Phil Pountney, Author at Backseat Mafia

live review: paganfest – o2 victoria warehouse, manchester. 18/01/2025

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…

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paganfest returns to the uk with the massive line up alestorm, ensiferum, tyr, heidevolk & Elvenking

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…

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news: incineration festival adds more names to its massive line up for 2025 with the likes of lamp of murmuur, carnation, cryptopsy and celestial sanctuary.

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…

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news: fortress festival 2025 releases day splits and day tickets

Due to high demand a limited amount of day tickets have been released – 50 total per day Over 1,500 weekend tickets have already been sold. Festival expected to sell…

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news: defeated sanity unveiled as co-headliner for offal fest 2025: full line up revealed

DEFEATED SANITY unveiled as co-headliner for OFFAL FEST 2025; full line-up revealed Veteran brutal death metallers Defeated Sanity to co-headline Sunday along with Internal Bleeding as 14 new bands revealed…

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live review: anthrax, kreator & testament. o2 apollo, manchester. 21/11/2024

Three of the biggest Thrash bands had descended upon Manchester for an evening of uncompromising Extreme Metal courtesy of Testament, Kreator and Anthrax, and the house was absolutely rammed to…

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live review: within temptation, annisokay – nottingham motorpoint arena. 18/11/2024

Two years have passed and on this wintery evening it was time to welcome back to the Midlands, the Dutch Symphonic Masters Within Temptation. With the temperature plummeting outside the…

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News: Fortress Festival Reveals Complete 2025 Line Up And Third Stage

FORTRESS FESTIVAL reveals complete 2025 line-up and third stage Dödsrit to make their UK debut following last-minute cancellation in 2024 Darkher, Sylvaine & Osi And The Jupiter to perform on…

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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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