It’s the roll up to Christmas, and what better way to make use of the festive season than attending Chelsea Grin and Carnifex’s co-headlining tour, with their sold out Manchester shows?. Its freezing in Manchester, but Rebellion is so packed out you’re not going to freeze tonight! With this co-headlining tour, we have three incredible […]
The Tygers of Pan Tang with Mystiek & Raider – The Robin 2.
The Tygers of Pan Tang return to the Midlands after a (forced) absence of a few years with local band, Mystiek, and Welsh rockers, Raider in tow. It’s only been a week since Raider were last here at the Robin supporting BACK:N:BLACK and I was looking forward to seeing them again. In fact, it’s Raider […]
THE HU + KING NUN – The Roundhouse, London.
Being brought up in the South of Italy, two things always fascinated me, listening to imported music I did not understand the lyrics of and local folk music. So said, being also a metal fan, it was only a matter of time before I stumbled into The Hu. The Hu are a hard rock/metal band […]
Fields Of The Nephilim / The Membranes, O2 Ritz, Manchester.
It’s one of the coldest days of the year tonight at Manchester’s O2 Ritz, but regardless Fields Of The Nephilim are on their major UK tour promoting their landmark 1988 album The Nephilim In full! Inside the venue it’s absolutely freezing, if you’ve never been to The Ritz in Manchester during the winter before, make […]
Pierce The Veil at Manchester Academy.
Pierce The Veil have returned after a six year hiatus and have taken over Manchester Academy tonight, on their sold out return tour. The emos are flooding in and the energy is wild, some of us may be in our late 20s now but the skinny jeans have returned to us, the backcombed hair and […]
MOTHER MOTHER + DEAD PONY @ the O2 FORUM , Kentish Town.
Indie-rock band Mother Mother recently played two days sold out gig in London, O2 Kentish Town – after rescheduling during Covid season – and I was there to review and record the event with my photo camera. Mother Mother is a band I had not heard much of before my 15 years old niece introduced […]
The Black Aces – The Takeaway Thieves – Fiefdom @ Gulliver’s, Manchester.
The Australian Rock band Black Aces have finally landed in the UK on their eight day tour, stopping tonight at Gulliver’sManchester. Fiefdom Kicking off the start of the night are Manchester’s own, Fiefdom. The first thing to say about these guys is that they don’t sound anything like how they may look, so don’t jump […]
The Cruel Knives and The Pretty Reckless – Southampton Guildhall.
The Guildhall is unusually full, but when I realise that The Cruel Knives is Sid Glover and Rob Ellershaw‘s latest band (it had somehow escaped me) and given the huge following Heavens Basement had in Southampton it all falls into place. They open with ‘Overdose’ and anyone expecting Heavens Basement won’t be disappointed the high-octane […]
Damnation Festival 2022, BEC Arena, Manchester
Damnation Festival kicked off in full swing in Manchester, at the BEC Arena the first time the festival has taken place in 17 years outside of Leeds. With a jam packed line up of 24 bands, three stages and your typical clashes this was a filled out day full of hard metal. The BEC Arena […]
Samantha Fish s/b Wille and the Bandits @ KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton.
The eminently talented and highly popular Samantha Fish returns to the Midlands to ply her trade of explosive blues rock. Since I last saw her she has changed her band line-up and her now regular touring band comprises Ron Johnson on bass, Matt Wade on keyboards and Sarah Tomek on drums. Before Samantha Fish entertains […]