Igorrr Delivers Unforgettable Night of Avant-Garde Metal
It's a blustery evening in Manchester but the crowd is buzzing for the return of one of the most impressive live acts touring at...
Coheed and Cambria blindside Manchester with prog perfection
Prog is an interesting genre and a prog live is wildly unpredictable at times but one of the few constants in the genre is...
Mariusz Duda Explores Life, Death and Everything Between on Lunatic Soul’s ‘The World Under...
Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda returns with another atmospheric journey through his Lunatic Soul project, the final instalment in his 'circle of life and death'...
UK Slam Fest: A Decade of Brutality Comes to a Crushing End
Manchester's legendary death metal and slam festival celebrated its 10th and final edition with two days of exclusive performances, ridiculous riffs, and slammy chaos.
After...
Thrash of the Titans: Testament, Obituary, Destruction, Nervosa
The UK has had no shortage of amazing heavy metal shows with absolutely stacked bills and the latest one to hit Manchester is the...
This Consequence, That Performance: Killswitch Engage Rule Manchester
Killswitch Engage have been called the greatest metalcore band of all time by at least one person; it sounds lacklustre, but it's hard to...
Billy Bragg: A People’s History (Spenwood Books)
Musicians aren’t necessarily good writers or particularly clear minded enough to capture social history under a bigger lens than that of their own history,...
Iain Matthews: A People’s History by Richard Houghton
Spenwood Books
Mention Iain Matthews’ name to most music fans and, if the answer isn’t "who?", then it’s likely to be "oh, isn’t he the...
Parkway Drive Deliver Career-Defining Arena Shows
Since their secret set at Download last year, Parkway Drive have been a nonstop talking point when it comes to potential headliners, and their...
Pentangle – Solomon’s Seal
Solomon's Seal was Pentangle's final studio album before the band decided to call it a day early in 1973, and is now being rereleased...
