As I entered the arena for day two I decided to take myself to the Dogtooth Stage in preparation for Pupil Slicer and in doing so I managed to catch the last 3 songs of Mancunian outfit, Witch Fever, and their brand of post punk measured chaos, and from the moment the anarchic and frenzied …

Northern metallers Kilonova exploded out of the North-East of England back in 2018 immediately making an instant impact wooing audiences at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival, are braced to drop their stunning new EP, ‘Moment of Clarity’. Born out of the pandemic the EP is the band’s most personal and genuinely savage music so far. Bassist, Joe …

Another trip over the Pennines, this time with a full thrash assault set firmly in the sights courtesy of the unmistakable chaotic Municipal Waste and the mighty Kreator bolstered by a huge slab of American metal by way of Virginia’s very own Lamb of God. This was going to be special and as such, I …

Opening the night is Sheffield based heavy metal band Malevolence. The 5 piece band consists of Alex Taylor (Vocals), Josh Baines (Guitar), Konan Hall (Guitar/Co-Lead Vocals), Wilkie Robinson (Bass) and Charlie Thorpe (Drums). Lead singer Alex speaks of how amazing it is to be playing to a room of 3,000 people as well as announcing …

An old school gig in an old school venue (a bill with just the headliners and one support act in a room upstairs at a local pub), tonight Huddersfield’s faithful were welcoming Therapy? to The Parish and this gig had sold out shortly after going on sale, so it was surely going to be a …

The UK’s biggest independent Rock and Metal Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, has just announced another mouth-watering batch of bands for its 2023 edition and with some heavy hitters and complete legends in the mix, 2023 is surely going to be another Bloodstock you simply don’t want to miss out on.  Not one, but two Main …

After what has seemed like an eternity, Download had finally opened its gates once more on the hallowed turf of Donington Park and armed with my trusty homemade grid, complete with various highlighting and tactical notes on my must sees and plans for the days, I completed the monumental hike from the car park to …

Devin Townsend played his first live show since his appearance at Bloodstock 2021. When he walked out on stage the first thing he had to say was that he wasn’t sure if he could still remember how to do a show! but there was no need for anyone to worry as man was it perfect, …

As much as I ponder and try to get my head round it, I still can’t understand why two giants in the Gothic Metal universe were only gracing the small confines of the Club Academy here in Manchester tonight. They have both been high on the main stage at Bloodstock as well as gracing numerous …

So this review went a little sideways when I arrived at the O2 Birmingham Academy. I was due to review Stoneghost on their support tour of Raging Speedhorn’s new album. Sadly the night before’s gig had put that on hold due to Jason(vocalist) getting a serious back injury. I wish Jason well and I hope …