Category LIVE
To suggest that anticipation for this gig was high would be something of an understatement – many people I know had invested in their tickets months in advance and given the general sense of good-feeling towards this incarnation of the… Continue Reading →
I missed my annual New Model Army live fix last year as they only played a handful of dates and skipped an end of year gig in London for the first time in ages, playing just one show in Nottingham…. Continue Reading →
It’s late on a Monday night and The Underworld in Camden is packed to capacity. When they’re not crowdsurfing, cheering or chanting, this sea of metalheads are bouncing about like lunatics. Who cares that they may well have already seen… Continue Reading →
With a massive 200 words to write for this review and camera at home I found myself somewhat at a loose end thinking that there was going to be so much more to say about tonight’s show upstairs at the… Continue Reading →
London has gone mad with shows this week. Just after Leeds was hit by Damnation the Rotting Christ tour followed down the M1 and also Paradise Lost were joined by Katatonia. Swallow The Sun, Windhand, Jex Thoth and even Skid… Continue Reading →
You can tell how successful a festival is by the amount of people there and even as we enter the labyrinth Leeds University to negotiate the four stages that the event has been expanded to the first band on our… Continue Reading →
Hurrah no queue and no football supporters on getting to the venue today. It’s raining heavily so pleased to get in out of it with plenty of time to relax, check out merch and have a beer before the first… Continue Reading →
This was my first time at Live Evil Festival although it has been running for a couple of years. The premise is to put on bands over two days (along with a Friday evening pre-show which we were not at) who… Continue Reading →
At 7 there was already a queue around the corner from the entrance and into the rain, for those already with tickets, and another much shorter queue for those collecting or buying tickets. Little did I realise that molasses on… Continue Reading →
Part 2 Sunday 6 October Sunday came, and the first band to perform was Malicious Dream from the host country. Every year the organisers pull impressive local bands out of the bag. This, unfortunately, wasn’t one of them. The music… Continue Reading →
Part 1 Friday and Saturday ProgPower Europe has been part of my calendar since 2005. I’ve always looked forward to my annual pilgrimage to this top quality event. In the main, this year’s list of bands left me a bit… Continue Reading →
Bit of a history lesson here as there is a lot behind the headliners. Culture Shock were a more dance/ ska offshoot of anarcho punk band The Subhumans and were hugely respected, releasing a handful of albums and EP’s and… Continue Reading →