Saor w/ Cistvaen & Oakenthrone – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh: Live Review
Saor bring Amidst The Ruins back home to Scotland after a short run of dates around the UK. Cistvaen and Oakenthrone are in support.
Beans On Toast Band – Band On The Wall, Manchester: Live Review
The Beans On Toast Band roll into the Band On The Wall for a big night out in Manchester.
Blasfeme w/ Dreich and Napierdalac – The Fenton, Leeds: Album Review
A packed Friday night at The Fenton, courtesy of Rolling In The Grave Promotions brings together three very different flavours of black metal. Small room, loud crowd, and exactly the sort of sweaty underground show Leeds does best.
Peter’s Field – Sean Cooney, Sam Carter & Rowan Rheingans – The Old School Rooms, Middleton: Live Review
Sean Cooney and his musical telling of the events of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 are laid bare in Peter’s Field onstage close to where events took place.
Powerwolf w/ Hammerfall & Wind Rose – OVO Arena, Wembley: Live Review
Powerwolf wake up the wicked at Wembley ably assisted by Hammerfall and Wind Rose.
Grandson, Pinkshift – Manchester Academy: Live Review
Live – Grandson, Pinkshift and Manchester Academy as one.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Waldo’s Gift – The Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Waldo’s Gift dish out a psychedelic delight at Manchester Albert Hall.
Sierra Veins – Aatma, Manchester: Live Review
French darkwave artist Sierra Veins arrives in Manchester armed with an arsenal of huge songs that get the crowd moving.
Keo – O2 Ritz Manchester: Live Review
Fast rising indie rockers, Keo, blow the roof off O2 Ritz Manchester with a mix of top notch songs and a perfectly measured cover version.
Samantha Fish, The Zac Schulze Gang – O2 Ritz, Manchester: Live Review
Samantha Fish and the Zac Schulze Gang bring a formidable double bill of Blues and beyond to the O2 Ritz in Manchester.
Merry Hell – The Lost Songs Concert, Over Hulton Folk Club: Live Review
Merry Hell are live at Over Hulton Folk Club with a set of lost songs and memories.
Mogwai – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
Mogwai ingnite a bad fire and give a demonstration in Post Rock dynamics at Manchester’s O2 Apollo.
Kataklysm, Vader, Blood Red Throne – Club Academy, Manchester: Live Review
No frills, no trends, just brutal, direct death metal as Kataklysm, Vader and Blood Red Throne showcase death metal at its best.
Spiers & Boden – The Met, Bury: Live Review
We’re in at The Met right at the start of the Spiers & Boden tour. An evening of musical education and excellence.
Sanguisugabogg – Classic Grand, Glasgow: Live Review
Sanguisugabogg brutalise Glasgow as they continue to blast through Europe with a bill stacked to the hilt with brutal death metal.