Fortress Festival 2026 Day Two – Scarborough Spa: Live Review
Fortress Festival returns to Scarborough with another specially curated line-up representing the finest in extreme metal from across the globe.
Dominic Walsh
Dominic has written about music for several years for various outlets including Louder Than War magazine, The Sludgelord, Manchester Evening News and Cultural Bulletin.
Fortress Festival 2026 Day One – Scarborough Spa: Live Review
Fortress Festival returns to Scarborough with another specially curated line-up representing the finest in extreme metal from across the globe.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day Three – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day Two – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day One – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Super Furry Animals w/ Getdown Services – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
According to the internet, it is 11 years since Super Furry Animals last trod the boards in Manchester. With over a decade in the books, one of Wales’ finest exports remind us all how great they are.
Dragged Into Sunlight w/ Vacuous & Plague Pit – Club Academy, Manchester: Live Review
Dragged Into Sunlight start a short run of shows in Manchester before hitting Incineration Festival. Vacuous and Plague Pit are in support.
Blackbraid w/ Winterfylleth & Noctem – Rebellion, Manchester: Live Review
American black metal outfit Blackbraid arrive in Manchester with hometown heroes, Winterfylleth. It’s sold out, it’s Friday night…the perfect melting pot.
Exhumed w/ Gruesome & Acid Vat – Rebellion, Manchester: Live Review
Bay Area death metal vets Exhumed continue their UK/EU jaunt with Gruesome, in Manchester.
U2 – Easter Lily: EP Review
Six weeks, and a Lenten period on from Days Of Ash, U2 release six more new cuts on the Easter Lily EP.
Suffocation – Jesus Wept: The Roadrunner Years: Album Reviews
Suffocation have their first three albums repackaged through Dissonance Records; a period of time where they really led the way on the death metal front.
Kreator w/ Carcass, Exodus & Nails – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
German thrash titans Kreator arrive in Manchester on their Krushers Of The World tour with a stacked bill of classic bands.
Thundercat – AVIVA Studios, Factory International, Manchester: Live Review
Internationally renowned, Grammy award winning bass maestro, Thundercat, brings Distracted AF to Manchester.
Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season: Album Review
Winterfylleth are back with The Unyielding Season; album number nine, full of more soaring and epic black metal but this time, a harder edge.
The Young’uns w/ Maz O’Connor & Charlotte Carpenter – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
The Young’uns return to the Stoller Hall as part of Manchester Folk Festival. Support comes from Maz O’Connor and Charlotte Carpenter to create a fine evening of music.