Pendulum have made their return to the city of Manchester for the final date of the Inertia Tour, with support from alternative act Alt Blk Era. Mayfield Depot is a fairly new venue in the city centre with a walking distance from Manchester Piccadilly, recently hosting Turnstile on their recent tour the venue hasn’t been […]
Saxon / Dirkschneider – Civic Halls Wolverhampton
Tonight, Wolverhampton is treated to two heavy metal heavyweights, who will each pay homage to one of their landmark albums. We have Saxon presenting the 1980 classic ‘Wheels of Steel’, and Dirkschneider (Udo, his son Sven, and friends) playing Accept’s equally classic ‘Balls to the Wall’. Tonight feels like more of a joint headline tour […]
Ash with support from Big Image, Oxford O2 Academy.
Tuesday 25th November saw Northern Irish indie rock band Ash make an explosive return to Oxford’s O2 Academy as part of their Ad Astra tour, promoting their latest album of the same name, supported by alternative indie band Big Image. Most well known for their early 2000s hits such as “Burn Baby Burn” and “Shining […]
Kris Barras’ Hollow Souls with support from Troy Redfern – Gloucester Guildhall.
As the Kris Barras Band (KBB) moves into the realms of heavier rock, Kris returns to his more bluesy roots with his ‘side’ project, the Hollow Souls. With Kris on guitar, we had Phoebe Jane on vocals. Well known to Kris, Phoebe Jane appears on several of the KBB releases, so we could expect some […]
Hardcore Halloween: Anaemia, Dent, Raw Conflict & Flesh Creep at The Dive, Wolverhampton
Hardcore Halloween at The Dive wasn’t just another stacked local bill, it was a full-body jolt of noise, sweat, subculture, and community. The kind of night where the walls vibrate, the ceiling sweats, and the crowd moves as one organism with a pulse that won’t quit. Four bands, four very different energies, and a venue […]
Rabidfest – The Bullingdon, Oxford – Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd November 2025
It’s one of the highlights of any Oxford metalhead’s year and we have reached that time once again – the small, yet well established, Rabidfest is back to pummel the Bullingdon for another year! Brought to you by the same organisers of Oxford’s hugely popular Metal 2 The Masses events, Rabidfest delivers a two day […]
LIVE REVIEW: SLUMP • CHERRYDEAD • BLACK SABBITCH – Asylum 2, Birmingham
There are some nights in Birmingham where everything just clicks. The room, the bands, the crowd, the history of the city humming under the floorboards. The kind of gig where you walk in expecting a standard Thursday night and leave feeling like the walls have been rewired. This was one of those nights. Asylum 2 […]
Battle Beast with Dominum & Majestica – 02 Academy Bristol
Thursday October 23rd saw a healthy dose of metal arrive in Bristol as the legendary Finnish power metal band Battle Beast descended on the O2 Academy, accompanied by Swedish symphonic metallers Majestica and German power metallers Dominum. Three bands with their own distinctive styles, perfectly complementing each other to form an epic evening of drama, […]
Glenn Hughes “Chosen Years” Tour with Sophie Lloyd at KK’s Steelmill.
Glenn Hughes returns to his native West Midlands territory once more to entertain the masses. Tonight the ‘voice of rock’ was joined on stage by Soren Andersen and Ash Sheehan; Bob Fridzema, who was on keyboards, has moved on leaving just a 3-piece band. Although well known for his membership of Deep Purple in the […]
Kira Mac with Europa Reign and Straight for the Sun – KK’s Steelmill.
Rhi Hill and Kira Mac return to KK’s Steelmill for another night of musical mayhem. Supporting them tonight we have local band & relative newbies, Europa Reign, then Brum-based collective, Straight for the Sun. Europa Reign are first to hit the stage as the crowd start to filter into the venue. It was nice to […]