Day Of Wreckoning – Swansea, Patti Pavilion – 21 June 2025

Following in the footsteps of boss man Monk having devoted ten weeks of his life to checking out the best that the NWoBHM – that’s the “New Wave of Belfast Heavy Metal” – has to offer, via his role as a judge in Bloodstock festival’s annual battle to find the hottest new talent the Überverse has to offer, our Valleys correspondent decided to venture down to Swansea to see what Wales had to offer in this ongoing quest, via this ambitious all-day programme pulled together by our friends over at Musipedia of Metal.

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RADAR FESTIVAL – MANCHESTER, O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 4 JULY 2025

It’s the start of RADAR Festival 2025 in “sunny” Manchester and the crew for this festival have been through the wringer to say the least. Following on from the issues having to drop Bob Vylan thanks to extreme media pressure on the venue, the atmosphere on day one is tense but hopeful despite some last-minute dropouts and seemingly no replacement headliner for Saturday. Beers are in and we’re determined that today’s going to be a big one with Carpenter Brut doing the big set at the end. 

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Day Of Wreckoning – Swansea, Patti Pavilion – 21 June 2025

Following in the footsteps of boss man Monk having devoted ten weeks of his life to checking out the best that the NWoBHM – that’s the “New Wave of Belfast Heavy Metal” – has to offer, via his role as a judge in Bloodstock festival’s annual battle to find the hottest new talent the Überverse has to offer, our man in the valleys decided to venture down to Swansea to see what Wales had to offer in this ongoing quest, via this ambitious all-day programme pulled together by our friends over at Musipedia of Metal.

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Shiraz Lane/XIII Doors/James Kennedy And The Underdogs/Break The Day – Cardiff, Fuel Rock Club – 25 June 2025

Here at Über Rock we are constantly on the lookout for new bands not necessarily on anyone’s radar in the grassroots music scene around the ÜK. We frequently attend smaller venues and Fuel on Womanby Street in Cardiff can definitely classify itself as a small stage with big sounds, which is why our man Dave O headed back into the heart of the city and to this Midnight Tornado promoted gig to see what would prevail. 

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