Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz: Album Review
The difficult second album? Tailgunner return with Midnight Blitz with rock royalty in the production booth.
Concerts Of The Year 2025: Opinion
As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the best gigs the At The Barrier team has witnessed this year.
Seventy Songs for Saturday – The Cropredy Playlist 2025: Opinion
Seventy Songs for Saturday. This is our specially curated PA playlist for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2025.
Iron Maiden – Co-op Live, Manchester: Live Review
Inform the law! Run for your lives! Iron Maiden celebrate fifty years and a ‘greatest hits’ set with a sold out Co-op Live gig in Manchester.
Winterfylleth – The Imperious Horizon: Album Review
Winterfylleth return with their latest epic full of soaring sky scraping songs. The Imperious Horizon is the bands 8th record and sees them in imperious form.
Download 2025 Headliners: Opinion
Download 2024 is in the books. The line up was a curveball for some. It’s opened doors to varying options to think about for Download 2025.
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project: Album Review
Bruce Dickinson partners up once again with Roy Z to deliver his first solo record in nearly two decades.
At The Barrier – Best Of 2023: Opinion
Picking albums to sum up a great year in music gets harder and harder. 2023 has again seen some incredible releases.
The Essential Bruce Dickinson Solo Cuts: Opinion
Bruce Dickinson has announced he is to release a new album. It will be his first since 2005’s Tyranny Of Souls. The Mandrake Project arrives early 2024.
Iron Maiden – First Direct Arena, Leeds Live Review
Iron Maiden lay waste to Leeds on the ‘Future Past’ tour – utterly brilliant.
What happens when a band loses a key member?: Opinion
What happens when a band loses a key member? We kick off a series by looking at two iconic Prog bands…
Tailgunner on Helloween: Why I Love
Tailgunner have just released their latest single, Shadows Of War. They join us to write in our Why I Love column about German power metallers, Helloween.
Ten bands you MUST see at Download Festival 2022: Opinion
Download Festival returns with another stacked and varied rock/metal bill for three of the finest days of the summer.
InVisions on Iron Maiden: Why I Love
InVisions join us as they release their third album; Deadlock. The metalcore outfit talk of their love for the mighty and all conquering Iron Maiden.
The Risen Dread on Iron Maiden: Why I Love
Marco Feltrin from The Risen Dread joins us to share his love for Iron Maiden.