstock with their impressive set on the Sophie Stage and this time round we had…

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