Immaculate Deception – Where Did Black Sabbath’s ‘Cross Purposes – Live’ Go?
The pioneers and originators of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, capped off their majestic The End tour with a hometown show in Birmingham in early...
Turn To Stone – Dio’s marvelous Magica opus and why it’s A Modern...
The hugely talented and sadly missed Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010) surely needs no introduction...
Don Broco: The Godfathers of Party Rock
Wow, what a night! Don Broco, the Godfathers of Party Rock, took to the stage for their first ever arena tour and it was...
On The Path of Judgment and Perdition – An Interview with Slaamaskin
Back in 2018 this scribe received an utterly enjoyable and hard-hitting gem simply titled M by a Norwegian metal outfit named Slaamaskin, and I...
POD, Alien Ant Farm & 68 at o2 Ritz Manchester
To open the night at 02 Ritz Manchester was noise punk band from Atlanta, 68. I have never listened to the noise punk genre...
Bleed From Within at Takedown Festival
It's an exciting time for Bleed From Within. They returned to Takedown Festival sub-headlining the UPRAWR stage, on the cusp of releasing new material. We...
The Halo Effect bring forth the new dawn of melodeath
There was a significant period where melodic death metal was in decline as the legends of the genre diversified their sound and experimented with...
Ramblin Man Fair 2017 – The Full Report
FRIDAY
After the syrupy Graham Bonnet Band (who got things going early at around 4pm Friday with a great set of recognisable toons — what...
MC5 celebrate their 50th anniversary in style supported by an extraordinary Michael Monroe
Shepherd's Bush Empire is filled with a sense of anticipation, two outstanding bands are about to rock this venue. Michael Monroe, the Finnish multi-instrumentalist who...
Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares at Download Fest – AI, Guitars and sold out shows!
Fear Factory, an industrial metal band hailing from Los Angeles, was established in 1989. Over the years, they have put out ten studio albums...
