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Live Review: Soulfly, Nailbomb & Exorcism. Manchester Academy 2. 07/09/2026

Manchester has never been a city that needs much encouragement to embrace a night of heavy music, but there was something particularly ferocious about the prospect of Soulfly, Nailbomb and…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Saturday 08.08.2026

Saturday at Bloodstock Open Air 2026 was a full-on marathon of heavy music, with barely a moment to stop, catch your breath and take stock of what had just happened.…

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Live Review: Metallica, Gojira & Knocked Loose. Principality Stadium, Cardiff 28/06/2026

There are few bands capable of turning a stadium into something that feels both colossal and intimate quite like Metallica. Playing Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as part of the seemingly unstoppable…

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News: Bloodstock Open Air Festival Preview, Ten Titans Not To Be Missed. Thrash, Death and Black Metal Edition.

With just 12 weeks to go until the gates open at Catton Park, Bloodstock Open Air 2026 is sharpening the blades for what looks set to be one of the…

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incineration festival add some more stellar names to the line up including a huge sub headliner

Swedish Death Metal legends GRAVE will sub headline the Roundhouse at Incineration Festival 2026, bringing an ‘Old School Corpse & Grave’ set to London, England. They also welcome an onslaught…

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live review: thrash of the titans tour 2026, testament, obituary, destruction, nervosa. manchester academy 10/10/2025

Tonight in Manchester we were witness to something pretty darn special because tonight was the night that the Thrash of the Titans package had steamrolled into town and it was…

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two more added to bloodstock open air festival 2026 and these are huge

Bay area Thrash icons Testament, who have been ripping the UK a new one this month already, have been added to the Ronnie James Dio Main Stage on the Sunday…

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news: juggernaut tour rolls into town next month and its one not to miss

The Thrash of the Titans tour package hits our shores next month as part or the UK and European tour and this is one not to be missed. Thrash Metal…

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the mighty incineration festival adds another huge name to its 2026 edition

ALL HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL From the midst of the legendary Swedish death metal scene – VOMITORY will make a debut appearance at Incineration Festival in 2026, joining their Electric…

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live review and + gallery : slayer, amon amarth, anthrax, mastodon, hatebreed & neckbreakker – finsbury park, london 06/07/2025

Six years, which some would say seems like an eternity, and the day had finally come for the Capital to experience the return of the Thrash overlords, and if the…

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