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Wandering towards the door of The Underworld I began to wonder whether I’d got the night wrong. There wasn’t a single person milling about outside and certainly no queue. As I got to the ticket booth however, a dreadlockless Mark… Continue Reading →
This is the first of two gigs where Conflict are gathering together a selection of bands and possibly playing some of their songs for the last time. You forget just had overbearing Camden can be on a Sat, full of… 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 →
Let’s put this into perspective, TFL has hardly any tube lines running, it’s a Sunday and I have a stinking cold…but it has been 28 years since Pretty Maids have played the UK (support to Saxon), so this was one… Continue Reading →
It’s back to the 70’s tonight and we could have been trooping into The Music Machine or The Rainbow to see some fresh new bands, reeking of patchouli and covered in beads. But no we were fuelled by beer rather… Continue Reading →
A good hint to bands going on tour, take Insomnium as support. It worked for Dark Tranquillity last time at this venue and did so tonight for Moonspell with both shows selling out. It was nice just having the two… Continue Reading →
I must admit that I was a little underwhelmed with the choice of supports tonight, not that I hasten to add I have a problem with either band it’s just that promoters do tend to overbook local groups who are… Continue Reading →
So a lovely sold out show at the Underworld meant it was going to prove fun doing normal things like seeing the bands, getting to the bar and loo and as for taking photos. … Luckily this was a very… Continue Reading →
With all the hipsters off at Roadburn it was only the true kvlt elite filing into the Underworld tonight, indeed the main bar area of the venue was closed off so it really felt like an intimate affair. With a… Continue Reading →
Desertfest – London 6-8 April 2012 (Or ‘An Old Person Survives Three Days In The Desert) Day One: Despite being hardly adverse to the odd monumental riff and Spirit Caravan style fuzzed out bliss I kind of lost touch with that… Continue Reading →