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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons/King Creature – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 6 November 2019

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons/King Creature – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 6 November 2019

Posted by | Nov 8, 2019 | ,

Having been away for 13 months in New Zealand, the opportunity for the returning Phil C to get stuck into some hard-hitting rock ‘n’ roll was most welcome. Not to say that the land of the Long White Cloud didn’t provide many excellent adventures and memories. It’s just that where our resident Hobbit fan was located, live music was a little thin on the ground. In addition, seeing Phil Campbell keeps the Motörhead flag flying.

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More Live with Deth (feat. David Ellefson and KK Downing)/Blaze Bayley – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill – 3 November 2019

More Live with Deth (feat. David Ellefson and KK Downing)/Blaze Bayley – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill – 3 November 2019

Posted by | Nov 8, 2019 | ,

Every now and then, a gig comes along where you just look at it and make sure you get there. KK Downing plus Megadeth’s David Ellefson and a host of former Judas Priest members playing Judas Priest tracks has to rank amongst that, even before factoring in the pregig meet and greet and Blaze Bayley supporting…

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Mayhem/Gaahl’s Wyrd/GosT – Dublin, Academy – 3 November 2019

Mayhem/Gaahl’s Wyrd/GosT – Dublin, Academy – 3 November 2019

Posted by | Nov 7, 2019 | ,

It had been a long time since Monk had ventured down south Dublin way (sic), but when it was announced that one of the trve kvlt bands of black metal, one of the genre’s progenitors, as well as one of its most controversial, were paying a rare visit to this corner of the Überverse, then the boss man didn’t need a second excuse to board the express bus and head down the motorway to defile the Christian Sabbath with a bunch of like-minded heathens…

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no-man – ‘Love You To Bits’ (Caroline International)

no-man – ‘Love You To Bits’ (Caroline International)

Posted by | Nov 7, 2019 | ,

As mentioned by Tim Bowness in our interview with him earlier this year, no-man have this new release coming out which even Tim himself thought was going to surprise people. Obviously, surprises can be either good or bad and there’s always that level of nervousness the first time you listen through something you’ve already had this bit of information about for that reason. Getting it ready for the first spin, it was time to find out which way the surprise went…

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Battlesword – ‘And Death Cometh Upon Us’ (Black Sunset/MDD)

Battlesword – ‘And Death Cometh Upon Us’ (Black Sunset/MDD)

Posted by | Nov 7, 2019 | ,

Hell yes! Melodic death metal is one of John B’s absolute favorite genres. With the aggressive vocals and the intense and evolving guitar tone, it makes of an absolutely wonderful experience. It is a genre where the tracks have a tendency to evolve wonderfully and rarely get repetitive. This is no different. You have this piece of music that changes and evolves over time telling you a story as you go. ‘And Death Cometh Upon Us’ is intense and passionate – but a little difficult to type into a sentence due to the first word of the title being the word “and”.

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