rock/metal live review
Live Review: Royal Blood / Hot Wax – Olympia Theatre, Dublin 31.10.2023
Royal Blood played the Olympia Theatre on Halloween night, 31st Oct 2023. Hot Wax opened the night leaving no one indifferent. The young band from Hastings in East Sussex was the perfect appetiser to warm up the crowd before the main show. Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher, accompanied by Darren Watts on the keys, showed …
Live Review: Terrorvision / The Bar Stool Preachers – St Georges Hall, Bradford 03.11.2023
It is always a party when Terrorvision come to town, and the prospect of them playing in their hometown of Bradford, in an iconic venue that is St Georges Hall, only added to the excitement in the build up to this gig. As I approached the decadent and majestic building, the atmosphere of elation and …
Live Review: Scene Queen / In Her Own Words / Delilah Bon – O2 Academy, London 10.10.2023
By Rebecca Bush Tonight Scene Queen brings her headline tour to London, her success just keeps on building and little by little she is taking over the world and painting it pink! First on tonight’s lineup is Delilah Bon and she opens up the night with a total bang. She and her bandmates are here …
Live Review: Thy Art Is Murder / Whitechapel / Fit For An Autopsy / Spite – Manchester Academy, Manchester 23.10.2023
Early doors were on the agenda tonight and with good reason, we were in for a night crammed full of Deathcore crammed with four stalwarts who were all crushing in their deliverance of the brutal genre. As I approached the Academy I could already hear the aural assault which was battering its way through the …
Live Review: Europe – The London Palladium, London 25.10.2023
By Adrian Peel I remember reading once that famed Swedish rockers Europe performed their signature song The Final Countdown twice in one gig and if that was indeed the case, then that would be fine by me – heck, I wouldn’t mind hearing it three or four times in the same show! Tonight, in front of an enthusiastic audience …
Live Review: Skindred / Blackgold / Cody Frost – NX Newcastle, Newcastle 20.09.2023
Words by Barrah T Al-Badry Photos by Renée Bennett Standing amongst the sold out crowd tonight, it was easy to say the anticipation was infectious. After astellar year with their new album Smile, Newcastle NX welcomed the Welsh metal reggae fusion bandto its stage. Opening the evening was the ever amazing Cody Frost fresh off …
Live Review: Black Country, New Road – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 10.10.2023
Words and photos by Fearghal McGlinchey On Tuesday night, the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London was treated to a captivating performance by the enigmatic and experimental band, Black Country, New Road. It was my very first time seeing the band perform so I wasn’t too sure what to expect, but from the very first …
Live Review: Tortured Demon / Red Method / Unburier – Manchester Academy 3, Manchester 05.10.2023
An uncharacteristically stress-free journey across the Pennines landed me in Manchester for an evening of what was surely going to be packed full of uncompromising Metal courtesy of rising Thrashers Tortured Demon and friends. The bill was bolstered by the reliable Southern Death Thrashers Unburier and the rapidly evolving Red Method from the big smoke, …
Live Review: Motions / Rare Breed / Beatnik – NE Volume Music Bar, Stockton 09.09.2023
A sweaty night of local talent was promised as Teesside metal band Motions took to the NE Volume stage for the first time. Beatnik opened the show bringing with them a huge following and the tunes to match. Looking like a collection of musical decades, they certainly looked the part. They filled the stage with …