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By Katja on Jun 23, 2011 | In Reviews, Live Reviews | Send feedback »
It is early morning of Thursday, June 9th, and the Standstead airport is buzzing. We are waiting for the Ryanair flight that will take us to Berlin and from there we will find our way to Leipzig, the home of goths for the upcoming weekend. It is that tim…
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By Angela Davey on May 2, 2011 | In Music, Grindhouse Shows, Reviews, Reviews, Reviews, Reviews, Past Shows | Send feedback »
The Devonshire Arms has once again thrown open its doors to the rabble fighting tooth and nail to get a good spot at the front of the stage; it's time for Grindhouse, folks. Opium and absinthe are replaced by Golden Virginia and pints of ale, but this do…
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By Angela Davey on Apr 26, 2011 | In Music, Reviews, Reviews, Shows | Send feedback »
A hot, sticky April afternoon hardly provides a grimm, trve and frostbitten backdrop for eight hours of black metal, however, the guys at Arcane Promotions prove on Saturday, April 30th that this can be done - it comes in the form of Infernal Damnation F…
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By Michael Wilson on Apr 24, 2011 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
The Assembly in Leamington Spa is not only consistently living up to its reputation as an award winning venue but also attracting some of the finest bands in the global prog scene. Joining the likes of Pendragon, Marillion, Anathema, It Bites and countle…
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By Michael Wilson on Apr 5, 2011 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
BLACKFIELD 'Welcome To My DNA" KSCOPE Blackfield are renowned for creating melancholic soundscapes with delicious hooks intertwined with catchy pop sensibilities. This third offering from the progressive duo represents an evolution of the Black…
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By Motor on Mar 26, 2011 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
Reading, a minor epicentre of the alternative culture, you say? Don't make us sick into our own wretched spawn. When to comes to anything even slightly louder than what occasionally pops up on the smaller stages of the eponymous festival, a heavy metal t…
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By Angela Davey on Mar 23, 2011 | In Reviews, Reviews | Send feedback »
It's the event people have been waiting months for. The night of March 22nd 2011 has fallen and ULVER are due to play the UK for the first time in over a year, along with VIRUS who have never played live before. Koko in Camden is the lucky venue hosting…
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By Calum on Mar 15, 2011 | In News, Reviews | Send feedback »
Forged in the cold desolation of a bitter Canadian winter, Woods Of Ypres have endured in the predominantly uncharted territory of underground black and doom metal since 2002. Striking a deal with Earache Records at the end of last year, the Ontario qu…
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By Ann Sulaiman on Mar 5, 2011 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
DALRIADA - 'IGERET', AFM RECORDS; 2011 Much as it does feel disconcerting to see that they’ve adopted a warrior- based image this time around like much of the status quo, it seems safe to say that this has little to no impact on how Dalriada have app…
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By Angela Davey on Feb 28, 2011 | In Grindhouse Shows, Features, Features, Reviews, Reviews | Send feedback »
It's that time of the month again; Grindhouse has descended upon the Dev and this time it's bringing black metal monsters, WINTERFYLLETH, along for the ride.Support is provided by Scottish metallers, CNOC AN TURSA. They give an upbeat but undeniably…
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By Michael Wilson on Feb 20, 2011 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
It's always a real treat to see Anathema live and it's always a special occasion to witness a gig in Leamington Spa's plush venue, The Assembly. As post-progressive rockers North Atlantic Oscillation hit the stage and kick proceedings off with their infe…
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By Alex on Feb 14, 2011 | In Fun, News, Reviews, Reviews | Send feedback »
The dingy atmosphere of Manchester’s Moho provided the perfect atmosphere for experimental black metallers Okkultokrati. The band gave a filthy performance which encapsulated everything underground music is about. Bassist Le Ghast looked genuinely posses…
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By Angela Davey on Jan 26, 2011 | In Reviews, Reviews | Send feedback »
It's Saturday January 22nd and The Old Blue Last's usual clientele has changed quite dramatically; there's not a deck shoe or lenseless pair of glasses in sight. These have been replaced by band t-shirts and an overwhelming sense of skull crushing doom.…
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By Ann Sulaiman on Dec 29, 2010 | In News, News, News, Reviews | Send feedback »
In addition to popular names like Amorphis, Arkona and Watain, Metal Camp 2011 shall also include metal icons Accept and Kreator along with Hate, In Extremo and Imperium Dekadenz in Slovenia next July.
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By Ann Sulaiman on Dec 29, 2010 | In News, News, News, Reviews | Send feedback »
New Orleans' sludge maestros Crowbar are currently showing off the fresh new music video to their song "The Cemetary Angels", which can be seen at this link on ArtistsDirect.com. Along with previous news of a UK tour in January, "The Cemetary Angel…
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By Ann Sulaiman on Dec 2, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
NIGHTFALL - 'ASTRON BLACK AND THE THIRTY TYRANTS', METAL BLADE' 2010 Save for death metal’s bloody infatuation with war, Metal’s affair with history is often read as a one-sided deal where past lessons are pushed aside for modern accounts of glory d…
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By Angela Davey on Nov 10, 2010 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
Various Artists‘Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings’Prophecy‘Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings’ is one of the most eagerly anticipated compilation albums of the year. With artwork from Fursy Teyssier, of LES DISCRETS, one of the album’s many contributi…
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By Ann Sulaiman on Nov 4, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
SHADOWGARDEN - 'ASHEN', NAPALM RECORDS; 2010Adding another musical project under his belt, Draconian and Doom:VS mastermind Johan Ericson has teamed up with a few of his fellow band members to release ‘Ashen‘; the debut album of Swedish gothic metal/rock…
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By Rhys on Nov 1, 2010 | In Reviews | Send feedback »
ACELSIA 'Quietude' + 'Primrose Path' Norwegian Gothic Metallers Acelsia return with their second demo 'Primrose Path' in 2009 and their third demo 'Quietude' in 2010, both in emphatic style, taking on the form of Evanescence vocally and musically in…
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By Angela Davey on Oct 27, 2010 | In Reviews, Reviews | Send feedback »
Tuesday, October 26th, sees the night of another free gig at The Unicorn in Camden. The doors open at 7:00pm and the atmosphere is relaxed and the venue is pretty much empty.CARETAKER kickstart the gig at around 8:30pm and as if by magic, an enormous…
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