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Live Review: A Swedish Adventure with Evergrey and Sorcerer – 28 February 2020, Kulturbolaget, Malmö
The wait had been interminable. As an early Christmas present from my incredible girlfriend, the Miss Of Much Metal, I was presented with tickets to the first Evergrey gig in some time, to be hosted in the southern Swedish town of Malmö. Finally however, the 28th February arrived and began with a trip to the Continue Reading »
Live Gig Review: Voyager, Sümer, Temples On Mars – The Borderline, London – 3 July 2018
Artist: Voyager Venue: The Borderline Date: 3 July 2018 If ever I was going to test my ‘Man of Much Metal’ credentials, it was tonight. With England playing a rare knock-out game in the World Cup on the same night, it could have been easy to ditch the gig and find a pub to watch Continue Reading »
Live gig review: Delain, Evergrey, Kobra And The Lotus – Norwich Waterfront 15/11/16
It might have been a cold and wet autumn evening, but it isn’t every day that my favourite band tours within an hour’s drive of my house, not when I live in what feels like the middle of nowhere. It felt like a lifetime of watching clips and seeing photographs from the preceding five weeks Continue Reading »
Albums that changed my life: Dimmu Borgir – ‘Enthrone, Darkness, Triumphant’
The latest instalment of my ‘Albums that Changed my Life’ series takes me back to the late 1990s and therefore to when I was in my mid-late teens. I was at high school, undertaking my ‘A’ levels and starting to learn to drive. Halcyon days. At this time, I was heavily into Cradle of Filth Continue Reading »
Live gig review: Earthside, Toska, Brutai, Voices from the Fuselage – Camden Barfly 10/04/16
The following gig review comes with an apology for the quality of the photos – I’m no photographer and so, coupled with a poorly-equipped camera and a level of entertainment that meant I didn’t want to ruin my enjoyment by staring through a lens all night, they are not the best. In fact, if there Continue Reading »
Live Gig Review: Triaxis – The Portland Arms, Cambridge – 23 Jan 2016
Gig line-up: Triaxis, Metaprism, Silent Divide, Powderhead Venue: The Portland Arms, Cambridge Date: 23 January 2016 **all other photographs courtesy of Neil Garratt** It has been a long time since I went to a gig. Too long, in fact. However, it is the reality for a chap that has two small children and a dwindling Continue Reading »
The Best Live Releases of 2013 – Number 1
This is my last post in this mini series, taking a loom at those live releases that have had the most significant impact upon me during 2013. If you’re interested, the previous two posts can be viewed here: Number 3 Number 2 In addition, if you missed my Album of the Year 2013 countdown, where Continue Reading »
The Heavy Metal ‘Family’
The biggest reason for loving heavy metal is the music itself. No other genre of music gives me the same pleasure and satisfaction that metal does, in almost all of its myriad forms. I also love the fact that since its birth in the 70s thanks to Black Sabbath and Co., it has refused to Continue Reading »
