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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

MUVA

MUVA on Sepultura – Why I Love

By Special Guest on 4th June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

We’re joined by Chatrán González – leader and producer of MUVA – who tells us about the enduring legacy of Sepultura

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Ben De La Cour – New Roses: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 4th June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Noirer than noir, but with bigger bandwidth. Ben De La Cour’s New Roses.

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The Gate To Southwell 2025: Festival Preview

By Seuras Og on 2nd June 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

Here comes Summer! As the festival season beckons, we preview The Gate To Southwell Festival 2025.

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Angel Snow – Midnight Sun: New Single

By Mike Ainscoe on 2nd June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Latest single from Angel Snow with the message “Try to learn while you’re young, You can’t outshine the midnight sun.”

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Fortress Festival 2025 Day Two: Live Review

By Dominic Walsh on 2nd June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Agalloch headline day two of Fortress Festival; a day where every single band could be the band of the weekend.

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Fortress Festival 2025 Day One: Live Review

By Dominic Walsh on 1st June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Scarborough plays host to another sold out Fortress Festival, helping deliver the crème de la crème of extreme metal to UK shores.

Quick Takes

Quick Takes – May 2025: Album reviews

By At The Barrier on 1st June 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Welcome to Quick Takes for May – a quick look at album releases from Toria Wooff, Cosmic Cathedral, Ally Venable, Radcliffe & Boardman, Samantha Fish, Andrea Rinciari, Sue Harding and Milkweed.

Ala.Ni – Something You Said: Single Review

By John Barlass on 30th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

First new music for five years from British-born, Paris-based Ala.Ni.  Something You Said is an enticing foretaste of her yet-to-be-named, yet-to-be-scheduled forthcoming album.

Betty Accorsi Quartet – Mary: Single Review

By John Barlass on 30th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Classically-trained saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist & composer Betty Accorsi previews her forthcoming album, Nature Prints, with Mary.

Ross Whyte – Provenance: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 29th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Classy academia in a new age sonic display of ambient neo-classicism from Ross Whyte on Provenance.

Orbital – Brown: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 29th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Orbital reissue their second self titled album; colloquially known as ‘the brown album’. Like it’s green predecessor, this one is full of electronic classics.

Toria Wooff w/ Creepy Crawly – YES, Manchester: Live Review

By Howard King on 28th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Toria Wooff , a favourite of At The Barrier, heads to Manchester to deliver her unique blend of ethereally gothic folk.

Bon Bon Vivant – Sin Eater: Single Review

By John Barlass on 28th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

There’s danger afoot! Sin Eater, the new single from New Orleans genre-bending collective Bon Bon Vivant will make your spine tingle and leave you pleading for more…

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Magic Pie – Maestro: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 28th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Magic Pie balance the heavy rock by progging out big style on Maestro – a sumptuous feast for the Pie Army.

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The Golden Dregs – Godspeed: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 28th May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Dregs bite back and fight back, a triumph of dogged determinism.

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