Neckbreakers Ball @ Relentless Garage, London 7th November 2011 Review and Photos by Michelle Murphy The roaming mini-festivals have become increasingly popular and tonight, Neckbreakers Ball hits London. Like the recent Heidenfest, it covers half of Europe over the course of a month!
2011
KVELERTAK @ The Underworld, Camden
KVELERTAK, Toxic Holocaust @ The Underworld, Camden Saturday November26, 2011 Review & Photography by Sabrina Dersel The Underworld is sold out tonight so get ready for a ferocious mosh pit!
NAPALM DEATH @ Camden Underworld
NAPALM DEATH @ Camden Underworld 16th December 2011 Review by James Ford Photography by Michelle Murphy It was very chilly evening in Camden Town tonight, with the fan’s gathering outside the venue looking incredibly cold, and even more so when the doors opened 20 minutes late…
SAXON & HAMMERFALL @ Koko, London
Saxon & Hammerfall @ Koko, London 20th December 2011 Review by Anthony May Photography by Michelle Murphy Tonight was the last night of Saxon’s Call to arms tour which had kicked off at Shepherds Bush back in April, and the band had announced in advance that they would be playing…
MORBID ANGEL @ O2 Islington Academy
Morbid Angel @ O2 Islington Academy 22nd November 2011 Review by James Griffiths Photos by Andre Purvis Tuesday evening in Islington, London and it’s pretty cold outside and due to trains running at 5mph on the track and an extremely early opening time I find myself running to the O2…
ARCEYE, Ted Maul & Betreaus @ The Purple Turtle
ARCEYE, Ted Maul & Betreaus @ The Purple Turtle 8/12/11 By Sabrina Dersel The wind of winter has descended upon us and already one band has had to pull out due to an illness, we hope that the members of Hostile return soon. Until then, we headed to one of…
BLAZE BAYLEY Bayley @ The Underworld, Camden
Blaze Bayley @ The Underworld, Camden Friday 9th December 2011 Review and Photos by Sabrina Dersel On my way to a good power metal gig tonight, I can feel my vocal chords warming up already for those long notes!
LACUNA COIL Darkness Rising Tour 2011 @ ULU, London
LACUNA COIL with Straight Line Stitch and October File Darkness Rising tour 2011 ULU, London 22nd November 2011 Review by Wolf Shankland Photos by Graham Hilling Lacuna Coil launched their upcoming album ‘Dark Adrenaline’ tour ‘Darkness rising’ in a small little venue in Nottingham. I however joined them at the…
DEEP PURPLE -Live with Orchestra, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
07.12 2011 REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA U.K. hard rock pioneers Deep Purple have been annual visitors in Finland for a long time and this year made no exception here. The current tour, “The Songs That Built Rock,” also includes a Frankfurt Philharmonic Orchestra with whom the band performed…
SAXON with special quests Anvil – Club Nosturi, HELSINKI 2011
04.12 2011 REPORT AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA The British NWOBHM legends, Saxon, released their 19th studio album CALL TO ARMS in May 2011, and they have been touring heavily across the globe. Although the band had been annual visitors to Finland, they now played their first show in Helsinki…
HEIDENFEST 2011
Heidenfest 2011 11th October 2011 Kentish Town HMV Forum Review by Jo Blackened Photography by Michelle Murphy Heidenfest is an annual touring Folk Metal festival and we were happy to have the opportunity to be here to see what all the excitement was about in the UK, with bands;…
ARCH ENEMY @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Arch Enemy @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire with Chthonic and Warbringer 6th December 2011 Review by James Griffiths Photography by Graham Hilling It’s a very cold Tuesday night in Sheppard’s Bush but that hasn’t deterred the army of metallers queuing up outside of the Sheppard’s Bush Empire well over an hour…
Arch Enemy on Swedish Chaos Tour 2011 with support at Mejeriet Lund Sweden
Arch Enemy Swedish Chaos Tour 2011 Engel – special guest Evocation – support act Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden 11/11 – 2011 Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall
SABATON With Hell @ KoKo, Camden
SABATON With Hell @ The Koko, Camden 16th December 2011 Review By James Griffiths Photography by Andre Purvis It’s a very cold Friday evening in Camden and upon exiting the tube station approximately 20 minutes before the venue doors open there is an amazing sight to behold. Hordes of fans…
AMARANTHE @ The Borderline, London
AMARANTHE @ The Borderline, London 12th December 2011 Review and photos by Sabrina Dersel I have not really heard about the term “Modern Power Metal” before hearing of Amaranthe, so I happily volunteer to cover their gig, going pretty much uneducated about them…