Tag Manchester
First major gig for me in 2023, unless you count seeing British Lion with Steve Harris in Huddersfield as major as well, depending on your point of view. My shooter and I decided to get the train over so we… Continue Reading →
Manchester or Slamchester as it is known in slam death circles saw the arrival of Ingested in about 2006 and since then they have churned out a number of fine death metal albums and in some respects spearheaded the whole… Continue Reading →
Manifesting seemingly out of nowhere, Gospelheim from Manchester have made some waves with their debut album Ritual & Repetition recently released by Prophecy Productions. Their sound mixture, which is build from goth rock, heavy metal, doom and black metal, featuring,… Continue Reading →
After having listened to Hope Springs Infernal, the first track on Gospelheim’s debut album Ritual & Repetition, I thought I had the band all figured out. Here was yet another goth rock project, playing very appealing music, music I liked… Continue Reading →
My attempt to arrive for this gig at the insanely early door time of 6.15 was thwarted by the TransPennine traffic bedlam of a Thursday evening rush hour. I was keen to see the openers Greek melodic death metal… Continue Reading →
It certainly makes a big difference travelling to Manchester on a weekend rather than the perils and jams of peak hour traffic on a weekday. The amount of traffic surrounding the Piccadilly area was very much unexpected however as a… Continue Reading →
As the nights are drawing in and gigs are steamrolling with much warranted frequency, I found myself in the back streets of Manchester, sourcing out an infamous back alley on which Aatma resides. As it is a new venue… Continue Reading →
My first club gig in about 18 months couldn’t have got started with a better line-up, but like the ridiculous journey I had to the Lake District for the Northern Darkness Festival it seems the traffic Gods brought down to… Continue Reading →
Let’s get one thing straight from the outset…Ten Foot Wizard are wicked good fun. Their oozy mix of party sized doom loaded with groove and funky swagger is damn infectious live. With “Get Out Of Your Mind”, the third album… Continue Reading →
“Raw no frills, goat worshipping Black Metal” Ooh yes please Black Phillip – let’s live deliciously . Manchester’s Burial are celebrating their 15th year by signing with Apocalyptic Witchcraft and conjuring up “Satanic Upheaval” a platter of raw, visceral, unholy treats… Continue Reading →
Mancunian Metal anyone? OK, there’s more to Ritual King than mere Metal, but “Mancunian Heavy Psyche Stoner Rock with Retro Doom Metal Moments” isn’t a very punchy, attention-grabbing way to open a review is it? But the broadened description fits… Continue Reading →
Coming from sleepy Suffolk the north is like some sort of mythical land. Although that said I do have a good friend up there whom I visit when I can, normally for gigs and general drinking frivolity. In an… Continue Reading →