Back From The Dead Fest: Onslaught + Memoriam + Decrepid + Damim + Slimelord @ The Underworld Camden, London 20th August 2021 Review by Kira Levine Photography by Ryan Whitwell Atvm sadly had to cancel their appearance at this Friday night show, with their replacement Sufferer having to do…
Concert Reviews
Bloodstock Open Air 2021
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2021 Catton Park, Derbyshire 11th – 15th August 2021 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Rebecca Bush
Steelhordes – Hyvinkaa Finland
STEELHORDES HYVINKAA FINLAND The raging pandemic made the organization of Steelfest postpone the event twice in a row. That didn’t prevent them from carrying out a b-plan regarding arranging a fest during the pandemic era. As known, the Finnish extreme metal scene lives and well, as a result the Steelfest…
Saari Helvetti – Tampere Finland
Arranging festivals of any kind has been nearly a mission-in-possible task or at least challenging. The Saarihelvetti festival had the extremely amazing fortune to be able to arrange a two-day event. The covid-19 pandemic was getting a tighter grip in Finland and authorities had started setting new restrictions. As a…
Voidgazer – Dance of the Undesirables
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith Voidgazer claim to be not for the faint hearted, advising ‘They will live fast and leave a bloated haggard corpse’. This is their second release since their inception in 2015, the first thing being a single and this is…
Cradle Of Filth – Dracula Spectacular Live Stream
Cradle Of Filth Dracula Spectacular Live Streamed Show 12/05/2021 Live review and pictures by: Rebecca Bush During the current state of affairs concerning live shows there has been spawned a new beast: the live streamed event. As time has gone by it has been increasingly necessary to think outside the…
Avatar – ‘Avatar Ages’ Live Stream Series
Avatar Ages Live Stream Series January 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Reviewed and Photographed by Rebecca Bush January 2021: we tentatively move forward from the ordeal of 2020 and are greeted with Avatar Ages – a series of themed live stream shows, fast becoming the norm for shows in these troubled…
Goatwhore Livestream – Jan. 9th 2021
Goatwhore @ The Internet 9th January 2021 Review by Ryan Whitwell A very well produced live stream featuring the Louisiana metal band Goatwhore took place for a full set of ear-bashing fury right into your living rooms! The energy present on stage was great. With vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II…
Amorphis – 30th Anniversary show – Tavastia Helsinki Finland
AMORPHIS THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND One of the most important exports of the Finnish metal scene is definitely Amorphis. The band started as a four-piece 30 years ago when previous bands dissolved. The band has faced up and downs and undergone quite changes a few changes…
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT – Live at Club Tavastia, Helsinki
Text and pics by Arto Lehtinen and Marko Syrjala When Children of Bodom ceased to exist last year after the farewell show in Helsinki, the members of Children of Bodom went their separate ways. A few of the guys have continued playing in smaller, more rock-influenced outfits. However, the frontman…
SaariHelvetti Tampere Finland
How many festivals have been arranged in this current crazy era of covid-2019 ? Most of them, maybe all of them have been canceled or then postponed. The map of European festivals have mostly been blank and totally dead. Some countries allowed these big gatherings to happen in August…
Evergrey with support act Sorcerer The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Evergrey – Headline The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 Sorcerer – support act Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden 28/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Last year the bands brand new album THE ATLANTIC was released and it’s their 11th one. This year it was time for the band to…
Testament,Exodus and Death Angel on The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020- leg 1 – Amager Bio Copenhagen,Denmark
Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue, London
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue 06 March 2020 Photos / review by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld 09 March 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Miguel de Melo