It’s almost 50 years to the day that I last saw Man play live. That was at the Liverpool Stadium venue sometime in 1973 – I suspected the line-up had changed in between! Before Man hit the stage it’s Tri-City Fanfare, a band out of Cardiff headed by Shane Dixon and Martin Whittaker. Shane is […]
Bullet for my Valentine w/ Atreyu & Jinjer – Leeds O2 Academy.
This is probably the first time where I can say I am in my element for a review. Bullet For My Valentine has been in my life for many years, and one thing I’m going to say before jumping into this review is that you need to see Bullet live at some point in your […]
Starset w/ Smash into Pieces – Rock City, Nottingham.
What better thing to do on a Sunday than head off into the metropolis of Nottingham to see two bands who have been on my to see list for a while now. Rock City was heaving – so good to see the venue bringing in a big crowd and it was warming up nicely for […]
Inhaler w/ Feet and Overpass – Bristol O2 Academy.
Overpass Birmingham-based ‘Overpass’ were the first band to grace the stage, providing a set full of songs with an air of nostalgia, like the feeling of listening to your favourite indie anthem for the first time. They have been opening for Inhaler on their UK tour, providing the perfect introduction to what can only be […]
Black Veil Brides – Manchester Academy, with Cemetery Sun & Lilith Czar.
Wednesday night in Manchester with a room full of Emos old and young, this is going to be interesting. You’re in a room surrounded by a crowd of people half of which can kneel to the ground ready for a pit and those who need a knee brace. But nonetheless everyone here is ready! Within […]
Avatar with Veil of Maya & Mastiff – Manchester Academy.
Times have changed, instead of playing in Satan’s Hollow to Manchester’s local metalheads, Avatar have blown up to a whole new level with a sold out show at The Academy. Mastiff are first up on tonight’s line up, and there is just something about them that gives this charming personality. It’s a casual attitude that […]
Black Star Riders with support from Michael Monroe & Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons – KK’s Steelmill, Wolverhampton.
So much black in view, everyone was in black but the imagery on the t-shirts was very well split between all three acts due on tonight. KK’s Steelmill has become one of THE venues to go to for music of all types – tonight it was rock, rock and more rock! The room wasn’t quite […]
Planet Rock – Winters End 2023, Trecco Bay. Day 3.
Looking around the venue on the Sunday ‘morning’ there are certainly some there who may have drunk slightly more than they anticipated they were going to the previous evening (again?), some even have facial bruising, gained apparently by successfully face planting whilst falling off the benches situated outside the venue, damned good effort Sah! Onto […]
Katatonia with Solstafir & Som: Twilight Burials – Manchester O2 Ritz
Going into this review is going to be a weird one, you have three bands here that kind of differ from each other in quite a few ways but also bring each other together at the same time. We have Solstafir along with Katatonia supported by Som; Katatonia have taken remorseless doom and they make […]
Planet Rock – Winters End 2023, Trecco Bay. Day 2.
Saturdays festivities started with The Forged Hearts, who hail from Northern Ireland. They describe themselves as a ‘female fronted, classic rock inspired band’ and had travelled just to be at Winters End. The first two tracks (I Touched The Fire and Stupid Games) rattled the addled brain cells of those pissheads who were still hanging […]